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Evening star., 1946-02-16

method would be to screw strip OF
wood to the lower edge Of the door.
Grease Trap.
Q.-I have been told that should
put a grease trap in the drain lead
ing to my cesspool. Can I make
this myself?
Alt would be difficult to make
yourself. But a grease trap is not
too expensive, and you should be
able to get one from dealer in
building materials. 1t looks some
what like section of large sewer
pipe. Larger and more efficient
grease traps can be purchased
through your plumber.
Crack in China Cabinet.
Q.-My antique china cabinet,
made of some dark wood, has large
straight split in it which would
like to fill with something that will
not fall out. I want to do the job
myself, even If 1t does not turn out
perfectly.
A.-Get strip of the same kind Of
wood, cut it to fit snugly and glue 1t
in place. Another method is to get
fine sawdust, preferably of the same
kind of wood, make it into paste
with spar varnish and pack it into
the crack, forcing it in we'll. Press
some dry sawdust on top to take up
any exposed varnish. When dry, rub
smooth with very fine sandpaper. If
you cannot match your wood, use
any fine sawdust and color it with a
small amount of stain of the right
wood color, mixing 1t with the var
nish before making the paste. You
will have to experiment to get the
right shade.
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ing operations unionized workers
were employed.
We're not concerned so mucf
at the present moment about having
an insufficient number of men te
get home building under way as We
are about these other men being
thrown out of work." he said.
For instance" he said, "if the
Wyatt program is not modified
what will become of the structural
ironworkers, the stone and marble
masons, the men engaged in heavy
construction? There is no place fol-
such crafts in home building"
Unions affiliated with the council
represent the following types of con.
struction employees:
Asbestos workers. boilermakers
bricklayers, carpenters, cement fin
ishers, composition roofers, electrical,
workers, elevator constructors, engi-
neers, glaciers, ironworkers, iror
shop men, laborers of different types
marble settlers helpers, metal
lathers.
Painters. plasterers, plumbers, re-
inforced rod men, roofers and water
proofers, sheet-metal workers, sign
painters, slate and tile roofers
steamfitters, stone carvers, stone
and marble masons, tile and ter
razzo workers. tile and terrazzo
workers helpers, and truck drivers
Evening star., 1946-02-16
Clio Supports Wyatt
On Subsidy Proposal
To Increase HOUSING

recommendations of Wilson W.
Wyatt, new national housing ad-
ministrator, for subsidy payments to
encourage production of scarce
building supplies and price ceilings
for old and new houses today were
given CIO support.
R. j. Thomas, chairman of the
CIO Committee on Housing and
Community Development and presi-
dent of the United Automobile
Workers, urged restoration of both
features in the Patman bill.
Both these proposals were in
cluded in the original bill but were
dropped by the House Banking and
Currency Committee as a result of
pressure by special interests" Mr..
Thomas said.
Restoring Ceilings Urged.
Restoration by Congress of both
the plan for premium payments and
price ceilings on second hand
houses" he said, sis essential if we
are to avoid a real estate imitation.
Both Representative Patman and
National Housing Administrator
Wilson Wyatt have urged this, and
I am in wholehearted agreement
with them"
Mr.. Thomas said the cost of pre-
MUM payments will never reach
the catastrophe expense to the
Nation which runaway price in
f1ation" would involve.
Premiums Called Economical.
Actually premium payments pro-
vide the most economical way pos
Sible of controlling prices of homes
until the supply of houses is suff-
cient to meet the critical demand" :"
he continued.
mo builder can be expected to put
up really moderate-cost homes as
long as material prices are permitted
to continue to rise"
He said if OPA price increases
were granted, super profits" would
accrue to efficient manufacturers,
while subsidy payments would as
'sist the small marginal, less eff
cient producer to play his part in
the overall production picture"
He said he believed that while the
present program to encourage low
cost construction was satisfactory
for the emergency, passage of the
Wagner -Ellender-Taft bill was nee
essary for the Nations long-run
needs.
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Furnace VS.. Stoker,

Invention of the furnace was, in
deed, great contribution to the
comfort of mankind, especially now
With automatic controls, the home
is evenly heated. Quite an i'm
Iprovement over primitive fireplaces
which required that fuel be carried
to each room.
The furnace, no doubt, will be in
use for many years to come. How
ever, it gradually is becoming old
fashioned. The self-feeding stoker
rates very high in combustion eff
cheney, besides eliminating much
labor connected with hand-fired
equipment.
r Stoker- fired and hand-fired coal
are as different in characteristics as
if they were entirely different fuels.
Hand fired anthracite such as egg,
stove and nut, costs considerably
more than the smaller sizes, such
as mine-run, nut and slack and
washed-pea coal in the bituminous
group, and rice and buckwheat IN
the anthracite group.
These smaller, inexpensive sizes
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FURNACE
I, DOCTOR
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as used in the stoker have the
same heat content per pound as
the larger and more expensive
sizes. The difference in the cost
of these fuels is greatly In favor
of the stoker. The stoker achieves
very high efficiencies, while hand.
fired coal, at its best, Is inefficient
and wasteful. Inspect your ashes
for proof.
Hand-firing is a primitive method
of feeding fuel to fire and it is
almost impossible to maintain uni
form temperature or boiler pressure
without aid Of automatic controls
With hand-fired equipment the
fire is being burned upside down
The fuel should be underneath fire.
bed and not on top. A lighted
candle. for instance, is perfect
example. The fuel, being at the
bottom, produces a clean fame. The
stoker operates in like manner, al
ways exposing hot Goals to heating
surfaces Of boiler.
It is predicted stokers will un-
doubtedly replace hand-fired fur
naces when they can be manufac-
tured at lower costs.
Evening star., 1946-02-16

nounced today. Garth Edwards, for
nlerly with the Federal Housing Ad-
ninistration, has been named as
sistant to Henry E. Price, executive
director. Charles T. Stewart, for
merly with the Kentucky Municipal
League, will head the tax division.
Urban K Wilde, former director
of the Indianapolis Real Estate
Board, will be national field direc-
tor. Director of information will
be Clifford A. Provost, former presi-
dent Of the National Press Club, and
Charles T. Akre will serve as Fed
eral tax consultant.
Evening star., 1946-02-16

a new home, or the undermining Of
an old one, should make a thor
ough investigation of the new ma
terials that the market offers be-
fore making any decision about
either exterior or interior walls.
He will find that practically any
price he can afford to pay will pro-
duce material better than it was
possible to get before for the same
amount. He will find that finishing
a room can be accomplished in a
third of the time required under
old methods.
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draft? The lower stone surface is
uneven.
Airy to make the surface level
with a cold chiSel, wet the stone and
then pour on enough concrete to
almost fill the space. The surface
must be rough for the concrete to
form a good bond. An alternative
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Shop Talk
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Real Estate Board in the May
flower Hotel February 81, S. Dolan
Donohue. president, said today. This
Is the first board event since the
war ended.
In charge of general arrangements
Is Thomas w. Sandoz, Program
Committee chairman, assisted by
J. Lee Donnelly. John r. Neale and
Nathan B. Scott, entertainment;
Howard E. Thompson, w. Laird
Dunlop, Sd; Edward r. Carr and
Richard D. Stimson, tickets; j. Gar
rett Bethel, j. Merrill Conner, Ed
ward T. Ofutt, jr., and Carlton w.
Trexler, dinner.
Completion of the Washington
headquarters staff of the National
Real Estate Foundation was an
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ness agent of Local 26, international
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
IA years ago. Recently he was cho-
sen a member of the Washington
Building Congress Production Board.
Mr.. Preller said at the present
there are more than enough" men
available in many lines for present
home-building activity.
He said that, in general, home
building workers were not organized
here, but that in certain home-b build
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0CUHCIHU6u FTOm PdRe B-I1
mere production of a good solid
material by developing an economi-
cal and practical method of using
them, so that enduring walls may
be built with minimum of labor.
Bathrooms and kitchens in the
new homes will be far more beau
tiful in color and style and far
easier to clean and keep in order
than ever before. Much of the
improvement will be due. to the
wall finishes.
The individual who is planning
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
Cuban Navy Band
To Be In Parade
Saturday Morning

The Cuban Navy Band will be
here for the Navy Day parade,
Saturday morning, Gerald Saun-
ders, Navy Day Committee
Chairman said today.
In a telegram from Commodore
of the Cuban Navy Jose Aguila
Ruiz, Saunders was informed
that both the band and the Gu
ban Navy All-Star baseball team
will come here on the cruiser
Cuba"
Saunders urged today that all
civic organizations and business
houses participate in the parade.
He said that some organizations
had questioned him at not having
been invited to participate. Saun-
ders explained that no specific
invitations are being sent out,
but that all organizations are
welcome to take part. In fact, he
said, their participation will be
appreciated.
Tentative speakers at the Navy
Day dinner at La Concha Hotel,
Saturday night, are Mayor Will
liam w. Demeritt and Capt.
Henry M. Cooper, Saunders said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
.Jayshees To Enter
Float In Parade

Members of the Jayshees, Wo-
mems Auxiliary to the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, decided
to enter a float in the Navy Day
parade, Saturday, at a meeting
held last night at the home of
Miss Anna Delaney, president.
1t was also decided to employ
a painter to erect and paint a
Welcome to Tourists" sign on
Roosevelt Boulevard. A rummage
sale will be held November %
and %, the proceeds to go to the
chiIdren's ward of the Municipal
Hospital
A committee was named to
make arrangements for the an
nual Jayshee dinner on Novem-
Der 18th, when installation of Of
ficers will be conducted Visit
ors present last night were Mrs.
Jessie Rodriguez and Mrs. Phyl-
lis Higgs.
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Submerged IS Hours, Men Held - s..
Prayer Meetings, Hero Relates
,ssesvssssesassssssssss

Prayer meetings in every
compartment. y
That is the way Commander
Franklin c.. Hess, submarine hero,
describes his unenviable expert
ence on a sub mar n c
when it was held under water
for 35 hours by japanese sub
chaser.
Commander Hess is in COM
mand of the U.S.S. Corporal.
the submarine open to visitors
Saturday from ii am. to a
pm. at the Sub Base in observ-
ance of Navy Day.
The commanders fellow Off
GERS assert that the 35-hOur sub
merging of the U.S.S. Puffer, of
which Hess was executive officer,
set a Navy record. Hess himself
is reluctant to talk about the in
cident which began one October
morning in 1943.
While cruising for Jap shipping
in the MacasSar Straits off Bor-
neo, the Puffer sighted a Japan
csc tanker and promptly sent two
torpedoes into her The tanker's
escort, a Jap sub-chaser, attacked
the Puffer immediately with
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22

depth charges which sprung a
leak in the submarine.
The Puffer's commanding of
ficer submerged as best he
could to escape further dam
age. 1t was then ii am. All
during that day, the following
night and the following day he
kept the sub down as the Jap
ship continued to cruise back
and forth dropping charges.
In the meantime, Commander
Hess supervised frantic repair eff
forts. Water continued to Seep in
through the leak. The aft tor
pedo room became one-quarter
full of water. The buoyancy and
batteries of the craft were Sc
riously affected and the men be-
gan to wonder if they could sur
face even though the Jap ship
should leave.
1--WE all had our doubts" Hess
says. I'VE were holding prayer
meetings in every compartment
and working like the devil to
close the leak. The water was
1000 fathoms deep so we couldn't
rest on the bottom-had to keep
the engine going Consequently
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
Navy Wants West Poinciana;
Mass Meeting Held Tonight

Developments continued to oc-
! eur in rapid-fire fashion on the
Poinciana housing front today.
Residents of the project an
nounced a mass meeting to be
held at 7:30 tonight in the Pom
ciana Community Hall. Edward
F. Haury, Commander of Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, Post 1911,
in a verbal statement to The
Citizen, asked why the vacant
West Poinclana units couldn't be
taken by the Navy instead of the
old project. Almost before he had
completed his remarks. Wallace
B. Kirke, Director, Key West
Housing Authority, reported that
he had received a request for use
of West Poinciana by Naval per-
sonnet stationed at Boca. Chica.
The mass meeting at Poinciana
tonight will consider sending a
delegation to confer with Captain
Henry M. Cooper, Naval Base
Commandant, on the question of
the Navy's possibly taking over
the 210 permanent units of the
old portion of the project. These
units are constructed of concrete
blocks.
Haury pointed out that the
Navy apparently Contemplates
taking over the old project, now
adapted as permanent residences
by civilian personnel, when the
West POincjana project is vacant.
He also said that the POinclana
extension has so to 90 vacancies.
Haury said that he will see Con
grcSsman-clcct George SmathcrS
in the near future and present
the projects case to him.
Navy Appeals
, Meanwhile, the Navy has ap-
pealcd to the Key West Housing
Authority for homes for its newly
enlarged staff .on . Boca Chica.
Director Kirkc said that the only
housing which the Authority has
available consists of the l40 tenn
porary dcmountablc, partially
wood units of West Polnciana,
which the Authority already had
declared surplus.
Upon the Nays recent request
for housing, however, he contact
ed National Housing Agency
in Washington, notifying it that
it will be necessary to open West
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

the Jap knew where we were
most Of the time"
Finally at 10 pm. on the sec
ond dav, the Jap escort appar
emily having departed. the
commanding officer tried to
surface. Reluctantly. at first.
then gradually, the tanks emp
tied and the Puffer rose to the
top after having been under
water for what is believed to
be record time on d combat
mission.
Hess had already been award
cd a letter of commentator for
participation in the Battle Of Mid
way on the submarine Nautilus
which was awarded a Presiden-
tial Unit Citation for sinking the
big Jap airplane carrier, SOryu.
He received the Bronze star
for his work on the Puffer and
in July, 1914, was given com
mand of the US.S Angler or
which he won a Letter of Com
mendation for wolf pack opera
tons and Bronbe Star for trac-
ing a Jap Task Force during the
Leyte Gulf operations. He has
been in command of the U.S.S
Corporal since January, 1916.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
Seamen's Strike
Is Settled Along
Atlantic Coast
(Ry Assoeiated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The
22-day-old strike of engineers.
masters, mates and pilots has
been ended on the east coast of
the United States. The formality
of ratification by union members
is expected to be concluded by
Thursday. Forty-four shipping
companies also must vote on the
agreement before it becomes eff
fective.
The settlement was reached
after a thirteen and one-half hour
continuous session between union
nd company representatives.
The settlement affects $4,000 men
in "a ports along the east coast.
Out on the west coast in the
United States, the strike of mari
time workers continues.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
Sabotage
Continues In
Jerusalem
lRr The Assoclated Pressl

JERUSALEM, Oct. 22.-Two
coaches of a train were derailed
10 miles from here today. De-
failment is said to have been
caused by saboteurs.
A near riot was caused at
Haifa today while 500 Jews were
marched aboard a ship to be de-
ported to Cyprus. One Jew
jumped overheard in an attempt
to escape, but was caught and
taken back to the ship.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
Radios For Police
Stirs Opposition
OF City Official

A city official told The Citizen
today that he is of the opinion
that the present plan to spend
approximately $4,000 on the
radio-equipping of cars is not
practical for a city the size of
Key West, For practical reasons
he requested that his name not
be published.
The official explained that to
equip the cars with radios will
prevent four Key Westers from
making an honest living and will
retard police protection.
Under present conditions, he
stated, a person can secure an
officer in at least 10 minutes by
telephone, but under the pro-
posed new method, it would first
be necessary to make the call in
to the sergeant's desk at the po-
lice station, and then the sergeant
would contact the car, which
might be on the boulevard OF
some other far-distant spot.
His answer to the City Man
ayers proposal stresses the mon
ey would best be spent by en-
ploying three or four more po-
licemen who are urgently
needed.
Furthermore, added the of
fetal, nothing was said about
the expense of maintaining the
radio equipment. He emphasized
that maintenance will require a
techpician and not any amateur
service as is now being consider
ed.
In city the size of Miami, he
said, the installation is practical
because the city is sprawled over
a wide area, but in Key West,
which is well-contained, the use
of the equipment is entirely I'M
necessary, said the official.
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Terminal Pay
Delayed By Lack
OF Envelopes
UBy Associated pressp

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Ma-
jor General w. S. CASTOR an
nounced today that the distribu-
ton of terminal pay, totaling
three billion dollars, to enlisted
men has been delayed by a lack
of envelopes to send out the
bonds or checks.
He added that it will probably
be the middle of next month
before all checks and bonds have
been mailed. %
At first a delay was caused in
engraving the bonds, and, after
they had been issued, there were
not enough envelopes to send all
Of them out.
Enlisted men, whose terminal
leave pay is less than $50, will
get cash, but others whose pay
mcnts exceed that amount will
receive five-year bonds, bearing
interest at 212 per cent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
Governor Speaks
AT New Smyrna
tSpecln, to The Citizenl

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Oct.
22.-Millard Caldwell, governor
of Florida, will be guest speaker
of the New Smyrna Beach Sports
Bowl November 10, as part of the
big two-day Armistice celebra-
ton and rodeo being staged by
the American Legion post of New
Smyrna Beach.
Other dignitaries present will
include Mayor Whitehead of
jacksonville, States Attorney
Murray Pat" Sans, Judge Her.
bert B. Frederick, City and
County officials.
The bowl is planned to seat
10000 persons with ample park
ing space, and Legion officials
expect a capacity crowd each day
of the rodeo.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
UN Conference Begins Tomorrow
AtF0ur O'clock With Address OF
Welcome By President Truman
BUILDING IN WHICH
DELEGATES TO MEET
IS ITO FEET WIDE, 400
LONG
lBr A~sociataa Preasl


NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-General
assembly of the United Nations
will be reconvened at 4 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon i'm a former
Worlds Fair exhibition hall al
Flushing Meadows with am adj
dress of welcome by President
Truman.
He is expected to discuss the
foreign policy of the United
States, which, it is said, will be
in agreement with that set forth
by Secretary of State James r.
ByrneS.
Despite the strike of pilots Of
the Trans World Air Lines. a
plane, belonging to that company.
is today winging its way across
the Atlantic from Paris with 20
delegates to the session Of the
United Nations.
Pilot of the plane is a COM
pany official, and he explained
that the company, in agreement
with a request of the State De-
partment of the United States. Is
conveying the delegates to this
country.
The building in which the
conference, which will last seven
weeks, will be held, is l76 feet
wide and 400 feet long. Il has
been remodeled and renovated at
an expense of more than 81
100000 to accommodate delegates
to the UN assembly.
The assembly chamber in the
building is 116 feet wide and
l40 feet long, decorated in gray
and gold and capable Of seating
1000 delegates, their advisers.
members of the UN staff, press,
radio and film correspondents.
The meeting hall is dominated
by mahogany dias for the presi-
dent of the assembly and the
secretary general Immediately
behind the platform is a map Of
the world as seen from the North
Pole. The seats of the delegates
are placed behind rows Of long
tables.
Twenty-four radio. movie. tele-
vision and still photo booths line
the walls of the hall which has
sufficient lighting to permit the
operation of motion picture snd
television cameras.
The press works from a ga
lery which overlooks the entire
delegation area of the floor.
Press offices are behind the
gallery.
A new building has been con
structed for cafeteria and dining
room facilities.
The City of New York has
granted UN the use of the build
ing and grounds without charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
NO INTEREST IN
ABSENTEE VOTING,
JUDGE LORD SAYS

Electors in Monroe county were
accorded the privilege yesterday
To begin to cast absentee ballots,
but County Judge Lord said to-
day that not one vote has been
cast.
A county official, who was
present in Judge Lords office,
remarked that there is little in
tereSt in the election next month,
because there is no opposition to
the Democratic candidates.
He was informed by a Citizen
reporter that, 10 years ago, only
one absentee ballot had been
cast in Monroe county in four
days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
SIS Motorists Face
Fine For Lacking
Inspection Permits

Motorists who have failed
10 get theor city auto inspec-
ton permits can take heed
from the three residents hail
ed into Municipal Court this
afternoon and fined one dol
lar each.
City Clerk Roy Hamlin
reports So additional Car
owners will be served sum-
mons to court for failure to
have stickers. They also will
be fined a dollar apiece. If
apprehended again without a
sticker. offenders will be
subject to re-arrest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-10-22
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Through With
Hanging, Sergeant
John Woods Says
Thy Associated Pressl

Thy Associated Pressl
NUREMBERG. Oct. "a
American Sergeant John
Woods. who has tripped the
trap in hanging more than
800 men. announced en-
phaticallY today that he is
through"
He said he had had enough
of hanging and will never
spring another trap.
Further. he concluded. he
does not even want TO talk
any more about hanging. as
he has had enough" of ii
and does not wish 10 hear the
word again.