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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
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OUR CITIZENSHIP

Chairman Lion Esquinaldo in
troduced timely resolution last
week when he moved for the club
to adopt resolution calling the
attention of our citizenry to the
importance of registering for the
forthcoming Democratic Primary
to be held on May 7th. For the
information of you Lions the
dead1ine for registering is April
10Th but in order to avoid the
last minute rush register now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
Luncheon On
Friday

Mrs. Hollon Bervaldi, chairman
of the Division street room moth
ers, presided over the room
mothers meeting, held on Tues
day afternoon at 2 pm, in the
school library.
Plans were completed on the
coming luncheon to be given Fri
day at Mrs. Bervaldi's home,
1915 Washington. The menu will
enclude, baked haiI potato salad,
baked, beans, cole slaw, olives,
pickles, saltines, pie and ice tea.
All room mothers of the Divi-
sion street school are cordially
invited to attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
FashioH ShOr To BE Held April 5
Nv yE.-Sr. HighPTA Room Mothers

play toys ana Prints, all will be
shown.
The models will be picked from
every school in the city, out of
town models will be used and
also Navy wives will aid in
modelling for the show.
AS a finally, a model dressed as
bride. complete with her we'd
ding party. and escorted by serv-
ice men with each branch of the
service represented, will end the
whole show with a fanfare.
The models TO be used for the
show will be announced later
Mrs. John Carbonell is chairman
Of the show.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
OUR CANDIDATE

In the Sponge Festival contest
for Queen, Miss Dolores Thorn
ley, has some stiff competition
and it is going to take the united
effort of every Lion to put her
over the top. Come on Lions, let's
roar down the home stretch and
place that crown on the queenly
head of Miss Dolores. Incident
ally, Dolores is the daughter of a
former Lion who we hope some
day to be able to reinstate when
his duties will permit him to at
tend our meetings regularity
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14

FAama 49, = fashion show to-
asfmsT @asn . misslcal. 81 be- held
m 60 hiaa @hool auditorium,
Apr1l q wefe made II the meet
- &C tle 1ani0r Seni0T room
msnshers Teanuday night. Mrs.
8anass PawteF. Mrs. Rose HenTiq-
80 ani haFu Iennie Pettis were
haasasss a. the meeting at Mrs.
llraEasawx's houae.
Ehe aflea~ pFunises tO be- a
Hnao affMlr With what the well
afsas usaInan ain WeaF styles
faf teensaaeFa. ciothes foT child
rem. fmmal and street length.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
LEO WELCOMES

Our newest Cub Lion in the
person of Arthur G.. Bleisner who
was indicted into membership
last week under the classification
of Insurance. Lion Bleisner is the
local representative of the Acaia-
Mutual Insurance Company. May
he get an abundance of personal
satisfaction as he joins hands
with some 254,000 men through
our International Association as
we united to create a cleaner and
finer world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14

the end of March the Board of
Directors will investigate the at
tendance record of each member
of the club and those Lions who
have not attended a minimum
of seven CD meetings during the
first quarter and who are unable
to furnish an acceptable excuse
for their absence, will be dropped
This means that each member is
required to attend a minimum of
z out of each Is meetings held
each quarter. 1. 9s.d 5s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
Legion Ladies
Meet Tonight

Arthur Sawyer Unit No. % of
the American Legion Auxiliary,
will meet tonight at the Legion
Home. Southland and White Sts.,
at 8 pm.
Mrs. Geo. w. Skies, president,
urges all members to be present
as several matters of interest will
be discussed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
Beatrice Moreno
IL, Piano Recital

Students from the class of
Lonny Epstein at the Institute of
Musical Art of the Juilliard
School of Music, in NeWa York
gave piano recital on Thursday
March Z. Students who paftiei-
pated include: roFt0 Teuu2 y
Dorleen Brayton, 1922 Ogden
avenue, Superior, Wisconsin;
Yvehe Mira, no S. Webster ST.,
Jackson, Michigan; Beatrice Mo-
reno. 907 Division ST., Key West,
Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
Spring Fashion Parade April II
H. JHHiOr W0HlGsl'ts, CIHb Members

Joseph Lopez, Mrs. Anna Loun-
ders, Mrs, @Gilmore Parks, Mrs
Helen carbbnen. Mas. Russell
Villar, Mrs. Francis johnson.
Mrs. Paul Mesa, Miss Mary A
Charlow. Miss Elayne Albury and
Miss ELISA Moreno.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
WE WE'RE SORRY

That prospective Lion Bill Put
camp was unable to be with us
last week for induction but he
has promised to come out on
Thursday. Bills a mighty fine
chap and it is genuine pleasure
to extend him a most cordial
welcome. into our membership.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
A LITTLE NONSENSE

Lion Milton; recovering from
an operation) why are all the
blinds down, Doctor?"
Doctor Hamilton: well, there
is a fire across the street and l
didn't 1xxasak-s.eNAl--&---------a
think the operation was a fail
ure." ...... .-...
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
Haze Play For
Diuisi0s, PIT. A.

A George Washington play was
put on by the second grade class
of the Division Street School, I'M
der the direction of Mrs. Eva
Arnold, teacher of the class, for
the PIT. A. meeting held on
Tuesday night.
The class sang three songs and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14

Monday ia the school library be-
tween 1:30 and 500 pm. The
group is going to study the PIT.
A. manual and all parents inter-
ested in PIT. A. work are invited
to study with the group.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
Dr.. W0sseu To
SPEAK AfChmrch

DR.. Croydon Wasscil will speak
at Ell Salvador Methodist chun'h
Sunday night.
The noted Navy commander =
the famous DR.. Wassel % Java
naval heroism stories.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
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Personal Notes
BY PATRICIA
iiIIlHnHFHGnIillIIlIllllHIIIlIIlHHnIlsIIH.lllI

Went over the top in its goal
OF $4,000 new members during
the 1916 Melvin Jones Birthday
Program. Total new members
recorded was $4,000 and if any,
body asks you how many Lions
there are in the world-tell them
254, 900 and that doesn't include
Leo, the M.G.M. Lion. Aren't you
proud to be member of this
largest civic organiza-
ton? Not only are we the largest
but one of the most vital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
RESIDENTS BARRED

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
Monte Carlo are not allowed to
enter the gambling casino.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-14
YOU LIONS

Who have been lax in your at
tendance had better perk up. At
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-28
SEVEN SAWMILLE WORKERS
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

DURHAM, N. c., Aug. 27 (ANP)
"A transport truck killed seven
Negro sawmill workers on a high
way near here and seriously injured
six others when the workmen were
dumped off the truck they were rid
ing. The transport, going in the op-
posite direction, was unable to stop
in time, officers reported.
None of the workmen were iden-
titled, nor was the name of the saw
mill revealed.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-28
IA Jailed In Mississippi
After Race Disturbance

JACKSON, Aug. 28.-(ANP)-
The arrest of Willie Jones, 81, at the
Kinds county jail in Collins
brought to IA the number of Smith
county colored citizens apprehend-
ed in connection with last weeks ra-
cial disturbances. Jones gave him
self up shortly after Bill and Gar
field Craft of Magee surrendered.
Jones' and the Crafts are being
held because they allegedly fired
into car occupied by 14-year-old
white youth and also repeatedly
wounded four county police Off
GERS. John Craft, another brother,
is being called "ringleader of the
fracas" here.
Bill and Garfield Craft escaped
lynching solely because they elud-
ed the 300-man posse and blood
hounds trailing them, and gave up
as they reached Jackson. Walter
White, NAACP secretary who had
wired acting Governor Fielding
Wright on behalf of the Crafts was
soundly scored by Col. Fred Sullens,
editor of the Jackson Daily News,
for his "impudent interference
In an editorial in his race-baiting
sheet on Wednesday, Col. Sullens
called White "a high yaller Yankee
who thinks he is big and i'm
portant enough to telephone from
Washington and tell the governor
of Mississippi what he ought to do.
The editorial continues:
"White was chiefly concerned
with the worthless hides of the Ne
gro outlaws. What think We of that
white citizens of Mississippi"
Garfield Craft, who said he
served three years in the army,
part of the time in the Philippines
tod an amazing account of how he
escaped large band of officers
and private citizens to walk ano
hitchhike from Smith county here
to surrender.
He told officers he had tried te
surrender, but met by heavy CUR
fire on the edge of the woods where
where he was hiding, he ran back
dropped his 20 rifle into a creek
and kept to paths and dirt roads
until he arrived at Mendenhall
From that point he walked on rail
road tracks to the paved highway
and hailed ride into Jackson.
A search of Johnny Craft is re
ported to have uncovered picture
of a white girl, said to be 15-year
old Sulivans Hollow girl. Graf
says he obtained the picture from
Geisha girl while he was serving
with the Marines in japan.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-28
THREATS BLOCK NEGRO VOTE IN TEXAS

MADlOON VlLLE, leXaS. Aug.
% (ANP) - Threats by local
whites are reported to be response
BILE for keeping this towns 242 Ne
gro citizens away from the polls
during the Democratic primary.
Voting records here show that
not single Negro vote was cast in
the first Texas Democratic pri-
mary opened to Negroes. That fact
was admitted by justice of the
Peace G. l.. Sawyer, who branded
the reports of white intimidation
as a "lot of propaganda"
Giving his version of white-black
race relations here, Sawyer re-
marked that 1--WE don't have any
trouble at all with our niggers here.
The whites and niggers cooperate
just fine" Only when reminded
that something irregular had hap
pened to keep all the Negroes away
from the POLLS did he concede,
"Well, there might have BEEN"
He talked freely about white
man being stabbed by Negro wom-
an at carnival three days before
the primary. The woman charged
the man was annoying her. He
termed the alteration merely, ga
little disturbance" and said ''tWan't
nothing to it.
Negroes are reported to have re-
ceived the first warning following
that carnival fracas that they chad
better not try to vote, Saturday."
More threats are said to have been
circulated among the Negroes be-
fore the primary, with the addi-
tional warning to stay off the
streets on. election day.
| A special threat was sent directly
to Madisonville's oldest and lead
ing Negro citizen, who had been
previously active in interesting Ne
groes in voting. His frightened
,, daughter begged him to obey the
warning and to stay off the streets
on election day. He obeyed and his
I action is said to have greatly influ-
; enced other Negroes here.
Fear of reprisals may be conceal
ing similar conditions in other parts
of the state, but no other reports OF
: vote intimidation in the Texas pri.
mary have been made.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-28
DRIVE LAUNCHED FOR
GEORGIA NEGRO GUARDSMAN

V6VNVuSA sSSSNO OO~D sSss
ATLANTA, Aug. % (ANP)-A
request that Gov. Ellis Arnall i'm
mediately establish Negro units of
the national guard in the state got
a quick reply from the states chief
executive.
The request had come from c. A.
Scott, editor and general manager
of the Atlanta Daily World, who
earlier had been deeply moved by the
heartless Staying of four Negroes
near Monroe, July 25, and expressed
desire for responsible leaders to
exploit every available means at
their command to allay fear and vio
lence between the races.
SCOTS letter cited the fact that
despite general knowledge that
some of the lynchers are known, no
arrests have been made "This situa-
ton" he warned" is larger than the
mere question of Negro physical Sc
curity, it involves the whole ideal of
law, order and decency, to say moth
ing about justice.
Gov. Arnall replied that he was
passing the request along to Geor-
gia's adjutant general, Marvin Grill
fin, with request for considera
ton. He noted that activation of the
Georgia National guard was pro-
ceeding slowly due to the political
changeover.
The request to Gov. Arnall for
Negro guards also was sent to Maj
Gen. Miltonberger, chief of the ma
tional guard, in Washington.
GAS you know / am doing every
thing possible to ferret out the Wal
ton County lynchings." Arnall said
land to bring them to justice. Like
wise, the federal government is rem
dering every possible assistance.
81 am violently opposed to moi
rule and you may be assured that
every precaution will be taken to see
that all citizens of Georgia, white
and Negro, will be adequately pro-
tected insofar as that is possible un
der law.
"The Georgia National guard has
not yet been organized but is nov
in the process of organization. 1t is
very doubtful if the organization
will go forward very rapidly under
my administration, due to the politi
cal change-over. am taking the lib
erty of forwarding your letter t(
Adj. Gen. Marvin Griffin with the
request that he give your recon-
rnendatlons his consideration. a
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-08-28
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT
OF HAITI STRIKING AFFAIR

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug. 27
(ANP)-"It is the great family of
the masses whom | represent that
you have given this honor" said
President-elect Dumarsais Estime,
few moments after the national
assembly had formally elected him
president of Haiti in succession to
Ellie Lescot, recently deposed.
The scene as the national assem-
bly, convened to elect new presi-
dent was full of drama. Under the
constitution when a president has
been deposed as was the former
head of government after the re-
cent revolution, the assembly elects
his successor.
At exactly five minutes to ten,
the boxes in the parliament were
full. The invited members of the
diplomatic corps and the consulates
representative of all social orders
were in their seats. Military guards
surrounded the legislative palace
The air was grave. The presiden
tial candidates were calm but seri
Gus.
Then Deputy Estime came to his
bench and smiled at friends in greet
ing. Nearly all the seats in the hal
of parliament were taken. The ex
ecutive minister, Eugene Kerby
took his seat. Sen. Belzaire, presi
dent Of the national assembly, tool
his seat, and asked the secretary t
declare the meeting open.
| After a decision was reached t
follow the traditional custom of an
nouncing candidates and winner
of office except for the presidenc
over the object of Mr.. Belezaire
himself candidate, the followin
officers were designated:
Vice-president, Deputy Loubeau
Bezin lie Nemplace First Secretary
Sen. f. DeVent; assistant secre
tary, DR.. Joseph Buteau.
The president of the assembl
then read article AZ of the constitl
ton, providing the mode of election
The bulletins were distributed
, the electors marked their ballots
placed them in the designated plae
the tellers counted them.
The first vote gave Dumarsa
: Estime, Is votes; B. Pierre Lous,
!, Numa, z; Calixte, 6; Bellerive, :
) Georges, 2; Laraqque, l; Henr
, Orez, /. Two votes were nulled an
: one ballot was blank.
Deputy Estime went into confe
ence with Rossini Pierre Lours
} Georges, Louis Dejoie and JOSEF
; Buteau. Another vote was take
: and Estime received 81 votes,
clear plurality.
Evening star., 1946-08-09
Minutemen's Concord Avenue
VoI|ey Too Late, Mason Says
By Henry Muslin

was made "at the instigation of
President Truman" Furthermore
the local warriors declared, those
Yankees are too little and too late
with their complaints"
Mr.. Mason declared that the time
to protest was July when the Com
missioners held a public hearing on
the question. Changing Concord to
Missouri wasn't the only proposal
discussed, he pointed out, recalling
that there also was move afoot
to change Bladensburg roads name
to Ohio avenue
The Ohio delegation was just as
determined as the Missouri members
of Congress, Mr. Mason said, but at
tributed the Ohio failure to the quail
ity of the opposition. There were
plenty of people there to argue
against giving up an historic name
like Bladensburg," he related, but
nobody said a word against drop
ping Concord for Missouri"
The protesting Massachusetts, res
olution, introduced by Republican
1t. Gov. Robert F. Bradford him.
self, recalled that the Nation was
born in the suffering and courage
OF the men ). who fought at the
Concord Bridge" where the Minute
Men met the British in TITS. The
measure protested the change and
asked that the name Concord be
restored.
Evening star., 1946-08-09
District Naval Captain Cited
AS Hero in Attack on Tokvo

Capt. John G. Zahm, U. S. N, of
1888 Fulton street NV, was deco
rated with the Bronze Star Medal
Yesterday for heroic achievement"
as commander of a task unit of
three destroyers in action with the
first American carrier plane assault
against Tokyo in February, 1945.
The citation said Capt. Zahm
"vallantly directed his destroyers in
two night surface engagements
pressing home attacks at close range
TO sink japanese vessels before
they could contact the main body of
the American Task Force So as 1t
was retiring from the Tokyo strike ~
The medal was presented to Capt.
Lahm, now assigned to the Office
OF the Chief of Naval Operations,
by Rear Admiral A. G. Noble, AS
sistant Chief of Naval Operations
Capt. Zahm, native of Wash
lngton, who was graduated from
Annapolis In 1927, already has been
awarded the Silver Star, three Gold
Stars in lieu of additional Silver
Stars, and the Croix de Guerre foy
heroic action in other Pacific en-
gagements and in the Normandy in
VaSlOn
Evening star., 1946-08-09

Proudly assuming responsibility
for "everything," District and con.
gressional leaders figuratively reized
arms today to return the volley free
yesterday by Massachusetts modern
day Minute Men in opposition te
the change of the name OF Concord
avenue to Missouri avenue.
Commissioner Guy Mason, left
holding The District fort by his va
cationing fellow city heads, never
theless leaped to the breach with g
will. They still have Harvard
street, Plymouth circle and Plym-
outh street in the District, to say
nothing of Boston avenue right out
in Silver Spring and Takoma Park
Md" he exclaimed. What more de
they want?"
Echoing Mr.. Mason's blast was
Representative Bennett, Republican
of Missouri, who led that States
fight to obtain the name change
not President Truman, as the Back
Bay politicos had charged. IF they
insist on having a Concord avenue
then we ought to give that name te
Massachusetts, avenue" he asserted
"I'll sponsor the idea myself"
These doughty champions Of the
change said they highly resented
the accusation leveled in a resolu-
ton adopted by the Massachusetts
Governors Council that the switch
Evening star., 1946-08-09
Bethesda Track Team
Wins Recreation Meet

The Bethesda Chevy Chase Rec
reation Center team yesterday piled
up 104 points to win an easy victory
over 13 other teams at the fourth
annual track meet sponsored by
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission Recrea-
ton Department at Rock Greek Rec
reation Center.
Outstanding among 400 girls COM
peting was 12-year-old Winifred
Reynolds. a member of the winning
team. Winifred placed first in the
running broad jump and volley ball
events and was a member of the
winning flag relay team.
Other Montgomery County recrea-
tion center teams received the fol-
lowing scores:
Rock Creek. So; Jesup Blair. "A;
Kensington, 81; Capital View. 81:
Rockville, IS; Wood Acres, Is; Mont
gomery Blair, 10; Westbrook, IL;
East Silver Spring, Z; Four Corners,
is, Woodlin, 4; Woodside, 4, Park.
side, 3, and Garrett Park, none.
Evening star., 1946-08-09
Three Navy Employees
Honored by Secretary

Harry j. Biondi, Gaithersburg
Md; James w. Webb, 6637 Thirty
second street NV. and James C.
Darnall, 1923 Hamilton street, Hy-
attsville, Md. civilian engineers in
the Naval Bureau of Ordnance, yes
terday were presented with letters
of appreciation from the Secretary
of the Navy. The occasion was the
completion of 40 years of service.
The presentation was made by
Vice Admiral George F.. Hussey, jr.
chief of the Ordnance Bureau. Mr.
Darnall was a contributor to the
design and development of bomb
clusters, for which he received the
meritorious civilian award. Mr. BIZ
ondi was engaged in the develop
ment of an armor piercing bomb
while Mr.. Webb arranged test pro-
grams for the collection of data or
new projectiles, bombs and rockets
Evening star., 1946-08-09
DR.. Wright Found Dead
In Home OF Bullet Wound

DR.. Ralph C. Wright, colored, 80.
a physician here for IL years, was
found dead early this morning in
his home, 514 T street NV, with a
bullet wound in his head. A 49,
caliber pistol lay nearby.
According to police, DR.. Wright
had retired to his second-foor room
telling his wife Caroline to 90
downstairs because he was feeling
Respondent and irritable" About
two hours later a shot was heard
and Mrs Wright discovered her
husband dead, she told police. The
physician had been Ill for the past
year, police said.
4 native Washingtonian, DR.
Wright was graduated from Lincoln
University, in Pennsylvania, in 1888
Besides his widow an infant daugh-
ter survives him, as we'll as his
mother, Mrs. Gertrude Wright, of
the same address.
The body Is at the Mcclure Fu-
neral home, 1920 Ninth street NV,
pending completion of funeral ar
rangements.
Evening star., 1946-08-09
Police Seek Two Burglars
In Chevy Chase Ho|dup

Montgomery County police today
were seeking two colored men who
robbed a retired naval officer and
his companion of SIT Wednesday
at the home of the retired officer S
son, DR.. Gilbert B. Rude, 1900 Glen
dale road, Chevy Chase.
According to Detective Corpl. John
P. Leahy, Capt. G. T. Rude, IS
U. S. c. and G. S., retired, 5000 Mill
tary road NV, and 1t. Col. Allen M
Warfield, 36, of 18 East Blackthorn
street. Chevy Chase, had stopped at
Dr.. Rude's home to make a checkur
while he was away on vacation.
AS they entered two colored men
who were ransacking the house
held them up and tied them in q
closet, police said The thieves then
fed in Capt. Rude's car. The We
hicle was recovered later near Chevy
Chase Circle.
The bandits were described as
being over s feet tall, one weighing
about ITO pounds and the other
about 150