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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-05
PEOPLES FORUMa

are those made by the sweat Of
my brow.
For lullabies over the all
waves and keeping our city, per-
sonalities before the public
never by the press.
The City Manager and the City
Commission can see the green
light for thousands a year to pro-
pagandize and anesthize our
feelings against OUTLAWS and ex-
penditures that are mounting
daily. I hope those Commission
ers who spoke at Bayview Park
on the radio and at Dixie Hall
recall those beautiful promises
to fix the. streets, lower taxes,
and NOW down the prairies that
still wave in Bayview Park.
Possibly our tax assessor has
become used to selling real es-
tate for a long period and visual
ICES boom in Key West but
| invite him to ask the merchants
and business men and home
owners and hotel owners about
the vacancies yes the bulk of
the Navy has gone. The City
Commission and the County Com
mission should beat their chests
and cry with pride that the as
SCISSORS deserve a medal reading,
"For bringing home the bacon
the whole. hog
! / criticized the councilmen
about mismanagement and waste
but | ask for a comparison with
a number of city employees now
on the payroll and when the
council was in-I wish to public
ly apologize to each and every
one of those men. What we need
in Key West is a Taxpayers
league to study our problems and
to protect US against the need of
making new jobs every time
somebody thinks one is needed.
Is there any business III Key
West that goes to work at nine
o'clock and takes two hours for.
lunch on the taxpayer? If the
City Manager would wake up he
would make it one hour like ev-
erybody else and the hours saved
would be dollars saved for the
taxpayer, eliminating extra ems
ployes. Do they care about our
taxes? Why should they? d
We pay and pay, but are we
any better off? You know the
answer. / ask, is this assessment
fair? Don't forget, the boom is
past. 3
A. G. ROBERTS,
1929 Whitehead St.
Key West, Fla, ~
July A, 1916.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-05
"PAYDIRT"

Editor, The Citizen:
We haven't struck oil but the
City and County Tax assessors
must think that the taxpayers of
Monroe county have struck it
rich-the gusher has not come in
at Pine Key but there is pay
dirt in them there tax books"
at the court house. They haven't
brought home the bacon, they
have brought home the whole
pig to slaughter. During the In
ventory in January Mr., Dion
statde to me that as soon as the
tax roll was accepted he would
resign and would under no cir
cumstances consider Civil Serv-
ice status as / had been asking
in the Forum.
Louisa Street from Whitehead
to its dead end has not caused
the City of Key West, one five
cents of expense and here I in
stalled sewer and. water at the
cost of one thousand dollars for
my own convenience and for
that of the residents of Thomp-
son Lane, and yet values over
1915 tripled and quadrupled.
Mr.. Dion, / have no kick if our
Public Works would at least
scarify the street, as bushes are
eight feet high and boulders ten
feet across project up into the
street. Since Key West was in
corporated not one iota of i'm
provement by the city has been
made. The only improvements
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-05
: John Place
Has Reopened

Rod J. Bethel, owner and
operator of Johns Place, John
the Fisherman's Friend at Rock
Harbor on the Keys, announces
the reopening of this popular
spot.
Rod, as he is known, invites
the patronage of all and he es-
pecially wishes his friends in
Key West to know that they can
secure the best of service at his
establishment.
Service may be had for your
car, pure oil, gas and oil may be
had as well as sandwiches, soft
drinks, beer, wine, cigars and
cigarettes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-05

E. Sweeting hit two each for the
Lunch boys and AL Cruz hit two
for the dairy. E. Sweeting saved
the game in the last of the
eighth when he caught a running
catch to right 1t was a great play.
In the field B. Villareal and F..
Sands were the best for the Dairy.
and Solomon, G. Valdez, E..
Sweeting, Joe Fleitas and Her
ring were the best for the Lunch
boys.
Score: r. H. E.
A. Dairy - 600 800 00-3 A S
A. Lunch - 101 010 0O-3 9 O
- F. Villareal and j. Sands; c.
Valdez and Fleitas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-05
ONE WAY TO Do IT

cRESTON, Iowa. "A magician
with a carnival show recently
demonstrated how to make a
quarter disappear during his act.
The surgeon at the hospital
found out his secret-when he
removed the quarter from the
magician's stomach.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-05
CITY SPORTS
DIAMONDBALL
at BaYview Park
Might Games)

MONDAY
1880 B-29's VS.. VIEW.
900 American Legion VS.. Ma
chinists.
TUESDAY,
7:30 American Legion VS.. Adj
ans Lunch.
900 Naval Air Station VS..
Adams Dairy.
THURSDAY
7:30 American Legion VS.. Adj
ans Dairy.
900 Machinists. VS.. Adams
Lunch.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-05

Even after the introduction of
practical friction matches in 1927,
they were considered SO dan
gerous that railroads in the
United States during the middle
18th century refused to trans
port them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-05
RECREATTON

Bayview Park-Tennis, Basket
ball and Handball Courts, Dia-
mondball, Kiddy Playground,
Comfort Stations.
South Beach and Rest Beach
Swimming.
Gulf Dock and Rest Beach
Deepsea Fishing, Small Boats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-05

~ oid scottish custom called
80 bride 90 be hit over the
mith eurrant bun by the
mafhnr
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
School ak
Turned Over

With a check for S5,0j0.5S. Mrs.
Mabel /. Stadtmiller, city treasurer,
today made the final settlement
with the Ypsilanti School District
on the collection Of the 1915 school
taxes.
The check represented a settle
ment of Si,01771 on the school
general tax roll and Sl,052.5S on
the school debt.
Altogether the city treasurer paid
to the schools OF Ypsilanti from
the 1915 tax rolls. a total Of Sl9l,
0S4.64. o. this. $l52.659.54 was on
the school general roll and $SS''
425.l0 was on the school debt roll.
December /. 1945, warrants for
the collection OF the school taxes,
called for the collection OF $l65,'
1881 on the school general i0ll
and $41,611.2i on the school debt.
When Mrs. Stadtmiller turned the
tax rolls over to the county treas
urer Tuesday, this week, she re-
turned s12,659. 81 unpaid on the
school general roll and %5,lS6li on
the school debt roll.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Prayed Snapshot May Bring
Recovery of Stolen Baby

Detroit, Mar. 14-AP-A frayed
snapshot. discovered by mother
whose baby son was kidnapped near.
ly three years ago, today spurred
police OF two states in their hunt
for a nursemaid wanted for aues-
tion.ng in the abduction OF the
Detroit baby and another Dayton,
o., child.
Mrs. Soukias Jevahirian, grand
mother OF Paul Jevahirian, told
authorities the snapshot was that
of MRS. Alice White, who was
employed as nursemaid at the
time Paul. then l1months old,
was abducted.
A short time later. Mrs. Arthur
c. Thompson OF Dayton, o., ident-
flied the woman in the snapshot as
Mary Wilkey", a nursemaid, who
vanished Oct. :, 1914 with her son.
Ronnie Thompson, then 20 months
old.
Detroit police, hopeful that the
picture would provide the long
awaited lead to the nursemaid, as
signed four detectives 10 work full
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Wonder Drug Not
Retaining Power

Atlantic City. y. j., Mar. II
AP-Penicillin is losing its punch
so rapidly that it was predicted to-
day this wonder drug may become
almost completely useless in few
years for number OF the most
prevalent diseases.
Tn, trouble is not in penicillin.
but in special strains OF germs,
present in many diseases. which
are able TO resist penicillin, and
which are Spreading rapidly while
their fellows are being destroyed
by the drug.
The prediction was made by Dr..
Hans Molitor, OF tie Merck lnsti.
tute for Therapeutic Research, in
report 10 the Federation OF
American Societies for Experiment
al Biology. He talked to the
archaeological society. The trou-
BILE that penicillin faces Is not new.
II happens in most medical rene
dies. But In penicillin the In.
crease in the germs that tolerate
the drug seems 20 be very rapid
In some hospitals the cures OF
gonnorrhea by penicillin have drop
ped from the original almost 100
per cent to about 50 per cent.
SIMILAR decreases are going on in
lther diseases, but not so rapidly.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
to
Decide Need
in YpsiIanti

A committee TO investigate the
need for an Npsilantl office OF
the county prosecutor was appoint.
ed t the final session of the March
meeting OF the board OF supervis,
ors, Wednesday afternoon.
The action followed a report by
Donald F. Comstock. demanding
that the Ypsilanti office OF the
prosecutor, which was closed Feb.
ruary 20 by action OF the county
prosecutor John Rae, be reopen
ed.
Mr.. Comstock's report disclosed
figures showing that the number Of
cases in Ypsilanti had risen be-
tween January, 1875, and January,
1916, and that the need for an OF.
flee here was greater than ever.
Rae defended his action, Wed
nesdsy. asserting that the office
was r war time measure. and that
the closure was for economy.
Alfred DeOtte. local attorney, was
the assistant prosecutor in the
Vpsilsnti office.
The committee was named by
Emory Mulhollsnd, chairman nj
the board OF supervisors and in.
cludes Leigh Beach. Lima Town.
ship. as chairman. Mrs. Jesse Cot.
Ter, Ann Arbor and Mr.. Comstock.
Grants Funds
In addition TO the appointment
OF the committee, the supervisors
rounded out the work or the March
session by approving the grant for
$1,000 10 continue the work OF
Circuit Judge James II Breakey's
one man grand jury investigating
gambling in the county.
This is the second grant 10 the
jury, the first being for $1,000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Rev. Colburn Legion Choice
as First Citizen For Year

Rev. Harvey c. Colburn. D. D.,
retired pastor OF the First Congre-
gational Church, was chosen citi.
zen OF the year by the American
Legion, post 2S2, Wednesday eve
ming.
Choosing the outstanding citizen
OF Ypsilanti is an annual custom
with the American Legion post.
Choices are made by s. cret ballot
among members OF the post. on the
basis OF the persons contribution
TO civic affairs.
Rev. Colburn is most widely
known for his History OF Ypsilanti,
which he wrote and published. and
which is considered one OF the
most authoritative works on the
subject.
A resident OF Ypsilanti for the
past 25 years. he served the great
est part OF that time as pastor or
the Congregational Church. Dur
ing his ears as spiritual guide
in the community. he has been
considered by the ministerial as
sociation as one OF its most prom
inent leaders.
He has assumed his share of
civic affairs, having served the
Foard OF Commerce and the Com
munity Fund, and has been prom
inent in many financial drives de-
signed for the better:nent OF the
city.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Cotton Price
to Curbed

Washington. Mar. 1i--AP-- An
unprecedented OPA order designed
to nip rising cotton clothing prices
shaped up today as Senator Elmer
Thomas (D-Okla.) predicted the ac-
ton may cost the agency. its life.
Meanwhile, the government ord
cred garment producers to hustle
TO market their supplies of scarce
shirts, suits, trousers. underwear
and women's stockings, both nylon
and rayon.
And a Civilian Production Ad.
ministration official reported an
agreement which he said will Sub
stantially increase output Of ray
on hosiery, now almost as hard
to find as nylons.
The OPA order. being prepared
at the direction OF Economic Sta
bilizer Chester Bowles and to be
issued probably today or tomorrow.
will require bigger down pay
ment on cotton purchased for fu-
ture delivery. The purpose Is -
curb speculative bidding for cot
ton, which Bowles said is en-
couraged when traders can make
purchases with a very small cash
deposit.
This sort OF bidding. Bowles said,
forces up textile prices and eventu-
ally the cost OF clothing. And that,
he added, has got to stop.
Bowles first asked leading cotton
exchanges to boost margin require
ments voluntarily. He announced
last night they had refused. So
he instructed OPA to order an in.
crease under terms OF the Price
Control Act.
Aides OF Bowles said this was
the first time the price controi
Legislation had been used for this
purpose. They said the law gives
OPA authority to regulate "specu-
lative and manipulative' market
practices.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
A. MAndreW Jr.
to Enter Business

Atwood Il. McAndrew. Jr., recent
" discharged from the T.. $. Navy.
will enter the Mack and Mack Fur
niture store at 2ll w. Michigan
Ave. He is the third generation or
the McAndrew family to be asso-
ciated with this business which
was started in 1872 by George Nc
Kelcheran and Harrison Vinkle.
In 1875 Thomas w. McAndrew pur-
chased the interest of Mr.. Ninkle
and the firm came to be generally
known as Mack and Mack. In 1908
Mr.. McKelcheran retired. Since
that date it has been operated by
the McAndrew family.
Atwood McAndrew. Jr, is gra-
duate Of Ypsilanti High School ano
the University of Michigan. He
attended the Midshipman's School
Of the Navy, was commissioned and
served throughout the war on &C.
stroyers. He was discharged with
the rank OF lieutenant Is q. While
entering the business he expects 10
take course or two in the Uni
versity school Of business admin
istratiOn
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Sacred Lily of India in
Blossom at Cooley Home

A thing OF rare beauty Is the
dark crimson blossom Of theSacred
Lily Of India. blooming at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cooley. S26
y. River ST. The blossom emerged
today in full glory climaxing over a
week o: approaching full bloom.
The rare flower has a single
stem about an inch in diameter.
Its one blossom, which unfolds like
an inverted cone spearheaded in
the center, tips the extremity OF
the stem. The blossom is a rich
crimson. the color fading into the
sem which becomes a lighter pink
as 1t approaches the tomato shaped
bulb.
According TO legend. the lily is
supposed to bloom once in seven
years. However, Mrs. Cooley stated
that In the three years they have
owned the plan. It has bloomed
twice. The lily is still young. being
much smaller than most. less than
one foot from the base Of the bios
som to the tip OF the spearhead,
which may account for its more
frequent blooming, she said.
/, Also according to legend. the
flower has been provided with a de-
vice Of self protection, so typical OF
natures creations. When touched
by the hand, the blossom gives out
an undesirable odor. Mrs. Cooley
said that IN first time the flower
blossomed the odor was present
about three days, then passed. The
blossom will last about a week.
The plant, she said. requires con.
siderable care. Following the bios
soming, the three FOOT stem must
be cut away from the bulb and dis
carded. The bulb must be planted
In the ground in the spring where
It is left until fall. Before frost II
Is ssken up and placed in dry
dish. with water being added only
occasionally.
From the bulb there sprouts a
tree. about three feet high. which
resembles a palm tree in shape in
that gfeen leaves sprout from the
;op Of The stem in an umbrella
fashion The leaves are almost fern
like.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Back to Work Calls to Hinge
on Union Acceptance of New
GIN, Electrical Labor Contracts
Soviet Troops Turning on Turkey

Tehran, Mar. 14-AP-A column
OF Russian troops which left Tabriz
in Azerbaijan was reported today
to have swung westward in the di-
rection OF the Turkish border.
Marshal Ivan Bagramian, Rus
sian expert on tank warfare and
campaigning in difficult terrain,
has been in Tabriz two or three
weeks. sources disclosed last night
Babramian made his reputation as
commander on the Baltic front in
the war with Germany.
The Russian column which left
Tabriz at first was reported moving
northward toward the Soviet bor-
der. At Marand. however. II turn
ed westward toward Khoi. north of
Lake Urmia and near the Turkish
bOarder.
Tabriz Is about 40 miles directly
east Of the lake.
Other Soviet forces were report
ed Yesterday to have moved south
Of the lake at Miyanduab near the
Iraq border.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Religious Faiths
Will be Reviewed

The Washtehaw County His.
torical Society will present a sym
postum on religious faiths in the
county at its March. meeting, Tues
day. in the Rackham Building am.
phitheater. Ann Arbor, 1t was an
nounced today.
Participating In the discussion
will be the following Ann Arbor
religious leaders: Rev. w. 2.
Lemon OF the First Presbyterian
Church. Rev. f. c. Stellhorn OF
the Zion Lutheran Church, Mon
signor RI. Rev. Warren Peek, St
Thomas Roman Catholic Church;
and Rabbi J. NJ. Cohen Of the Hillel
Foundation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Groundwork Laid For Careful
Zoning in YpsiIanti Township

lpsilanu Township planning
board at lis first public meeting
in Charles McKenny Hall Wednes.
day evening laid the groundwork
for careful zoning. particularly in
the area east OF Ypsilanti where in
dustrial development is causing in.
creased population.
Problems discussed during the
evening we're chiefly conferred on
type and extent Of business, resi-
Dental or industrial areas on
Ecorse Rd. and Michigan Ave.
Willow Run Civic League, repre-.
scented by 4. J. Niece, William Gal
laher and James Hornbeck. adyo-
Gated residential and business prop.
erty on Michigan Ave from the
city limits OF Ipsilanu 70 the
Wayne County line Npsilanti
Board Of Realtors asked that the
same area be made business aud
industrial Both were agreed that
II would be poor management to
restrict the zone too sharply lest It
create a monopoly which would
make prices Of business or indus
trial property prohibitive.
ROSES frogh ,ut - a.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Plays Sphinx

Washington. Mar. 1f--AP-John
l.. Lewis played Sphinx today, but
there was much conjecture that
be planned to soft-pedal wage in.
crease demands and concentrate on
winning better working conditions
for his soft coal miners.
At the same time, the trend of
the two-day old national bltumin.
Gus wage conference gave rise to
hope among industry representa-.
tives that Lewis might cancel
strike April /, despite the fact that
he already has cleared the way for
a general walkout.
The speculation over Lewis wage
position. left uncertain Tuesday
when he proposed merely that was.
es be raised and hours be shorten
ed, was touched off yesterday when
United Mine Workers spokesmen
devoted an entire day to explain
ing OF the UMW's demand for a
miners health and welfare fund.
The fund was one Of nine general
demands which Lewis placed he.
fore the conference.
Wages were not discussed at yes.
terdsy's public meeting and they
are not on today's program. Union
officials indicated that no specif-
ic wage figures are to he discuss.
ed until actual bargaining begins
behind closed doors.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
on
Disease Lifted

According to notification sent 10
DIR. Otto Engelke. director OF the
County Health Department, Mich
igan State Council OF Public
Health has withdrawn quarantine
restrictions on several communics-
bic diseases.
According to the message re-
ceiyed by Dr. Engelke, which was
the result OF unanimous vote OF
the health council at a meeting in
Lansing. Wednesday. henceforth
quarantine will only affect those
persons suffering from diphtheria
and small pox.
Measles. chicken poK. meningo:
coccic meningitis, infantile paraly-
sis. scarlet fever and other strepto.
coccus throat and nose infections
no longer necessitate quarantine as
long as isolation regulations are ad-
hered to. The isolation periods re.
main the same as before the new
ruling.
Quarantine placsrds will no long
q nc uoth lOl Ahtot hdAitu NpAhT
municable diseases. However, the
council has authorized the use OF
warning placards at the discretion
OF the health officer.
Basis for the action. which was
announced by DR.. William Dekleine
state health commissioner. was that
for many years those in public
health work have known that quar-
antine regulations have not been
effective in curbing diseases. This
has been proven in other areas,
and many states and foreign coun-
tries have already lifted the regu-
lations on quarantine.
The council defined isolation as
the separation OF a person suffer-
Ing from a communicable disease
from other persons
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Bank Head to
be Selected

Savannah, Mar. 14-AP-Choice
OF president for the s9,l00. 900, 00l
World Bank was reported wide
open" today. but U. s. officials
said the foreign delegates probably
would commit themselves before
leaving Savannah to accept any
man the United States proposes.
The question became the No. ]
topic OF speculation at the lnterna,
tionsl Monetary Conference here,
following the tentative decision
ON Washington, ID. c.. as permanent
home for the Bank and the world
monetary fund.
That decision-a victory for the
United States over Britain, which
preferred New York-came la e
yesterday, along with a recommen-
dstion that Russia and other tar
dy ratifiers OF the Breton Woods
agreement be allowed until Dec. 81
TO enter the international agencies
on the original terms.
Both actions are expected TO get
approval OF the boards OF COVER
nors.
The name III e. Z. Brown, Ghica.
60 banker and a member OF the U.
S. delegation to the Breton Woods.
n. II. meeting In 1914, was much
discussed for the bank presidency,
but some delegates said he had
been sounded out already and had
declined.
The banks funds-of which only
$1,000, 100000 10 far has been sub
scribed by the incomplete list OF
member nations-will be used to
make loans to foreign governments
needing help In reconstruction pro-
Jects, or 30 guarantee such loans
obtained from private financial in
situations; also, to finance or guar.
antee loans for the upbuilding OF
industry in countries which have
Jagged ihdustrially.
The proposal to extend until Dec.
81 the deadline by which Breton
Woods signatories may enter the
bank and $500, 000,0 900 currency
stabilizing fund. was seen as a
move to ease the possible adrnis.
sion OF Russia. The Russians are
here, but merely as observers. Pre-
'yiously flat six month deadline
had been recommended.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14
Flames Damage
Factory Blower

Damage was incurred this after
noon when a fire started in a blow.
er at he Motor State Products Cor.
porat ton.
Cause was determined to be from
sparks being sucked into the dust
cupola atop the building. The blow.
er system is used to remove dust
and other foreign PARTICLES from the
buffing and polishing rooms.
According 10 a company spokes-
man. grease and cotton batten,
used in the buffing and polishing
process, are sucked into the blower.
both OF which arc highly inflamma-
Bile and susceptible to sparks which
also at times find their way into
Me CupOlas.