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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-16
Commissio1e Ian Sales
Tax For City; Move Blue
LaW,Change; 48-Hour Week

NECESSITIES WOULD BE
EXCLUDED FROM go
LEVY ON ALL RETAIL
ITEMS
Plans to levy a general sales
tax in Key West were begun Sat-
urday afternoon at an informal
meeting of the City Commission
ers in the office of the City Man
ager. $1,000
An ordinance was also drawn
up drastically amending the So
called Sunday blue laws" and
putting into effect a new regula-
ton prohibiting employers from
working store clerks for more
than 48 hours per week. The or
dinance will be presented for for
NAL approval of the Commission
at the regular meeting tomorrow
night.
The sales tax proposal drew the
general approval of all four COM
miSsioners, Louis Carbonell, John
Carbonell, Hunter Harden and.
Albert Cooper, and of Mayor W.
w. Demeritt. Receipts would be
used entirely for paving and
sewer construction and later for
reduction of property taxes.
City Manager o. J. S. Filing
son and City Attorney J. Lance
lot Lester were authorized to
correspond with other municipal
tiles where sales taxes are levied
and to ascertain the advantages
and disadvantages of this form of
revenue.
Necessities of life, including
bread, groceries and medicines
would be excluded from the sales
tax which would probably be
! levied at two per cent on gross
receipts of all retail goods sold,
except those to be excluded. A
rough estimate Of the annual
receipts placed it at at least $780,
900.
The blue law ordinance will
call for repeal or the equivalent
of the 1918 ordinance restricting
movie theatres to operation only
after p. m. on Sundays, and
then only if they donate 20 per
cent of their receipts to charity.
The other outstanding blue law
will be amended to permit base
ball games on Sunday and to al
low filling stations, bait houses,
grocery stores, ice cream eStab-
lishments, saft drink stands and
newspaper stands to remain
open.
Sponsored by Louis Carboneu,
the new ordinance will be the
same as that offered by the COM
missioner at a recent special
meeting except that permission
to sell jewelry on Sunday has
been changed to read gift and
costume jewelry."
Carbonell also inserted a pro-
vision that no clerk can be en-
ployed for more than eight hours
a day, six days a week. 1t was as
serted that some clerks are work
ing 10 to II hours a day during
the Christmas season when
stores are open from 9 a. m, to
9 %. m. To eliminate this prac-
tice, Carbonell said, and to pre-
vent similar practices by stores
opening on Sundays, the 48-hour
restriction will be inserted In the
ordinance.
Evening star., 1946-04-21
BiNC CROSBY ROAD TO UTOPIA

-lncIudlng Pat 1t There Pal
with Bob Hope Welcome
To My Dream, Its Any
body Spring, Personality,
" ouId You Also famous
Road 70 Morocco with Boo
Hope SO. a -41'..S2.5O
Evening star., 1946-04-21

THE DESERT SONG. Melodies of
romance and adventure. kiuy
(lrhsIe,. Wilbur Evans, Felix
Knight, Jcttry Alexander (ho-
rus l1 side, lOlnoh 40. DA-
; % ,.. Si25
Evening star., 1946-04-21
Playing at your house tonight?

An imaginary curtain rises in your living room.
An orchestra strikes up.
about it This is tbe real Aing. "Oklahon1a!" is
playing command performance at your house!
Here, on Decca records are the lifting music
..the unforgettabe words the same distinguished
cast chorus and orchestra that made this musical
Evening star., 1946-04-21

OKLAHOMA! DA-55D II sides
10 in. $500 and A-58b-4 SIDES
lOIn. s. 90, both with members
otorrglnal cast. DA-5 7S-4sldc,
iOn. s. 90, Los Angeles Phil
harmonic Orchestra, direction
Alfred MlIlcn>trn.
Evening star., 1946-04-21

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F'"'~ Il" mot nt'ni' trdr'al, tat. or lornl ta>'7
Evening star., 1946-04-21

play brilliant success on Broadway.
This is just one Of Deccas famous
Cast Albums that bring Broadways BE-
Hollywood into your home It's part OF
plan TO record the music )ou like best
you like TO hear it,
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-07-18
Eastern Connecticut
 Political Action Com.

Mrs. Ruth Dembo, chairman of the Membership Committee of the Eastern Connecticut Citizens PO- litical Action Committee, has has tened to reiterate certain state ments made recently by the State President, John Tunis, the author, who halls from NorWalk
 Points cleared by the CPAC leader at a NorWalk Service and Kiwanis luncheon recently were:
 The CPAC is NOT DOMINAT- ED BY COMMUNISTS. It consists of the usual run of American peO- pie, including many housewives. John Tunis, as other leading mem bers of this organization have done, went on record that if the CPAC went over to the Commun- iSt thought he would sever his re- lations with the organization.
 "2. The CPAC is neither pro Democratic organization, nor pro- Republican organization. It SUD- ports IDEAS, NOT CANDIDATES
 B. The CPAC favors Labor organized Labor-Ibut so far there has been little representation from both Labor and Management in the Connecticut membership.
 A. The CPAC IS NOT THE SAME AS THE CIO-PAC.
 5. The Citizens PAC will back candidates for public office who favor the progressive trends, and in places where both major par ties have liberal nominees in the field the organization will remain neutral.
 RIGHT NOW THE EASTERN CONNECTICUT PAC IS STRESS INC THE REGISTERING OF ALL VOTERS REGARDLESS OF THEIR POLITICAL AFFILLA- TIONS so THAT THEY CAN PUNISH TEIEIR ENEMIES AND REWARD THEIR FRIENDS AT THE NEXT ELECTIONS. AN UN- REGISTERED VOTE IS A VOTE FOR TYRANNY AND BAD GOV- EMINENT. BE SURE AND REC lSTER, AND GET ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO REGISTER NOW!
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-07-18
POETS CORNER

Radio scientists knew you would get corny spew, And they gave plenty of thought to the matter; There's nice little switch, if your fingers should itch, That you turn, and it shuts off the chatter. There's pleasure supreme you know what I mean When some special aversion WiSecrackS, To slip up quick, turn the switch in a nick, And choke him right there in his tracks.
 B. w. Rainy.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-07-18
Safety!

The Chicago and Northwestern is testing new radio safety de- vice which is counted on to great ly reduce the possibility of head on collisions.
 When trains come within five miles, of each other, the mech anism broadcasts high pitched sounds at four-Second intervals which are automatically picked up by receiving sets. The equipment is also said to provide for radio voice communication between members of the two train crews.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-07-18
Your Union

Don't make it too hard for the fel- lows you trust To argue your case on the hill, Put on rubber boots, if kick them you must; But first of all-hear what they spill. If you know all the answers, and have all the gutS, And you think their job easy as Hell; We'll have a replacement, no ifs, and no butS. If you're ready to fight at the bell. There's a negative virtue in keep ing your gripe To yourself, if you never take part in the cause. From the woods of inaction it's easy to Snipe, And to see all the errors and flaws But maybe it's time that you did take some part, In addition to paying your dues. The bargaining group could work with more heart If you'd come up and give them your views. If you think you can pay for all that you get, And get all that you pay for in turn. If you think you can win every time that you bet, And that bad luck is something to Spurn. What you're likely to get is what you deserve; You must reach if you want to acquire. If the help you could give, you hold in reserve, You're as safe as tread worn tire So. if you really believe that union is strength" And that bargaining fits in the plan, Get out to your local and broad cast at length; It's your privilege to help all you can.
 B. w. Rainy.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-07-18
Sciences Gift to
 Suffering Humanity

I don't mind the din of hammers
 on tin, Or the clickfty- y-clack of loom; I am not diStburbed by the clank
 of crank, Or the roar of the bomber's zoom. But, my ears rebel, and each tiny
 cell Of my brain will quiver with
 pain. At the day long chatter, and corny
 batter. That spews from a Broadcasting
 chain.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-07-18
Just Fishing

Have you worked dream of a mountain stream Just the fish, and you, and the wild From dawn's first gleam till, the fading beam Sent you home like a happy child? Have you made your take, from some mountain lake, Where the high hills played on your soul? Have you watched the wake, that the big fish make, Praying strength to your tackle and pole? Have you braved briny spray, on a cold, dirty day, Cause you heard the biting was good And sung going home, thru slith- That broke on the deck where you StOO1! Have you picked out a rock, where the grey gulls flock, And contentedly fished all day Till the sun got low, and it's crim- son glow, Illumed the boats on their home ward way? If thus you seek pleasure, you have in full measure Lifes greatest and grandeSt pos session. The power to enjoy, as you did when a boy Which is manhood'S most cher iShed obsesSion.
 B. w. Rainy.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-07-18

A mighty noise to penetrate mems souls To drown the grinding noise of
 rolling mills, The gnashing clash of gears, The hungry roal of factories Spew-
 ing out Their countless spawn; The steady ring, above it all, Of tradesmen, counting out their
 coin. His Words-what were they? Not so many words to rouse ones
 soul; What underlay them in the dying
 whisper This is the message you should hear Somehow, as he spoke, his hollow
 eyes Bore deeply into me-accusingly And questioning, so questioning Who, it seemed to me, they asked, Had cut his life so short? Eight years were all allotted him; Eight short summerS-eight winters With their snows-eight autumns And colored leaves and browning
 grass Eight springs, when life is full; Spring? This last one he will ever
 feel, Brings again the age-old change From death to life. Life, full renewed for all the things
 that grow, But for little child it brings A summons to the grave. When the kind brown earth has
 claimed him, What of his whispered words? Will they echo through your mind?
 round your head Like a dream? They should stir your conscience, Yes, you! You who are the people The rich, the poor, the literate and
 the wise, The ignorant and the fool White, black, brown or yellow man You hold the blame; this is your
 world! The learned man, the scholar, the
 man of science, Perhaps he is your dupe; To him, you'll pass reproof. No, I tell you I heard little Buster
 Roosl Tn his words, amidst the struggled
 breath From lungs all but gone with can-
 cer, I heard an accusation Not in the words but in the tone It was as though he said: "A child is born of man, to live, But you, and all of you, have let
 me die Without accounting for my life, Too much preoccupied' with wars
 and things To find a way to make me whole
 again" heard little Buster RooS And I'll hear him til the end of
 life; But I VOW that somehow down the
 years, You, too, must hear his voice!
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-07-18
I Heard Buster ROOs

Anonymous I heard little Buster Roos his whispered voice; I heard it, though SO faint it seemed to be The last low breath of life. would to God this tiny mite of sound were amplified To a laundering shout to wake the earthl
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-07-18

network broadcasts. Fred Cole. DOUBLE OR NOTHING announc- er,, owes his career in radio to a traffic light. Fred was motoring when he stopped for a red light. The car came to rest right in front of a local Boston radio station. Maybe I could get a job there" Fred pondered. Within an hour he took an addition and had himself a job. He's been in radio ever since. One of the oldest quiz shows on the air, DOUBLE OR NOTHING formerly was Friday night radio feature. The program now airs each Sunday at 9:30 over WNLC.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-07-18
MYSTERY IS MY HOBBY, the

MYSTERY IS MY HOBBY, the highly successful Sunday who-dunit relating the narrow escapes and clashes with crime of Barton Drake" mystery novelist, is heard at 10 D. m. Sundays on WNLC. MYSTERY IS MY HOBBY presents the Twentieth Century Fox film star and rising radio actor, Glenn Langan, in the role of Barton Drake" Langan is best known for his performances in such movies "A Bell for Adono," Something For the Boys" Wing and Pray CT" Hangover Square and 'Dra- gonWyck." AS "Bartoh Drake" Langan becomes involved in vari- ous crimes strictly as hobby, which frequently leads to embar- rassment on the part of his old friend, Inspector Noah Danton," who finds crime more serious business. However, the Inspector" states that the writer's deductions are far better than his own. Orig mating in the Hollywood studios of the worlds largest network, the Mutual Broadcasting System, MYS- TERRY IS MY HOBBY is sponsored by the MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH AND ACCIDENT ASSO- CLAYTON OF OMAHA, and airs To- c9lly via WNLC.
 HENRY J. TAYLOR, information ally known journalist and econom- ist, and commentator over WNLC, is the author of a newly published book entitled Men and Power" The volume is based on MT. Fay lor's extensive contacts with poli- tical and military leaders during the war, and contains numerous re- ports of interviews with the great and near-great during the height of the recent conflict.
 DOUBLE OR NOTHING = Did you know. That Victor Pelle, musical director for MutuaPs pop ular Sunday quiz-show-DOUBLE OR NOTHING-originally appeared on the broadcast as contestant? An ex-serviceman, Pelle was asked during the program what his future plans were. He replied that he hoped to become an orchestra lead CT. An addition was arranged for the following day; Pelle made a terrific impression on studio execu- tives and was signed to direct the DOUBLE OR NOTHING orchestra. .. Johnny Wellington, producer of the show, writes all DOUBLE OR NOTHING questions without the aid of reference books He tries out the the questions on grocery clerks, elevator operators, soda jerkers. If the question can be answered, it goes on the show; oth- erwise, Wellington reports, it is tossed into the ash can. John Reed King, DOUBLE OR NOTHING em- cee, is one of radios busiest stars. In addition to his weekly appear ance on the popular quiz show, King is heard on half-dozen other
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Bureau Of Ships Worker
To Retire After s. Years

Anthony ]. Oliver, 4521 South
Dakota avenue NE. engineer drafts
man who served the Navy for a total
of Is years during three wars. will
retire from the Bureau of Ships
next Monday.
Ceremonies honoring Mr.. Oliver
were held at the bureau yesterday
His service extends over the past
53 years.
The ceremonies were attended by
scores of Mr. divers fellow en-
pIoyes, who gave him a gold wrist
watch. Rear Adm. Sherman S. Ken
nedy, assistant chief of the bureau,
praised Mr.. Oliver work.
Entering the naval service for the
first time in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
in 1898, Mr.. Oliver served until 1899
when he went into private business
He returned to the Navy in the old
Bureau of Construction and Repair
in 1917 and remained until 1919
when he again left the Government
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Eight Invited to Serve
ON Dunborton Board

Eight new members invited to
serve three-year terms ending in
1949 on the board of advisers of
Dunbarton College of Holy Cross in
Washington were announced today.
They are:
Miss Miriam Marks, Of the Ma
tional Catholic Welfare Conference;
DR.. Henry Olson, $500 Albemarle
street NV: Mrs. Mildred Berl, 1920
K street NV; DR.. John Cavanaugh,
1900 Forty-ninth street NV; Joseph
Kochka, 4525 Brandywine street
NV, ard Bernard Locraft of 615
Colorado Building, all of Washing
ton.
Also Miss Ursula Anselmo, 8745
Colesville road, Silver Spring, Md.
and Mrs william Delaney of Sea-
wood. Spring Lake, N, J.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Postwar Problems Top
Conference Agenda
OF Highway Congress

Many complex problems confront
ing highway transportation in the
postwar era are scheduled for the
attention of the first Highway
Transportation Congress which will
meet in the Mayfiower Hotel to-
morrow and Friday, under the spon-
sorship of the National Highway
Users Conference.
With representative of more than
1000 national and State organiza-
tions and eight foreign countries in
attendance, leaders of business, in
dustry, agriculture, education anc
the public will delve into such sub
\ jects as safety. taxation. administra-
ton, trade barriers to interstate
I commerce and size and weight re-
strictions.
I Foreign countries to be represent
ed are Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil
Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Turkey
and Belgium.
/ Sloan to Preside.
Alfred P. Sloan, jr.. chairman OF
! the board of the General Motors
Corp. and chairman of the National
Highway Users Conference, is sched-
uled to call the congress to order
in the MayfioWer ballroom at 10 m
|! tomorrow.
4 Arthur Hill, president of the Ma
tional Association of Motor Bus Op-
orators, will preside at the opening
session. Speakers will include
Harold S. Buttenheim, editor Of
American City magazine; Charles
L. Dearing, of the Brookings Insti-
tuition, and Mrs. L. x. Nicholson
safety committee chairman, Ma
tional Congress of Parents anc
Teachers.
Archur C. Butler, director of the
highway users conference, will an
nouncc appointments of committees
on highway taxation, finance ano
administration, highway safety, re-
moval of trade barriers to interstate
commerce, and size and weight re-
strictions to conclude the session.
Speakers listed for the afternoon
session, which will follow an in
formal luncheon to be given by the
American Automobile Association
are: John Collyer, president, B. F
Goodrich Rubber Co.; Albert S. GoSs
master of the National Grange, anc
William l.. Chenery. publisher Of
Golfers magazine. l.. S, Wescoat
chairman of the committee on High
ways OF the American Petroleum In
Stitute, will preside.
Bradley Speaks Tomorrow.
A banquet in the MayfoWer ball
room at 7 pm. tomorrow will be
featured by an address by Albert
Bradley, executive vice president ot
the General Motors Corp. William
R. Boyd, jr., president of the Ameri-
can Petroleum Institute, will be
toastmaster.
Committee meetings Friday morn
ing will be followed by business ses.
sions at 1890 am. and las pm
Russell Singer, general manager Of
the American Automobile Associa.
ton, will preside at the morning
session, and John Lawrence, chair
man of the administrative commit,
tee of the highway users confer
ences, in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
Freedmen Hospital Aide
To Join Administrators

Charles E. Burbridge, assistant
superintendent of Freedmen's Hos
pital. will be admitted to member
ship in the American College of Hos
pital Administrators at the 18th an
nual meeting of the organization in
Evening star., 1946-09-25

service. However. he came back to
the Bureau of Ships in 1887 and has
been there since.
Most of his service in the Navy
was in the design section for small
boats. However, during the past
two years, he has served as an en-
ploye member of the Efficiency Rat
ing Board of the Navy.
Evening star., 1946-09-25

Philadelphia Sunday. 1t was an
nounced today by DR.. James l.. Hall,
superintendent Of Freedmen's Hos
pital.
Mr.. Burbridge will be among IS
hospital administrators from the
United States and Canada to be
accorded the honor, it was said. He
holds the degree of master of arts in
hospital administration from the
University of Chicago.
Evening star., 1946-09-25

Flying beef across the Andes is
proving profitable in Bolivia.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
AERODYNAMlCS
ENGINEER

College Erad., good theoretical back
ground In aerodynsmics, capable of
handling research and development ir
aircraft control problems. experience
desirable.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
RESEARCH and
DEvELO OPMENT
ENGINEER

Preferably with recent Doctors
degree in physics, eleetronics, or mathe-
matics, good theoretical BACKGROUND In
these fields capable Of directing a de-
velopment group doing DEVELOPMENT
work in electronics, servo-mechanisms
control systems experience essential.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
MECHANISMS
ENGINEER

College grad, extensive BACKGROUND
physics and mathematics, capable ham
ding retearch and development prob
lens In dynamics, applicable to serve
mechanism and control systems. Some
experience desirable.
Evening star., 1946-09-25
SENIOR
ELECTRONICS
Engineer

Advanced university degree, good
theoretical BACKGROUND in eIectronics,
physics and mathematics, handle de-
velopment problems in eiectronics con-
troll systems servo -mechanisms. Ex-
perience essential. preferably In the
fields Of guided missiles.
Evening star., 1946-03-21
VA Orders Speedup
In Hospital Building
To Ease Bed SHORTAGE

The Veterans Administration to-
day ordered an acceleration in its
hospital construction to relieve the
current shortage of beds in vet
erans' hospitals.
j. j. Rockefeller, director of VA
construction, told the 13 branch of
flee administrators to utilize every
resource in overcoming delays ham
pering present construction.
The deputy administrators were
told to assign personnel to survey
all construction projects in their
territories to overcome existing de-
lays, avoid future delays and speed
up the work.
In other veterans affairs Develop
ment:
VA announced it has granted
more than $50 waivers of premiums
on national service life insurance
policies because of the total dis
ability Of policy holders. During the
six-month period ending last De-
cember, VA announced, it received
more claims for waiver of premiums
because of disability than it had
received during the entire four-and-
a-half-year period that the Govern
ment insurance has been issued.
State Governors were urged by
Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine, re-
training and unemployment admin
lstrator, to lend vigorous support"
to 9 program giving veterans school
anT working credit for experience
IN the armed forces.
BY giving the veterans school
credits to help them get a high
school diploma, Gen. Erskine point
ed out, the veterans will be able to
get better jobs. He emphasized that
local school authorities, who de-
eide whether veterans get credits for
what they learned in the armed
forces, would not be giving the vet
erans gift but merely recognizing
their qualifications.
DR.. Paul r. Hawley, VA medical
director, announced the permanent
appointment of DR.. J. C. Harding.
5428 Forty-first street NV, to be
assistant medical director for auxil-
lary services. and DR.. M. M. Fowler
66l3 Strathmore street, Chevy
Chase, Md, to be assistant medical
director for dental services in the
new VA Department of Medicine
and Surgery.
Evening star., 1946-03-21
Chevy Chase ID. C.) Unit
Backs Larqer PLAYGROUND

Support of a movement to grade
the undeveloped portion of the
playground of the Ben Murch
School was voted last night by the
Citizens Association of Chevy
Chase, D. c.
The proposal would provide ad-
ditional playground space for the
422 pupils attending the school.
"The present playground space
is Inadequate" said Edward T.
Stafford, who presented the plan
to the association.
A study will be made by the
groups Police and Fire Depart
ment Committee on the proposed
adoption Of tke three-platoon sys-
tenn by the Districts Fire Depart
ment.
At the suggestion of Atwood
Fisher the association voted to send
an official letter of welcome to DR..
Hobart M. Corning, new superin-
tendent of tine Districts public
schools, pledging the groups CO.
operation and support.
Following the meeting 1t. Col.
Milton A. Lehr, U. S. A., showed
a film on scenes taken in South
Pacific.
The meeting was held in the
auditorium of the Lafayette School,
Broad Branch road and Northamp-
ton street NV. Henry M. Fowler
presided.
Evening star., 1946-03-21

There are no national" holidays
in the United States, since each
State decides on its own observance.