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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22
Ringing Doorbe||s
Needed --Wa||ace
Cites Need For Independen
Political Action At Once

NEW HAVEN Feb. 18 - Q4PA) = "This is not time
for rr gng speeches; it is time for ringing doorbes ;"
Commerce Secretary Henry A Wallace declared in an adj
dress the Natl Citizens Political Action Committee here
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-02-22

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
To Confer With
Russians About
Missing Officers
1By Associated Prcssl

BERLIN, July 20. - General
James McNary announced today
that he had arranged to confer
with Russian authorities about
the two American officers who
disappeared in the Russian zone
in Germany on the Fourth of
July.
McNary said he had been in
formed that the Americans had
been apprehended by the Russian
secret service shortly after they
had crossed the line into the
Russian zone.
The Russian government de-
clared it had no intelligence
about the two officers, but Nc
Nary stated he believed they
were in the custody of the Rus
sian secret service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Four Man City Commission
Until Election Discussed
4 POSSIBILITY CONSIDER
ED TO SAVE CITY
HUGE COST OF CALL.
ING NEW ELECTION

As a result of Commissioners
Clarence SWeeting's resignation
from the city commission yes
terday following City Manager
Dave Kings resignation. the pos
sibility of directing civic affairs
with city commission of only
four members until a general
election can be called, is under
discussion, Mayor w. w. De-
merritt stated this morning.
1T may. be that the charter
forbids this action but its posi-
bility is being explored in an eff
fort to avoid expenditures of up
to $1,000 for a special election, ("
the mayor declared.
Consideration Of VIM. Doughty
for the vacancy, who trail
ed SWeeting In tie last election,
has also been undertaken by the
commission, Mayor Demeritt
stated.
Doughty was the next one on
the list when the commissioners
were elected and he might be the
happy solution. However, we
haven't decided anything yet"
the mayor emphasized.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Loeally-Stationed Arti j.
Tells OF Jap Atrocities

Corporal William T. Brewer,
age %, of the Coast Artillery,
stationed in the Key West area
as a searchlight operator in an
interview with The Citizen, told
of the inhuman treatment that
he and others who surrendered
at Corregidor had to face at the
hands of the Japs. Brewer, a reg
ular army man, arrived in Cor
regidor on Feb. 25, 1941. He was
with the A-60th Coast Artillery
on Corregidor with duties as a
searchlight operator. After the
fall of Corregidor, he and the
others were forced on the Ba-
taan Death March. The Ameri-
can troops were allowed little
rest on the hard, dusty, soluble
pressing journey while their
guards started on horseback and
were changed often by truck-re
lief so that they remain con-
tinually fresh troops.
Many Jap propaganda pictures
were made of this march and
of a particularly distasteful act
of having Americans with full
packs on their backs jump in
water Just for the purpose of
picture-taking. Another firing
and humiliating duty was to
carry Jap officers and soldiers
on the Americans backs from
the shore to the boat. Returning
for other Japs, SO that the little
yellow-bellieS would not get
their feet wet.
After getting on the boat the
men were so numerous that no
room for laying down was to be
had. On this particular trip to
Japan, Brewers ship was at
tackled and the men were locked
up in the hold.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20

One of. the cruelest incidents
on the ship was the American
service men fighting for scraps
of crumbs and orange Feelings,
the Japs had left in their trays.
In Osaka, the men in Brew
er's group worked in iron mills,
and also built drydocks. One OF
the hardest tasks, said Brewer
was to have large bag strapped
on your shoulder containing
rocks, and then be made to carry
the rocks up a relatively steep
climb where they were used in
a construction job.
Brewer stated, when l think
of what those hogs did to us, and
then, when after three years and
four months of Jap treatment, ]
see our treatment of the prison
ers of war in this country, feel
disguised.
why, over here, they gave
them good shoes, food and cloth
ing. Over there, we got Watery
rice mixture, and just enough to
keep our body and mind togeth-
er. I lost eighty pounds in ia
pan. | wonder how much the Jap
PWs gained in the U. S. AZ"
Corporal Brewer was not sure
of the time elapsed on the Ba-
taan march, but it was about
eight or ten days, he said. When
asked if he ever lost confidence,
Brewer replied, mo. l knew
that some day l would get back,
and II always kept telling my
self, that l was going home to-
morrow"
The American prisoners were
constantly under Jap propa-
ganda, including the tale that
California had been bombed and
that all Americans on the West
Coast had surrendered.
Asked how Jap guards treated
the Americans, Brewer replied:
"All guards had that certain ami
NAL feeling; they always had
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Austria To Try
10 Stop Attempt
To Seize Plants
1Ry Assoclnted Pressl

LONDON, July 20.--lnforma-
ton was received here today that
the Austrian parliament has
started a movement to Illustrate
the Russians in their attempts to
remove plants and machinery in
eastern Austria, valued at $z2, (
The Russians maintain that
they are going to seize the prop
critics on the ground that they be-
longed 10 the .Gernnans. 1t was
they, the Russians assert, who In
stalled. the machinery in Austria.
4 II is the intention of the Aus
trian parliament to nationaize
the plants, thereby claiming them
as Austrian assets.
The United States and Great
Britain have protested to the
Russians about the proposed seiz-
ure, but no reply has been re-
ceived to the protest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
HARRIS SCHOOL WORK
TO BEGIN ON MONDAY

Following a special Board of
Public Instruction meeting last
Tuesday at which bidders for re-
pairs at the Harris School were
selected, work on the building
will begin Monday, to be COM
pleted in time for the opening
of the fall term, Willard M. AL
bury, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, announced today.
If unforeseen material short
ages occur, the 'classrooms will
be ready for use even though
other parts of the building may
not be, Supt. Albury added.
With the bids broken down
into trades to facilitate bidding,
the following were the low bid
ders for the repairs: John Curry,
plumbing, including labor and
material. $976; John w. Sawyer,
plastering, stucco and 1athing
work, $3,675; j. B, Sullivan of
the East Eeast Electries4 Welding
Co, for installation of structural
steel, $1,093; j. A. Myers, paint
ing and finishing, $3,475; and
K. A. Jordan, electrical work,
SIS, 430.
The first time bids were called
for on repairs at the Harris
School none were received. AS a
result the Board of Public In
struction directed Supt. Albury
to break the work down into
trades which was done by Archi-
tect John A. Long.
Remodeling at the Harris
School includes enlargement of
the cafeteria and the auditorium
which will be ten feet wider than
originally planned. The seating
capacity of the auditorium will
be increased from 334 to approx
mately 500 seats.
Last Wednesday, bids were al
so opened for repairs at the high
school bat none were received,
The work there includes spot
painting; rewriting eight class
rooms, including the fixtures;
undermining the stage; six cleo
trio water coolers, five of the
bubbler and one of the glass-fill-
ing cafeteria types; and one 20
cubic foot refrigerator for the
cafeteria.
Supt. Albury stated that If no
bids for the high school repairs
were forthcoming, trade bids like
that of the Harris School, would
be the only resource.
Next Friday will see the open
ing of bids for a basketball
court at the Federal High School
Annex on United and Tropical
streets. The basketball court will
be for the use of the seventh and
eighth grades.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Death Penalty Provided
For Revealing Secret Of
Atomic Bomb Manufacture
BII1- CONTAINING THAT
CLAUSE, EXPECTED
To PASS HOUSE To-
DAY

WASHINGTON, July 20.-Be-
foFe ghe house 81 representatives
fftes today n is expected that
d biH safeguarding the secrets of
g. ata1nic bomb. viii be passed.
a rlause la the bill provides
60 deafh penalty for anybody in
tfe Unsiea States who is convict
sa ~ revealing the secret of the
snufaeturn ~ the atomic bomb
e 3 fufiEn government,
hnafheF measure that elected
great deal 81 interest is the
nFa biii which is in conference.
ftle seven senate and seven house
e.asfefaes were reported as still
amaAslN a. reach an agreement.
aia they decide that il is
ss O. continue the confer
enef fafthef. under the present
asfaHNr1neni. they viii report to
fke senafe and the house for
fafllNF Instructions.
Mht fhe deadlock continues,
t.e asiYanoe lea the cost OF living
sflif fsnaaius a. a high figure,
iieh iuNer today than ii was
Fffe2tiaF
US Department Of Agriculture
fssfa figures that showed the
Faf "a living rs 24iz percent
fT to-day than ON June 30,
etea ui'A eeiiing prices became
efiFn a depaFtm n t
~ Aeaen added that the per-
rfnt 80 increase today is almost
er pfrrni under what it was
yesterday
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Mayor Demeritt
Gives Views On
Civil Service

Mayor William w. Demeritt,
who has had more than a quar-
ter of a century Of experience
under civil service, knows that
an employee of the federal gov
eminent, protected by the ser
vice, can not be dismissed arbi-
trarily by any man.
Mr.. Demeritt, when superin-
tendent of lighthouses in this dis
trict, had men under him in civil
service. He could suspend them
under charges, but could not dis
miss them The latter action could
be taken only after the suspend
ed man had been given a hear
ing and had been found guilty,
In the postal service, it was
pointed out, postmaster can
prefer charges against employees,
but can not dismiss them sfrom
the service. His charges are in
vestigated by inspectors, who
then report to the post office
department, which has final ac-
ton in the case.
IF our city's civil service
means anything" Mayor De-
merritt continued, then similar
action should be taken in the
city, regarding a civil service
employe, as is taken by the fed
eral government, Give the ae-
cused a hearing and determine
from that hearing what should
be done in his case. If he is gull
ty, dismiss him; if he is. not
guilty, reinstate him." 81
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Naval And Civilian Airport
On BOca Chica Will Prove
OF Great Benefit To County
COMMISSION
Err ]. FRANK ROBERTS
CONSIDERS FIELD Is
WORTH MORE THAN
$2,OOO,OOO.

j. Frank Roberts. who was
member of the county commits
sion when the county leased 1000
acres on Boca chica for a naval
airfield. said today that the am
nouncement by Charles b. Don
aldson, assistant administrator on
airports, that an agreement can
be reached whereby the field
may be used by both the Navy
and for civilian aviation, means
that the people of Monroe county
will come into possession Of one
of the best airfields in Florida.
Mr., Roberts recalled that the
government at first paid $4,000 a
year for the lease, but that. after
vast improvements had been
made to the field by the Navy.
the amount of the lease was de-
creased to the nominal sum Of
81 annually.
When he retired last year as
chairman of the county commits
sion, Mr.. Roberts said that he
considered the county's part eft
the Boca Chica airport 10 be
worth $2,OO0,0O0. Today he said
that the value far exceeds that
amount.
1.-THE government had agreed
in the lease" Mr.. Roberts ex-
planned, ito return the airport 10
the county within six months
after the war was declared offici-
ally to have ended. However,
consider the present arrangement.
that is the arrangement about 10
be made, better than the relin-
punishment of the field TO the
county. Under the conditians that
Mr.. Donaldson explainH in his
letter to Chairman Parrish. COM
mercial interests as We as the
Navy will use the fieH That
Iineans a payroll for the benefit
of the community will be CON
tinued by the Navy at the air.
port With more than 1000 acres.
there is plenty room at Boce
Ghica $ field for commercial and
naval planes" N 40
fi'tIt was lucky stroke 'oi bslsiI
ness for. the people Of Monroe
county when it acquired the | 900
acres on Boca Chica with The OBJ
ject in view of constructing an
airfield. Before that work could
be undertaken, the war came on
and the government took over
the property. Since then millions
have been spent for its improve
ment. Now the county will get
an excellent airfield for CONNER
cial planes without having TO 60
to the great expense to build
one"
Mr.. Roberts said he hoped that.
at the meeting between govern
ment officials and the commits
sioners, scheduled for the end of
this month, arrangements will be
made to enter into the agreement
as set forth by Mr.. Donaldson,
whereby naval and civilian
planes will use the field.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Four Arrested
In Canada For
Aiding Russian
CBy Associated PreSsI


OTTAWA, July 2O.-The Can
adian government caused the ar
rest today of four more Can
adams, charged with having
forged a passport for the Rus
sian spy, who, had been operating
in this country and in the
United States in efforts to learn
secrets about the manufacture Ut
the atomic bomb.
1t is charged by the govern
ment that, on the Russians
coming here from the United
States, the four Canadians had
attempted to arrange for his de-
parture from Canada to Russia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Tom VI atkins Is
Acting Chief

htmy Tom L. Watkins, for
ass NHHa cas- judge and broth
ef co. latr Judge W. Roger
Mw heeame Acting Police
lHff elective yesterday while
Est Nhtef Louis Eisner takes
tH meks vacation followed
f@H Meeks' leave of absence.
fa Nhiri Eisner begins, his
fa Tuesday. .,.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20

Power TRANSFORMERS have been
installed at the municipal stad-
ium and will be tested Monday,
Stadium Committee President
Roy Hamlin said today. The
transformers, which will supply
power for the water system,
were obtained after prolonged
effort by P. L. Mesa, foreman of
the Electric company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
ORIGINAL APPLICANTS
ASKED TO FILE AGAIN

City Clerk Roy Hamlin stated
this morning that all applicants
who filed for the position of
city manager at the time City
Manager Dave King was select
ed, have been asked to reapply
if they are still available.
An advertisement to fill the
vacancy which becomes effective
Aug. 6, has been placed in the
International City Managers
Weekly Letter, a publication of
the International City Managers
Association.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
pAnk PLAYGROUND
MI41pENS NEXT WEEK

f playground at Bayview
Fk NtN aaain be under the
gseu ~ Niss Hopkins of
Na EaF heereation Department,
nanF Monday July 22nd
e ~ the polio epidemic it
@ hNn ncgcssary 90 close the
an UaflY in the summer.
glapklns viii have charge
go freTcation equipment and
mW asfeci . cfaft class from
SEQ a. zoo D. m, each after
a So children under the age
Mi1on.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Labor Disorders
Among Italians

y" ~ III FFFN8F
k 18ne 1O-I.abOr disor-
u aNtg fuewcd today in var
H fafis ~ Iialy because ftali
ts EeaNnflg released as war
- ~ thc Russians, were
~ e. naaain Wore. ~
f@lE unR.us staged demOnstra-
~ asBlna which Il was. as
# ftst tbe government had
go .f sHF efforts 10 try 20 get
~ IH ila returned prisoners.
~tase strikes still con-
~ Sd ne Italian cities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
HOUSING AT OXFORD

OXFORD, England. -(AP)--
Accommodation for students
coming into residence at Oxford
next October is so scarce that
Worcester College and Ruskin
College bid for tenancy of coun-
cil-oWned house. The council
awarded it to Worcester.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Charles Hicken Will
Represent Commissioners
AT L. P. O. Meet
AFFAIR WILL BE IN.
PENSACOLA AT SAN
CARLOS HOTEL

Florida Peace Officers Asso-
citation will hold their 18th an
nual convention on Tuesday,
July %, through Thursday, July
rs, at the San Carlos hotel in
Pensacola, Fla. The second floor
of the hotel is equipped with ar
auditorium, where meetings for
the entire three days will be held
Charles Hicken, 1414 5th street
will represent the city commits
sioners at the meeting.
On the afternoon of the open
ing day of the convention. Tues
day, July %, beginning at 2 pm.
there will be competitive pistol
matches on the U. S. pistol range
AT a banquet to be held Wednes-
day night, July "a, at 8 o'clock
the Hon. l.. F. Chapman will
make the principal address. Fol
lowing the banquet. a dance will
be held for members and theil
guests at a local Pensacola night
club with the Hon. Fuller Warren
acting as POSTMASTER.
Thursday, July Is, has been sci
aside to discuss business matters
Among the speakers to be
heard at the convention are: Hon
Ben. j. Perloff on "On-the-job
Training Program T. Under the
CT Bill of Rights; Hon. Raymond
B. Marsh, chairman Florida
Parole Commission, on Cooper
alton Between Law Enforcement
Officers and the Florida Parole
Commission; Hon. John E. Mont
gomery, of the Florida Forest
Service, on Law Enforcement In
Forestry; Hon. Gerald O'Con-
nell, of the International Asso-
citation Chiefs of Police, on "Po-
lice Public Relations; Hon. j. E.
Thornton, FBI, on Law Enforce
ment Today; Sgt. c. A. Brooks
Florida Highway Patrol, or
Traffic Control and Public
Safety.
Membership of the Florida
Peace Officers Association. Inc.
of Key West are:
Charles Hicken 1414 fifth st.
Fernando Ellis Camus, 1920 sixtf
St; Berlin Sawyer, 615 Fleming
street; Frank Caraballo, 921
Catherine. street; Harry Baker
1923 Fleming street; Ray Atwell
1908 Watson street; Hector Gas.
tro, 1912 Catherine street; CHIEF
Louis Eisner, 913 North Beach
street; George Gutierrez, 81
Simonton street; Carl Jefferson
Ingraham, 1119 Southland street
Frank Meredith Jolly, 1407 Petro.
MIA street,. Joseph Oliver Kemp
1918 Duncan street; Bernard Har-
ris Waite, 127-A Poinciana; JSlr
Waldo Carbonell. P. o. Box IL
Moreno Everett Wallace, 624
Francis street; Julian Willard
Bonner, Jr., 500 Margaret street
Robert E. Pollock, 514 Duval
street; Nathan Steinberg, 227
Duval street; William Robert
Archer; Frank Sabini, ia Duval
street; Abelardo Lopez, Jr., 171C
Flagler street; Jose Espir,asa, p
0. Box 729.
George A. Graham, 52-2 Poin-
ciana; George K. S. Billingsley
47-2 Poinciana; Joseph Neville
Stirrup, 1901 Flagler avenue;
Frederick Jacob Miller, 418 Front
street; George Lee, 400 Division
street; Fred Eberhardt, GIG Eaton
street; Mario Viera, MaStic Trail
er Camp; Samuel Robert Silver
man, 100 Duval street; Jimmie
Chappe Hopkins, 69-1 Poinciana
Robert Angelo De Fec, 507 Duval
street: Anna Lucille Calverley
SOL Poinciana; Thomas Sullivan
Caro-, Renedo building; Enrique
Esquinaldo, Jr., Box 81; Arnor
Gold Boyer, 526-528 Fleming
street; E. r. Rivas, 2870 Staples
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
BAKERS LINE UP

LONDON.-Brltish bakers. fac
ed with the government threat
that it would cut off their supply
of flour if they did not ration
bread. said today they will abide
by the law. passed by parliament
yesterday. to begin rationing
bread on Sunday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
D-DAY FOR JEWS

Observation-Disclosures leaders
in Palestine said today that they
had fixed July rs as their D-DaY.
On that date they will cease to
cooperate with the British civil
government in Palestine.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
TIDELANDS BILL

WASHINGTON. - The tide
lands bill. which provides for the
REIMBURSEMENT of the fe deral
government to states of all oil
lands in shore tidal waters. will
be considered by the house next
week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-20
Late Bulletins
MORE SAFETY DEVICES
tBy Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON. - Civil Aero
nautics Board announced today
that it is going to introduce ad-
ditional safety devices for the
protection of airplane travellers.
Greater precaution against fire
will be one of the improvements.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-10-04

be presented again this season ri
the Minneapolis auditorium concert
bowl. Robson will sing Nov. IL
The other outstanding events "a
follow will feature Alexander Brazil
owsky, brilliant pianist, Dee. 81
the New York City Opera CON-
pany, Saturday, Jan. I, and Sun
day, Jan. 8, and Jascha Heifetz,
outstanding violinist, Jan. 20
Season tickets are on sale 10 the
general public. AT the price Of
50, So and 50, plus tax, our series
Ii regarded as one of the best
buys In the music world" said
Mrs. Scott, In announcing her plans
for the season.
Season ticket purchasers will
have their choice Of which opera
they wish TO attend" she added.
THE New York City Opera COM
pany will present the touching love
story Of La BOheme' In Italian
and the passionate drama Of Car
men In English. Every indication
In that this mid-seasOn opera will
prove one Of the most popular
events on the music calendar here"
Orders for season tickets TO Mrs.
Scott's series should be addressed
to Mrs. Scott at l04 Loring Bldg,
1909 Willow, Minneapolis I.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-10-04
A + of l. Claims
Million Members

CHICAGO --- About one million
Negroes belong 90 the American
Federation Of Labor, accounting
for iil7th Of It's membership, &C
curdinR to AFL president William
Green.
Green made this claim during
an address before the fifth bi-
ennial convention Of the Brother
hood Of Sleeping Car Porters here
last week, adding that the union
has reduced Certain discTimin-
atory practices" by "a very few"
AFL affiliatcS which he did not
name.
Reviewing the membership
campaign begun by ALL In the
south rs soon as the clio opened
It's drive there, Green said ALL
had enlisted 10000 new southern
members during the last three
months and would surely reach It's
goal Of one million new members
this year.
THE workers Of the south are
rallying to our call and hocking
10 our banner" he said. I'VE are
welcoming Negro workers" He
also pledged AFL support for fair
employment and politax legisla-
ton and warned the 1900 dele
gates against communism. assert.
ing that Communists regard Ne,
gToes rs candidates for front line
positions" In fomenting n revolu.
ton.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-10-04

Philadelphia--ln n reply 10 the
Rev. J. Plus Barbour, editor Of the
National Baptist Voice, who recent
~ aOundly scored the Negro press
for playing down church and re.
iigioua matters and emphasizing
prize fights, number rackoteers'
and interTaeial love affair, Eustace
Gay, editor Of the Philadelphia
Tribune, last week declared that
the average church leader II not
publiclty-cOnscious.
Addressing hla column, Facts
and Fancies" TO Dear Brother
Barbour" Gay reminds the editor
OF the official organ Of the National
Baptist Convention that an orRani-
Eatlon M large as that represented
by his journal should have "a
trained newspaper man whose duty
u would bc 10 see that all Of the
phases OF the work II the National
Baptist Convention were public.
iEed."
"WhAt Ia true Of the national
group In also true Of the local
church. Very few pastors and
church officers think u worth while
20 have the church clerk or the acc.
rotary send any account Of its do
ings for publication, Usually when
they do come In, they have n mil