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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
Here's Latest Dope On Rules
OfQueenSponge FestivalHer
Individual Money Gifts May
Buy ! Votes; Also Mer-
y chant Sales; Headauar-
~, ters, Bus station1sli,uars

Many of the local merchants
are complaining that their Gus
toners are not asking for the
Festival Vote Certificates, main
ly because their customers don't
know about the Sponge Festival
to be held here in Key West on
March 18th and that they don't
know whom to vote for or where
to deposit the ballots. So, here's
the information, folks.
The e3nge Festival is being
held to raise funds to improve
and maintain the Municipal Sta
dunn as q top notch athletic field
and baseball diamond as we'll as
an outdoor site for civic events.
In fact, who knows, if we get
first class field, we might be
able, to interest a Major or Minor
Baseball League team to train
here, in Key West next Winter.
The outstanding feature of the
Festival is the coronation of the
Queen of the Festival. The queen
will be elected by popular vote.
cast by the public. The prizes,
beside the three-day free trip to
Miami, are numerous and valu-
able, contributed by local mer-g
chants to adorn the lucky girl. I'M
regal fashion: All your local, civ
)ic minded merchants have these
vote certificates, just waiting for
people to ask them when making
purchases, for example, one mer-
chant is giving two certificates,
good for ten votes each, free with
every $500 purchase.
It's not too late to enter the
contest and the cause and prizes
really make it worth the while |
of any lady of good moral char
acter, 16 years or over. All she
need do is encourage her friends |
to ask for the votes and fill in
her name and deposit them in
the ballot box. Incidentally, the
locations of the ballot boxes are
mentioned elsewhere in this edi-
ton. For further details see Mr. !
Isadore Rodriguez at the Florida
Greyhound Bus Station on South
ardr streetl or EteiEph0heO465
, nIpdiyiduals' fnayT q dpdichase
whole books IofI'yotoa,vconta1hing
1000 votes for 81 00s per book
from Nh. Rodriguez or fromo the |
local merchants, and help elect
their, CHOICE and at the same time
contribute to a very worthy en-
terprise. Every cent realized frorl
this festival goes directly for the
improvement of the Stadium by
the Stadium Committee, no men,
Der of which receives any re-
enumeration of any kind. Their
sole objective is to provide and
maintain a respectable athletic
field for the development of
healthy minds in healthy bodies
of the youth of Key West.
The Coronation program, to be
held at BayvieW Park on Dlvl-
sion Street will be announced in
a later issue. Watch for it and
plan to be there on March 18th
but meantime give your coopera-
ton by asking your merchants
for the Festivtl Vote Certificates
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
MOTHER LOVE

TETON, Ga.-When the r. b.
Roberts, family moved from
Omega, Ga. to !Tiftoh, they
brought, the family cat along bat
left the, cats kittens in 0 Omega;
Eight days later, however, the
mother cat was back in Cook
county with the kittens. 1t took
her eight days to travel the %
miles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
Must Adopt An
ApprovingI.av
'By AssoeIasrd Prss.b

WASHINGTON. March ILL
was announced today that con
gress must adopt an approving
law before ships of the United
States Navy can be used IN atom
bomb experiments. scheduled a.
be held in the vicinity Of the
Marshall Islands in the Pacific
in May.
1t was discovered that con
gress bad passed a law in 1892
prohibiting the navy from USING
any of its ships as targets, and IL
Is intended TO repeal that law
ana lass an enahlin, act 50 that
Anerit an warships may be in
Cluded in the tests
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
Albury Funeral
This Afternoon,

Funeral services for Claude
Albury will be- held this after
non a. 400 O'clock at the First
Presbyterian Church with Rev.
Meirose s. Avery. Pastor, offici-
sting. Burial will be in the family
Dot In the city cemetery. The
body was placed in the Church
% z O'Clock.
Prifchard Funeral Home is in
charge Of arrangements.
Paiibearcrs: Willard Russell,
Lumicy Parks, Alberta Camera.
Berlin Sawyer. Ralph Miner
Fernando Vought. Frank Rob
erts. Alfonso Thompson, +. F. AL
bury and ID II. Todd.
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WILL STAGE WALKOUT
WEDNESDAY If PAY
INCREASE is NOT.
GRANTED

LONDON. March ll.-Work
men IN 83 engineering plants in
Coventry threatened today to call
. strike Il their demand for wag-
cs is not granted.
They informed the companies
that, u the demand is not acced-
ed %. the walkout will occur
wednesday morning.
Should the workmen strike. it,
was said that England's produc-
ton 81 automobiles will be reduc-
cd materially.
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amman
Candidate
.F0faQ1seen
From Macy

I'd
Newest entry in the Queen
Sponge Festival is Mrs. Shir-
ley Boiling. wife of Martin
Boiling. fireman first class of
the USS Gilmore. now sta
TONED in Key West.
She is % years old and has
q three year old son. SkippY.
She has resided in Key West
for one year. Occupation:
housewife.
She won a baby beauty
contest at the age of two
years. Parents are named Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Louanis.
She is five feet four inches
tall. weight $50 pounds. is a
brunette with waist "a inches.
hip 80 inches and bust "a
inches. W. & -c '..
IL Local girls. wstch TO your
laurels. There are about $500
men attached TO the Gilmore
and that is a LOT Of voting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
STORK OUTRUNS CABS

BALTIMORE, Md.-In testify
iEg that taxi service in Balti-
more was slow and scarce, DR..
Morrell l.. Stout, hospital sup,
ertendent. sad that within the
past few months three babies
have been born in cabs bound
for the hospital.
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Outdoor School
For March 18th
MRS. GERTRUDE RICKETTS, TO
BE DIRECTOR OF
SCHOOL aa

Outdoor school for kindergaF-
ten and pre-school groups will be
established March lis, MRS. Gers
trude Ricketts, said today
Mrs. Ricketts, who is a gradu-
ate of the University of Chicago
School Education said that child
rem need not be enrolled over a
semester and that they may be
taken in by the day, week, or
month for the instruction and
care.
The children who may be TAX
en- into the school are from the
3-4-5 year old groups.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
WOrknlGn In Engineering
Plants Threaten Strike.
Need Chemical
Engineer For
Water Plant

Last week Commander AL
len Hoar announced the open
ing Of the water softeninq
plant at Florida City. which
will make water piped to Key
West soft.
Today. Industrial Relations
Officer Lieutenant Comman.
der Frederick p. Glanding ad-
vertises for a chemical enqi-
neer who will supervise this
plant. The job is advertised I
for $3.50 per annnm. 40 k5sj,
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PAULEY AGAIN

WASHINGTON.-Edwin Paul
eY. when he resumes his testi-
mony tomorrow before the cen
ate naval affairs committee
which is considering his nomlna-
ton for the post Of under secre-
tsrY of the navy. will deny
further. it was reported. state
ments ~ were made to the
committee by Harold Ickes. form
er secretary of the interior.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11

WASHINGTON. - John L.
Lewis end his wage policy COM
mittee of the United Mine Work
ers of America. are scheduled to
begin their conference tomorrow
TO consider the renewal of the
wage contract with mine owners
Besides wages. Lewis will ask
that mine supervisors be included
in the union and that royalties
from the sale of coal be given the
union to be used as a fund TO
take care of sick or disabled coal
miners.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
Temperatures

Temperature data for the "a hours
ending 1880 am.
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Late Bulletins
tBy Associated Prexs)

tBy Associated Pressl
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mo FLAGS IN TRIESTE
ID TRIEST. IA four day general
strike was called today in pro-
test to an order issued by the
commands of troops occupation.
prohibiting the hosting of either
the Italian or Yugoslaviar flag
in this city. Both Italy and Yugo-i
slavia are contending for major
parts of Trieste.
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associated Press Day Wire
Service and Alp Features
For Sc Years Devoted to the
Best Interests Of Key West
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Army PorIey Told
K Ration Leaves
Empty Feeling

DR.. David B. Dill of the Harvard
Fatigue Laboratory yesterday told
an Army food conference what was
wrong with the "unsatisfying" K
ration.
Soldiers want a meal which fills
their stomachs and will not be sat-
isfied with concentrated diet
which leaves them feeling empty,
the expert said.
1T is not enough to use a con-
centrated diet, even though it may
contain all the elements for nutri-
tion,' DR.. Din told the conference
The c ration. on the other hand,
he said, provided bulk" and was
more acceptable to men accustomed
to sitting down to a meal which
filled their stomachs.
Seventy-five officers and former
officers of the Army Service and
Ground Forces attended the confer
ence at the War College.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Veteran Fined and Jailed
On Uniform, Pistol Charges

A 29-year-old colored veteran
found guilty of wearing an Army
uniform illegally and carrying and
discharging a pistol, yesterday was
sentenced to serve As days for carry
ing the weapon and was ordered to
pay a SIS fine or serve an addi-
tional 80 days on the other two
charges.
There's no excuse for this man
to be wearing a uniform said
Municipal Court Judge John P
Mcmahon. "The time has long since
expired when he was entitled to it
and he admits he has other clothes
I don't know whether it's vanity or
he thinks he makes more of a hi,
with other people or what"
II think it's more a matter OF
his being proud of it," returned
defense counsel
The man, Wallace Brownlee OF
the 400 block of Swami street NV.
was arrested last week at Twelfth
and T streets NV. according to
police, who said he fired shot into
the air and threw the pistol over
fence when he saw police.
Brownlee was discharged in No
vember, according to police.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Be|voir Exhibit 10 Show
Officials Secret Equipment

Cabinet officers and other officials
will visit Fort Belvoir, Va. today for
the opening of four-day exhibit of
Army engineer equipment and scien-
tific developments kept secret until
now by war security measures.
The entire research facilities and
testing equipment of the Army En-
gineer Board will be open for in
spection during program arranged
in conjunction with the Publication
Board, Department of Commerce
Captured enemy equipment will be
| included in the exhibit.
Among the cabinet members at
tending will be Secretary of Com
merce Wallace and Attorney Gen.
eral Clark. Secretary of War Pat
terson will be represented by Under
secretary Kenneth c. Royal Re-
conversion Director John w. Snyder
who is chairman of the Publication
Board, also will attend. 1t. Gen.
r. A. Wheeler, chief of Army engi-
neers, will greet the officials
The Army, Navy and Marine Corps
will be represented by ranking
officers
Policemen in England may soon be
equipped with "Walkie talkieS."
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Three Tricked by Victim
Held for Jury as Robbers

Two colored men, who police
charge were tricked by their intend
ed robbery victim Sunday night
when he led them into the hands of
a policeman, were ordered held for
the grand jury today by Municipal
Court Judge John P. Mcmahon to
face robbery charges.
Judge Mcmahon ordered the men
held in 5000 bond each. They are
listed by police as Lewis Shipp, Is,
colored, and Luther Huston, %, COL
ored, both of the 300 block of N
street NV. A third man has not
been arrested.
Police said the three men at
tempted to rob William l.. Gambrell
at Six and a Half street and Sivers
court NV, and threatened to kill
him when they found he had only
81 with him. Mr.. Gambrell invited
the men to go to his apartment fol
more money and instead led them tt
the apartment of neighbor, Pvt
Jack Curtis, police rookie, at 1917
Thirteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1946-04-16


In 1918, he resigned and accepted
reserve commission as captain in
the Army Signal Corps. Later pro-
NOTED to major, he served until 1920
Returning to the postal service in
that year, he was named chief clerk
in the Washington Division of the
Railway Mail Service. He retired
in 1888 after a total of 81 years
service with the Post Office De-
partment.
After his retirement Maj. and
Mrs. Hungerford travelled exten-
sively through North America and
Mexico, Europe and the Holy Land
Maj. Hungerford is survived by
his widow, the former Miss Carolyn
F. Leech. They had made theil
home at the Ontario Apartments
since their marriage in 1919.
Funeral services will be held al
noon Thursday at the Hines funeral
home, 290l Fourteenth street NV
Burial will be at pm. at Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
|Spaniards Voice Fear
That Reds May Make
Invasion From France
By the Associoted Press

LONDON, April 16.-The Madrid
radio expressed fear that Russia was
planning to invade Spain as the
Franco government awaited replies
today from five friendly" nations
invited to send technicians to in
vestigate charges that Spain is a
threat to world peace.
These charges, together with an
assertion that Spain was farboring
German scientists, were made by
Oscar Lange, the Polish, delegte to
to the United Nations Security Coun-
Gil. The Council, meeting in New
York today, is scheduled to take ur
the Spanish question as soon as ii
disposes of the Russian Iranian dis
pute.
The Spanish Foreign Ministry an
nounced last night that it had ex-
tended the formal invitations to five
Council members which maintain
friendly relations" with the Franco
| government.
Agreement Denied in Paris.
The invitations, extended infor-
mally last week by the Spanish cab
met, were delivered personally tc
the British Ambassador, the Meth
erlands Minister and the Charges
dAffaires of the other three coun-
tries.
The Madrid radio, which is con-
trolled by the Franco regime, said
there was secret agreement be-
tween France and Russia which
might lead to Soviet march
through France and into Spain. The
existence of any such agreement
was promptly denied in Paris by a
source close to the French Foreign
Office.
The broadcast said that "all indi-
cations" were that the Spanish Re-
publican government-in-ex exile, which
has headquarters In Paris. was pre-
pairing military intervention by
means of frontier incidents" in the
Pyrenees.
Atom Bomb Work Denied.
"Once such an incident has taken
place." the Madrid radio continued
Russian troops could come to the
assistance of their allies by march
ing through France from the Ger
man and Austrian zones of occu-
patton"
The source close to the French
Foreign Office said the broadcast
was lust what you would expect
to come" from Francois radio.
The Spanish Foreign Office mean
while denied Paris reports that ar
atomic bomb laboratory was being
operated at Portugalete, near Bilbao
by German scientists. 1t termed
the reports totally and absolutely
false"
The London Daily Worker, Com.
munist newspaper, had printed {
Paris dispatch saying that the lab
oratory was in a factory atop ar
almost inaccessible hill.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Outdoor Neckinq
Banned at Coast
Naval Air Base
By the Associated Press

SAN DIEGO, Calf, April 10
Outdoor love-making at the naval
air station here has been banned
both for naval personnel and civil
ianS.
In an order making it disciplin-
ary offense, Capt. Leslie E. Genres,
station commandant, noted:
There has been a steadily grow
ing public display of affection, COM
monty called 'necking,' on the part
of some men and women.
while every one, including the
captain, will generally agree that,
under proper conditions, this is an
absorbing and pleasurable pastime
it is not generally considered an
outdoor daytime sport"
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Washington Ottawa
Air Line |naugurated

The capitals of the United States
and Canada were linked directly
for the first time by regular air
transportation yesterday afternoon
when Colonial Airlines planes
brought high government officials
from Ottawa and Montreal to
Washington National Airport in two
planes.
The new service will make stops
at Montreal, Syracuse, Reading and
Baltimore, airline officials said.
Stanley Lewis, Mayor of Ottawa,
speaking at a buffet luncheon which
was attended by some 300 persons
at the airport here, said he voiced
the pride of his home city in 1.-The
new link forged between two key
cities of North America" Sigmund
Janas, president of Colonial Airlines
also spoke.
Headwinds delayed the two Doug
las DC-3's, the crews said, and it was
nearly six hours after they left Mon
treal and Ottawa at 9 and 9:15 am.
respectively, that they arrived here
The new service, they said, will per-
NIT a saving of travel time of II
hours and minutes between Wash
ington and Ottawa, and a saving of
13 hours and so minutes between
Washington and Montreal over fast
est present surface transportation.
Representatives of the diplomatic
corps of Is nations, together with
scores of persons representing
United States governmental agencies
greeted the Canadian visitors at the
luncheon.
Colonial Airlines, which inaugu-
rated its New York Ottawa route
last February. announced yesterday
it had feet of II DC-3's, each seat
ing 81 passengers, and that -four
more planes will be added in May
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Cup Of Ice Cream
IsOnIy Loot in
Store HoIdup

All an armed robber got for his
efforts today at Highs Ice Cream
Store, Fourth and K streets NE.
was scent cup of the stores wares.
When the colored man asked for
a cup of ice cream, then pulled a
gun and demanded money from the
clerk, Mrs. Evelyn Crovo, 54 of 1897
Raum street NE, she dashed to a
room at the rear, climbed through
window and ran screaming for
help to house next door.
BY the time police arrived the
store was empty, but no cash miss
ing-only a cup of ice cream the
robber grabbed in his fight.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
u. ). 10 Furnish Half
OF Food for Famine
Areas, Hoover Says
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

VIENNA, April 16.-Herbert Hoov-
er yesterday said the United States,
with only 8 per cent of the worlds S
population, will furnish approx
mately half the food supplies re-
quired to meet the current world
shortage.
THE United States, with only
per cent of the people in the world,
has furnished more than half of the
overseas food to people during the
war" he told news conference.
"Of the supplies furnished during
this crisis, approximately one-halt
of the food will continue to come
from the United States"
Asked If the world food situation
would necessitate rationing in the
United States, Mr.. Hoover replied:
THE measures taken there will pro-
duce a reduction in consumption
greater than any series of bread
tickets ever issued"
Cooperation of All Needed.
Mr.. Hoover, touring Europe as
head of President Truman's food
commission, said the American peo-
pie alone would not be able to fill
the gap between available supplies
and the amount of food required in
Austria to maintain present rations
He said cooperation of all nations
was needed.
In response to a written question
from the group of American, Brit
ish, Russian, French and Austrian
correspondents, Mr.. Hoover asserted
that the United States and Britain
had turned over to UNRRA the full
quota of food they promised when
UNRRA took over the Austrian
problem April /. Russia, he added
turner over a very much smaller
contribution
Mr.. Hoover said Austria was as
much in need of food as Poland, a
country he had described previously
as having the worst food situation
in all Europe.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Food Declared Hoorded
By Bovorion Farmers

MUNICH, April 16 (P).-American
military government authorities yes
terday said some Bavarian farmers
are boarding thousands of tons of
food or funnelling it into the black
market while hungry city dwellers
clamor for more imports from the
United States.
However, military government Off
GERS dc not agree on the degree of
cooperation which is being obtained
from farmers and German officials
In the collection of food.
DR.. James K. Pollock, head of the
regional co-ordinating Office at
Stuttgart, where he is close to the
German administrations of the three
states occupied by the Americans,
asserted 1.-The job is being done salts
factorily and I disagree that better
collections could be made"
Speaking unoficially. other mill
tary government authorities saic
responsibility for collection of food
has been handed over almost en-
tirely to the Germans, and that re-
deployment is so stripping the mill
tary government in Bavaria that by
June there will be only three
American officers in the entire fooo
and agricultural division.
Inadequate Action Charged.
Another officer said unoficially
that where investigating teams
found violations by farmers, made
quate action was taken. He cited
an instance where one farmer
turned in only TOO pounds of a
3,000-pound quota of wheat, but was
fined only 100 marks (about $35)
Some authorities said Bavarian
farmers also are holding out some
25,O00 to 10000 tons of bread grain
Germany's great need.
The German farmers belly Is
full one American food expert
said. ,But because of our policy
of democratization we cannot USE
strong-arm methods and collect
his hidden food"
Evening star., 1946-04-16
kassed Delegation
Continues Fight 10
Keep Price Controls

Members Of the All-States Com
mittee of the National Emergency
Committee for Price Control plan
ned to continue their efforts to
bring their views to the attention
of members Of Congress today after
a massed lobbying session in Capitol
corridors yesterday.
The delegation, composed prin-
cipally of women and calling itself
a "grass-roots committee" con-
verged on the Capitol grounds in
six motorcades from starting points
about the city yesterday afternoon
After leaving the cars on a parking
lot, they proceeded on foot and
assembled in Statuary Hall for final
instructions from Mrs. Ernest K
Lindley, All-States Committee chair
man, and Mrs. Leon Henderson
motorcade leader.
Capitol police broke up the gath
ering there, however, and the dele
gates were ordered to disperse about
the corridors in groups of five. Mrs
Henderson, wife of the former price
administrator, told reporters she
had understood there was no OBJ.
lection to assembling in Statuary
Hall
However, 1t. William Ballinger OF
the Capitol force said regulations
applying to all delegations provide
that they shall come on the grounds
IN groups of five, 100 feet apart
He said he had no instructions tc
make an exception in this case and
wished to clear the hall for the regu-
lar guided tours of the building.
1t. Ballinger emphasized the dele.
gates were free to send messages tt
their Representatives in the Senate
and House chambers and talk tc
them in the corridors if the mem
bers were willing. He estimated
there were between 600 and 700 dele
gates.
Many of the women carried large
bundles of petitions calling for ex-
tension of price control for one year
without crippling amendments and
with adequate appropriations" and
bearing the signatures of thou
sands" Of voters. The Illinois group
boasted 25,000 signatures on its petit
ton.
Evening star., 1946-04-16
Dr.. Ellis Writes Book
On Eurly c. u. History

A new volume, THE Formative
Years of the Catholic University
of America" by the Rev. DR.. John
Tracy Ellis, which bears the imprint
of the American Catholic Historical
Association, will be available in the
near future, Catholic University
officials announced yesterday.
In writing the book, DR.. Ellis had
access to hitherto unpublished man.
uscripts in a number of church
archives and the 18th Century
Catholic and secular press. The
story is told from the outset of the
discussion among the American