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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16
Believe Dare
Devil Made
World Record
RoN-HEAD DEcKRESGc Esj lso
FEET THnouGsi' SPACE. AT
RoDEos HUNT FROM OLD
INJURIES

Iron Head Decker, dare devil
With the rodeo and thrill show
at the Municipal Stadium Soday
and tomorrow, made one Of the
most senatioalaLa .leapsS of his
career yesterday afternoon at the
Municipal, Stadium when he
sent, his car hafhfig 16D feet
through space q to- crash 4gainst
bare ground, forty feet beyond
the last parked car. asgd
The impact of the cars wheels
made an impression ten inches
deep in the ground of the stad-
ium. The cars axle was bent like
a u, both front tires were blown
out, and the frame was twisted
into a ribbon.
Iron Head Decker was momen-
tarily dazed by the shock of the
crash, but regained his senses
long enough to leap out on top
of the car and wave to the audi
ence. Immediately after, how
ever, he collapsed into the arms
of John Byron, bronc rider with
the show, suffering a relapse
from internal injuries sustained
.tweqyears ago in Chicago. Later
he stated THE jolt was the hapdt
iestsf2 have eyer, received if1 my
-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16
Steel Workers lOn Strike To
Return To Jobs Sunday Night
OPERATIVES GRANTED
INCREASE: CORPORA
TON PERMITTED TO
ADVANCE PRICES

WASHINGTON, Feb. l6.-Ore
hundred and twenty-five thous-
and United States Steel workers
will return to their jobs at mid
night tomorrow, it was annoliAc-
ed officially today fk
BENJAMIN Fairless. president bf
IT,. S.. Steel, said that the ,Wplk
mem had bean granted an + e
cents anahoure increase in WAGES
and thatw government had
permitted the corporation to atk
vance the price of steel SIS tor
Fairless declared that the in
crease in wages would cost the
corporation an additional $780,
100000 a year, and that its in
crease in earnings by the price
boost would net the company
$48,O0o,000 annually.
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Taxes
Delinquent Paid
In Feb.--Roberts
ONE HUNDRED STATEMENTS
SENT OUT ON REQUEST; loo
MORE SOON: DEADLINE or
FEBRUARY 20

Delinquent tax payments ar ;
coming in nicely, City Tax Collec-
tor-Treasurer Archie Roberts re-
ported today, with $5,57380 col
lected thus far this month.
Over 100 statements have been
sent out on request, Mr.. Roberts
said, and about 100 more are yet
to go out.
According to a ruling of the
city commission recently all de-
linquent taxes must be paid by
February 20 or a contract made
with the city to make the pay
ments in seven equal installments
starting February 20.
Deductions are based on the
years in which the taxes are due.
g &
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16
Lieut.. Virgil Shepard Hopes For
Peace In Remembering Maine"
Delivers Address At Me-
mortal Exercises Yester-
day: Wreaths AT Maine
Plot

FL lT4 s So 3 i 4 + ~ 2at
Lieut.. Virgil Shepard, Public
information Officer tand Aide to
Gpn1aiaadant Captain C. f. Reor5
dan AT Naval Operating Base at
the 4 Maine Memorial exercises
yesterday at Maine plot asked
just as the violence of the ex-
plosion of the Maine precipitated
series of events that ended in
the liberation of Cuba, would it
be naive or wishful thinking 20
surrnise that the force of the
atomic bombs dropped on Japan
to accelerate the end of another
war, might possibly mean a per-
inanent peace and freedom for all
the peoples of the earth"
''To those men buried in this
hallowed ground who gave their
last full measure of devotion
we may have forgotten their
names, their faces, but their
deeds will live on forever, !"
Lieutenant Shepard said.
Albert j. Mills, commander of
the American Legion here in
PRODUCED the memorial program
Invocation was pronounced by
Lieut., (jg1 Murray T. Mcneil,
Navy chaplain, and a Navy choir
led in the singing.
Jesus Alvarez, Cuban consul,
delivered a message from the
Cuban government on the oc-
casion. Billy Ladd of High ScAsesl
delivered a cornet solo.
a Wreaths were laid at the plot
by The American Legion, Veter-
ans of Foerign Wars, Spanish
War Veterans and Daughters OF
the Confederacy. l1e @
. A volley was fired over the
graves by a squad of marines as
taps were played. , F 20
In the graves are laid sailors
from the Battleship Maine which
was blown up in Havana harbor
forty eight years ago. The ships
company comprised $50 men.
There is bronze statue of a
sailorman in the uniform of
Spanish American War days in
the plot and the whole is sur
rounded by a metal fence.
On the Harris School grounds
there is turret from the Maine
and at the Convent of Mary I'm
fnaculate there is a flag of the
battleship Maine with a smaller
number of stars than we now
have. There also are pieces OF
shells and muskets from Z the
Maine as presented by Captain
P. Il, Gosgrove. This museum is
rppen to the, public.
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Chas. Richardson
Died Last Nigh

Charles M. Richardson, 70,
died last night at 7s45s CLOCK at
his residence 1890 Angela street.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon at q O'Clock at
the Fleming Street Methodist
Church. Rev. A.. G. Cox, pastor
officiating. The body will be
placed in the church at 2 o'clock.
Pritchard Funeral Home is in
charge Of arrangements.
Survivors are, the wife, Mrs
Sudie Richardson; two sisters,
Mrs. Charles o. Drake, Mrs.
Gladys Jolly; three Brothers,
Harry, Herman and Paul Rich
ardson.
PaIlbearers Merrill FELTON,,
William Cullingford. Merlin All
bury, Carl Bervaldi, Chester
Sawyer, c. Sam B. Curry.
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Yarn Realtors
about Bad Check.
Racket .5sa a.".o, ,. be ~

~ 20 p .
Realtors in Key West andI
Florida, in general are warmed
by, the EBT 'that they may sin,s
knowingly help spread G bad
check racket now being oper-
steC, ir thiG state.
The federal mer reveal
thai E 53-Year-old woman is
bouncing" checks back At
victims on whom they are
passed on the strength Of q
bona fide receipt she obtains
from a real estate ogeni.
FBI says the racket works
like this: A woman enters q
rea! estate office and decides
on e piece OF property she
wishes to buy. She gives a
substantial check as down
payment ene receives e re-
ceipt from the agent. Dis
playing the receipt as proof
of credit she passes more
cheek for automobiles and,
expensive merchandise and
then disappears with her purr.
chsses Alt eherke other thar
the one sheo siveaftt he ereal
estete sgenf2are worthless. q
The, Nv ON a n, the sRBI
cherges as operating the
rocket uses so different
aliasee,
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CONGRESS Extends Time For
Hearing Before SGn8tG's
Committee ()nPc3rI H3rbOr
Would Move
Troops From
The LeUOnt
(By Associated praxsl


LONDON. Feb. is. - The
Mexican delegate to the Unit
ed Nations Organization re-
newed his plea today about
the proposed evacuation of
French end British troops
from the Levan1.
French and British repre-
sentative asserted that their
countries were ready 10
withdraw The troops but The
Mexican insisted that d defi-
nate date be fixed for their
evacuation.
Representatives from Syria
end Lebanon in tho Levant
appealed to the security
council io name e time limit
for the withdrawal.
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MASONIC NOTICE

Special Communication of An.
Choir Lodge No. 1872, F. g. A. NJ,
Monday Evening, Feb. 18th, 1916,
at 7:30 PM.
Work in &c. degree.
All Members and Sojourning
Masons invited to be present.
BY order w. P. Williams, VIM.
GERALD H. ADAMS, i.
- s4~lt Secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16
r.aw.Aw.aw.aw..Aw ~
Polish Troops
Moving TosOard
YngosIuU Border
.lss tpy.. A.ssaesal e !. Rressl

tllS { Bly, Assnesatetls Rressl
1.e5EONDDNs Feb. I6slP Polish
droopsI IN ItaIYy Numbering
SlaI2g0o are marching toward
aatIle YIgoslavian borden. ethe
Russian Representatives to the
UNO reported today. He said
that the vanguard of troops
was only Is miles from the
border.
He charged further that 700
Polish soldiers. dressed in ci-
william clothes. had entered the
city of Trieste.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-16
Some Want 1T
Fast, Some " t,,ai
HSIoao

Just to show you how diff
ficult to pull all ends together
in city. here's a YarrR
City officials have received
an official complaint from the
q State Read Department that
complaints thave@ been, receiv- /,
ed by them oEpa Sped trap"
which has Been set by the
city on RooseYelt Boulevard
just beyond Stock Island
Bridge. 'f
The SID letter suggested
that since the highway is
state-maintained that it,rnight
be better to use the regular
highway speed limit on Roose-
welt Boulevard and allow cars
to travel faster than the Is
miles now required.
Signs at this intersection
call for aspeed Of rs miles an
hour. but city officials
promptly advised the state
road department that no ar
rests were made at this inter
section unless the car was do
ing over IS miles per hour and
most of the time arrests were
made at As miles per hour. n
Shortly after this letter was
. received from the state read
department. a phone callsmasI
made to city officials asking
why cars were speeding so
fast at this intersection.
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Adm. M Br iiii,o,ie 4
Here On Trip
REAR ADMIRAL ROBERT P.
BRIscoE INsPEcTs
AsDevLant

On field trip here this week
was Rear Admiral Robert p Bris-
.coe, USN, inspecting AsDevLant
at the Section Base.
Admiral Briscoe is commander
of Operational Development Task
Force and under him comes sucn
activities as AsDevLant.
Full name of AsDevLant. is an
ti-submarine developments, At
lantic Fleet.
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Temperatures

Temperature data for the "a hours
ending 1880 am.
HIGHEST Lowest
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Associated Press Day Wire
Service and Alp Features
For sc Years Devoted to the
best interests of Key West
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Fraternity
Has Dance
By SANDY GINENS
ANN ARBOR. Jan. 10

ANN ARBOh, Jan
THETA Gil gave It's pledge
L formal Saturday night WIN
dinner At the Red Coach Inn
and dancing at the house 10 Lee
BrandtS orchestra,
The fraternity colorS were
carried out with red and Whlle
carnation corSaGeS for the girls.
Among those AZ the party were
Betty Mann and Ray GlaSser'
lean Losch and Bob Sereeson'
Barbara Forester and jim Jen-
son Annette Kern ana AT,
Rullta. Barbara Cameron ana
Warren Dahl. Janet Rogers ana
Bill Dorrance. Ruin Burns ana
Bob Goetz, Ann SchuhflnG ana
Albert Armour. md Patty Bur
ton with Jim McCord, president
of the Theta Chl chapter A.
Purdue. who came mp Tor INC
u.ppk-pud
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

that she hopes that her house
wlll soon be full of hvclN-SnnS
again.
The James MunrocS much
TO every ones regret. are lcaN-
inc this week tor California.
where they expect 10 make
their future home.
Nancy'S mother Mr> VII
liam IS CoIbuln. and Mr. Col
burn are already domicllcd On
thc West.
Conan MunroC, TOO. has LETT
Crosse Pointc 10 live IN Texas.
where business took him after
hi, release from the service, so
The Munrocs big house ON
Lakeland avenue seems a hl
lonesome these days
This week DR.. and Mr.
Frank Constantine OF \ ~
York are expected 70 be The
guests Of Mrs. Constantine s.
sister. Mrs Harold EmmouS
Jr
Capt and Mrs. AIkman Arm
strong Jr. are also expected
They will visit Henry ! Arm
strong of Van Dyck avenue
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

COLONY TOWN CLUB
members are inviting the men
OF their families TO 7 o'clock
dinner at the Whittier Tuesday
evening. after which color
film. Wheels Across India,
will be shown by c. George
LeSueur.
Co-chairmen Mrs. Gayard +.
LATER and Mrs. Edmund Klein
schmit will be assisted by Mes
DANES Sigurd Becker, William
A. Comstock. Russell A. Dossin,
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Never Overdoes II

Mrs. Harrington +. Walker
has 4 way OF springing a new
and amusing story AZ any
gathering. but she never over
does il. there is "A refreshing
end always new humor about
the conversation of Mrs Richard
p. JOY and Muir Duificld al
ways has a new and amusing
twis, 10 his dinner table talk.
One of the secrets of Or.
Robert Winthrop Gillman's pop
ularity is his quick grasp OF an
amusing situation and his talent
as racontcur. This talent
may be inherited. too, for Dr..
Glllman's father was a we'll
known author
Mrs Dwyer kinnucan. too.
has that faculty OF seeing and
applying the humorous 10 any
situation that merits 1t.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Kalamazoo Guest

Cora Talbot and Jeanne Busch
went into town this weekend
10 see Carmen Jones. Sue
Gently is the guest OF Pat
RaScman in Kalamazoo TO At
tend the wedding Of Virginia
Taylor,
Among those seen at the
Delta Sigma Delta pledge for
NAL Friday night were Virginia
GaiScr and Jack Jordan, Eileen
NedroSik and William Clauss,
Jo Livermore and Fred FouSt.
Jcannie Wiekel and Len Whea-
ton. Lois Cothran and Ed Horst
kotti. Joan Bridge and Glen
Wilson. Rene >gouts and Dick
Rittenhagen, Betty Jerome and
Ken Steketec. Margot Redford
and Reb-Aitrieh. Mary Helen
IIovey and Jack Pascoe, and
Jane Merrill and Don Benson.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Dresses TO Perfection

Just saw Mrs Lawrence
Knight Butler. She certainly
knows how 10 dress herself be-
comlngly-in fact TO perfec-
ton. She was stunning in black
with touches of gold She. was
chatting with Miss Sarah Hen
drie who was wearing a smart
grey caracul coat with touches
Of green beneath IT.
Also saw pretty little Mrs.
Mcpherson + ddy Browning,
who is the guest of Mr. Brown
ing's parents, the Mcpherson
BrowninGs OF DevonShire road.
They were Just going into the
Little Club for dinner. the
former in blue with A brown
2 caracul coat. the latter IN
fuchsla with silver fox.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Womens S Club
To Hear Stylist

MME. LOUISE BRUNE Of
New York City tomorrow eve
ming will give "A demonstration
Of her theories in dress before
the Women's City Club. The
topic is: Il Dress the Charac-
tor
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Sorosis Hold Luncheon

DETROIT SoR,oSIS will
meet in 81. Marks Church for
luncheon Tuesday. Hostesses
will be Mesdamcs Oliver Clos
son. T. j. Kay, Mabel Chamber
lain and William Allan. Betty
Roberts will discuss Famous
Women.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Organizes Party

Bill Kocllcr was the organ
izer and guiding light OF the
Alpha Tau Omega party given
Saturday.
Az the house were Gloria
Johnston and Don Parker, Pat
Swanson and Vince Secontine,
Dolores Massey and Bill Healy,
Margaret Shultin and Ted Kar-
main. Carol Nelson and Bruce
BockStanz. Florence McCabe
and Bones Hamm. and Janice
jackson and Alan McManus.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
lie ave for GraYIine

Mary Jane nttle. Georgia
Sullbruk, Pat Daniels Nancy
Ncumann. Joan Lazlnskl and
Shirley kocbcl left Friday by
huS for GrayljnC They're stay
INC AT the lodge and, weather
permitting. expect 10 get IN A
lot of skiing and tobogganlng.
Mary Louise Young IS among
The girls spending the weekend
i'm Detroit. AS arc Marge Stone
and her guest. Mrs. William II.
Walker
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Fitzgerald Talks
To Catholic Club

JAMES FITZGERALD. exec
utive secretary of the Society
of ST. Vincent de Paul, will
address the Catholic Study
Club at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow
az the activities building. The
philanthropic department of the
club. under direction OF Mrs.
Charles KlebeS, will sponsor the
program.
The club will hold It's annual
dinner dance Wednesday eve
ming at the Statler.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Munroes Leaving

Also saw Mrs. Paul Weadock,
lovely in mink coat with match
Ing toque, going into one OF our
faVorite restaurants. She was
with Mrs. William X. Williams.
who was wearing a gray cara
cul coat. Mrs. Williams tells us
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Soroptimists Speaker

The Soroptimist { b viii
have Ethel F.. Peterson. author
ity on artificial limbs, as guest
speaker at its luncheon in the
Book Cadillac Hotel TueSday.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Art Talk in Redford

Redford Woman's Club will
meet tomorrow at l 80 p. m. in
the Masonic Temple in Lahser
road 20 hear Mrs. Theresa War
burton on Art in Everyday
Living Mrs Edwin j. Bell is
in charge of the program.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Literary Coterie
Dinner Wednesday

LITERARY COTERIE MEM
berS will celebrate their six
teenth anniversary at a dinrer
party Wednesday in the Ingle-
side Club. George ID. Lytle will
sneak on safe in America.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Colony Club Invites Men

Philip r. Flanders. Joel L.
Leete. Lucille Malott, Archibald
Mckay, Harold L. Richeson
and William l.. Sherman.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
The Dowseer's DoeeereI

and continuous SUuttN stories.
I4e lost caste that night
Men and women we do Like
10 listen to, B T. Hutchinson
fpr instance. quiet and not a
constant talker Bul when Inc
tells story il Is FUN of plthy
iptcrgcf
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20
Dearborn Garden
Group viii Elect

DEARBORN BRANCH of the
Woman's National Farm and
Garden Association will elect
officers in the Dearborn Coun-
try Club at a luncheon at l
p. M. Tuesday. Mrs. Arthur
Whelplay is IN charge OF ar
ranCementS.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

E.,or bonnet ,,,b enbro,dsry .ns p. l.e.
sose. S40S
r,ne cotton bsndr.de d,c.. NTH io.ert..
SIOq5
c Nl.vool booue. brur,t and .oe-isr set.
FINK or blue, S. So
d BABY. Breath ..ehet designed in r-,"n
satin boohe., Sis ru. coz Iedersl iss
&. N.,ool bome.pun oi,h drsen ro,k I'D
i.nd embroidery, So.95
I roke.ype baby bonnie, IN r'yon. Lee.
edged, Ss95 N\
\ . Bsby'. heath ..ebst in, hAod.rtntrd N,s.
81 so plu. ,o5 redcr.l t.k
Z Hand erbroidered .ron r.yon imported
ts IN blue o- .-hr,. Sl75
/, E.vor ,sun b.ns,r. nth F.b,'. F-,..A
..eb,t.,srt - so set riu, 1o'o Fcoerdt',
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-20

that she hopes that her house
will soon be full ni -llyclN-SnnS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17

Senate" President Truman ap-
pointed this man to . most impor-
tant post. Thus the Senate shares
an unenviable honor with the Pren-
dent.
At the same time. the ease with
which this White House jester
laughed and joked his way first
through the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee, and then
through the Senate, reflected upon
the disposition of that body to take
seriously its powers to confirm
presidential nominations. There
would have been no objection If
the Senate had created an official
White House Jester and voted for
Mr.. Allen salary commensurate
with his ability to amuse.
1t may be that the Senate was
willing to slap Mr.. Aliens back be-
cause it thought that the RFC would
soon expire by limitation OF law.
But it will be no laughing matter
for these hail-fellow-w ell-met Sen
ators to extend the life Of this act
and with 1t the tenure Of Mr.. Allen.
They should atone for their prank
in confirming him by requiring that
no director of the RFC simultane-
ously hold dictatorship in any
privately owned corporation.
Copyright 1886
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17

named to the Board of Directors of
the RFC. At the time that, hold
ing it's laughter -quivering sides, the
Senate confirmed Mr.. Allen, the
gentleman in question confessed to
being a director In rs corporations,
most of them large. None Of these.
I assume, would be bashful about
applying to the RFC for money
now that their playboy is on the
board, or about asking him to
reach for them favors that he is
in such a good position to get.
1t may be that since Mr. Allen
appeared before the Senate he has
collected a few more directorships.
This would not surprise me, since
this has been his speciality. The
number of directorships of which
he boasts has always varied almost
directly in proportion to his sup
posed influence in Washington. An
other curious circumstance Is that
this former small-town hotel en-
ploye has apparently become an
expert in every type of business from
making steel to banking. In addi-
ton to being a protege Of Victor
Emanuel, he has had the distinc-
ton of insinuating Tom Girdler into
the White House where Franklin D.
Roosevelt was once top man.
I think that it is so improper as
to DE indecent for a man with active
outside business interests to be a
member of the RFC. 1t is an open
secret that an easy-going President
intends him to become chairman of
that body. He is certainly in no po-
sition to serve, in view of the rails
ing of eyebrows, the Government
and the 25-odd corporations that,
for reasons apparently not con-
nected with any particular training
or business ability, have made him
a director.
by and with the consent OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17

not participate in matters before
the board which were of interest to
those companies, and he added
There has not been one director
of the RFC, including Mr.. Jesse
Jones, or including any of the Re-
publican members, who has not
maintained every dictatorship that
he had before taking office" But is
this really working for the Govern
ment?
Time to Forbid Practice.
1t is difficult to see why any man
would want to place himself in a
position where any of his public
actions as member of the RFC
Board might be suspect because of
his business connections. If the
directors of the RFC do not -ecog-
nlze the principle of renouncing pri-
vate business connections, then it is
time for the Congress to forbid this
questionable practice.
This problem is particularly press
ing now since George E. Allen, the
modern version of Falstaff, has been