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His glance shifted uneasily. 81
was supposed to meet someone"
"Now, Burk, don't be meant"
"Okay, it looks like I'm forced
into it." But he was smiling as he
said it and Edith saw that in spite
of himself he wanted to be with
them.
"Now I'll find outi" she was
thinking. "I'll know whether I'm
-really--in love with hitn!V For
the first time even to herself she
said the words.
He was easily the most distin-
guished looking man in the room,
the handsomest. 1t seemed as if
he were for this short time dis
carding his disapproval of her as
a Lacey and exerting himself to
be charming and friendly. She
could not conquer a Slight diZzi-
ness and roaring in the head, and
had no idea in the world what she
ordered to eat. Burk and Barbara
kept UP such a running fire of
conversation that it was not nee
essary for Edith to talk much,
which gave her an opportunity to
study the man seated between
them. She saw that he talked well
and easily, that he would be out
standing in any company, that
many interesting looking people
called greetings to him.
You could tell from the way
Barbara glowed when she looked
at him! what she thought of her
brother. .veh.j. .>,. t..e....o.s,.. 80
"He's ,fine-he's, splendid!" her
heart was saying. "He's every
thing that any girl wodld ever
want! on, please God, don't let
him despise me because of my
Ifather-let ( him see that I'm
nice person, really!p II. .,jsrtl
THEY finished the meal and
i started to leave the dining
room. AS Burk was paying the
check they turned aside and came
face to face with Whit Lacey. He
stopped in surprise to greet them
and when he saw that they were
| in the company of Burk Angus
| a scowl of displeasure spread over
his face. Barbara stopped to speak
to him, her hand flying nervously
to her throat, while Burk anc
Edith walked on out into the
lobby together.
"This is entirely ridiculousp
Edith thought. a wave of angel
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at Wits rudenesS flowing over
her.
Burk was smiling queerly. I'm
afraid I've gotten you two into
trouble" he said. II shouldn't
have let Barbara persuade me to
lunch with you. Your father is
going to be very angry about i'll"
"Nonsense!" She tossed her head
with a bit of the Lacey arrogance.
81 have chosen my friends all my
life. I shall continue, to do, so, in
spite of my father" Then half
shyly her glance soug CHIT his,
That is, of course, if you want to
be my friend!"
He started to answer, but at
that moment Barbara rejoined
them, quite apparently troubled
a. whatever Whit had said to her.
When Burk left them she chung a
little desperately to his hand and
Edith could see that if she let
them the tears she held so gal
lantly in check would overflow.
They were silent on the way
home, each busy with her own
thought. Edith didn't mind for she
certainly had to do lot of
Strengthening things out in her own
mind. They were turning in at the
gate at Roselands and she still had
not reached any satisfactory con-
clusion. Here she was, admittedly
in love with a man of whom her
father heartily disapproved and
who, to make things more diff
cult, heartily disapproved of her
because she was her fathers child!
How was she ever going to con-
vince him that her father would
not Influence her choice in the
least and that she, herself, was.
worthy of respect? 1t was a prob.
lem that made her head ache, but
one, which with the ARROGANT as
surance of youth! she had moi
doubt she could solve9ni
That evening her father chose
to remain at home and he was
cross and irritable. His mother,
sister and wife ran eagerly to do
his bidding, hoping to coax him
back to good humor. His daughter
regarded him with cool, apprais-
ing eyes, wondering if it came to
a test of wits and tenacity, which
of them would win out. She was
not long in finding out, for soon
after dinner Whit said, "Come
into the library, Edith. I want to
talk to you"
To be continued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

Chapter 10
nNE morning B ar b ara said,
" Edith, would you go into
town with me on a shopping trip
this morning? There are some
thingssI must buy for the baby,
and I'm not sure I'm up to going
alone. Ofscojtrse, if you've planned
something else" "a
.s"I.haser1.t a thing to do Edith
assured her, "And l think it would
be lots of fun. shopping. I'll run
uo and get ready now"
Barbara smiled. Thank. you,
darling. Tn 50 glad you'll go with
me. OF course, could ask Josie
she's.a dear-but you and could
have more fun. I'll be ready in
half an hour"
Edith saw that there were deep
circles under her eyes and that
her face was pale. Whit was at
home now only infrequently, and
she guessed that Barbara was
fearful and unhappy.
They drove leisurely into town
and parked the car in garage so
that they would not have to
bother with it. They visited the
infants department of several of
the larger stores and spent en-
chanted hours inspecting and buy
ing tiny garments.
They had their packages car
ried to the car, then Barbara said,
"Now we'll 60 to the hotel for
lunch. Tn starving, aren't your"
We'll, now that you mention it,
could do with something under
the be1t,' Edith admitted.
-1ASSl they entered the; lobby of
the hotel Barbara cried, 1"Why,
there's Burk!"
He was. striding away from
them across the lobby. but turned
when he heard her call his name.
Edith's heart came up into her
throat with a-queer, checking sem
sation. He was wearing a white
suit and blue tie that set off his
dark good looks with distinction.
His white teeth flashed in his
brown face, and his eyes sweep
ing over Edith held a look that he
would have guarded against had
he been prepared for meeting
them.
care you two girls 1ost?" he
asked lightly by way of greeting
"Yes," Barbara laughed. "We're
looking for man to take us to
lunch" rE r
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on the question of levying an
occupational tax. There was
considerable friction by the
passing of am ordinance COW
ering this tax. Mayor White
head called a meeting of the
. city council to determine
whether the law should be en-
forced or the charter dissolved.
The council ignored the call,
and. Mayor Whitehead became
so incensedl atlothis indignity,
, that he asked that an election
be eld;touaamei his successor,
The undesirable element elect
ed one of ftheir followers, and
Mayor Whitehead stepped down
from the highest municipal Of
flee and left Key West never
to return.
The first post office was es-
tablished in small building on
Front street near Caroline. A
slit in the door was designated
for letters, and if by chance a
patron called for mail during
the postmaster's dining hour,
he was informed that he must
wait until the meal was fin
ished. But few complained of
the treatment in those days,
and if it happened to be aft
ernoon, one might while away
an hour watching the bellies of
the day stroll along the '1ong
dock" which was III the rear of
the US. Naval Station o ~
r Key West vas asa a ste stopping
place for the warships in those
days, frequently arriving here
with three months paye in the
pockets of enlisted men whose
fingers burned to spend it, and
spend it they did.
Church bazaars were sched-
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Historian Recalls Mayor Leaving Town Forever

uled to be held subject to arr
rival of the fleet, and while
many a blue jacket and Officer
of the old school, spent money
lavishly on 'gewgaWs and trim
kets, made by! the bellies of the
day, many more found their
way to Jack Gallagher's saloon
and to one further down Emma
street conducted by a former
serviceman, Pat McKeown. Res
idents sin the vicinity of the
McKeown place tell of day
when the streets ran Whiskey,
The odor penetrated homes, and
investigation proved that in
ternal revenue agents were on
their way to Pats place. But
Pat happened to have a cupolo
on his place of business and a
handy binocular. Pat saw the
U. S. agents first and went be-
low stairs and knocked in the
heads of the whiskey barrels,
with the result that when the
agents arrived Pats. place did
not contain an ounce of the
cup that cheers"
The manufacture of salt,
which provided a livelihood for
almost the entire population,
was suspended by orders issued
by the federal government,
during the war between the
states. 1t was feared that the
salt would go to Charlotte Har-
Dor and be tised 4h Sailing fish
to feed the Confederates.l q Re-
mains of the pans may be seen
at the end of Flagler Avenue.
GREAT PRODUCTION
NEW YORK.-This year U. S.
soybean production will total
more han 100000 bushels.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

During the yuletide the publisher of
The Citizen surprisingly received a crate
of oranges and grapefruit from some I'M
known friend, who did not disclose his
Identity, and because of that fact, the gift
was not as enjoyable as it would have been
had the name Of the sender been known.
Owing to the circumstances all the pub
Usher can say besides thank you, is that
fine oranges and grapefruit are grown at
HOwey-On-the Hills.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01
Your Horoscope

FEBRUARY /, 1946-Today in
dictates a psychic temperament
easily moved by the higher sym
pathies. There is much native
strength, but danger lies in being
carried away by the passions or
too much swayed by love of free
dom. Adapt yourself to your en-
vironment and cultivate submiS-
sion to circumstances.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

The air is thick with plans for the
government to spend money. Individuals
private groups, communities, states, all
have their hands out for public money.sIt
is relief to note that some of the most
important industries in the country not
only are not after any Federal money, but
are carrying on and expanding with their
own money.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

The state of morality can be estimated
by the answer you give to this question:
Ten men were offered a proposition" that
would net them immense profits but with
questionable results to the people of their
community; how many accepted?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

There may be nothing in a name as
the bard of Avon averred, but don't tell
that to Key Westers, when referring to
the agitation for numbers instead of the
hallOwed names designating the streets
Of dear old Key est, or you'll get their dan
der up.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01
NUMEROUS WELLS

DETROIT,-England now has
24$ oil wells, producing about
half a million barrels of crude
oil a year. They were drilled dur
ing the war by an Oklahoma con-
tractor for the British govern
ment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
IAN educator advances the
novel idea that children should
be taught how to spell"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

Mrs. Ferris Lowe left yester-
day for Tampa to visit relatives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

lighthouse department in Key
West, left yesterday for Miami
to make repairs to the tender
Poppy now in that port.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

Those who put off everything possible
until the last minute manage to evade con-
siderable work, but have to sweat for it.
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EDITORS NOTE: Following
lis the third in a series Of articles
on new faeetsiof Key West his4
tory as written by rdiss Marie
Cappick for The Citizen.) -- I
:NG,tlI74Ar4A - +t-+-- A.
churches to municipal<
affairs is a far cry, but as our
first settlers had their civie as
well as spiritual problems. to
meet, it is. well ,teumeption
the tax question and how it
-Vexed~ our-forebears quite as s
much as 1T does Gourbaeity
fathers at this day. y -
In 1888 the residents, few
as they were became divided
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

There are too many leaders who want
to be smart rather than right IN" 1920 ;,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01
Key West In
Days Gone By
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF FEBRUARY l. 1885

Emory Lowe Pierce, who is in
charge of the Key West Aquar-
ium, returned today from a
weeks visit in Gainesville.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

Friday. February lst
p. NJ. to Midnight
800 News
CHS 1000 Club
6;3O Weather Report .4
g 6;35 1900 Club
g.. 700 Fulton Lewis, Jr.*
7I5 Xavier Cugat sq.,2-.- |
7:3O @ Frank Singiser% -.
7::45 Inside of Sports
500 Dorsey's Orchestra /
$50 Think You Know Music"
900 Gabriel Heatter*
9:15 Real Life Stories*
$50 Spotlight Band*
1000 Your Land and Mines
1915 Jon Cart Trio+
1890 Meet the Press
11:90 News >..
1880 Dance Music
1870 Dance Orchestra
HAS Orchestra
11:55 News
1900 Dance Orchestral
Saturday. February End
Z A. VI. to Noon
700 Sunrise Serenade
7:25 News
7:30 Sunrise Serenade
7:45 Weather Report
1850 Sunrise Serenade
8:25 News
$3.50 Sunrise Serenade
1855 Program Resume /,
900 Hometown Frolics
1000 This Week In Washington
1915 Southland Singing
1890 Rainbow House,
II 90 Music .as'Eots zv-gsss'
1890 Land of the Lost%
Noon TO @ p. VI.
1900 House of Mystery
1890 Weather Report
1885 Quiz Program
loo Opry House Matinee>
200 News
2:15 McGrane's Orchestral
2:30 Marine Band*
800 Orchestral
$3.50 Orchestral
400 Music at Home*
4::30 Orchestral
4:45 Palm Beach Handicap
500 Sports Parade :
$50 Gordon's Orchestra"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

R. c. Roberts, keeper of the
American Shoals lighthouse, will
arrive Monday to spend his
quarterly vacation in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

The alumnae unit of the Flor
ida State College for Women, re-
siding in Key West, will hold a
meeting Monday afternoon in
the home of Miss Leota Grillon,
1914 Southland street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

Mrs. Robert Lord and daugh-
tiers, Eileen and Roberta, left
yesterday for an extended stay
iR"Hhhlpa. i .u =,
~ HI !
Harry Shaw, machinist at the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

Do you have any idea of what result
ed at Breton Woods, Dumbarton Oaks,
Yalta or Mexico City?
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Subscribe to The Citizen.
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and Mrs. S. Floyd Whal-
ton are visiting the formers par
ents,s Mr., and Mrs. Stephen F.
Whalton, Division street. The
son recently returned to Miami
from Kingston, Jamaica, where
he had been field manager of the
Pan American Anyways for two
years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-01

Mrs. Robert F. Menner has ar
rived from New York to pass the
remainder OF the winter here
and is occupying the Abelardo
Lopez home on Flagler avenue.
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RADIO PROGRAM
ANNOUNCED BY STATION
Subject to Change
WKWF
Where to Listen
1900 On Your Dial

Mutual Broadcasting System
(*DesIgnntes Network PrOEram)
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- The sissy when young is sassy when
ID. i
- s. "a

Il, !.
Il parents could make their children
INA they want them to be the race would
never improve. SIS
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GREAT PRODUCTION

NEW YORK.-This year U. S.
soybean production will total
more han 190,0O0,0OO bushels.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
SAILORS PLEDGE HELP

San Francisco (FP)-The Sail
ors Union of the Pacific has pledg
ed full physical and financial sup
port to the striking United Mine
Workers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
Union Warns Of
Strike In April
H Talks Fail

Washingtno( FP) - President
Joseph Beirne of the National
Federation of Telephone Workers
Dec. 3 gave the nations phone
companies fair notice that NFTW
locals are ready to bargain for
better wages and working condi-
tions now in order to avoid tieup
of U. S. telephone service next
spring.
Locals, said Beirne, will have
until Feb. l, 1947 to settle their
employing companies, and in case
they are unsuccessful will take
strike votes by March /. After
that, a 50-man policy committee
will direct NFTW negotiations to
be carried on by 7-member bar
gaining group.
No strike, he said, would begin
before April 7 next year. "We will
try to reach agreement nationally
through our bargaining and policy
committee" Beirne said. Failing
in this, and only after all avenues
for peaceful settlement have been
tried. the strike will begin"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
AFL Drive Adds
25O,OO0 Members

Atlanta, Ga. (FP) = The AFL
has won approximately 250,C0O
new members in its current south
ern organizing drive, Southern
Director George l.. Googe told a
2-day session of the AFL southern
organizing policy board here Dec.
3.
The new members, representing
building trades, textiles and other
industries, plus approximately
100000 members of the United
Mine Workers who rejoined the
AFL in 1916, brings the AFL
southern membership total to
about two million, he said.
The board, composed of az mem
bers representing IA southern
states, met to review the southern
drive during the past six months
and to plan completion of the l.
year drive.
The session was also expected
to consider legislative program
to be sponsored by the AFL in
southern legislatures. The pro-
gram calls for uniform workmen's
accident and compensation laws, a
uniform boiler inspection law and
m proved legislation regarding
child labor and occupational dis
aagaG
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
Operates ArfWure
Pottery On Coast

Norman Kinsey of El Cerrito,
Calf, was visitor at headquar-
tiers last Thursday, stopping in for
a brief chat with Brotherhood Of
ficials. Looking hale and hearty,
he stated his sole purpose in COM
ing back to the Pool was to visit
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Kinsey of East Liverpool.
A caster by trade, Mr.. Kinsey
formerly worked at the Hall China
Co. and was affiliated with Local
Union No. 4. He left East Liver
pool for the coast about ten years
ago, locating in Ell Cerrito and
working under the jurisdiction Of
Local Union 165.
He was granted honorary MEM
bership in the Brotherhood in
August of last year when he quit
the shop to engage in the artware
business, having his own plant on
the coast.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
Manufacturers
(Confinued From Page One)

More than half million small
businesses disappeared entirely
during the war, he pointed out.
Two-thirds of government war
contracts, valued at IT'S million
dollars, went to the 100 largest
firms and almost onehalf went to
the 30 top corporations.
MacGregor's speech, the only
one critical in tone which got by
the stage managers of the huge
NAM propaganda show, was
quickly brushed aside by H. FL.
Schell, chairman of the MANS in
ternational conomic relations
committee.
The NAM was against mono
poles, he explained gravely, but
"in most industrial fields the only
monopolistic influence which exists
and which does materially affect
selling prices is the control over
the labor supply exercised by a
few gigantic unions"
His solution to the whole prob
lem was to revise the Sherman
antitrust act and the Clayton and
Federal Trade Commission acts to
"apply not only to business mono
poles but also to labor or to mono
poles in any other economic field"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12

CHARLES F. PODEWELS

Charles f. Podewels of 1910
Erie street, honorary member of
the National Brotherhood of Oper-
ative Potters and an influential
member and worker in the organ
ization while working at the bench,
died Dec. 7 in City Hospital fol-
lowing a brief illness.
He was a kilnman by occupation,
and thoroughly skilled workman.
He was last employed by the
Homer Laughlin China Co. Forced
by i'll health to give up work in
the shop in September of last year,
he was granted free honorary
membership in the organization,
having been a member in good
standing for twenty-five consecu-
tive years. His intimate knowledge
of the affairs of Brotherhood and
his interest and fidelity to the
principles of trade unionism never
waned throughout his long and
eventful connection with the
Brotherhood
Mr.. Podewels spent virtually his
lifetime in East Liverpool, coming
here from Allegheny, now a part
of Pittsburgh, 65 years ago. He
was a member of the Lutheran
Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mary c. Podewels; a son, Harry
L. Podewels, members Of the Gen
eral Ware Standing Committee;
two daughters, Mrs. Wilbur Seek
man of Dixonville, and Mrs.
Charles Stull of East Liverpool; a
brother, Albert Podewels of Los
Angeles; a sister, Mrs. Frank
Schoenberger of East Liverpool,
and seven grandchildren.
Services were conducted by Rev.
C. i. Yoder, pastor of the Penn
sylvania Ave. Methodist Church.
Burial was in Columbiana County
Memorial Park.
X X X
JOSEPH l.. McCON NELL
Joseph Lawrence Mcconnell, 65,
died Tuesday in his home, 901
Bradshaw Ave-, following a six
month illness.
Mr.. Mcconnell was born in Kit
tanning, Pa, and came to East
Liverpool about 35 years ago. He
was caster by trade and employ
ed at plant 8 of the Homer Laugh
lin China Co.
He was a member of Local
Union No. A, National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters and of st.
Stephens Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Anna Mary Jones Mcconnell;
son, II. Kenneth Mcconnell of
Cleveland; two daughters, Mrs.
Mildred Pepin and Mrs. Marjorie
Piker, both of East Liverpool;
brother, Frank Mcconnell Of East
Liverpool, and four grandchildren.
Rites will be held Saturday at
10:30 a. m. in the Martin Funeral
Home by Rev. Frederick X. Gil
lette, receor of st. Stephens
Church. Burial will be in Columbi-
ana County Memorial Park.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-12-12
Bilbo Defends nti-Negro
Acts As Senate Quiz Ends

ing to vote against you?"
Bilbo admitted freely he made
the oft-quoted statement that the
best way to keep a Negro from
voting was to "see him the night
before elections" but he amazed
the courtroom by claiming he was
misquoted on his statement that
white people should use any
means" to keep Negroes from the
polls. 81 said any legal means" I"
Bilbo declared.
At least three newspapermen
who covered his campaign speeches
were present in the courtroom but
the committee made no move to
put them on the stand in rebuttal.
Emanuel H. Bloch, Civil Rights
Congress counsel, said his organi-
zation would demand an additional
hearing in Washington "to give
these men an opportunity to clear
their names and disclose the
facts" Bloch's statement, made at
the end of the hearing, charged
committee chairman Allen J. Ell
lender with shocking" conduct
pro-Bilbo partiality.
The committees report on Bill
bo's fitness to hold his Senate seat
will be issued some time before
Congress convenes and will be sub
ject to final action by the Senate.