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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-12

Trailing by nine runs. the
Blue Sox finally came to life in
the sixth and seventh inning of
the nightcap. and scored nine
runs on eight hits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-12
Rene Machin. Pirate outfield-
er. had wild afternoon on the
bases as he pilfered four bases.

John Navarro and Gilbert Val
DEE, Trojan keystone combina-
ton, played nice d fensiV {
games. Each handled six chances
without an error.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-12

Fito Lastres, Pirate pitcher, had
a two-hitter going into the sixth
inning before things exploded in
the next two frames.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-12

Manager M. Acevedo of the
Blue Sox, after striking out and
hitting into a double play his first
two times up, tripled and got two
doubles his next three times, one
being the winning hit of the
game.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-12

C.. Albury, of the Tr,jans, had
his former teammates, the Red
Raiders, handcuffed for five in
nings until he had to leave the
game because of sore back.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-12

Helcopter Phys Complete Tronser of Those Injured in
Begion Plane Crash"
Twenty people died in the crash but seventeen 9th
brought of the almost mpeneobe Newfoundland
fores-ve because the United States Coast Gud Search
and Rescue pn had been mpemented m in advance to meet
the emergencies ceosing bottle against disaster
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-12
Mario Hernandez. crack Raid
er thirdsacker. also played a
good defensive game.

Pancho Salinero, hard-hitting
Pirate pitcher, had a bad day al
the plate. In. five trips, Salinero
struck out three times, and
grounded out twice.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-12

Fidel Lopez homer in the
seventh inning was a long blow
travelling about 400 feek in the
air,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-11-12
HOW COAST GUARD ~.
FLIES TO THE RESCUE
BY MARK BARRON

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NEW YORKNewspopeS headlines succinctY told the story
IN Air Rescue Ends Lost Ten Survivors Flown to Gender
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12

Thomas S. Caro-, lion tanner.
Directors are J. j. McManus,
Mr.. Currys Vance Stirrup and
Edilnliro Morales.
Observance of Ladies Night"
was highlight of the program.
The women guests were well
coined by Judge Enrique Es-
quinaldo, Jr., and the response
was given by Mrs. William j.
Putcamp.
Gerald Saunders, past deputy
district Lion governor, gave
resume of the work completed
by the club during the past year
and awarded 100 per cent MEM
berShip buttons to a number of
members.
Musical portion of the pro-
gram included simultaneous vio-
lin-vocal solo by Mrs. Leonora
Dowski, accompanied on the
piano by Miss Beatrice Moreno;
piano solos by Jerry Henriquez;
vocal solos by Ensign Charles
Rogers and group singing led by
Mr.. Carbonell.
More than 100 persons were
present at the ceremonies, which
marked the eighth anniversary
of the club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
Polio Death Toll
Reduced By One

Death of a 55-year-old Key
Mea woman. who died at the
usallmeak Of the infantile paraly-
ss epidemic here, was not. due
e. rs1iio. DR.. Edwin Riley, state
sfasemiologist who is here con-
testing a polio drive, reported
1aaaF.
o. Riley told DR.. James B.
pAramore. county health of
flasf. that his study of the wom-
49, case history convinced him
uMa So dses eisher of q heart
anenl 0r O stroke and not polio.
a local physician repeatedly
a thc woman died of polio.
4ln cuts the polio death toll
ID gkgre. this number including
tasn adults and a Poinciana child
- Riley is here conducting a
mHeoy IN an effort to determine
- eausc 81 the disease.
- new polio cases have been
Tstsatrd here since Monday. A
ss*.l ~ 81 cases has been report
- here since the outbreak.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
Free Trade In War Zones
Is Urged For World Peace
By Speaker At Liens Club

Free barter between war-torn
lands is an important factor in
the establishment and preserva-
ton of peace, Is Chaplain Willard
B. Smith, of Fl. Taylor, said in
an address at installation exer-
cises of the Key West Lions club
at La Concha hotel last night. Z
Chaplain Smith, who was the
principal speaker at the event,
pointed out that certain coun-
tries in the war zone have plenty
of food but no coal, while others
have ample fuel supplies but
no food. Free trade, the speaker
maintained, would equalize this
situation and promote world
peace.
The following new officers
were installed by Wilfred T.
Robarts. Sarasota, past district
governor of the Lions, who act
ed as master of ceremonies:
Fred Miller, president; Hast
ings Smith, first vice president;
Joe Allen, Jr,, second vice presi-
dent; Albert L. DiNegro, Jr.,
third vice president; Charles E.
Smith, Jr,, secretary; Raymond
Curry, treasurer; Louis Car
bonell, tail twister, and Judge
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
Mix Price
Reported Wrong,
Says adams

j. Roland Adams. proprie-
tor of Adams Dairy here. an
nounced today that a recent
newspaper advertisement an
nouncing increased milk
prices was incorrect SO far as
prices at his firm were con-
cerned.
MIR. Adams said:
When we agreed TO the
release and publication (of
the advertisement it was
our understanding that ii
would refer only TO the
Wholesale price of milk and
not the new prices for re-
tail milk distribution
Mr.. Adams said today that
the price of wholesale milk
at his plant Had been in
creased two cents quart.
making the cost 20 cents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12

with estates and a large castle in
Germany and the holder of nine
university degrees in medicine,
science, etc, all spurious claims
was the other party to the BIZ
Zarre romance.
The sixty-three-year- old white
haired and bearded alien had
fallen desperately in love with
the girl when she had presented
herself for treatment at the Ma
rine hospital in Key West where
Tanzler had obtained employ
ment in the X-ray department.
But all his strange arts and
pseudo-scientific knowledge could
not prevent the girls death from
the dread disease. After she had
been buried in an ordinary
grave, Tanzler prevailed upon
her family, who were in poor
circumstances, to permit him to
build vault in which to inter
the body of his idol
On October 6, 1910, the care
taker of the cemetery, observing
that the glass panel in the door
to the crypt was missing, rushed
to the home of Mrs. Florinda
Medina, sister of the long-dead
girl. Tanzler, cornered in his
rooms, was reluctant to surren-
Continued on Page Four)
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Claim Assessed
! In OPA Violation

c. R. Sawyer, proprietor of the
Anchor Inn, Rock Harbor, settled
an administrators claim for $50
at hearing before the OPAi
price control panel in the Fedsi
elSal building yesterday The Inn
was, charged with having Ell
ceeded OPA ceilings, on iteras
served to customers. sS
The Columbia Laundry set
tied a claim by making a refund
to customer who had accused
the firm of overcharging.
Case of the South Beach res.
taurant was continued pending
further investigation.
Two other concerns, the JEFF
ferson Hotel Coffee shop and the
Patone grocery, ignored sum
monses to appear at the hearing,
board attaches said.
The hearings were conducted
by Albert Cooper, chairman of
the price control board, and John
F. Castano, Miami, district super
visor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
RILEY TO REPORT
POLIO FINDINGS
HERE TOMORROW

Report on his findings in a
polio survey here will be made
by DIR. Edwin Rile~, state cpl
demiologist, at a meeting of Key
West physicians and health Of
ficials tomorrow at 2:30 p. m.
Called by DR.. Aubrey H. Ham
ilton, secretary Of the Monroe
County Medical association, the
session will be held in the county
health unit at 203 Fleming
street.
DR.. James B. Parramore, coun-
ty health officer, and Wallace B.
Kirke, head of the Key West
Housing authority, will be among
those who will attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
Buyers Strikes Spread
In Il. S. AS Prices Soar;
Iruman0I1ints New OPA
COMMODITIES BEGIN
TO FEE FORCE OF
oNsIllkl BANS -
BEEF G6S1S HIGH
BysAssoaEatesI Pressl

<,N, July IL. -
Hone sSass xprsssea today that
some 81 the amendments that
were adopted by the senate to
the OPA bill, whereby the eff
cacy of that measure was weak
ened, will be removed when
house and senate collferees con-
slider the bill for its final passage.
President Truman has outlined
the kind of OPA law he thinks
the country needs to stop infla-
ton. With a weakened measure,
he declared, little curb will be
provided to stop initiation.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands
of Americans in various parts of
the country are acting themselves
to check runaway prices. Buyers
strikes, reports received here to-
day said, are spreading through
out the United States, and sew
eral of the commodities, which
have been advanced in prices,
ranging from 10 to IS percent,
have begun to feel the force of
the strike.
Only two cities in the country
reported that prices of beef had
remained the same since the
death of OPA. Those cities are
New York ana Los Angeles, but
Chicago, the center Of the pack
ing house industry, reported an
advance of 10 percent, and Boston
Is percent. Similar advances oc-
CURED in some other cities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
|USCC Recruit
Increase Seen
IL Bill Passes
Especial to The Citizen)

WASHINGTON, July IL. =
Coast Guard stations in the Key
West area will have increased
personnel to man the boats if the
Senate and House conferees re-
tain in the Coast Guard service
appropriation bill an item of 3d.
100000, it was learned today.
The Coast Guard service was in
the Navy department during the
war but has been returned to the
department of commerce and the
appropriation was placed in this
departments appropriation bill
for the Coast Guard.
If the appropriation is retained
by the Senate and House epn-
ferees, the Coast Guard com
mandant will be able to recruit
men for the service and place it
back nearer the level of the pre-
war period.
Many of the Coast Guardsmen
entered the armed forces in the
war and this cut down the num-
Der to a point where the service
is badly handicapped, and in
many cases unable to respond to
a call of distress.
AT some stations only one or
two men are available to man
lifeboats and it is necessary to
call on other stations when serv-
ice is required.
Reports that the Senate and
House conferees might eliminate
the appropriation brought strong
support from Representatives OF
coastal and Great Lakes states.
Loss of life, especially in the
Great Lakes region, has been re-
ported due to lack of personnel
in the Coast Guard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
Il. ). Fulfilled
Promise To Feed
World, Truman

WASHINGTON, July H.
President Truman announced to-
aay that the United States has
nme than fulfilled its promise
~ fred the hungry of Europe,
Aa and elsewhere in the world.
lie sid that foodstuffs shipped
e. stfieken greas have exceeded
sn soiume the amounts that had
hen agreed on tentatively.
Hhe presidential report was is
ssed thr0ugh Secretary Ander-
$50 ~ the Department of Agri-
Gesture. he said that, since the
Unased States began shipments to
SEED thc hungry in stricken areas,
tsssftY SAX and one-third billion
pezneis u foodstuffs have been
anni away zap 90 the end of June
a8 Anderson explained that the
pnandaEc included shipments
1aai had been bought by other
oeuufficz. in addition to the food
lisai has been distributed by
uNRRA.
President Truman stated that
flse emergency is not yet over.
lfe SD that the government had
z9apped buying beef for ship
a1en1 hecause of the advance in
pFsa lor that commodity, but
- added that two hundred and
nfly million bushels of wheat
alli - shipped abroad from this
eHara croD.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
Big 4 Stalled
On Nazi Treaty
tny AssncIates orrss,


PARIS, July 12.-The Big -Four
were reported today still to be
deadlocked over a treaty for
Germany.
1t developed, before the meet
ing was held, that Russia, which
had demanded 10 billion dollars
in Nazi Preparations, has already
received IA bffffon from Ger
many.
The western powers, represent
ed. by Secretary ByFnes and
Foreign Minister Bevin, favored
economic cooperation among the
four zones IN Germany, but Molo-
TOW of Russia insisted on the same
restrictions being continued in
the relation among the zones of
that country, the United States,
Great Britain and France.
The French representative OPP
posed any agreement that would
include the Saar basin in Ger
many, insisted that the basin
really belonged to France.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
Doors Are Open"
III Police Trial

H7ie doors were to have been
afan AZ a civil service hearing at
3 erlnrk this afternoon when the
e@Fers against four suspended
"a policemen win be aired,
q ~ Sierra, chairman of the
CseA Service commission, said
faslsE. The hearing was to have
leen hald in the city hall.
I'VE are not inviting anyone to
gia bearing. but the front door
- o. open" said MIR. Sierra. Il
ama scc how we can keep any
fsV out." he added.
Hlar four officers were dis
aed by City Manager Dave
Asa GA charges of insubordina-
tsan
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
CITY COMPLETES
FOURTH FIRE WELL

The fourth fire well in series
of eight being drilled by the city
has been completed at Division
and Elizabeth streets, Robert
Dopp, city service director, re-
ported today.
The wells are from go to IS
feet deep and are to be used in
emergency fire fighting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12

Elghty-fiVe percent OF the tax
payers will pay either less or not
more than they paid last year.
The remaining Is percent, who
will pay more, are those taxpay-
ers who have had their property
assessed at practically nominal
sums for year after year.
The expert pointed out one in
stance of a woman who had been
paying on an assessment of $500
in the city and or an assessment
of $4,000 in the county. Fred ].
Dion, city tax assessor, dug up
two instances where taxpayers
were paying in the city on an
assessment of only 500 each, and
all he did was to increase the as
sessments to the amounts paid in
the county.
The experts based their con-
illusions on the assumption that
the millage for bonds will not
exceed five mills. The millage for
maintenance and operation of the
city can not exceed 20 mills, the
limit set forth in the new char
ter.
"a good many property own
crs," an expert said, "seem UNI
able to understand the difference
between assessments and millage.
In this present instance, they APP
parently forget, when their as
sessments were low, as for last
year, for instance, the millage
was STA. Let them get pencil and
paper and figure out what taxes
they will pay this year on the
higher assessment and the lower
millage and they will find out
that their taxes will be lower or
not any more, except in Is per-
cent of the cases.
And you know what resulted
in that exception of Is percent?
The other IS percent have been
paying some of the taxes that the
Is percent had not paid because
of their exceedingly low assess
ments. Why should John Jones
pay let us say, on an assessment
of $4,000 when somebody else,
with property just as valuable,
pay on only $500?
Those discrepancies have all
been eliminated in the new tax
roll. Every. property owner will
now pay his fair share of the
taxes, and, as / said before, only
the 10 percent, who had not been
paying their fair share, will pay
more when the new roll goes in
to effect"
One of those discrepancies was
commented on today by City
Clerk Roy Hamlin. He said that
a Key Wester, who admit ! d he
had paid $4,000 for his home, was
assed on the old city books for
only 500.
"As a result" Mr.. Hamlin con-
tinued, that man paid only SO
cents in taxes last year toward
the payment of bonded indebted
ness and nothing toward the
maintenance and operation of the
city. Of course, the coming fiscal
year he will not pay anything
for maintenance and operation,
but he will pay his fair share to-
ward retiring the city's bonded
Indebtedness and interest on city
bonds, under the new set-up. The
coming fiscal year he will pay
five mills on $4,000, or $40, as
compared with the SO cents last
year.
While that is an extreme
case" Mr.. Hamlin concluded, yet
there are many cases, included
III that Is percent, where the as
sessments have been extremely
low. All owners of property in
that low bracket will be put on
ia level with the IS percent who
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
Mrs. Stevens To Join
Husband I'm Morocco

Mrs. Harold A. Stevens, for
merly of Key West, is here visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Mervin Thompson, 800 Margaret
street.
Mrs. Stevens is awaiting gov
ernment orders to proceed TO
French Morocco where she will
join her husband, who is a Navy
chief pharmacists mate. A grad
uate of Key West High school,
Mrs. Stevens has lived in New
York City for the past several
months. She is a sister of Mervin
Thompson, jr., circulation man
ager of The Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
lmsurrd Film Producer
4. Reported Near Death

Us ANGELES, July Il. =
gmiaiun af Howard Hughes,
asaifhy sportsman, flier and film
assiurer. who was injured in
- aaplane accident last Sunday,
mas reported today to have taken
tlFn Sos the worse.
So physician stated that he is
ssH making a hard fight for his
Is h.i that he had continued to
aNanusr sicsdily worse.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
Consultations
Banned BY u. S.
After Crashes
ny Associated Pressl


WASHINGTON. July IT,
Three airplane companies. at
fected by the governments
order to ground all Constel-
lation planes for 80 days. an
nounced today that they are
arranging to obtain other
types of planes to keep the
service up to the standard 1t
had been before the Constel-
lations were banned.
The government took its
action after the crash of a
Constellation near Reading.
Pa. in which five persons
were killed. 1t was the second
accident to that type OF plane
in a week.
rvx- I~uwsr ~rSw $500
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
CANE FROM AFRICA

NEW YORK. - The first cocoa
beans sent to the United States
came from Africa in 1891.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12

The death here of Mrs. Medina
wrote finis to another chapter of
one of the worlds most weird
and macabre love stories, which
had its locale in Key West and
which was publicized throughout
the nation.
Mrs. Medina was the sister of
Elena Hoyo Mesa, whose body
Count" Karl Tanzler Won CoSel
had in his home here for more
than seven years, claiming he
could restore life after death
had occurred nine years before.
The weird love story started
when the exotically beautiful
Miss Mesa died from tuberculosis
Oct. Is, 1881.
Count" Won Cosel, German
alien -professedly nobleman
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
Florinda Medina Dies;
Demise Recalls Tale
Of Weird Love Affair

Mrs. Florinda Me dina, 40,
died yesterday afternoon at 3:45
o'clock at her home. 1919 Wat
son street.
She is survived by two sons,
Mario and Frank Medina.
Services will be conducted this
evening at 6 o'clock from the
residence, with the Rev. G..
Perez, of the Cuban Methodist
church, in charge.
Burial will be in the family
plot in City cemetery.
Lopez funeral home had
charge of the arrangements.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12
EXPERT GIVES ANSWER
Most Taxpayers
In CRY VIII Pay
Less This Year

yesterday afternoon concluded eckup of
cs roll for the coming fiscal and found the answer
those who have asserted they will have higher
under the present set-up. Here is the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-12

~ ~ - ~. ~ ~. ~. ~ 80
Evening star., 1946-04-01

ther the first one which really is
closest to my heart. Jefferson caid
of newspapers: Were it left to me
to decide whether we should have a
government without newspapers or
newspapers without a government,
should not hesitate to prefer the
latter
Newspapers and, now the radio,
too, are the sinews Of democracy,
although often they resemble the
hardening arteries Of "those that
have" In their best role, they are
trustees of the public welfare, serv-
ants Of the people. For a good part
of my life 1 have been a public
servant, even when I have not held
public office. I have been unkindly,
and I think without discrimination,
referred to by the captious and the
sneering as "bureaucrat," but I
have never hesitated to speak my
mind or tell the facts as I believed
them to be. I begin this new life
with the same old habits. I raise
no claim to omniscience. Being
now very much on the outside I
shall not attempt to purvey red-hot
inside" Observation-Disclosures, some
Evening star., 1946-04-01

Second: do not intend to pull my
punches. I have never operated on
the theory that pulled punch was
worth the pulling and it is too late
to start now.
Third: Unless compelled by events,
I shall not use this column to pro-
mote a third party. In this coun-
try, except in special circumstances,
a third party has been about as
useful as an extra man on a honey
moon.
He Accepts His Accounta bility.
Fourth: I alone will be account
able for whatever I may say, whether
you, or even the editor, may like
it or not. I have stipulated that
I may neither be expurgated nor
amended, although I can not guar
antee that every editor who Is pay
ing what hope will be good money
will feel like printing everything
that I may write. But whether he
does or not, he will not print under
my name anything that I may not
like. 1t is my hope to serve little
variety, but not necessarily to please.
Now, having enumerated the
principles to which I aspire to ad-
here, let me discuss somewhat fur
Evening star., 1946-04-01
of my friends have too tight q
monopoly on that.

Of my friends have too tight q
monopoly on that.
Shuns the Keyholes.
I will not peep at keyholes or turn
my ear in the direction of the win
dow crack. If I am guessing I will
say so. I will not indulge in bed
side stories, play unduly upon al
ready taut nerves or essay the role
Of the George E. Allen of columnists.
I shall hope never to have to fall
back upon space-fllling devices. I
know that you are tired; I am, too
But we live in critical times and
we must fight through this mess
understandingly and courageously
unless we wish our new toy, the
atom, to send all Of us into the final
sleep. There can be no freedom
from thinking for any one.
AS most of my readers know,
have for years at times complained
about the sins Of commission and
omission of the press. Just because
am now working for newspapers
does not mean that I intend to
stop calling the roll on them. I
may bite occasionally the hand that
feeds me.
(Copyright, 1860