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Evening star., 1946-09-07
Officers Service Unit
Replacing Penfagon
Separation Center

A new officers service center is
replacing the now closed Army sep
aration center at the Pentagon, it
was learned today.
Operating under supervision of
the Washington Military District
headquarters, the new center will
serve as sort of clearing house for
the accommodation of Army officers
coming into the District on perma-
nent or temporary assignment.
With a record Of having processed
the discharge OF more than 14,20O
officers, including SO generals since
it opened last October S, the PEN
tagon's separation center was COM
paratively busy up to its final clos
ing yesterday afternoon. It's per-
sonnel Of six officers and "a civilians.
including one WAC counselor for
women officers, will be absorbed by
other units in the Washington Mill
tary District.
Two OF the officers who were lucky
enough to receive their separation
papers at the center before It closed
yesterday were Capt. John M. Swan
son Of 6100 Fourteenth street NV
and Capt. Harry w. Williamson of
Gill Exfair road, Bethesda, Nd.
During its final "a hours of oper-
alton the center processed 54 Off
GERS for discharges, 20 of them hay-
ing been given the works yesterday
1t. Col. Hugh L. Ash, commander
OF the center, it was announced, has
been assigned as assistant to the
assistant chief of staff, G-1, at head
quarters Of Brig. Gen. C. B. Faren-
baugh, commanding the local mill
tary area.
The new officers service center
will be under the command of Capt.
L. G. Sutton, jr., formerly on the
staff Of the separations center.
Officers reporting into Washing
ton will be billeted by Capt. Sutton
and his assistants. They will be
able to have their travel problems
Strengthened out and the office will
even try to find them an apartment
or residence in congested Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1946-09-07

General Accounting Once. The
audit section is the largest function
ing division Of the agency.
At the Civil Service Commission
it was said no surprise was felt
at the move and that doubtless
similar incidents were taking place
from time to time in all agencies
here. 1t was pointed out that the
end Of the war occasioned need
for reduction in personnel and that
the Budget Bureaus program, in
structed by Congress, of reducing
personnel ceilings was another
factor.
Practically any change affecting
veterans status entities the veteran
to appeal direct to the Civil Service
Commission, it was stated.
Evening star., 1946-09-07

end Of the war, the GAO has COM
pletely eliminated auditing installa-
tions at Atlanta, Chicago, New York
and Los Angeles. Each OF these
changes involved the separation of
several hundred employees.
In all cases affecting veterans,
Mr.. Ballinger said, preference is
given by selecting them last for
reduction in grades. either perma-
nently or temporarily.
AS Employees Go.
1t was said that as of August "a,
the audit division had lost 425
employees. Many Of these were
taken care Of" it was said, by
placement in other governmental
agencies or in other parts of the
Evening star., 1946-09-07
Silver Spring Forum Called

The "Palestinian Question" will
be discussed in the fifth of a series
OF open forums at 8 pm. tomorrow
In the Flower Avenue Art Gallery,
e216 Flower avenue, Silver Spring.
Speakers will include Omar Khad-
rah OF the Arab Office in Washing
ton and DIR. Benjamin Akin, direc-
tor OF the Washington Office of
the American Zionist Emergency
Council.
Evening star., 1946-09-07

SW AMP E D-Marine Staff
Sergt. Marion Olson faces q
stack of terminal leave pay
applications which must be
returned as incomplete. The
Marine Corps, urging veter-
ans to read instructions care
fully, reported 10 per cent OF
$4,000 claims received to date
had to be sent back. Some
Marines even forgot to sign
their names.
Marine Corps. Photo.
Evening star., 1946-12-08

seven countries. Leaving Miami
early in the morning, Pan Ameri-
cans planes stop briefly at Havana,
Cuba; Merida, Mexico; Guatemala
City, Guatemala: San Salvador. Ell
Salvador; Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
and Managua, Nicaragua.
The Singing Tower and Mountain
Lake Sanctuary are 8 miles north
of Lake Wales, Fla. Tourists are
not inclined to challenge Singing
Towers reputation for the finest
carlton in the world"
Tzintzuntzan is little Mexican
city, named in imitation Of the
humming birds song. The bird
was sacred to the ancient Tarascan
tribes. Untwist the tongue, and pro-
nounce the towns name like this:
tseen- -tsoon- -tsahn.
New Year Day is not holiday in
Bermuda. December 26, however,
is. It's the traditional British holi-
day, Boxing Day.
American visitors in Switzerland
are allowed to change up to $1,000
month into Swiss francs at the
official rate of exchange. Swiss are
limited to $3.50 a month.
West Palm Beach, Fla, has geared
itself to open every available square
foot of housing to visitors. Like
practically every other resort, 1t ad-
vises confirmed reservations III ad-
vance. AS backstop, the Chamber
of Commerce has inaugurated free
bureau, listing rooms for the bene-
fit of visitors so that many homes
may be opened to care for the over
flow from hotels and apartments.
st. Petersburg, Fla, hopes to pro-
vide slips for at least 1000 pleasure
yachts and cruisers in its basins
this winter. Space for another
1000 is to be provided in harbors
at Big Bayou, Coffee Pot Bayou,
Gulfport and on the Gulf Islands.
Some one may have wondered,
and never found out, why only
women go to market in Port au
Prince. The custom dates back to
the early days of the Haitian repub-
lie when, to protect their men from
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Southern California
Green Brightens as
Winter Approaches

LOS ANGELES, Dec. Tine
brighter shade of green which MARKS
the coming of winter is tlnging
Southern California.
There is no white of snow except
on peaks, which have been capped
for some weeks. Palms and pepper
trees keep. their foliage. Flowers
bloom. So, according to the areas
All-Year Club, the sign OF seasonal
change is the brighter green from
the late fall rains.
In the San Diego County area,
vast country, of contrasts reacning
down to Old Mexico, winters green
comes first to the mountains OF what
is called the Back Country"
This is a scenic inland area, tra-
yersed by excellent highways, 50
clear of air that it was chosen as
site for the new worlds biggest zoo
inch telescope, which visitors can
now see being installed at Mount
Palomar.
Much of the "back Country" is
also Indian country. Old Pala Mis-.
sion. built of adobe bricks in the
Spanish days, still serves the In
dams. Visitors are welcomed at
Pala.
From the Back Country" the
winters green has dipped down into
the rolling hills and valleys OF the
seacoast, where San Diego and
other, smaller, resort communities
are expecting to have ample accom-
'modations for the winter season. No
reservations are needed at San
Diego. Through a new rail-fare ar
rangement, San Diego is reachanle
at no extra cost on a cross-country
ticket.
In San Diego, the "City Built
Around a Park" the. green is greener
in the 1,40O acres of Balboa Park
with its International Exposition
buildings. Giant aircraft carriers
and other warsfips can be seen In
the land-locked "Harbor of the
Sun" :.
San Diego is the visitors Jump
tng-off" point for the border coun-
try. Only Is miles south, through
the international Gate, which never
closes, is the Mexican city OF
Tijuana.
Evening star., 1946-12-08

being seized by revolutionary lead
ers for service in the army, only
women ventured forth.
n n X
The travel agent might tell you
why some of the more popular
Florida resorts month or so ago
were reporting capacity hotel book
ings for peak-season January and
February, and now say space is
available. About mid-November,
this version goes, the hotels decided
to test the ratio Of "live' reserva-
tions, some of which were booked
last spring. Guests were queried,
and the nub of the letters was,
shall we expect you?" For one
reason or another, a number let
the space go.
There are more than 500 hotels in
the Miami-Miami Beach area.
Miami Beach has 22,06l rooms IN
328 regular hotels, and 687 hotel
Evening star., 1946-12-08

rooms in apartment hotels. Miami
counts 100 hotels. with about 12,750
rooms. Including rooming houses
and apartment units, Miami Beach
has capacity of $1,000 guests at
one time. But don't figure on get
ting an apartment. This advice
comes from the Chamber Of Com
merce. THE demand for apart
ment accommodations says state
ment, 'is far in excess of the avail
able supply
A new interisland air service for
the Bahamas is being established by
the Nassau Aviation Co. Its presi-
dent is Colyn Rees. former Raj
pilot. He reports his firm will have
three amphibian planes available for
transporting passengers from Mas
sau to any of the hundreds of Sc
Evening star., 1946-12-08
7 rsveIer's V: Notebook
By Jacques FutreIle. Jr.
The stor's Travel Editor

SCRIBBLINGS-
The winter vacation season starts
with familiar ringing in the ears:
Get hotel reservations before you
start, and be certain they are con-
f1rmed." The warning comes from
all sides, except one. A formal
publication of the San Diego (Calif)
Club says: The hotelmen of the
city have announced that hotel
accommodations are available with
out reservations, except for week
ends The availability Of hotel
rooms applies to the downtown area
of San Diego as well as to the beach
and mountain resort communities. :"
The war pretty well terminated
Marineland, Fla, as civic entity.
The post office closed, the city off,
cialS stepped down, more than 10000
specimens of sea life were dumped
back into the sea and the two big
oceanariums drained. That was in
1912. Last election day, the pint
size community took a new lease on
d, life by electing Mayor and five
aldermen. The marine exhibits
were built up again, the Post Office
Department opened up its branch
and the town, just south of st. Au-
gustine on State route ALA, is
back in circulation as tourist at
traction.
Light up time" is something the
visitor in Bermuda learns to watch,
AS the sun changes its time of rising
and setting, the legal moment to dis
play bicycle and carriage lights
varies. Local newspapers note the
proper time daily.
< X x
Fqorida's annual tourist business
Is estimated at $600,000,000.
This might come in handy in case
you're a tourist in Mexico City
without a roof over your head: You
are invited to ask for help at the
Mexican Tourist Association offices
at Avenida Juarez, in the capital.
AS a tourist host, Puerto Rico is
embarrassed. Gov. Jesus T. Pinero
recently emphasized the Govern
ment's intention to encourage
prompt development of tourist facil-
tiles, but warned that the island
is not prepared to handle large
numbers of vacationeers as yet.
whether we invite them or not.
Gov. Pinero said, tourists from the
continent will come in increasing
numbers-have, in fact, already
started coming"
Flying between Miami, Fla, ana
San Jose, Costa Rica, by daylight,
the traveller gets birds-eye view OF
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Two Flights Added

American Overseas Airlines has
announced an increase in its round
trip transatlantic flights from Il
to Is weekly, effective December 10
providing additional service between
this country and London, Amster-
dam and Berlin.
Evening star., 1946-12-08

dor, site OF Columbus landfall, and
Eleuthera. landing place of the
Eleutherian Adventures, the Pill
grim Fathers OF the Bahamas.
Many Of these islands have been
known only to yachtsmen and
Traders.
Evening star., 1946-12-08

4 questered Out Islands OF. the
/ Bahamas. The Bahamas include
such islands as Bimini, rendezvous
for big game fishermen; San Saliva
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11

CLAIMS DuvAL STREET. III
WHICH AREA HIS HOME is
LOCATED. Is RESIDENTIAL
SECTION

william n. Porter, in his bill
OF complaint against the city
seeking an injunction against the
erection Of parking meters in
front Of his home on Duval street,
akSerts that. despite a city ordin-
amer adopted May %. 1910, char
acterizing the locality as "Busi-
ness A District, il is a residential
ARIA
lie speaks Of three standards,
10 which the meters will be at
tached. In front of his home, as
-defacing plaintiffs sidewalk,
and as depriving free ingress
and egress 20 his property.
lie also declares that the in
stallation Of the meters would be
an s'unwarranted and insidious
indirect tax or charge" for auto
mobiles 20 park in front Of MS
property.
City Attorney J. Lancelot Les
ter who win represent the city
In the case. said this morning
that he had not yet read the bill
az complaint.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
SECURITY COUNCIL
.Y OF UNO GROUP TO
., ,3} HOLD CONFERENCE
(Ry ANS0cIntcG I,rcssl

NEW YORK, March 11.-Th :
Security Council of the United
Nations Organiza on will hold a
conference here next week, at
which it is expected that ques-
tions concerning Iran. Bulgaria,
Greece, Spain and Manchuria will
be discussed
A settlement of those questions.
It was asserted, must be found,
and if it can not be found by the
security council. it was be pro-
posed that the Big Three hold an
other conference.
Still another dispute will be
brought before the council. Rus
STA will ask that the British polIcJ
in Egypt be investigated, and al
so the report that the British are
sanctioning former Nazi cartcls II
Greece. 8,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
Marine Dies From,
Injury To Skull
ls-YEAR-oLD YOUTH CRASH
ED INTO PARKING METER
STANDARD IN BIKE FALL

While the City of Key West
continues installation of parking
meters and resident seeks court
action to prevent placing them in
the block on which his home is
located, death crept into the pic
ture last week. .t.
Private p. M. Manasco, IS
USING, was pumping his bicycle
on Duval street Thursday night
Suddenly something went wrong
and he began to fall. A moment
later he was unconscious, suffer-
ing a fractured skull when his
head crashed into parking met
or standard as he fell. The acct
dent occurred on Duval, near
Caroline street. 81.
Private, Mfinasco was rushed
to the Naval Hospital at the head
OFT the island bit all efforts to
save his life were in vain. He
died Friday night.
The body was shipped to the
family home in Dequeen, Arkan-
sas.
He was stationed at Marine
Barracks in MOB.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
Tag Deadline
Is March 18th
TAGS REQUIRED BY CITY
ORDINANCE FOR ALL DOGS
IN KEY WEST

Deadline for persons buying
tags for their dogs is March l5.
Mrs. Janice White of the Humane
Society, said today as a reminder
to those who have not yet pur.
chased tags.
Licenses may be secured ut No
24-C Poinciana Extension.
The licenses are 90 identify th,
owners of dogs but all dogs IN t.,c
city are required by city ordi
nance to have them, Mrs. VIM,
explained. ''' ....f
No licenses are required .,a.
cats, she said, but If owners wish
to have the Humane Society huy
tags as an Identification mcass,.
for their cats and sufficient de-
mand develops, the Society MI
order the cat tags.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
Prospective Tenant OF House
Changes Mind After Finding
Jewelry Scattered Over Floor

he had learned who the thief was.
One of his employees, he explain
cd, had been seen by the porter
of the store putting a box. about
five feet long, under the floor of
the house where the jewelry was
found. When the porter asked
about the box, the thief replied
that it was empty and he put it
there for safe keeping SO that he
could take it home. 5
The incident was reported to
Manager Avant, and he opened
the box and found that it con-
tanned a vacuum cleaner. He left
it there and set up a watch for
the man who, it was thought, had
stolen it. He was supposed to
have gone home for supper, but
he returned a short time after
ward and started to go between
the Kress building and the house,
when a thought must have struck
him that he was being watched.
He was seen to go up Fleming
street"
Sheriff Sawyer said further
that he was given the address of
the employee, taken from his APP
plication card for a job. The adj
dress was in the supposed 1900
block on Flagler avenue, but
Sheriff Sawyer said that he learn
ed, adding that he had not
Continued on Page Three)
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DERRICK, l26 FEET HIGH, is AT
So ~ - EtEE.*l y 81
Louisiana, Texas Foren,en In Charge Of Well Drilling
x R
BIG PINE KEY; SEARCH FOR OIL
BY L..P.A.. JR.

Sunday afternoon l determined
to see exactly what this oil we'll
on Big Pine Key looked like.
We went through the toll gates
and incidentally we had to pay
the toll to go 1000 yards down
the road to get the story. All the
workmen at the we'll have to pay
this toll and they are kicking like
steers on it. 1t seems to me that
in this instance that these work.
men could be issued passes sign
ed by the manager of the Road
and Toll Bridge District and that
to clear himself the wrokmen
would be designated in letter
by an officer of the Lyle Cashion
Ltd. corporation, which is digging
the well. 9 ~" ~ i.''
It is hard to live out there and
no place for a wife and children
to Stay. Consequently the men
have to go back and forth to town
to- see their families and must
pay d toll each time they come
to work. 50 "'t '.=.'
Talked to Hugh Pee Wee"
Jones who is the foreman in
charge of the 8 am. to 4 pm.
shift. Jones has been drilling for
oil all over the country. He and
his family are from Shreveport
Louisiana. He has been in this
business rs years.
Jones first oil we'll in which he
struck oil was at Hartman, Louis
lana. He ''roughnecked" it in oil
mems language for a number of
years before receiving charge of
a rig himself.
On the 4 pm. to II midnight
shift H. A. Gilberth of Wichita,
Falls, Texas is in charge and on
the graveyard shift Mr.. Powell
is in charge. The first shift has
six men and the other two shifts
have five men each, ~
Going out to the rig is a mari
road two and one quarter miles
long which cuts off the highway
just beyond the toll gate goes
straight to the beach, which IS
one of the longest and most
beautiful beaches on the Florida
Keys and then skirts the beach
right on down to a blight in which
close to- shore, the derrick, 1876
feet high, is erected. z4I pm
Along the mari road to the left
going in is wipeline in which
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
SoietsnACCuSe Churchill Of
Trying OSStart tWaHDetWeen
Britdn-U. S. Against Russia
TURN LOOSE ON FOR
MER PRIME MINISTER .
FOR HIS FULTON Az.
DRESS

MOSCOW, March ll.-After
waiting six days till their wrath
had reached the bursting point.
the Russians turned IL loose Go.
day against former Prime Mlnis-
ter Winston Churchill Of Great
Britain for his Fulton. Mo. adj
dress, in which he advocated an
Anglo-American military alt
ance.
Russian wrath found its outlet
in Pravda, semi-official Soyie.
newspaper. In vicious editorial.
Pravda accused Churchill of try-
ing to start a war with Great Brit
ain and the United States ON one
side and Russia on the other.
It declared that Churchill Is
reactionary. and. as such. bite. ~
opposed the United Nations Or
ganization. the wrecking Of whl h
was another reason for the anti
Russian language, Pravda said.
he had used in his Fulton spes ~.
II is surmised that the Russian
parliament, scheduled To- conv ne
this afternoon but postponed I'll
5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, was
not called today because ct tie
Churchill incident, but the krem
lin announced the postponemcni
resulted from a technical rea-
son.. That term was not explain
ed, but correspondents said that
virtually all deputies had arrived
for the opening of parliament Ia s
afternoon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11

water is piped. Just before going
into the rig is a small house for
the crews and lying around are
many pieces of drilling pipe and
many different sizes of bits for
the boring.
At present the we'll is at 4,526
feet and the walls havs just been
cemented in to prevent the large
rock boulders falling in and time
having to be taken to bore
through them. The we'll is
cemented to $3.50 feet.
Horsepower of motors at the
rig total 1880 horsepower but
Mr.. Jones reports that because of
gearing that this power is great
deal more than this when applied
to the bits at the bottom of the
well. go ~
Asked why the well has to
be so high, Mr.. Jones pointed to
the large sections, of, drill pipe
hung up on the derrick and ex-
planned that each section must be
raised to the top of the derrick
and connected to the section in
the pipe before it can go down
into the well. There is a giant
metal block and steel tackle used
to haul the pipes up to the top
of the derrick.
The pipes are hollow and
through it is sucked by pumps
the water and loose dirt which
the bitt at the bottom of the we'll
is busy digging out. Through the
center of the bits holes are bored
through which water can be
poured from the top of the well
through the pipes.
The bits are interesting. They
cost from 1913 to $500 apiece and
consist of one central shaft or
housing with three sT-nHers shaft
mountings on which farge circu-
lar wheel like affairs are placed.
These revolve as the whole is
turned and cut out the earth in.
to which it is digging. The bits
are of different shapes and sizes
and are designed for either hard
rock or soft sand. u i
1t is strange looking monster
rearing itself high into the air
like a giant man made mosquito
digging deep into the earth after
a precious liquid. Nearby birds.
and fish play in the air and in
the water in scene almost
primitive. 4" >"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11
Hitchcock And
Bethel Gases
Come Up Today
ANOTHER ACCIDENT THIS
MORNING WHEN CAR GOES
OVER STOP SIGN AT SOUTH
ARD AND ELIZABETH

City Court will be the scene
of two complaints against drivers
of automobiles at a session this
afternoon.
James w. Hitchcock is held for
"recklessly driving an automo-
bile" and Leonard Bethel, of 1872
Virginia street, who has only one
hand, is held on driving while
under the influence of liquor.
The accident occurred last week,
with Mr.. Hitchcock driving north
on Reynolds street and Mr.. Bethel
driving east on United Street. Ac-
cording to the. police report, the
Bethel car turned over ~ liet,t
Another accident, occurring to-
day. looked serious for sapwhile
but turned out all right in the
end. Ensign Rudolph Cvelbar,
who is stationed at Naval Operat-
ing Base, in the Gee, was driving
west on Southland street at 7:45
o'clock this morning when a car
driven by Clayton Smith of Pom
tiac, Mich, crossed the stop sign
at the intersection and struck the
Cvelbar car.
The Cvelbar car went into a
skid and crashed into a parked
car near the corner, owned by
Francis Delaney, Thus both sides
OF the Cvelbar car were damaged.
Mr.. Smith, at latest reports, has
agreed to assume responsibility
for the damage and no arrest has
been made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-03-11

A prospective tenant was given
a key to the house adjoining the
Kress store on Fleming street,
with a view of renting it, and a
short time afterward, much eX-
cited, he returned the key to the
landlord.
Isl don't want anything to do
with that house." he declared
nefvously.
''Why, what's the matter with
it?" '''
""Jewelry is scattered all over
the kitchen floor, and, if l rent
ed the house, 7 may be suspected"
Sheriff Berlin Saweyr and the
landlord went to the house, and,
sure enough, there were from
40 to so small cases, Sheriff
Sawyer said, on the kitchen floor
with a variety of jewelry in them.
Earrings, necklaces, brooches.
scarf pins and other types of
jewelry were in the boxes.
Il went into Kress," Sheriff
Sawyer said, land told Manager
Avant about the jewlery, and he
returned with me to the kitchen.
He said they were samples for
him to see in making out an order
for jewelry. Asked if he suspected
any of his employees of having
taken it, and he replied negative
ly, but added he would keep a
close watch in the store.
THAT was last Thursday, and
at s o'clock Saturday evening ne
called me up and said he thought