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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-10
Chapter Is

Chapter Is
CHARLES DAWSON lay on
the sidewalk, enveloped in
the darkness that had descended
on him with the jolting impact
Of Harry Hawkins fists.
''This is a sweet mess" Haw-
kins thought as he looked at the
unconscious editor. "What in
thunder as I going to do with
him?"
He mussed up Dawson's coat,
pulled his tie to one side and put
his hat on sideways. Then, carry
ing him along at his side, he
walked across Sixth Avenue. A
sleepy musician, homeward bound
from a night club job stood on
the corner cycling the pair.
Pretty drunk, eh?" he asked
Hawkins.
Hawkins nodded solemnly.
"Out like a light" he affirmed.
'What party that was!"
The musician smiled Wanly
and Hawkins continued to drag
his burden toward the TN offices.
He got him into the elevator,
winked at the operator, and car
ried Dawson into an unused file
room, dumping his limp form on
a stack of newspapers near the
wall. He examined Dawson
carefully for possible injuries,
satisfied himself that he was I'M
hurt. He flicked off the light
switch and slipped out of the
room. O'Reilly, who had seen
him enter the building, was wait
ing in the hallway.
Nov that. you've checked your
parcel, let's get going" he said
tersely. ''The Commissioners Of
fee just called; the raids are get
ting underway"
''How about Jean?" Hawkins
asked anxiously. Suppose this
lug wakes up before we get back;
he might be mad enough to try
y anything"
locks?" said O'Reilly. He opened
the file room door wide enough
to set the bolt, then closed it
softly with distinct click. "He
won't wake up for while, and
if he does, nobody will hear him
yell. He's on ice"
They ran to the elevators,
O'Reilly putting along at HaW-
kins' side.
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Monroe County Scout Committee
Elects Officers; Talk By p. Brick

Election of officers for the new
year, and a special talk by Paul
Brick, field scout executive of
the South Florida Council, high
lighted meeting of the Monroe
County District Boy Scout Com
mittee held in st. Paurs Parish
Hall.
Isadore Weintraub. who is
well-knoWn in ictal ocouting, was
elected chairman of the district
committee. John G.. SWeeting
was named vice chairman.
District Commissioners David
McCurdy was renominated for
another year of service. The
committee congratulated Mr.. Nc
Curdy on the excellent work he
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has done since he has been COM
missioner.
Scout Executive Brick empha-
sized the Importance of better
coordination among the various
operating committees of the dis
trict for the new scout year. Mr.
Brick stated that he thought that
there were many valuable men
in Key West who could help
build up the local scouting pro-
gram. The help of these men
could do a lot in expanding and
creating interest in scouting in
the entire county, he added.
Hr. Brick will return to Key
West the latter part of January
for a stay of one week. He in
tends to conduct a training course
here at that time.
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fats and ausmenting the overall
supply Of fats and oils :. X" II.
J.. Landing American women who
turned in to meat dealers ever S1g
million, pounds, Of used kitehsn
grease in the last Ave years. Mr..
Gilmer dressed the fact that These
savings have accounted for nearly
10 percent Of the total domestic
production Of inedible tallow, and
grease during this PERIOD ~ i
Calling the current shortage 'of
fats and oils critical" MI. Gilman
adds. In these days Of :.conServa.
ton needs. and with world supplies
Of fats and oils still critically short
Of total requirements. it is 'doubly
important that kitchen fats be pit
to ,use-instead Of going down the
drain. The overall fats and oils
supply situation calls for recovery
Of maximum amounts of used fats
as long as the present critical situl.
ton exists" ..*f'-..',.
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crowded mass Of men and wo-
men milled around in the room,
screaming, shouting and diving
under tables. A detective, prob
ing in the basement with his
flashlight, found the light switch.
He turned on every light in the
club. flooding its interior with q
brilliant, unwelcome glare. ~
"All right everybody called
out a detective captain, Stand
along that wall over there" He
made a large gesture toward the
side of the garishly decorated
modernistic dining room. -
The captain motioned grimly
toward the wall. Reluctantly, the
patrons took the hint, moving in
the direction he indicated. 500
The squad that had broken in
through the rear door, entering
the gambling rooms, began to
emerge with roulette tables and
other gambling paraphernalia. A
dozen operators of the various
games, silent and defiant, fled
out under heavy guard. Police
cars. which had now pulled up
before the club, awaited the
prisoners. ..t +. III. -.
Looks like we've got a hell Of
haul" said the detective cap
tain to O'Reilly. "We've pinched
their books. their equipment and
some really big-time racket
"And look at the customers!"
O'Reilly commented, as the TN
photographer began shooting
pictures of the crowd. There's
at least a dozen of the biggest
movie stars. And just as many
important stage names. What .
picture layout they'll make!"
At the Biarritz, Hawkins
watched the detectives round up
a similar array Of headline
names. Detectives carried ont
loads of equipment on; their
shoulders, herded prisoners
through the doors and soothed
the agitated customers. p" ~
The police commissioners. /. met
Hawkins on the sidewalk outside.
you've; got a whale off;a
story" he acknowledged. "But !
hate to think about the house
cleaning I'll have to give, this
district" He shook his, heads
little sadly. ''When something
like this happens, by heaven, i
wonder how many honest cops
we've got left" ..: - /. 49, !.
Ito be continuedl : :, II, ~ X (,
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The Weather
FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy and continued mild this
afternoon, tonight and Thursday.
Gentle TO moderate winds, mostly
east and southeast with highest
velocity offshore about l8 miles
per hour. -~s, .g-e..
Florida Over south and CEN
trail portions partly cloudy and
continued warm today, tonight
. and Thursday. Over extreme
north portion cloudy with occa-
slonal rain and continued cool
today, becoming partly cloudy
and mild temperatures tonight
and Thursday.
East Gulf of Mexico and Jack
sonville through the Florida
Straits: Moderate occasionally
fresh east to southeaSterly winds
over south and central portions
today, tonight and Thursday.
Moderate southeast to Southerly
tonight and Thursday. Cloudy
with occasional rain over cx-
treme north portion today, other
wise partly cloudy weather.
Jacksonville to Apalachicola:
No small craft or storm warn
ingS have been issued.
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Florida's local tuberculosis as
sociations aid in substituting med
ical research in the field of tu-
berculosis through contributions
of Seal Sale funds.
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One dinette set, one .Philco radio
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No one is born with tubercu-
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people.
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1886 Plymouth de luxe, for door
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1947 Mills 5-gal. ice cream freez-
err; 60-gal. Hardening cabinet.
619 Duval Street. dec9-2tX
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l lady's bicycle, good condition,
$500; l Davano bed couch,
$500; 2 throw rugs, $3.50 ca;
l jig saw, suitable for. teen
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Two lots near Flagler, so x 100
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TIDES
Tomorrow
Naval Base
eastern Standard Time)
High Low
9:47 am. 1904 am.
8:48 pm. PIP pm.
Additional Tide Data
Reference Station: Key West
Time Of Height Of
Station Tide high water
Bahia Honda -Ohr.
(bridge) 10 min. 90 #.
No Name Key +2hr.
(eaSt Side).- min.
Boca Chica -0hr.
SANDY Point 40 min.
Valdes Channel -t2hr.
(north end) 10 min. +1.4 It.
NOTE: Minus sign-correc-
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Indian BIAS motorcycle, $l75.0O.
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4-Burner Gas Stove, porcelaine
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One new yellow bathroom set,
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Ell Ideal Cafe for sale. 800 Du-
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Clocks cleaned and repaired.
Parts furnished. $1.0Q. 1873
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3 new Heat King 2-burner cleo
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House and lot. 1925 Packer st.
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The proportion of tuberculosis
deaths is gradually shifting into
the older population groups. Two
decades ago, 8 per cent of all
tuberculosis dea S occurred
among children under Is; IS per
cent among those Is to "A; and
70 per cent among persons As
and over. Today in Florida, ap-
proximately 2la per cent of tu-
berculosis deaths occur among
children under Is; IL per cent
among persons IS to al, and IS
per cent among those As or over.
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Mari for sale for filling lots and
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Acetylene gas provided much
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REPORT

REPORT
Key West, Fla, Dec. 10, 1947
observation taken at $3.50 am,
Eastern Standard Time.
City Office
Temperatures
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Precipitation
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Relative Humidity
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Evening star., 1947-06-29

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Evening star., 1947-06-29

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INSIDE YOUR STOMACH
Continued from preceding page

Continued from preceding page
the danger of injury to the lining of the stomach
More rarely" the doctors continue. "and mainly
in situations beyond help Toms reaction was one of
detection and defeat with implicit desire to get out
from under rather than to fight back" The angry
doctor was to Tom authority he was powerless to
cope with In such situations his stomach was under
active.
This connection between inner conflict and illness
has also been studied from the psychological view
point DR.. Frederick A. Weiss psychoanalyst, says:
There many conflicts, but the basic conflict of the
neurotic of time is that between the neurotc
needs for dependency and for competitive aggression
Elements in present society tend to foster this
conflict"
Internal Warfare
IN EVERYDAY terms, this means that man NAV
be dependent his fellow workers, yet ambition
will drive him to try to get ahead of them woman
is dependent on her circle of friends yet she may be
driven to outshine them. Such conflicts do harm to
our real fTiendliness and to OUR inner peace
This internal warfare is frequently found in people
with ulcers, Dr. Harold Wolff - working with Dr.
Bella Mittelmann n-made extensive study of ulcer
patients, describes the typical sufferer like this:
''Behind the facade of independence and self
sufficiency a background of long standing
and severe anxiety, of feelings of helplessness,
Illustration and desperation. These patients COM
monty showed assertive independence and self-s,fi-
ciency covering underlying insecurity, and accompa-
MED by feelings of resentment and hostility
Feelings of guilt and sefcondemnation were COM
mon.' The patient is usually not aware of these
contradictions within himself
1t is mistake warns Dr. Wolff, ito say that
emotional conflict causes physical Illness or that
physical disturbance eauses mental illness. The ILL
ness grows out of the individuals reaction to his life
situation. And the disturbance affects not a mind
or a body but man an individual
The Real Problem
DOTH doctors are scientifically cautious and mod
est - in summing up the results of their study
Their conclusion: 1T is to be hoped that factors
OF emotional conflict on the one hand and security
on the other will be directly dealt with in the
future. When they are the error will be made less
often OF atlbuting specific curative effects to par
ucuiar surgical, dietary chemo- therapeutic mea-
sure which happens to correspond in time to regain
ing OF selt-confdence by the patient Dealing actively
with the patents life situation and his reactions to
1t may then be adequately judged as means for
control OF dyspepsia, gastritis, and peptc ulcer
In treating stomach ailments, the problem is really
care OF the man rather than merely his stomach.
IONS own opinion is similar. He says When
tmgs are gong along all right and the family okay,
my stomach don't bother me- It's when get in trou-
bic, like when couldn't work - that's when get
the belly ache" The End
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utes TO mix a Crisco Success Cake. OF
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but Crisco plus the Success Cake method
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81 sure COULD hove Kicked myself! Imag-
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long ago. Why, I've alua,s used it for fry
ing. out of 10 doctors say Crisco is digest
ible. Now Ill depend on it for e.sr,tbing-
cakes, pies and fried foods-Crisco i'm
proves all B."
Evening star., 1947-08-24

man as careless Bill could have forgotten to remove
passionate love letter from suit that had to 90 to
the Cleaners
But if you DON'T the girl said after while
you see only the bots'
There's bit of truth in that Laura reflected a
bit of angelic truth She swallowed the comment she
had been about to make, that marriage was
all poetry, and the rugged prose later She said
Your husband sounds charming - you must be
very happy. Do you have any children, Mrs. Smith,"
No She opened her pocketbook took out
par OF cheap sunglasses and put them on. Its
getting rather glare, isn't it? No - don't have
any children. Chefs been very sick, these past few
months. He's been staying with his parents, up in
Bradford But he's all right now - he's fine now"
She turned her head to look out at river they were
crossing; shining and pure, it flowed between dark
industrial buildings plumed with sooty smoke.
Chefs fine now'
LAURA glanced at her; there was something touch
ing about the child with her unearthly ideas of mar
rage The light outlined her lovely averted profile;
under the dark glasses, her lashes lay against her
cheek as though she were very tired. do you mind
if call you by your first name?" Laura said You're
almost young enough to be my daughter
I'D like you to- the girl said opening her eyes
and looking out at the river The turned off the
bridge and humned up cobbled hill, while the
water dwindled below. them, bright and STILL
Its queer" Phyllis said suddenly Il was just
thinking that didn't like Chet the first time met
him. 1t was at dance 1T was only an accident
that went, and only accident that he went"
Her fingers spun the knob the door handle, nerv-
ousy sending it around and around mo, didn't
like him. thought he was cold, and he thought
was giddy. Giddy!'
First impressions, Laura thought, with their cool
judgments unimpaired by love. Her first impression
of Bill had been that he merry and irresponsible;
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always embarrassed her be praised for the Injuries
that were hers by luck, not labor The wonderful
engine started to hum. and they turned smoothly
onto the road Still too early for any traffic it stretched
before her empty except for the delicate play of the
long shadows. She pressed her foot down firmly on
the gas pedal, and the car picked up speed moment
by moment, until it began to flow like sound
through space.
An excellent driver, she now had nothing to do but
think And she thought of Bills tace when he turned
from the dresser yesterday morning. his fingers still
tangled with his tie, and that look of shock and alarm
in his eyes Remembering it, pain knotted sckeningly
inside her, almost unendurable
Lauras passenger moved uneasiy 1T certainly
goes very fast and smooth, doesn't it?' she said
Laura glanced at the speedometer. 1T goes too
fast and smooth she said raising her foot the gas
pedal Mrs. Chester Smith had the right to reach her
journeys end. For Laura, journeys end would be
Pine Cliff, the oceansounding bedroom of her girl
hood and her mothers well-b acceptance of dis
aster. Mother was too old now to care to sail on
stormy waters, although she might say-yes, she
would be to say Darling for the sake of the
children?"
Laura wouldn't swallow that Not even for the sake
of the boys. They were at school now but at the
end of the term they'd come with her. of course and
they were good boys; they would make do without
their father Her hand gpped the cars slender wheel
hard. She wished she could stop hearing Bills husky
voice, saying over and over accompaniment to
the music of the engine, Laura, dearest, Laura
please"
AS THOUGH Laura's brooding silence troubled her.
the girl said, Have you been married long, Mrs.
Hunt?"
Laura slowed for the red light at crossing; it was
big clover leaf where roads came together like
flower, silent and empty in the sunshine her car
waited senseessy for traffic to go by She was so