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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
Lowest Grader
Bid For City
Was $8,292.24


Bids for the purchase of a
grader to be used by the Public
Service Department were open
ed at last nights City Commits
sion meeting. 1t was voted to
turn the matter of the selection
of the grader over to City Man
ager Ellingson and Public Serv-
ice Director Dopp. They are to
report their findings at the next
meeting of the commission on
October IA.
OF the bids submitted, the
Llewellyn Company of Miami,
representing the Allis7 Chalmer
corporation, was low at $8,292.24.
Delivery date was guaranteed
between thirty and sixty days.
Other bids were from Gallon
Iron Works & Machinery Co.,
Gallon, Ohio, $S,88300, with de-
livery date first quarter of 1948;
Square Deal Company of Orlan-
do, Florida, handling the Austin
Grader, $9,436.00, delivery date
by Dec. IS, l947; Blanchard Ma
chinery Co., of Miami, delivery
date Nov. 8, 1947; Florida Equip
nent Company, handling Adams
Grader, $9,596.91; Shelley Trac-
tor Company, handling Caterpil-
lar Grader. $9,563.l7, delivery
date within Is months.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
Requests Mari
For XIV. Airport

Donation of 800 truck loads OF
mari for spreading at Meacham
Field was requested at last
nights meeting of the County
Commission by Rogelio Gomez,
Key West manager of the Aero
Was @ Airline.
Gomez said he planned to
spend between $4,000 and So
600 to repaint the airport build
ings, and asked the mari be
given to the airport to make a
parking space.
The. commission decided to
turn the matter over to its Air
port Committee, with instruc-
ti0ns to make study of the pro-
posal and to reach some decision
on the matter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
NAVY DAY PLANS

1 CONTINUED from Page One)
Hospital and Boca Chica Air
field.
There will be ships on display
at the Sub Base. At 3 p. M,
Boca Chica Field flyers will put
IA a flying circus over the wa,
TER at the Sub Base.
&c. B. Harvey. commander of
Arthur Sawyer Post %, Of the
American Legion, expects Z to
have the American Legion Post
sponsor some kind of contest. It
win determine the giving of the
boy winner of the contest, act
ing command of a submarine,
and the girl winner as his ex-
ecutive officer.
It is believed there will be
ceremonies turning over COM
inand of the submarine to the
boy and the girl. They will also
have lunch served them aboard
the submarine.
On October Is the Officers
Club at Fort Taylor will hold a
Naval Reserve dance. It will be
open to Army, Navy and Coast
Guard reservists.
AT the meeting yesterday all
the branches of the Navy serv-
Ice were represented. They
were joined at the discussion by
Pinder, Harvey, Edwin Trevor
president of the Rotary Club;
John Spottswood, and Joe Allen
president of the Lions Club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
Urges
Employment
OF Disabled

The q disabled veterans and
handicapped residents in this
county who are seeking employ.
ment through the Key West Of
flee of the Florida State Employ
ment Service, represent reser-
voir of unused skills and strength
which the people of Monroe
County must not allow to go to.
waste" Jeff Knight, Jr., man.
ager of the office. said today.
In statement, concerning
plans for National, Employ the
Handicapped We e k
observance, Knight said that the
Key. West office will focus at
tention on this part of our labor
force. He urged all employers
to survey their plants and or
and filp as many jobs
as possible with men and wom-
en- who have physical handicaps.
Handicapped workers are ex-
cellent workers when placed on
jobs for which they are physical
ly and otherwise qualified"
Knight said. "A man may have
a serious physical handicap, but
if he is placed in position
which does not call for physical
activities which he cannot per-
form, he is not handicapped Sc.
far as that job is concerned"
Current applications in the To-
cal offices are in the following
skill groups: One professional
and managerial, four clerical
and sales, two service, two skill
ed, sixteen semi-skilled, and
two unskilled.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
Property Sales

William H. Monsalvatge and
wife transferred property on
Eagle avenue to Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur w. Ward, 87-2 Poinciana
Place, for $4,000, according to a
warranty deed filed yesterday
with Circuit Court Clerk Ross
c. Sawyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hello Renedo
transferred to Mr., and Mrs. AM
thony Demeritt, 525 Bahama
street, property on Eagle avenue
for $1,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Bernard Rob
erts transferred to MIR. and Mrs.
Samuel j. 10th, 626 Whitehead
street, a property on Leon street
for $1,100. e.. 81
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
Civil Service
Changes Rules
For Dietitian

The Civil Service Commission
has announced a revision of the
requirements for student dietia-
tian appointments in Veterans
Administration, War Deparh!
yiaent, and U. S. Public Health
Service hospitals. The most i'm
portant change is the elimination
of the written test. Applicants
may now qualify on the basis
Of appropriate education. Age
limits have also been changed
and there are minor changse in
the educational requirements for
training in the War Department.
Further information and appli-
cation forms may be obtained
from the Commissions Local
Secretary, Arthur Pastorini, To-
Gated in the Key West Post Of
flee, or from most first and sec
0hd class post offices, Civil Serv-
Ice Regional Offices, or the U. S.
Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. c. Applications
will be accepted until further no.
tice in the appropriate offices as
shown in the announcement, but
Interested persons are urged to
apply at once so that they may
be considered for appointment
To one of the early training
classes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
COMMISSIONERS
REJECT BID FOR
CONCRETE MIXER

City Commission last night, by
a vote of 3 to 2, rejected Gilbert
Weech's low bid of $3.50 for an
old concrete mixer. 1t was de-
cided to- advertise for new bids.
City Manager Ellingson rec
commended the rejection of the
bid, but Mayor Demeritt and
Commissioner Louis Carbonell,
who voted against the recon-
rlendation, favored acceptance
because the bid was the highest
and had been made public by
the commission.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
High School Band
In NesU Uniforms
At Lions Club

Members of the Key West
High School Band will make
their first appearance in their
new uniforms tomorrow night at
an entertainment given in their
honor by the Lions Club in the
Den on Seminary street.
Instead of the regular supper
meeting, the Lions will convene
at 7;30 o'clock, accompanied by
women members of their fam
lilies and guests.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
R. D. Spalding, Jr.,
Given Gold Star
Posth u mously
Especial 20 The Citizen,


GREAT LAKES, ILL.,, Oct. g.
1t. Ralph David Spalding, Jr.,
USNR, son of Mrs. Marguerite A.
'B. Spalding of 801 Wasdell ave-
nue., Key West, has been award
ed posthumously the permanent
citation for the Gold Star in
lieu of the Second Air Medal, by
James Forrestal, as Secretary of
the Navy, for the President.
It, Spalding earned his award
taking part in his 10th anti-sub-
marine mission in the Bay of
Biscay and the western APP
proaches to the United Kingdom.
During the war citations were
temporary, or incomplete, for
security reasons.
Text of the complete citation
is as follows:
For meritorious achievement
in aerial flight as pilot of a Unit
ed States Naval patrol bomber
plane in anti-submarine opera,
tions in the Bay of Biscay and
the western approaches to the
United Kingdom frem May 8 to
June rs, 1914. Completing his
10th, mission during this period,
1t. Spalding contributed ma
terially to the success of his
squadron. His courage and devo-
ton to duty were in keeping
with the highest traditions of the
United States Naval Service"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
ESQ Nary Vices
Enjoy Luncheon

"A group Of Navy Wives en-
joyed wiener roast luncheon at
the USO Tuesday.
Those present were Mrs. Luz
ellie Browning and her little
son and daughter, the Mesdalnes
Corkey HERON, Eloise Hinger,
Betty Reinke, Jeanne Reynolds,
Mary Lemons, and Edith Clark,
ard her infant son, George.
Other Navy Wives who attend
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
Draining Classes
PrOving Popular

Jean Morrison, the art in
structor for the drawing class at
st. Mary's Parish Center, under
USO Noes (WD) auspices Mon
day afternoons, reports a steadi-
ly increasing attendance OF
young devotees of art.
Miss Morrison's class is very
popular with the young people,
many of whom had sketches on
exhibition at Bayview Park in
connection with the Labor Day
program.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
3,276 Yards OF
Mari Are Taken

The County Commission receiv-
ed a report of operations at the
mari dump on Dredger's Key last
night in which it was announced
that 3,276 cubic yards of the mari
has been shipped.
Samuel B. Pinder, Jr.,, in charge
of the mari dump, states he has
$1,000 on hand.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
ShelIcraft, Sewing
Classes At Center

Mrs. May DeLaureal, she'll
craft instructor, and Mil.
Charles Yates, sewing instructor,
conducted classes at St: Mary's
Parish Center under USO Noes
(WD) auspices Tuesday, from
$50 to 5 p. m.
Shell hair bands and bar
rettes and girls skirts were
made during the session.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
Blue Printing
Machine Bought

On recommendation of Clifford
Bailey, county engineer, the
County Commission last night
purchased from the Biscayne
Machine Company, Miami, a blue
printing machine for the county
The price of the machine is
$l,185.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
MEETINGS
Legion Auxiliary 10 Meet

There will be meeting Of the
AmericanLegion Auxiliary, Unit
Is, at the American Legion Home,
Stock Island, Thursday at 8 pm.
Plans will be discussed for the
official visit of district officers of
the Auxiliary at the opening .'of
the Legion Home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08

ed the sewing class that follow
ed, under the professional in
struction of Miss Gladys Tholnp-
son, were the Mesdames Dor
'othy Martin, M. Burke and Ali
son Merky.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
Seek Divorces

Petitions seeking divorces
were filed by Norman Cerezo
against Elsie Mae Cerezo; by
Bernice S. Yawn against Juanice
Yawn, and by Eugene c. Wilson
against Helen Elizabeth Wilson,
in the office of Circuit Court
Clerk Ross c. Sawyer, yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
D. O. X. X.

There will be meeting of the
Key West DokeY Club at the
PYthian Hall. on Thursday eve
ming at 8 o'clock.
All members are urged to at
tend. <
J. WINFIELD RUSSELL.
Secretary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
Disabled Vefs' Meeting !

At last nights meeting of the
Disabled American War Vet
Grams, Chapter. 80, it was de-
cided to hold a special meeting
on Tuesday, October IA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
The Recent Hurricane Demonstrates Agoin
Southern Bells Ever-Reodiness to Serve You
%. Come Storm or Fire, Hail or High Water

Louis, who stayed at thei- switchboard
until the last lines went out-then prayed.
As soon as the storm abated, emergency
crews went to work repairing damage
to telephone facilities that ran into hum
dreds of thousands of dollars and totalled
more than 100000 breaks in service.
Skilled repairmen worked around the
clock-wading through miles of swamps
and Misunderstanding wind, water-cven
snakes. 1t was a tremendous Job. Yet
,uithin a fe,o days after the ,cind bIe,v
itself out, more than 9O9s Of the telephone
service in areas affected by the hurricane
tUds back to normal.
Fortunately, hurricanes don't happen
every day. But it's good to know that
whenever and whatever the emergency,
you can count on telephone folks to de.
liver that extra measure of power in q
pinch. It's this tradition of service that
gives value to your telephone that
cannot be measured by the price you pay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08
With the first warning of the
approaching hurricane along
the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts,
all Southern Bell personnel in

the SOutncAStcFH StatcS was
alerted for action. Orders for equipment
were rushed to the Western Electric
Company. Emergency crews from ad-
joining states poured into the threatened
area by truck, plane and train. Every
effort was concentrated on getting skilled
men and materials there ahead of the
hurricane.
When the full fury of the storm struck.
operators stuck to their posts hour after
hour e. maintaining communications
throughout most Of the storm-lashed Sec
ton helping to save lives and avert
injuries, to ease anxious hearts and minds
and to bring feeling Of calm and com:
fort to those waiting out the wind. Typical
ofthis devotion to duty were the two lone
operators in telephone Office in Bay St
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-08

Read the Classified Ads in The
Citizen.
Arizona sun., 1947-06-27
A Tune For June
SAFETY TIP OF THE WEEK

What is so rare as a day i'm
June-when at least 80 Ameri-
cans aren't killed, 5000 injured,
in highway accidents?
June is the first month of
crowded holiday traffic-long
bumper-tO-bumper lines of cars
on the move to the mountains,
the beaches, the lakes. 1t is q
month when daytime smashups
increase sharply. National Con-
servation Bureau safety spec
ialistS say one out of every five
happens when q driver gets
tired of looking at the same old
jaIopy in front of him and pulls
out of line to make a dash for
the first free space he can find
up ahead. Too often he slams
head-On into another Out-Of-
liner; or in trying to squeeze
by, he sideswipes the car ahead.
The center line of a highway
is q safety line; crossing or
straddling it. except when the
road is clear and straight, may
be counting disaster.
June days are perfect days
for the careful driver to live and
let live.
Arizona sun., 1947-06-27
Applications For Jobs
Increase in Phoenix

Employment in Ariozona, as in
dicated by the increase in the num-
Der of APPLICATIONS placed during
the month of May by the Arizona
State Employment Service, went
along with that of the Nation
when civilian employment, as re-
ported last week by the Census
Bureau, rose to-. an all-time high
of 58,330,000. According to that
report the number of civilians in
the nation who had jobs in May
represented gain of approximate
ly 100000 over the previous
month. Of this increase 100000
is accounted for by seasonal rise
in farm work, but the 100000 gain
in non-farm work industries, is
regarded as far more significant.
Placements made by all the fif-
teen local offices of the Arizona
State Employment Service in May
numbered 1879. This was a gain
of more than 17% over the 1913
placements made In April. It was
Cne largeS NUMBER OF placements
made in any month since October,
1916.
In the Phoenix local EsS office,
according to H. C. Johansen,
Manager 1136 placements were
made in May and 1143 in April.
Of these in May 436 were place
ments of Veterans. Placements of
veterans by this office in April
were 421.
There was also marked in
crease in the number sof Veteran
Placements by all the offices in
the month Of May. The total of
these were 1912 as compared with
1431 veterans placed in April and
was $3.50 above the 1893 monthly
average the previous six month
period.
Arizona sun., 1947-06-27
DO YOU REMEMBER
hat You Read In the SUN Last Year At This Time?

of Tabor will be held June 16. e. -. .
Iota chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority initiated Maggie Lee
Washington, Francis Johnson, Mar
garet Reader, Anna Marooney and
Claudia J. Mackey. Miss Ethel
Upthegrove, city grade school
teacher, leaves for Chicago.
Mrs. Juanity Dickey and son Bobby
and DR.. and Mrs. Wormley left
for Los Angeles. . Top Hatters
Club which has been inactive dur
ing the war was re-organized. =.
Cpt. Sterling McCarty arrives home
from Austria, to visit father, L. A.
McCarty. . Mrs. S. M. White,
Okemah, visiting children in L. A.
A former pastor of Tanner
AME Church Rev. R. F., Ridley
and family visit friends in city.
Mr.. D. C. Alexander, of Lubbock,
Texas, houseguest Of daughter,
Mrs. Lee Thompson. Miss
Lillian Brown became the bride
of Mr.. Herbert Simmons at the
home of Miss McFraddie Robin
son, June 19. Mrs. Fred Williams,
daughter, Hazel and Mrs. Burleigh
Redeau, left for Nashville, Tenn.
to attend the Graduation exercises
of DR.. Fred Williams from Me-
harry Medical. College, Dorthy
Williams daughter a dental tech
nician, also graduated from the
same institution a week before.
Mr.. Seaton Manning, representa-
tive of the National Urban League
and Executive Secretary of the San
Francisco Branch, spoke to mem
bers and Board of Directors of
the Phoenix branch at the Urban
League office. and frankie
Weaver, wife of Robert Lee Wea-
yer, was discharged on preliminary
examination by Judge Westfall
for the murder of her husband.
Arizona sun., 1947-06-27
Woman Wins Free
Airplane Ride

Mrs. Roscoe atterson, 21O4 S. 7th
Ave. is believedA be the first Me-
gro to win free plane ride at Phoe-
nix Sky Harbor.
Mrs. Patterson entered a contest
which she heard over the radio, ad-
vertising an Aviation School. She
answered the questions given i'm
mediately upon hearing them and
called the answers in but was ad-
vised to mail her answers.
She was notified she was the
winner and received her free two
hour ride Monday, June 18th, from
1 p. m. to 3 p. m. She flew over the
city of Phoenix and up and down
the valley.
This was Mrs. Patterson's first
plane ride and she said it was a
real thrill to see Phoenix from the
air-it looked like a very large
city.
Arizona sun., 1947-06-27
MIR. g. Mrs. Wordlaw
Open New Station

With everything brand new and
paid for, Mr.. Wordlaw announces
the opening of his new filling sta
ton in a new location, at 1904 W..
Sonora st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wordlaw said,
First of all we want to thank our
many friends and customers for
making this new and up-to-date
place possible, the ones who pat
ronized us at our old stand, 7th
Ave. and Maricopa St.; we are hop1
ing they will come by and inspect
our new business which has all
new and latest equipment: Hoist
and greasing rack, battery charg-
ing, and other aeeessories which
makes our station one of the best
and finest filling stations owned
and operated by Negroes in Phoe-
nix"
Arizona sun., 1947-06-27
Negro Veterans Continue Fig shtins
Tax Commission
Ruling On Mine Tax
Creates Interest

The ruling of the Arizona Tax
, Commission that Arizona mine op-
orators who have been collecting
premium payments from the gov
ernment should pay a one per cent
excise tax to the state has stirred
up a hornets nest.
One of the hornets, Charley Will
lis, of the Small Mine Owners AS
sociation, appeared before the COM
mission to enter a beef about the
ruling. Charley claimed that the
penny tax would work a hardship
on the small mine owners who had
gotten the money over period of
years and had-presumably-spe
it for beans Charles said nothing
whatever about the IA big mines in
the state which had collected 81
per cent of the money and had
presumably-sent it to New York
for safekeeping.
In case the Small Mine Owners,
and Mr.. Willis, are a little deficient
in arithmetic, here are a few fig
ureS:
The government paid $35, &c.,
600.
The tax would be 1888, 100.
The big fellows collected 9796 of
that or, 4,8O2, $50.
Their share of the tax would be
$343,O26.
The little fellows only collected
$1,076,3 $40 and would pay a tax of
$1O,763.7O.
The Small Mine Owners and the
commission estimates that about
65 of them affected-would be
taxed the magnificent sum of $10,-
763.7O. Leaving off the 70 cents, IS
small mine owners would pay a lit
tie more than $4,000.
The big mines got the over
whelming percentage of that mon
ey. The small mine owners got less
than one-thirtieth of it. If there
are that many small mines, the
amount each would have to pay,
on the average, is less than SITS.
Mr.. Willis says the ruling will af-
feet 500 small miners; Commission
er Hunt says there are not that
many with sales over licenses, and
if there are that many, the Tax
Commission would be interested in
who they are.
There are rumors that Mr.. Will
lis job as head of the Small Mine
Operators as "front" for the big
mines, is petering out, and that he
is considering taking over Steve
Spears job with the tax research
ers. ITO him, his own"
Arizona sun., 1947-06-27

What You Read In the SUN Last
Year At This Time?
Last dance at the Servicemen's
Center, 14O6 E. Wash. held before
Center closes. Professor Pal
T. Landry, former principal at
Booker T. Washington School and
Mrs. Cora B. Jones, retired first
grade teacher of Dunbar Elemtary
School, wed. Miss Dorthy
Deary, graduate of C. H. S. and
her cousin Helen j. Durham to
leave Monday June II for Detroit
Miss Madeline Houstin,
teacher at Dunbar Grade School
motored to her home, Albuquerque
for the summer. -. Miss Yvonne
Jackson, As c. H. S. graduate to
leave soon for Oakland. Mr..
and Mrs. Clay Perkins, leaving for
Texas accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Hester. Women's
Division of the Urban League met
at luncheon at Community Center,
launching into general discussion
of juvenile delinquency, conserva-
ton of wheat, the Importance of
voting, and other current issues. q. .
e.. Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Monroe will
leave for former home, Dallas,
Texas Sat. June 18th; Mr.. and
Mrs. Jeff Durham former owners
and operators of the Durham
Cleaning Plant left for the East. d.
Miss Callie Smith, San Diego
was housegueSt of Mrs. Ella Smith;
as was Mr.. Hare, San Diego,
houseguest of his sister, Mrs. Oda
Reynolds. e. Jerry Smith enter
tains at annual birthday party, on
June 10. James L. DaviS'S
celebrate Oath Wedding annivsary.
The annual Thanksgiving
service of the International Order
of Twelve-Knights and Daughters
Arizona sun., 1947-06-27
White Man Loses
Rights to Negro
Wife's Property

Jackson, Miss, June 24.-(AP) A
white man who married a Negro
in Chicago cannot inherit her prop
erty in Mississippi, Chancellor v.
J. Stricken ruled here today.
He held that the property which
belonged to the Negro woman be-
fore her death should go to her
relatives here. It's value was eSti-
mated at approximately $25,000.
In his ruling Judge Stricken cited
a Mississippi law which holds that
any marriage is illegal if one of the
participants is white and the other
has blood which is at least one
eighth Negro or Mongolian.
In the suit, Alex D. Miller, who
married Pearl Mitchell in Chicago
in 1889, sought property she had
owned in Mississippi.
She did not dispose of the prop
erty in her will. Miller sought it
on the ground that he was her
lawful husband. The relatives also
claimed it as her lawful heirs.
Arizona sun., 1947-06-27
Western Air Lines
Gets Four and Half
Million R. F. {. Loan

John D. Goodloe, Reconstruction
Finance Chairman, today an
nounced that the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation has advised
the Civil Aeronautics Board and
Western Air Lines that RFC is
willing to make a loan of 4,50O,-
600 to Western, subject to the ap-
proval of the CAB.
In Washington today, Terrell c.
Drinkwater, president of Western
Air Lines, said that the interim
loan was for the purpose of con-