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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26

William Arnold. district pas
senger agent of the Florida Grey
hound Lines, stated this morning
that Otto L. Kennedy, suspect,
has been identified by the toll
gate keeper, B. Wright, and is
alleged to have confessed the
theft of Florida Greyhound bus
that he took for a l69mile joy
ride to Miami. He made. his al
legged confession to Miami police,
who are holding him.
Kennedy is said to have Dragged
about the bus trip in Miami
restaurant and it was his brag-
ging that led to his being arrest
ed by Miami police as suS-
pect.
! Arnold said that Kennedy, or
whoever took the vehicle, must
have had some bus-driving ex-
perience, as the large 37-passen-
ger buses do not operate like an
automobile.
The bus passed the south toll
gate on Overseas Highway at
$3.50 o'clock yesterday morning.
Toll Gatekeeper Wright asked
the reason for the lack of pas
sengers and the driver replied
! that the bus had bad universal
joints" .
| At AIS the same morning, Dan
my Lopez, ticket agent here,
found one of the buses gone when
he reported to work and checked
with the toll gatekeeper. who
igave him a description of the bus
driver.
/ The keys are generally kept in
the buses overnight, but they were
removed last night after the pre-
vious days experience.
This was the first bus ever
stolen from the company in this
lefty. Back in 1887, before the
Greyhound Company took over
the present route. bus was stol-
EN- in the 13-mile roadway be-
tween the two ferryslips. Not
liable to leave the strip, the joy
riders rode to one end of the is
land, and then. being unable tc
loperate the bus in reverse, left il
stranded. The joyriders were
never apprehendd.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
Merchants Deed
Lots To Atlas
Go. Yesterday

Sale - twu iuts in the Nartcllo
ruwefs district AZ Seminole ave-
a@s and nevnolds street were
- Cos at0e0o to the Atlas In
Naatmseut Company owners a.
Cmaa Mafina Hotel. by three KEY
w~ua merchants The warranty
aewd was flied yesterday In the
aafise a the Circuit Court Clerk
asllefs II ths bots measuring
Iaa fest 80 Reynolds street and
Us an seninulc avenue are list
es a. M end Ms Arthur Null
Rwrg NJ and Mrs joe Pearl
asmn and ~ and Mrs. J. q
kantnH
nensef hoaHcsa and wife sold
a. A A Mann. Miami. property
"A Aarmthun. Cos $4,000
~ and Mr. Dan 7 Malley
I'D to Armando C0bo. l2O'
whnrhrad street. property al
whmehead and Catherine streets,
fuf siooo
aarah 4. Truiillo sold TO Mr.
aed Mm Earl Dillon, Fresno
calf property at Caroline ano
Rli,al~th streets. Tor $1,000.
NJ and Mr. Herbert l.. Al
ma sald 90 Man Schicr. Miami
ofam~rty 81 Tavernier for $1,000
NJ and Ms. Leon A. Yzane'
tmld ,a LUIS 4. Slade and To Lor'
asws and Elaine Slade Of Martin
~. loas ON Key Largo Tor
total Il $1,000
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
School, For Training Sales
Personnel OF Local Stores,
Part Of Merchants Program
FOUR DAY TRAINING
PROGRAM INCLUDES
LECTURES BY U.ofF.
FACULTY MEMBERS

"A school for the training of
sales personnel of local stores in
the near future is part of the
proposed merchant-conSumer re-
lationS program that is planned
by the Merchants Division of the
Key West Chamber of Com
merce.
Sponsored by the Extension Di-
vision of the School of Business
Administration of the University
OF Florida, the four-day training
program includes lectures by
faculty members of the Univer-
sity and presentation of aids
through specially prepared films,
stock arrangements, merchandise
ing technique and salesmanship
are included as subjects that will
be presented by the instructors.
This program of training is an
entirely new innovation by the
University and was developed
just this summer, having been
first put into effect last June in
Perry, Florida. In that small
community seventy persons were
in attendance, merchants and
SsleSneanle--y-and~ -.-the.--sassions
Key West merchants are cur
rently studying proposal pre-
sented by a committee of the
Merchants Division here in which
d fee for participation in the
general program is being assess
ed. Several checks have already
been received by Division heads
from local stores.
Upon receipt of enough money
to inaugufate the program. an
announcement will be made to
the public and stating just what
is being done by local stores. to
assist in making shipping in Key
West more attractive.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
WAA To Sell
ll5Ruildings..
In Jacksonville
SPECIAL .. The Citiserp

JACKSONVILLE. July 26.-
Cutting red tape TO a minimum:
War Assets Administration, will
place us surplus buildings on
the block at Hendricks Army Air
Field. Wednesday. July 30. il was
announced today by James G.
Crosby. the agcncy's acting reg
lonal director.
Ranging from gas storage
structures 8x8 feet. to a theater,
jOxll9 feet complete with chairs,
the property will be sold to; the
highest bidders for removal from
site. Crosby said. =.
Buildings will be offered with
whatever permanent fixtures
they may contain. These may in
clude plumbing. heating, cleo
trical and refrigerator systems,
consisting of such items as toilet
fixtures. soil pipe. water pipe,
boilers. radiators and connecting
pipe. walk-in refrigerators, cleo
triCal fixtures and wiring.
WAA will require cash for all
transactions. it was said. Pay
ments may be made by certified
check. cashiers check. U. S
postal money order. bank draft
company check. cash or personal
check up TO $500.
Anyone may bid on one OIL
several buildings. The sale i:
scheduled to start at 8 a. m.
Wednesday and will continue un'
al all buildings have been of
fered. the announcement con,
cluded.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
The Weather
FORECAST

sSSsS
widely scattered showers and
thunderStorlns. Little change in
temperature.
Florida: Partly cloudy this at :
ternoon, tonight and Sunday.
Scattered showers and thunder
storms, mostly in afternoon and
early evening.
East Gulf and Jacksonville
through Florida Straits: Moderate
easterly winds, occasionally fresh
over south portion, this afternoon
through Sunday. Partly cloudy
with widely scattered showers
and thunderstormS.
No Small Craft or storm warn
ings are being displayed any
where in this area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
day Night To Hear Mat.

City Manager o. J. S. FL
lingson stated this afternoon
that the City Commission will
meet in special session at 8
o'clock next Tuesday night.
July %. TO hear both sides of
the McAndrews-Tsxi Driver
controversy. The city manager
stated that he does not want
the local taxi drivers to become
a nuisance. but they must be
. given a hearing before any ac-
ton is taken.
Ellingson added that this meet
ing will be solely for the airing
of the discussion and he is in
viting J. D. McAndrews, manager
of Hotel La Concha, and the
taxicab drivers who operate from
the corner of Duval and Fleming
streets to attend.
McAndrews' blasts in yester-
days Citizen came as ''shock'
to the city manager, for the
city manager stated that neither
McAndrewS nor anyone at the
La Concha Hotel had called the
police or the city managers Of
flee relative to any noise or dis
turbances. The original com
plant made by McAndrews was
to Ellingson's knowledge, com
pletely complied with when he
directed Chief of Police Perez te
place an extra policeman fol
this sole purpose Even with the
necessary removal of this patrol
man, the corner was never left
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
SmatherS Advocates !.
Increased Benefits
For Elderly Persons
Dbi.Aisks OID.AcE As,
sisrANtE OF $500
INADEQUATE, BILL
DIES ~ COMMITTEE

@msmn a@se~aw@ndeae
49, West atssssms
WASHINGTON. July 70 Con.
s'ess hss attacked many prob.
~"aa dufin9 the first session Of
e's so'h eonErrss. bat there has
e~<n ere emission - increased
s~nsf'is ior PERSONS more than 90
wears q aG.. George smathcrs
sMid today.
" stated medical SCIENCE had
~os@need and that people live
ha@ses.. ttat in 1890 only SO per
erni ~ tis pspulasiun was more
th@n go years al age. m lsas. u
as " pef cent and By 1910 will
~ ~ go cent
Representative Smathcrs said
Ma district tn South FLORIDA. he.
es@af uf YARN climate and ia
t~Hahae hvtna conditions. IL be-
eusnln9 The rcstdencc ~ more
mnsi Hlotv people who have pass.
90 tlw age of 90. and who are
mstennpainG o. 1--we out the bal
ants 81 their lives on mesgrr old
csc bsnrfits small savings and
imaanaaes Payments HiRh cot Of
hNtnA snakes u problem. be-
I'D ami many are forced into
pswltona where thcy lean on 9TH
efa aaminat thstI wishes Old-aRc
aasastaaes "a e1g o. l. INSULT
fisns Representative Smathers
aati lsIt that - All sosnc pcFsons
IN has distftea recrtve
Tie Representative said = hill
uss tmtftxissred making better
pEuv@ipn iur aged persons. but
= as eft FefNHted uta IT CON
maalass % esld D. signed q o.
tMkm - nrsmm afsuua s's~ rsp~t
ehmfwe a ths runlfnittec 50 the !
90 eosall ~ bfou9h, out on the
fiuws
WhRm WW stop o. consider I
shat wHe fifth IL o,sr population I
wtll @.sn b. ussat than 60 years !
ed go .pgssiugtive and in need
- aaststsnes. we Can appreciate
the ufnemry fug conafcss Ia be- /,
mam musstmR toward . solution Of 7
60 pfsislesn. b. said
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26

unguarded, as officers on beats
No. l and 2, are required to meet
at that post, and one of the two
officers must remain at the cor
ner until the other completes
his tour of duty.
The city manager said that
the city must protect investments
in the city. but added the city
must first hear the side of the
accused drivers in the contro-
verSy.
The cabbies' loud telephone
bell is turned off promptly at II
o'clock every night, EHingson
said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
Boca Chica Seaplane
Rescues Seaman, Flies
With Him To Sarasota
coast GUARD PLANE
UNABLE TO TAKE OFF
AFTER RESCUE 2iO
NILES FROM HERE

a Navy amphibious airplane.
flying from Boca Chica Field.
rescued seaman with a badly
injured arm from a tanker about
z4o miles south of Key West yes
terday. and then flew. bIindIy
until 1t reached Sarasota al &
p. M. last night.
In rough seas. a Coast Guard
alrplane, out of Miami. got 90 the
IS Horace See. a Liberty tanker.
slightly before the Navy plane.
and took the man aboard. How.
ever she was unable 10 get off
the water with her load and wa
taken in tow by the ship.
With the arrival Of the Navy
seaplane from BOca Chica. the
Coast Guard seaplsnt transferred
the injured man 10 the NAVY
plane and it was able Ia take
OIL without mishap. although the
seas were rather heavy.
Then the Navy plane, pilpted
by Robert Stokes. chief aviation
pilot. Immediately ran into tr1u.
BILE while i'm the air. There
were storms all around her and
the visibility was very poor. Then
the Navy's seaplane radio com
pass failed, and about the same
time the Navy direction finder al
Key West went awry.
Pilot Stokes lost his bearings.
Then he fell back on a com
NORTHUMBERLAND. sSsxrssss~'-v~x~-~~~.z-s-.
headed for it. He sighted the
lights of Sarasota at s y. IN. and
landed with the injured seaman,
whose name is not known here
The wounded man was taken
to a hospital in Sarasota, and IT
was reported this morning that
physicians expected 10 save his
right arm. which had nearly been
severed in an accident aboard
the Horace See.
Pilot Stokes came back -
Boca Chica this morning Will
him on the Navy seaplane wc'e
Earl Brooks. who served as e..
pilot; Charles A. White. WHO
served as navigator. John e..
Horner, plane captain; Joseph T..
Thornton, radloman, and 1t.
Comdr. Charles H. GillIIand,
USN, of the medical corps Of III"
Navy. stationed at Key Wet, and
Chief Pharmacists Mate Orr and
Pharmacists Mate Stein.
The Coast Guard Scaplan". u
was learned, was later able ~
take off and headed back Ia Nj
ami after leaving the tanker.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
Presidents
Mother Takes
Turn For Worse
BULLETIN
President Truman's mother
died before his arrival in
Grandview. Mo.

(By The Associates Press)
WASHINGTON, July 90
President Truman received a
telephone call this morning from
Grandview, Mo-, informing him
that Mrs. Martha Truman, his
mother, was in a critical condi-
ton.
He prepared Immediately to
make the trip to her bedside. He
told reporters at the airfield that
his mothers physician had said
that he did not think Mrs. Tru-
man would live the day out.
The President commented, Il
hope he is mistaken"
q. President Truman. remained at
the airport one and one-half
hours before he began his trip.
The delay was caused by his
waiting to sign the unification
bill of the armed forces of the
United States. The bill was sign
ed by President Vandenburg of
the Senate and Speaker Joe Mar
tin of the House, and rushed to
the airport.
After he had signed the bill,
the President said he had sent
the name of Secretary of the
Navy Forrestal to the Senate for
the. office of Secretary of Ma
tional Defense, which is created
under the law merging the armed
forces.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
CARRYING OUT ORDERS

Down the path sauntered tall
G.. I. with two Japs in tow. Hey,
lieutenant. what'll I do with these
prisoners?" .,
"Lissen." Kissed the looey.
don't you know these woods
are full of Jap snipers just lay
ing for officers? Call me Joe. call
ne anything, but don't call me
lieutenant"
"Okay. stupid. what'll do with
these prisoners?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
PRESIDENT SIGNS
TERMINAL LEAVE
CT. BONDS BILL
POLICEMEN LEAVE
AND RETURN FROM
23.DAY VACATION

Patrolman Eugene Hernandez
returned to his duties with the
police department this week. af-
ter enjoying a 23-day annual
leave, during which he made a
trip to Cuba.
Patrolman Frank Caraballo
has started his leave, and 1t.
Joseph Kemp will begin his 23-
day annual leave August l.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
HAMMERS 20 BULLET;
WOUNDED

SALISBURY. Md. - Edward
Eskridge. l3-ycar-old son of Nj
and Mrs. Earl ESkrldgc, of Rive
ton, is recovering from bullet
wound received when he StrurS
a .22-Calibrc cartridge with
hammer and it exploded
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
Seeks DiUOrCp

A petition seeking a dIvurC"
was filed yesterday with Circuit
Court Clerk Ross c. Sawyer b.
Beverly SanSbury Moore against
Earl M. Moore.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
'ArnoldSaysD Driver
Stolen Bus Admits
Guilt To Police

William Arnold notified The
Citizen at 500 o'clock this af-
iernoon that he had signed
nsdY. nj e. ria hsa a1 aSsIay 81 ksR
warrant signing until receiv-
ing orders to that effect from
Greyhound officials.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26

FLEXIBLE WOOD The mod.
ern drum table above is mode
OF a new flexible checkwood
which can be fitted around
curved surfaces. II consists of
Piywood squares on a canvas
booking. can be painted. to
match the color scheme of a
room or used with natural wood
finish. II blends well current
modern decorative trend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
REPORT

Key West, Fla, July 26. 1947
observation taken at $3.50 am.
Eastern Standard Time,
City Office
Temperatures
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26
CABBIES-McANDREWS
TO AIR CONTROVERSY
AT PUBLIC HEARING

City Commission To Meet
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-26

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Tomorrow's Almanac
eastern Standard Time
Evening star., 1947-03-18
Steel Clothes Poles
S5.49 co.

Strongman clothes dryers Of hot
dip galvanized steel, rustproof,
splinter proof 4 hooks to
support clothesline! Lasts life
time, never needs painting or re-
pairing.
Evening star., 1947-03-18
ChiI|um Heights Asks
Congress 10 Bar Tower

The Chillum Heights Citizens As
sociation last night voted to appeal
to the Senate and House District
Committees for revocation of a per-
NIT to erect radio tower in the
$500 block of First place NV,
which is to be issued by the Com
missioners. s
The letter also will ask an inyesti-
CATION of the manner in which this
permit was issued.
The projected station, to be orer-
ated by Richard Eaton, local news
commentator, has conditional per-
NIT from the Federal Communica-
tions Commission to operate on
freqency of 1890 kilocycles with
1000 watts power during daylight
hours only.
The association contends the per-
NIT should not have been issued,
inasmuch as the station for which
the radio tower is designed is in
tended to serve the Silver Spring,
Md, area.
The group voted to petition the
Public Utilities Commission to direct
the Capital Transit Co. to reroute
its Chillum buses over the prewar
route at the northwestern end of the
run. It also asked that the Federal
Government pay fair share to
the District budget
The meeting, coiducted by Theo-
dore H, Naylor, president, was held
in the Luther Rice Memorial Baptist
Church, 5315 North Capitol street.
Evening star., 1947-03-18
Homes Contest Held

Argentina recently staged a con-
test in Buenos Aires for manufac-
turers of "prefab" houses, with q
$4,000 award for the best plans at
the lowest cost. Homes had to be
finished in 10 days, with two OF
three rooms, kitchen and bath.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Veterans Guide
BY Maj. Thomas M. NioI

An item appeared on many front
pages all over the country. 1t read
something like this: THE Senate
Subcommittee also agreed to make
September 1, 1s47, the final day on
which veterans may qualify for edu-
cation and on-the-job training.
A large part of the ex-serVlce
world, thinking about the two or
three or four years of education
they still have coming to them sat
I'D abruptly and took more than
casual notice.
What's this? they asked them
selves.
Well. it's nothing at all, as for
men and women who already are
discharged today. 1t doesn't affect
them. Here's what it does. The
Senate Subcommittee, headed by
Senator Morse of Oregon, agreed
on bill to set September /, 1947
as the date beyond which nobody
still in the service could count
their service time toward CT Bill
education.
The date and the bill do not af-
feet any one who is veteran, that
is. who already has been discharged
It only concerns those still in uni
form. If the bill should become
law (as I write this it already has
been passed by the Senate) nobody
still in the service will be able tc
accumulate any more credit TOWARD
CT Bill education than they already
have on September l There is one
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Canada's Wilderness

are the same. In most of them you
can go by road or rail to the settle
ment that serves as headquarters
for the park area and then strike
off into whatever territory that
takes your fancy, on foot, by boat
by horse. The trails are mapped
and the good camp areas are known
Planes Available,
But if you want to go where the
foot of man has seldom if ever trod
before, back in the real backwoods
of Canada's northland. it's trife
more complicated. You can go by
rail as far as the tracks go and
then push on overland or by canoe
Or you can charter a f1oat-equipped
plane and be flown in to one of the
thousands of lakes that dot the
back country, making camp on the
shore or showing off for even more
distant fields. Or you can utilize
all those methods of transportation
in combination. Whatever you do
it's real adventure.
Make sure you have pocket COM
pass and small ak for cutting fire.
wood. Have waterproof containel
for your matches and mosquito net
ting to keep out the Insects.
Evening star., 1947-06-29
Continued From Page B-61

Continued From Page B-61
its northern portions haven't even
been explored yet. let alone settled.
Beat that for backwoods if you can
without going to Africa.
Msose Country.
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
have their share, too. The home OF
the Canadian Scot sports an interior
that ranks with the widest BUSH
lands on the continent. Northern
New Brunswick is right with tits S
moose country and you have to go
in deep to dig them out.
After you decide where to go the
next problem is finding way to get
there. In many cases, where the
backwoods are close to the settled
portions, it's comparatively simple
for example. the Gatineau district
in Quebec. It's southern border is
lust eight miles from Ottawa. There
are good motor roads running into
its very heart. You can reach any
of the tiny villages that serve as
supply points by car or train and
from there you're on your own
You'll only have to go in few miles
before you find all the solitude
that any one could desire.
The national and provincial parks
Evening star., 1947-06-29

that a recognized representative OF
the visual arts group be included
in the membership OF the United
States delegation to the confer
ence on UNESCO to be held In
Mexico City next November; that
the UNEsCO unit of the Depart
ment of State shall include an
active planning section for the arts,
through which museums and or
ganizations may work, and that
worldwide conference of national
art groups concerned with the
visual arts be called to promote
the aims of UNESCO.
Pictures of Washington
Architectural and natural beau-
ties of Washington supplied the
inspiration for photographs by Os-
car Seidenberg, on view in the
central Public Library this month.
Russian born, he came to the
United States and first visited
washington in 1913. Thirty years
later, he became permanent resi-
dent here.
He is self trained in photography,
and is something of a perfect1on1St
in his methods. In dealing with a
subject, he experiments with various
views and lighting effects, taking
number of pictures until he feels
that he has obtained the most eX-
pressive. The 25 prints on view are
Eunpretentious captures of subjects
so handsome per sc that they do not
need tricky presentation. My fay-
oritez in the group is one in which
the Jefferson Memorial, with en- air.
plane directly over 1t, Is reflected
in the tidal basin.
y ~
Opening at University
An exhibition of drawings by
Pietro L,azzari of the art faculty of
American University will open in its
Watkins Memorial Gallery Tuesday
from 5 to 8 pm, The exhibition Will
remain through July. The opening
Immediately precedes the artists
departure for Rome, Italy, for q
short visit with his family. He
plans to return from Europe In time
for the fall semester at American
University.