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Evening star., 1947-07-24
By the Associated Press

AHOSK1E, N. c., July "a
Harvey Jones was "at home to all
callers today, but as the-s rose
on his tiny farm this morning, he
was unaware that fate held a $4,000
check made to his order.
The check was earmarked for the
|23-year-old colored war veteran by
the Ahoskie Kiwanis Club in an
effort to make amends for Mr.. Jones
failure to receive a 5000 automobile
which he won in the clubs rattle
recently. The automobile was denied
him when club officials ruled him
ineligible because Negroes were
barred from the scene Of the
drawing. .
A Kiwanis Clab group, among
them DR.. Charles w. Armstrong OF
Salisbury, N. c., international presf-
dent, was scheduled to depart this
morning for Mr.. Jones backwoods
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Amvefs Charter Bill
Is Signed by Truman

President Truman yesterday signed
a bill granting a national charter to
Amvets-hrst World War II vet
erans' organization to be recognized
officially by Congress.
The charter will allow the group
to use public buildings for meeting
places and permit it to participate
in the administration Of State funds
for the rehabilitation of disabled
veterans. It extends the same legal
status held by the American Legion,
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the
Disabled American Veterans and
the United Spanish War Veterans
only other charter holders.
After signing the charter. Presi-
dent Truman presented his pen to
Ray Sawyer, national commander
of the organization.
Under the charter, Mr. Sawyer
listed three major objectives of his
group: to work for promotion of
world peace, for the preservation of
the American way Of life, and to
promote legislation Ito help vet
Grams help themselves"
Evening star., 1947-07-24
New Brew for Still

ANDERSON, s. c. R.-If the fla
VOL would only linger on. A copper
still seized by county officers in be-
ing turned into a coffee brewing out
fit for prisoners > in the Anderson
County Jail. Unable to find coffee
pot large enough, Jail Dietician Fred
Whitfield chanced to think Of the
confiscated still, and set tinsmith
on the conversion job.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
Man Denied Car Won in Rattle
Due oGet$3 ,2OOCheck Toduy

home in this heavily wooded North
eastern North Carolina community.
There, the check was to be pre-
sented him In surprise ceremony.
Kiwanians, guarding strongly
against slipup this time, called on
Evening star., 1947-07-24

Mr.. Jones yesterday to ask II he
would be available" today.
"Ill be here all day." Mr.. Jones
told them.
Evening star., 1947-07-24
British to Get Citrus Crop

Palestine will sell most of its huge
1867 citrus crop to Britain, owing
to small crops expected in Spain and
South Africa, because of drought.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20
by Cameron Doekery

ment, yet I wouldn't have missed
seeing it for anything"
1.-THE desert colorings change
so rapidly, I should think it
would be difficult to catch them
on canvas" said jeff.
"Yes. they're enough to drive
an artist mad" Mr.. Hardy said
with resignation. Perhaps it's
just as well I'm confined to pen
and ink"
jeff eyed the plywood screen
covered with mounted sketches.
I'm no critic but your stuff
looks good TO me-"
Thanks. / wish I could con-
vince art editors as easily" There
was a trace of bitterness in
Hardy's tone.
r MIDAS hand went out swiftly
IL and closed over her fathers,
but her eyes fingered on jeff.
How does Arizona happen to be
your home, Mr.. Irskine, were you
born here?"
I'm Phoenix" he said. dad
raised cattle near there and after
nv mother died he was bitten by
the gold-mining bug. l think he'd
always been itching to try his
luck but his family held him
down. / covered the state pretty
we'll with him and his partner,
old Amos Larabee. Then about
ten years ago Dad bought this
place. He was convinced the
property contained valuable min
eral deposits but he never found
much"
'Did he move away?" Linda
asked.
''He died, during my last year
at college"
"Oh," her voice was gently SYM
pathetic, ''Then you're all alone?"
eyes, except for a few aunts
and uncles in the east whom I've
never metz He turned. to Mr..
Harry, "Sir, I've been meaning to
ask you if you ever came across
any private papers hidden any
where in the house since you
moved in?"
Hardy's blue eyes showed his
surprise. mo, I haven't, Irskine.' u
jeff frowned. "Yeu see at the
time my father died he was alone
and he'd been having trouble with
Coulter over a small mining deal
Coulter controlled everything in
McCloud; everyone there held his
lob through him. You couldn't
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

Before 1890 water-color~ paint
ing was considered unimportant
and used almost entirely in
young women'S finishing schools.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20
Ike 3sasss Rstps.,iss

trust any of them. Dad apparent
ly had a few heart attacks and
was afraid Coulter might take
advantage of his predicament. He
hid all his papers including the
deed to our property. He was
writing me about it when he had
his fatal attack, but his letter
wasn't completed"
"You mean you have no
proof of ownership" Hardy said
quickly.
mot the deed. Of course it
should be in county records"
Coulter sounds like a skunk.
Tve' never cared for his dark
weasely face" Hardy said. You'd
better make a thorough search
tomorrow, Irskine."
After supper Linda and jeff
arranged a bed in the stable; they
selected the empty stall between
Linda's roam mare and Pacheco's
palomino.
"This is absurd" Linda re-
monstrated. you could sleep on
the divan."
won't hurt me-" jeff said, 81
like it for a change. Pacheco will
be up with the 'dobe bricks to-
morrow and We'll start on the
addition"
"Well, you've plenty of blan-
kets, anyway. It's beginning to
cool off already,-night comes so
swiftly on the desert"
They walked over to the spring
and stood beneath the cotton
wood listening to the leaves COM
ing to life again in the wind. The
sky was mixture of pearl grays,
pinksr and greens; one of the
suns rays caught something
shiney a few miles distant and
shot it back to them. jeff whistled
whats that? Looks like some
things been going on since I left"
"That'S the Gentry estate. It's
as big as a hotel and just as
elaborate"
whats the matter? Don't you
like them?"
81 don't think I'll ever develop
liking for war profiteers." Lin
da's tone was acrid. Il guess
being an army nurse made me
allergic to them. If you ever meet
the Gentrys, I'm sure you'll UNI
derstand my feelings"
He was surprised at the dis
approval in her voice.
Ito be continuedl
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Chapter 4

Chapter 4
WHEN the Hardysy accepted his
w offer, jeff rode hack to Pa
checo's adobe.
Even if the solution to his
problem was only temporary,
from his point of view it was
more than satisfactory. He had
his own affairs to straighten out
and it was relief not to be
bothered with the petty details
of bachelor cooking. He couldn
help but wonder however II
Linda's cookery would justify
the impression of eapability that
he had formed. He had his an
sWer that evening.
s'Ummm, what far cry this is
from army chow and x ratlons!
He paused before taking a
second helping of stewed chicken
and dumplings. Linda's cheeks
flushed a little.
sI didn't think army food was
so bad"
mo. it wasn't usually" he con-
coded. "but / suppose food
tlisned out for a thousand mouths
at a sitting could never have the
same flavor as real home COOK
ing does"
swell. I learned how during
nv probation period in hospi-
tai Kitchen" Linda explained. !
guess a year with Dad has per-
fected it though. He's finicky. His
artistic Temperament extends to
his stomach" She shot her father
half amused, half mocking
smile. =.
They were eating on the big
oak drop-leaf. table in the living
room with Hardy seated nearest
the fire where he was protected
from drafts. Between mouthfulS
Jeff studied him curiously. There
were high spots of color on the
older mans cheeks, whether from
excitement, the fire or the rack
ing effects of his illness, JET
couldn't tell.
"As an fastener how do you
like this country, Sir?" jeff asked.
ITO a man of my profession it's
a continual Illustration, 1rskine."
"How's that?"
.sHere I am forbidden by my
doctor to : use paints or pastels
because of my lungs, yet every
time see sunset or sunrise
my fingers ache to hold a brush,
It's almost sheer physical tor
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

There have been thirty regular
sessions of the Florida legislature
since the present constitution was
, adopted in 1885. The thirty-first
session is only a few short weeks
away. At high noon, Tuesday,
April 8, IS representatives and 38
senators will begin 60-day SEES
sion of lawmaking.
f. The general laws passed will
affect all of Florida's 2,250,061
citizens. Special or local laws are
limited to counties, cities or in
dividuals, but many citizens of
Florida will be affected thereby.
This being true, it seems that
a brief review of legislative pro-
cedure and methods would be of
interest to the faithful few who
weary not in reading this con-
tinuing column.
The House of Representatives
has 95 members from the 81 coun-
ties, apportioned as follows: 8
representatives each to Dade,
Hillsborough, Pinellas and Polk
; counties; 2 representative to
each of the Is next most popu-
lous counties; and one to each of
the remaining counties of the
state.
The Senate is composed of SO
! members, one from each of the
SO Senatorial districts.
These members receive a sal
airy of $500 a day for each day
in session-a total of $4,000.
They also receive ten cents mile
for expense of travel ito and
from their homes to the seat of
government by the nearest and
i most practicable route"
Florida legislators haven't had
raise in 81 years.
The House or the Senate, with
! the concurrence of two-thirds of
all its members present, may ex-
pei a member. No member has
; been expelled since 1918, when
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20
FACTS and FIGURES
BY FULLER WARREN

! first began to keep an eye on
the legislature.
A majority of each branch
(Senate and House, of the legis-
lature shall constitute a quorum
to do business, but a smaller
may adjourn from day to day,
and compel the presence of alb
sent members in such manner
and under such penalties as it
may prescribe.
The doors of each branch shall
-be kept open during its session,
except the Senate while sitting
in executive session.
Any bill may originate in
either branch of the legislature,
and after being passed in one
branch may be amended in the
other.
Each bill enacted by the legis-
lature shall embrace but one SUBJ
ject and matter properly con-
nected herewith, which subject
shall be briefly expressed in the
title; and no law shall be amend
ed or revised by reference to the
title, only; but in such case the
act, as revised, or section, as
amended, shall be re-enacted and
published at length.
Next week, I'll let out the
steps by which a bill becomes a
. law.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

The sun moves IT'S to 1876 miles
Der second around its orbit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20
Todav's Anniversaries
s.aow America)

1S04-Neal Dow. temperance
reformer, Trainer of law making
Maine temperance state back in
1851, born in Portland. Died Oct.
2, 1897.
l8l4-George w. Harris, noted
Knoxville, Tenn, humorist, whose
humor is unique in American lit
erature, born in Allegheny, Pa.
Died Dec. II, 1869.
1834-Charles w. Eliot, famed
Harvard president, l869-l909, en-
inent citizen, born in Boston.
Died Aug. %, 1926.
1840-James r. Miller, Presby-
terian clergyman, popular author
of devotional works, born in
Beaver Co., Pa. Died July. 2,
1912.
l844-Robert Dollar, noted Pa
cific Coast lumber and shipping
magnate, born in Scotland. Died
May Is, 1882.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

Maybe you read that recent ar
ticle in national magazine, claim
ing that American men don't really
like the company of women. They
Just put them up on pedestal and
leave them there.
But / wouldn't say that that was
so in our town. Look at any mar
ried couple--like the Cuppers.
Jane wouldn't nag if Dee spent his
evenings "with the boys"--but
actually Dee likes nothing better
than to stay home by the fire,
sharing a glass of beer with Jane,
playing cribbage, or just talking.
~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20
Your Horoscope

THURSDAY, MARCH 20. l947
The person born this day is
little too visionary. There IN
certain lack of initiative and q
weakness Of concentration. This
day is near the dividing lire of
two signs and a careful study 81
both is necessary in determining
in which direction the way 70
success may be found.
The revolution of the Sicilians
in 1881 is called the "Sicilian
vespersy because II broke. out AZ
the hour of Vespers on Easter
Sunday. y
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20
WHERE THERE is A WILL
X X
HuEnOr, Sentiment, Hatred Buried In Legal Books
X
THERE MAY BE A POEM


RICHMOND, Va.-(AP4.-Hu-
NOR, sentiment, hatred and even
poetry are buried in the ponder
Gus covers of will books gathering
dust in the record room of chan
Gerry court here. If your arms are
strong and you don't mind the
dust, you can read almost any
thing you want.
One testator began his will by
saying he had fresh shave and
a clean shirt, uncommon for the
middle of the week, being We'd
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nesday." He explained that he
had attended the funeral of a
friend who died Unexpectedly,
and apparently mindful that he
might also pass with short notice,
he penned his will.
Another's will was in the form
of a diatribe against two members
of his family. He left them $3.50
each and asserted that if they got
what they deserved they would
be serving time in the peniten-
tiary.
Still another left his estate to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20
From where | sit Sc. Iy-Joe Marsh
Do Men Like Women?
Ad9ertisement

And when he does 90 out, for
an afternoon of fishing down at
Stewards Creek, or for an evening
glass Of beer at Andy Botkin's
Garden Tavern, Jane is almost al
ways with him Except when she's
got a spot of baking in the Oven).
From where sit, respect
doesn't rule out everyday COM
partnership. and never should.
They go together-essential parts
Of successful marriage.
&sM~a4s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

The height of the volcano We
SuviuS varies from time to time:
before the eruption of 1906 it
was 4,275 feet high, after the
eruption, 1868 feet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-20

his wife in fee simple in thi
iambic pentameter:
"Of all my worldly goods I
have in store
Il leave to my dear wife
for evermore,
Il freely give, and will no linn
it fix,
This is my will, and she
eXecutriX."
Evening star., 1947-07-13

Sue flashed by them, were no more than gray
shapes.
Here in the coach the electric lights were
still on. Commuters from Bridgeport, Nor
walk and Darien had settled themselves COM
fortably. The inevitable bridge game was
already organized. There was a sprinkling
OF brokers. merchants, editors. Sue saw young
Phil Dodds. toward the front, reading rae
ing form. Dodds was a junior partner at the
Waterman Company, and Sue distrusted him
little because, although married man, he
was always taking the Office girls out to lunch
Directly across the aisle from her sat the
Pest. She thought of him as that because
every morning he chose a seat across from
Evening star., 1947-07-13

her, or as near to her as possible And yet the
Pest was not, Sue felt certain, train wolf.
He was brooding melancholy sort, and he'd
never given her a word or look He was
always completely detached until MIR. Water
man boarded at Stamford. After that he
became attentive - not to Sue but to Water
man. Susan Blair was an unusually observant
young woman. She liked to classify people.
She classified the Pest as a persistent market
tip hound trying to overhear dictation from
the investment expert, Hugh J. Waterman.
1 HE conductor came along and punched the
Pests communication ticket. Good morning,
Mr.. Conkling," the conductor said. He knew
all the regulars by name and sight. Then he
collected fare directly back of Sue and did
not greet the passenger by name.
Sue glanced over her shoulder to see who
the stranger was. He was a youngish man
she'd never seen before. He wore discharge
button in the lapel of his sports coat, and
his trousers were the pinks of an Army officer.
The brief glance told Sue three things: that
he was nice-looking, intelligent and COM
pletely absorbed, not in herself but in the
man directly across the aisle from her -
Conl<ling.
Stamford! the brakeman shouted.
Sue turned to the window. With definite
anxiety she prepared to observe the spectacle
OF Hugh J. Waterman catching train. Usu-
ally it was scene of some hazard and sus-
Evening star., 1947-07-13
HE V@3z3z7@ SECRETARY
a Short Story

a SHVt CtO7y
66NTExT stop, Stamford!' This lusty call
~ came from the brakeman as the train
pulled out of Darien. 1t was 7:49 am. Susan
Blair. who had boarded at Bridgeport at
7:15, made sure she had plenty of sharpened
pencils. She had laid her bag on the seat be-
side her to save place for Hugh ]. Water
man who. at 7:57, would get on at Stamford.
Waterman, of the Waterman Investment
Company. commuted into New York daily.
He was man of habit Also he was human
dynamo. 1t was his habit to dictate from his
brief case. rapid fire, all the way from Stam-
ford to 125th Street each morning, and do
the same thing on the 5O2 out of New York
each afternoon.
Sue had been his secretary for only few
months. She rarely saw him in his New York
Offices There she spent most of her time
typing what he had dictated on the train.
a strenuous job. but the extra pay silenced
any objections she might have had.
Evening star., 1947-07-13

Her pad and pencils ready, Sue took
minute to powder. Her compact mirror
showed small, alert face, with hazel eyes
and slightly upturned nose. The lipstick
job lacked something of balance, and there
was strand of blond hair loose A girl had to
hurry to catch the 7:15. Deity Susan cor
rected these deficiencies.
WATERMAN himself was model of neatness:
when you worked with him you had to be
neat. precise, efficient
1t was now 7:53, and the train crashed
through Clenbrook without stopping. 1t was
only half daylight at this hour in December.
and people on the Glenbrook platform, as
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-08-13
fife TheOCrat

son Sidney; Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Leech, the groom's cousin
and their baby daughter Nam
cy Jane; and Miss Irene An
derson, all from Zion; his I'M
Gle Harold Butler of Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Butler of
Miami, Florida, uncle and
aunt, who were vacationing in
and about New York City,
made a special trip west to at
tend the wedding. An old-time
friend and neighbor of the
Mintern family, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cornell of 3O08 Elm
Ave., were also present.
The new Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Mintern met while college
students at Bloomington. The
bride is a school teacher in Oak
Park, Illinois, at which place
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-08-13
GIBBS-MINTERN NUPTIALS

On Sunday, August 3, 1947,
at 200 p. M, Miss Vaneta L.
Gibbs, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Wilson Gibbs of
1ndianola, Illinois, became the
bride of Harold James Min
tern, son of Rev. and Mrs. M.
j. Mintern of 3006 Elm Ave-
nue., Zion, at the home of the
brides parents in Indianola.
Overseer M. j. Mintern,
father of the groom, perform
ed the wedding ceremony. The
young couple stood in front of
n homestead's fireplace,
which was artistically decorat-
ed with white gladioli, palms,
and green foliage.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her father; and was
gowned in white satin, with
full length veil and train. She
carried her grandmother's
white-covered prayer book on
which rested a light purple or
child.
The maid of honor was Miss
Catherine Haworth of George
town, Illinois, who wore blue
taffeta and carried a colonial
bouquet. The flower girls were
Patsy Mintern of Zion, niece
OF the groom, and Janet Max
well of Indianola, who wore
Identical dresses of blue creme
similar in design to the maid
OF honor's dress, and carried
small colonial bouquets.
Dean H. Davis, a college
friend of the bridegroom, came
from Galesburg to be best man.
The traditional Mendelssohn
wedding music was played by
Mrs. Ed. Meredith. Mr.. Nc
Gayhen of Didell, Illinois, was
the vocal soloist, and his sell
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ections were, 81 Love You Tru-
ly," 80 Promise Me-" and
Sweetest Story Ever Told,"-
Mrs. Meredith accompanying.
The brides mother was at
tired in a brown flowered
print, while the groom's moth
er chose an aqua summer
frock. Their corsages were of
white carnations.
One hundred guests attend
ed the pretty wedding. Out-of-
town friends and relatives
came from Zion, Bloomington,
Champaign, Berwyn, Chicago,
and Manteno, Illinois; also
from Miami, Florida. Among
the groom's relatives beside
his parents, were his oldest
sister Ethel, his brother Ernest
and family; the William May
nards CHS sister MurieD his
youngest sister Rachel, her
husband Stephen and their ba-
by boy, Richard Eugene; the
groom's aunt and uncle the
D. F. Christophersens and
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-08-13

they intend to make their fu-
ture home, residing at 1116
Washington Blvd. The groom
is an accountant for Hall, PEN
ny and Jackson of Chicago.
The young bridal couple are
spending their honeymoon in
Michigan.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-08-13
LITERATURE REPORT

LITERATURE REPORT
For the month of May, 1947.
Leaves of Healing, given
Leaves of Healing sold...... 80
Tracts given away.............. SO
Lod1lcIS .......................... ~
80
Elder A. j. Smith,
Victoria, Australia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Floor plan for two houses at top, left.
Floor plan for two houses at top, lett.
Two Arlington Rental Projects
For Veterans Approved by FILA

James Mcbride, ST., Esther Burke,
Wallace c. Lem and r. H. Rollins,
financed by the Metropolitan Mort
gage Co., with a mortgage of SIPS, 900
and consisting of two-story struc-
lures.
This brought to 1O3 the total of
veterans multi-family rental hous-
ing projects approved by the Dis
trict Office under the new FILA
program, Mr.. Hewitt said. They
provide 10,502 new dwelling units
financed with FHA-insured mort
cages in excess of $80,629 200.
Mr.. Hewitt said the District Office
stopped receiving applications for
mortgage insurance of this type last
Wednesday on instructions from
(See FILA. Page By
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15

Two rental projects in Arlington
to provide 48 new dwelling units for
veterans have been approved for
mortgage insurance by the District
FILA Office, Director James A. Hew-
lit announced today.
They are:
Lorcom Arms, So units, to be built
at North Woodrow and Twenty first
streets, Arlington, by Thomas j.
Broyhill, financed by the State
Mutual Life Assurance Co., with a
mortgage of 100000 and consisting
of thres-story structures containing
IL units Of 4 rooms and "a of S
rooms.
Quincy Gardens Apartments, 16
units Of ~ rooms each, to be built
on Quincy street, Arlington, by