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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-02
The
OBSERVATIONS
OF A FOOL
BY BILL LEE

aiu'm''''luHHIliuniliIInInIrMlHIlIIulIllulluI
Capt. Edward (Brau) Saun
ders won't be able to be fishins
guide for President Truman af
ter he comes here tomorrow.
Brau is not we'll. He's over Z:
and has been feeling badly fol
some time.
II don't think l can 60 fish
ing with the President, sale
Brau yesterday. 'I'm not feel.
ing up to it. Yes, / guided Mr.
Truman to some pretty nice fish
the last time he was here.
II sat between b. MIR. Truman
and his adviser, whose name
don't remember, in the stern oil
the boat. We were fishing with.
out seats, just with our feet
hanging oevr the stern end.
"The President impresses me
as being very democratic. He
didn't have much TO say and
neither did /. We just fished
away. When the President
hooked one he'd chuckle and
haul it in.
I'D take the fish from the
hook and rebait it for him. Then
he'd drop it overheard. We re-
peated the same process sever
al times. The. President had to
get back to the Submarine Base
and we didn't have much time"
Brau has been fishing in these
waters for more than 60 years.
He's guided some of the better
known fishermen of the nation.
They always come back year af-
ter year ana ask for Brau.
He just got letter from an
important cotton manufacturer
from Alabama. who has been
coming to- Key West for years.
"He's brought more people to
Key West than anyone l know,
said Brau, as we sat on the front
porch of his Grinnell street
home. He sends all of his en-
ployees down. They come in
groups of six or seven and spend
all day fishing with me.
Il guess fishing gets in your
blood. l know my blood is thick
with it. .-...
I'D be glad to 60 fishing
with Mr. Truman again, but l
don't think l can make it,"
Brau never has been paid for
guiding the President.
But l don't want anything
for my part of it,, said Brau.
"It's real pleasure, to 60 fish
ing with him."
4 4 4 ...... -.
A little girl "snuck" into The
Citizen the other day. She diff
fidently asked for me. When l
met her she handed me a poem.
She said she was inspired to
write it by the singing of birds.
Would you please run it in
your column, the little girl
asked. I'm interested in the
society which is making it posi-
BILE to have birds in Key West
and if you printed it it might
help some of the other children
do as the society says-to help
not hurt the birds"
l presume she meant the
Monroe County Audubon Socie-
ty. Here is her poem:
"The song of a bird
at twilight
Is the pleasantest sound
know
On lofty bough, poised
for flight
The song of a bird
at twilight
Thrills me, fills me
with delight
AS nothing else l know
The song of a bird at
twilight
Is the pleasantest sound
I know"
Cute, EN-?
4 4 4
You'd think the Japanese Ma
Wy was coming right up Fleming
street from the Submarine Base
to look at the jap flag painted
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-02

The human eye changes it's TO-
Gus by changing the curvature
Of its lens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, May Is - up GUS
DA)- Salable hogs $500, total TO-
500; moderately active and very
uneven, steady to Is cents high
err; most advance on weights $50
lb. and up; sows so cents higher;
top PATS; bulk good and choice
170-250 10. 24.0O-24.75; 260-2S0 ID.
%. OO-24.2 rs; 29O-33O ID. 21.75-23.0 90;
choice sows 18.75-19.50; bulk Of
these weighing over 400 Id.
Salable cattle 1000, total 1850;
salable calves 300, total 300; good
and choice fed steers weighing l.
$50 upward slow but steady
at Wednesdays decline; medium
grade steers and all grade year
|lings moderately active, steady te
strong; good to low-choice steers
with weight 24.0O-25.0 90; top $3.50;
strictly choice lacking; medium
and good yearlings 20. 50-24.0O; load
strictly good to choice 1,020 Id,
weights 25.25; heifers steady tt
strong; load strictly good to choice
971 -fb. weights 24.50; cows fully
steady compared with Wednes
days low close; most beef cows
IA. 50-18.O 90; Gamers and cutters
II. OO-14.0O; bulls about steady, tor
1850 on good weighty sausage
kinds; vealers strong at 27.N
down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
WHAT STOCKS DID
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK, May 15-W.R-Pro-
auce markets: Potatoes: dollars
per 100 lbs unless otherwise indi-
eated) steady. Katahdins No. l.,
$1,000; Kathdins No. l, so lbs
1880; Green Mts. No. l, 1884, SO;
No. l, so lbs 1.65-.8O; Calf. Long
Whites No. 1, 3.50-4.5o: No. 1B $50
s.25; so lbs No. 1, 1.75-2.0o; No.
1B 1.25; Idaho Russets No. l. 400;
Connecticut Green Mts. No. lB
100 asked; Green Mts. No. /, $50;
Floridas Red Bliss No. /, 300;
No. 1B, 200; sebagos No. l, 800
400; No. 1B 100000; Red Bliss
l so lbs unwashed 1.25-2.25; Sc
bago No. l, so lbs 10000; No.
1B 1.00-.25; Texas Red Bliss No.
LA 50 lbs 3.25.
Sweet potatoes: bushels bas-
kets) steady. New Jersey Red Skin
No. l best ESQ; New Jersey Jersey
type No. l, 1885,: 4 bushels
1885,; Jersey type processed
2.50-.75; Maryland Golden No. /.
3.25; Jumbo Golden 2.25.
Live poultry; weak. Turkeys
hens 1929; toms 20-22: ROSTERS
old 1920; ducks L ong Island 1880:
rabbits all varieties 1926; fowls
1s-48; broilers 26-43; pullets 1880.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
RICHMOND
RICHMOND, May is -

RICHMOND, May Is P-
(USDA)-Livestock:
Hogs-Market steady with Wed
nesday on all weights; top $22.5
for good and choice 180-240 ID bar.
rows and gifts; 90-10O lbs $14.5O
10O-120 lbs SIS. so; 120-14O lib SIT. so;
14O-16o lbs $3.50; 16O-18O lbs $21.5
240-30O lbs $21.50 300 lbs and ur
$40. 90; good sows under $50 lbs
$3.50 X; 350-500 lbs $500; over soc
lbs $14.5O; good stays $3.50.
Cattle - receipts all slaughter
classes light; market quotable full.
ly steady on cows, with Gamers
and cutters mostly $40. 00-12. 90;
medium dairy type $12.00-14.0 90;
good beef COWS SIS. O0-16.O0; veal.
ers in good demand. fully steady
to strong, with strictly good ano
choice topping at $24.G0.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK May 15-P-Sales
closing price and net change Of
the fifteen most active stocks to.
day:
Comwlth and Sou 20, 800 2H D 70,
Socony Vac II, 800 1875 D Is.
Param Pict $4,000 23B A
United Corp II, ZOO 2B No.
Pepsi Cola 1900 27A A IS.
schenley Distill 1900 25% A Is.
Column Gas and Ell 7.4O0 1924
A ".
Int Paper Zoo AIS A IS.
Repub Stl 7,100 "a A y.
Curtis Publishing 1000 75s A Is.
Std Oil N ] 1000 6sk A ~.
Gen Motors $500 551s A IS.
Gen Elec $500 1855 No.
Clev Elec Illum $500 377s A 4.
N Y Central $500 1914 A Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
CHICAGO

CHICAGO. May IS - up GUS
DA)- Potatoes: arrivals 1877; on
track 235: total U. S. shipments
$50: supplies rather liberal; de.
mand good at lower prices; mar.
ket weather for California, steady
for others. Idaho Russet Burbanks
1895 washed, S3.65 unwashed: Ala.
bama Bliss Triumphs $3.50; Cali
fornia Lo Whites So. 40-3.5O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, May 15-(P)-Clos-
ing foreign exchange rates fol-
low Great Britain in dollars,
others in cents:
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 8 percent discount
or 1900 U. S. cents. up Is of a
cent:
Europe: Great Britain 81. 02A,
down Is of a cent; France Franc)
.847s OF a cent, down .001s; Sweden
CKrona' 27.85. unchanged; Switzer-
land FrancD Comb 23.40. I'M
changed.
Latin America: Argentina Free
24.47, unchanged; Brazil Free $50,
unchanged; Mexico 20.62. I'M
changed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
SELECTED RAILS
GET GOOD PLAY
Higher Prices For Some
Issues Dominates Steady
Bond Market

NEW YORK, May Is - up -
Higher prices for a selected group
of railway issues dominated a
steady bond market today.
For the market as a whole gains
and losses running to more than a
point either way we're fairly even
ly distributed. Support for indi'
vidual carrier issues braked a de
cline that carried the entire raj
section to the lowest average leve.
since late 1914.
Volume remained low at So, 24O,.
900, which compared with So, SO.
900 Wednesday.
Corporates marked up included
3 & O stamped c~onve~tibles at IS
IL, Alton IS at IS "a, Chicago &
Eastern Illinois incomes at % IL,
St. Paul c%onvertibles at So ID,
North Western 4 lbs at 66 IA,
Rock Island refunding IS at 43 "a,
Denver & Rio Grande Western
incomes at AZ 1-8, Hudson & Man.
haitian refunding IS at 81, Missouri
Pacific SIS of IT at 81 1-2, Frisco
4 LIS at AZ IA, and Cottonbelt re.
funding IS at 81 IA.
On the losing side were A T &
7 new 2 3-4s at 112 "a, Bethlehem
Steel 2 3-4s at 1902, Central Of
|Ge' ia first IS at 81, Central Oh
N. ]. IS at % IL, Great North.
ern 2 5-8s at 88 ID, Illinois Cen.
trail Z 3-4s at II, Lehigh Valley
stamped IS at 81, N. Y. Central
refunding IS at n, and Pennsyl.
vania general 4 LIS at 1O7.
Buenos Aires issued were under
mild pressure in the foreign dol.
lar group.
U. S. governments in the over.
the-counter market moved narrow.
~, the Victory Loan 2 LIS of Dec.
l967-'N holding at 103 1872 bid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS MIDDLING

NEW ORLEANS. May Is - (P)
The average price of middling
15-16ths inch cotton at ten Southern
spot markets today was so cents
a bale lower at 1891 cents a
pound: average for the past thirty
market days $40; middling 7-8ths
inch average 34.36 cents, a pound.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
BOND AVERAGES
Compiled by The Associated Press
CHICAGO PRODUCE

CHICAGO, May Is W.H -
Produce: poultry: 18 trucks.
steady; no price change.
Cheese: twins 1892; single
daises 33-33-l-2; Swiss 70-73.
Butter: 1880 lbs: firm; SO
score 61-1-2: 90 score 6O-1-2: 90
score So; SO score Sc.
Eggs, 1869 cases; fjrmer. ex-
tras A-12-45; extras 2: A; 8
and 4: 4-1-2; standards l and 2:
4l-1-2: 3 and 4: 40-1-2; current
receipts 4O-1-2; dirties 37-1-2-
36: checks 37-37-l-2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, May Is (R, -
Wheat: none. Corn: No. 3 mixed
1877; No. 2 yellow 1.79 1-2-1.8 80;
No. 8, 1.76 1-2-1.79 -; No. 4,
1853 1-4-l.75 IA; sample grade
1.12 3-4-1.34 IL; No. 2 white 1.8C
1-4-1.81 "a; No. 3 1.76 "a; oats:
No. l mixed SO "a; No. 2 mixed
LOO IA; No. l heavy white 1.02
l-2-l.03 IA; No. l white 100 -;
No. 2 white 1.o1; sample grade
95 IL.
Barley: mailing 10000 nomi.
ma: feed 1.20-1.40 nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
GRAIN
CHICAGO GRAIN

: CHICAGO May 15-P)-An early
bulge in wheat ran into heavy
profit-taking today and the market
reversed itself and dropped be-
low the preceding close. Other
grains followed the trend of the
bread cereal.
Wheat closed rs to 2 cents low
err, May 50. 76-S2.76s4 corn was
"A lower to rs higher. May S1.73A,
and oats ss-B lower May 93A-1a.
Omen High Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
NEW SPOTS

NEW ORLEASN, May 15-(P-
Spot cotton closed steady and un-
changed. Sales $685.; low middling
31.65, middling $3.50, good mid
ding $3.50, receipts 9,605. stock
1853, 1872.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
N. C.. . VA,

RALEIGH, May Is - R - NC-
DA)- Hog markets steady with
tops of $3.50 at Rocky Mount,
Greenville, Fayetteville, Clinton
Warsaw and Richmond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16

WASHINGTON POULTRY
WASHINGTON - U. S. Grade A
large 48 IL; frye~s, broilers and
roasters 80 to 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16

CHARLOTTE SPOTS
CHARLOTTE, May 15-(P)-Spot
cotton 34.55.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
Market Gets Selectiue
Fo0th0ld On Recovery
COTTON
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, May l5-N>-Cot-
ton futures close unchanged to 70
cents a bale lower today in active
dealings. Early strength developed
as short covering in May lifted
that position about So a bale prior
to expiration of trading at noon.
Following a withdrawal of May
support the market encountered
liquidation and hedging with prices
dropping $1.65 a bale before a late
rally developed.
The market reflected mixed
opinion among traders over price
trends. Freer selling of spot sup
plies by mills in the open market
was reported. and disturbed sentl-
ment.
Futures closed unchanged to rs
cents a bale lower than the pre-
vious close.
Open High Low Last
36.6 So 36.65 1918 1923
May X)-
Jly 1925 34.35 1884 34.O7
Oct $3.50 $3.50 1904 1882 off 5
Dec $3.50 $3.50 28.17 1886 off II
Mich 27.97 27.97 27.69 27.79n off IA
Nav 27.52 27.52 27.18 27.35nI off Is
Middling spot 3 .78N off 2.
N-Nominal;. Bid; A-Asked.
CX May contracts expire at noon
today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16

NEW YORK, May Is - (P) -
The stock market today got a Sc
lective foothold on recovery al
though demand was notably timid
and many leaders did little or
nothing on the comeback.
The revival was attributed
mainly to short covering and buy
ers who felt that three successive
retreats to within reaching dis
lance Of last October's bear mar
ket low entitled the list to a tech
nical rebound even if the down
swing was to be resumed later.
Assorted ~steels, motors, oils and
rubbers stepped out in front dur
ing the forenoon but dealings soon
slowed and top gains Of fractions
to 2 or were reduced in the
majority of cases at the close. A
number of pivotals ended on the
ohside after touching lows for
the year. Transfers. of TO, 900
shares compared with 1850, 900
Wednesday.
Composite Up
The Associated Press 60-Stock
Composite was UP 8 OF a point at
sos, its first advance since Sat
urday. Of 922 issues registering,
ATS rose and 245 fell.
Allied Chemical added 2 1-3 at
1859 7-8, Eastman Kodak 2 at 234,
American Tobacco "B" l SO at
66 r., Standard Oil (N.J.) 1 1-2 at
60 IL, Union Pacific l ga at 1875,
Montgomery Ward l IA at 81 7-8,
Douglas Aircraft l Ia at SO IL
and American Smelling l at so 10.
Third Avenue Transit was up l at
8 3-8 following election of an op-
posing slate of directors. Home
stake Mining advanced 7-8 to "A
IA, a 1947 high.
American Telephone, Glenn Mar.
tin and Santa Fe hit bottom for
1947. American Sugar refining
lost 2 SO at IS.
Bonds Steady
Bonds sieadied. Grains ran into
selling after early strength. At
Chicago wheat ended Oil l 1-8 to
z cents a bushel, corr off IA to up
l 1-8 and oats down 3-8 to 7-8.
Cotton was unchanged to off rs
cents a bale.
Among curb gamers were Alu-
mlnum OF America, Cities Service.
Creole Petroleum and Middle West
Corp. Turnover here was 230, 600
shares versus 300, 900 yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16

RALEIGH POULTRY
RALEIGH, May Is - R- (NC-
DA)- Egg and poultry markets
steady. U. S. Grade A large "A;
and broilers 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-16
Substantial Gains In Early
Hours Dwindle To Frac-
tons At Close
r AT A GLANCE

MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK, May 15-(P;-
Stocks Higher; quiet bidding
props leaders.
Bonds - Steady; rails in mild
comeback.
Cotton - Lower; mills offering
spot for inventories.
CHICAGO
Wheat - Closed lower after wide
price changes.
Corn - May firm, deferred
months weak.
Oats-Eased; profit-taking.
HOgs-Moderately active; steady
to 80 cents higher; top S24.:5.
Cattle - Slow but steady to
strong; top $3.50.
Railroads $4,000.
STOCKS SOLD WERE:
Utilities 100, 0O0.
Others $40, 1000.
BONDS:
U. S. Governments none.
Railroads $3.50, 900.
Others $3.50, 900.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-29
eR0CCY Out STIu on MS FEET

in agriculture appropriations from
40 per cent to 10 per cent, (2) by
keeping farm credit banks on an
independent basis, and (3) by again
staving off the attempts to impose
various forms of taxation Of farm
cooperatives.
While the brunt of the battle
against submerging agriculture
was borne by such senators as
Russell of Georgia and Hill Of
Alabama and by such congress-
men as Flanagan of Virginia,
Cooley Of North Carolina and
Rees of Kansas, several new
figures have emerged as farm
champions. Aiken of Vermont
always has been considered a
friend Of the farmers.
New names which have forged to
the front are Young of North Da-
kota, Bushfield of South Dakota,
Dworshak of Idaho and Thye Of
Minnesota.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-29
4 sS # "a
REpoR7xR3
On the Farm Front
IN WASHINGTON

nESPITE the fact that the
~ economy drive of the Both
congress was made largely at
the expense of the farmers
and the consumers in the coun-
try, there was ample evidence in
the closing days that a new leader
ship in behalf of the farmers of the
nation was evolving from the strug-
gle for economic survival insofar as
government cooperation with agri-
culture is concerned.
Actually, although some 228 mil
lion dollars was slashed from the
agriculture appropriation bill and
an all-out fight was made against
farm credit and farm cooperatives
throughout the session, agriculture
leaders won at least a moral VIC
tory, ~ by reducing the COP cuts
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-29
Same Old Cycle

bod;ne ,nbea, tro,a , ~ ,ip sbs bnn.
Of higher and higher prices although tho
are that t5e growers are piling up The ne.D
.Vbeat crop throughout tbe West and
Southwest in baekyards, on empty lots, on
streets, in empty buildings ,Ubereper pos.
sible. ibis is reminiscent of the meat Sit
aation Just about year ago. Wbatepe,
advantage The farmer gained by spitbbold-
ing bis meat from market Vas lost in sub.
se9uent higher price of living. The same
thing ,ViH be true in WITHHOLDING Wbeat
from the market.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-29

The big money lobbyists, alb
sent in force for the past 10 or Is
years, had both feet in the door
at the end of the first session Of
the 8Oth congress. When the Sec
ond session starts on January 6,
1913, the predictions are that
they will move all the way in for
the kill. If this happens, we will
see a. reversion to the govern
mental policies of the 192Os.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-29
N1daa@
"a SERVICE
~. Blu z EAU

EDITORS NOTE: ibis uewsbaper,
through special arrangement .yitb tho
Washington Bureau of Western Newspaper
Union at 1916 Eye Street, wv, Washing
ton, D. C., is able to bring readers Tbs
weekly column on problems Of The veteran
and serpieeman and bis family. Questions
may be addressed to the ADORE Bureau and
they will be ansWered in subsequent COL
H,un. No replies can be made direct by
mail, but only in The column wbicb will
appear in this newspaper regularly.
Time Limit Set for Benefits
With President Truman's sigma
ture on a joint congressional reso-
luton proclaiming July rs, 1947. as
date of official termination of World
War II, Veterans administration
warns that definite time limit has
come into effect regarding veter-
ans benefits.
Under the resolution, the official
"war period" now becomes the
time between September 20, 1910,
and July Is, 1947. Only those who
served in the armed forces between
those two dates are eligible for full
benefits under the GIL. bill of rights.
These time limits have been
established:
l. Training or education must
be started within four years Of
July Is. 1947, or date of dis
charge, whichever is later.
2. GIL. loan guarantees remain
available for 10 years after July
rs. 1947.
3. Readjustment allowances
may be claimed until two years
after July Is, 1917. or date Of
discharge, whichever is later.
4. Training for disabled vet
Grams ends July rs, 1856, except
in special cases.
VA says men and women enter
ing service after July Is, 1947, will
be entitled to peacetime veterans
benefits and compensations, aver
aging 80 per cent lower than war
time compensations.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-29

THESE smart motifs are a must
L in the trousseau of the BRIDE
to-be. They're as decorative as
they are useful. Three different
designs.
Colorful. practical. easy to do. Pattern:
1921 has transfer of IA motifs by to
~ by 1914 inches.
Our improved pattern-visual with
easy-to.see charts and photos. and com.
plete directions-makes needlework easy.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-29

under the constitutional right OF
free speech. Newspaper publishers
likewise were jailed under these
laws. This hysteria or obsession in
congress had driven men out of the
government service and branded
them as disloyal for no reason save
they had independent or unconven-
tional ideas.
The Rees bill, passed by the
house although not by the sem
ate, would even deny men
charged with disIoyalty the age
old right to confront their ac-
cusers and answer specific
charges. 1t substitutes the whis-
pers of stool pigeons for evil
dence admissible in court.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-29

Dill, w II ! c II are
reminiscent of the
infamous alien and
sedition laws of $50
y e a r S ago. The
alien and sedition
laws, passed in the
wake of the Revo-
lutionary war, sent
thousands Of good
American citizens
to jail and even to
death, for saying
what they thought
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-29
Menace to Rights

THE hysteria evident in the 30th
L congress over communism has
led to a state of affairs, even to in
PRODUCTION of bills such as the Rees
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-08-29
Test Case Due

The Taft-Hartley labor bill al
ready faces a severe test in the adj
vance notice given by several I'M
ions among United Automobile
Workers that they will strike to OBJ
tain guarantees in their contract
against provisions of the new act.
These are the same guarantees that
John l.. Lewis wrote out in his con-
tract with coal and steel industries.
If it can be done legally in coal and
steel, why not in other industries,
say union heads.