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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-10
Discuss Aerial
Power OF US.
AT Post Meet
TEN RECEIVED INTO MEMBER.
SHIP LAST NIGHT; HEAR OF
PROGRESS ON RENOVATION
OF NEW HOME

1t. Comdr. Russell Albright.
operations officer, Naval Air
Station, Boca Chica, discussed air
!power and the potentialities of it,
before the members of Arthur
Sawyer Post 20. the American
Legion, at a meeting last night
Tin the clubrooms, White and
Southland streets.
The following were received
into the membership of Arthur
Sawyer Post: Ignatius Lester,
Manuel Garcia, Robert Kerr, Nick
Santana, William Sweeney, Delio
Valdez, Francis Balkin, Frank
Young, Richard Weaver, and
Marshall A. Glass. The ritual
ceremony was conducted by the
Key West Guard of Honor.
Post Commander c. B. Harvey
gave an outline on the progress
of the renovation of the Country
Club for the Legion Home.
The Department of Florida
Midsummer Conference will be
held in Jacksonville, Florida, on
July 1920. Commander Harvey
and Post Adjutant Vance c.
Stirrup will represent the Post
at the sessions.
1t was announced that movie
of the 1916 National Convention,
held at San Francisco, Calf. in
October, will be shown to men,
bership at the regular meeting
on August q.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-10
Deadline Today
For Invitation
10 Conference
SEVENTEEN NATIONS HAVE
ACCEPTED; REGRETS SENT
BY HUNGARY: FINLAND
MAY ACCEPT
tBy The Associated PresD

PARIS. July 10.-Today is the
deadline for acceptance or rejec-
ton of the % nations in Europe
of the invitation sent them to at
tend the conference here of the
Marshall plan for the rebuilding
of Europe.
Hungary today was the latest
to send her rejection with great
regrets" Poland and Bulgaria
are the other two nations that
have definitely decided not to at
tend the conference. 1t is ex-
pected that Albania, whose cab
met meets tonight to consider the
invitation, will decide not to at
tend.
News from Finland, which had
decided four to two not to be
present at the conference, said
that the cabinet had decided to
reconsider its decision. A meet
ing will be held tonight by cab
met members, and it was said
they possibly may decide to have
representation at the conference.
Seventeen nations have replied
favorably to the invitation.
cat Lake Success. where dele
gates of the United Nations are
in session, several representatives
from smaller nations expressed
regret over the differences that
exist between the United States
and Russia. Delegates said that
the smaller nations would be the
ones that chiefly would be af-
fected adversely by the attitudes
of the two great powers.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-10
VIM. Hamilton We'd
To Pensacola Girl

Mrs. Florence Parker OF 9l7
Watson street announces the mar
riaQc of her son, William (BilD
Hamilton. To- Miss Wanda TAFT OF
Pensacola. Fla.
The wedding took place at
Drcwton. Ala. on July 4. The
newIv-wcds will make their
home in Pensacola for the pres
en-, time There Mr.. Hamilton is
stationed at the US. Naval Sta
ton
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-10
800 Coming
TO Key West
With School
III WILL COST FROM
S5O,OOO To S75.O0O
TO TART NAVY
SCHOOL HERE

Moving OF the Special Weapons
and Devices School from New
London. Conn. 10 Key West. will
mean that eventually there viii
come here 800 enlisted men.
nearly all If them chief petty
officers. and from 30 to 30 Off
GERS, u was learned today az Key
West Naval Base.
When the school is finally
moved here, probably in the fall.
II will occupy. according 10 pres
ent plans. the buildings formerly
used by the Old Receiving sta
ton. but now controlled by the
Operational and Development
Station at Craig Docks.
II was unofficially reported ~
the Naval Base today that u
would cost anywhere from $50.
900 to $4,000 TO put the building
in fit condition 90 house the
school of instruction.
The buildings tentatively st
for the occupancy Of the school
are the old bachelor Officers
quarters. the old mess hall and
at least two dormitOrics. one Of
them To be used as a classroom
and the other as quarters for the
unmarried enlisted men who will
att> nd the school.
II Is said that nearly all the en-
listed men and officers who will
attend the school will be- mar
ried. That is. they will have o.
have homes for their families In
the city.
In view Of the fact that the
school. which will have classe.
of instruction i'm special subject
will have eventually 800 insteaa
!of 200 enlisted men as announc.
led yesterday NJ Washinsi.a 1
Is expected the payroll u,El he
dDbut 81 sVttAbffV ~ Nfuf.
In a telegram received bv The
Citizen from Representative
/ SmatherS. he said early estimates
of the schools payroll ran from
S600,0 600 10 $75O.OOO q year. The
100 additional men may hiing
that total up around 81 .OOO. 900
II is expected the schOpI hero
will have new class every 20
days. while the entIrc course lyiil
run from seven 10 nine months
Comdr. + j. llarliinecr. tfSN. l~
a. present commanding office ~
the school at New London. h,it
II is not known whether hc "lll
be- in charge 1T u when ~ move
to Key West
Nearly all the enlisted men
VIII" are coming to Key Wet are
in the higher pay grade. tut
is first and second class petty
officers" said an officer If Tho
Key West Naval Base TODAY u
will mean a lot % this city -
have school here Of this size
and importance"
The school will deal with
highly secret weapon. and moth
ing may be said about them a.
this time
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Seeks Divorce

A petition seeking a divorce
was filed with Circuit Court
Clerk Ross c. Sawyer yesterday
by Edna Eugenia Hill agains'
Bernard Frank Hill. =
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N O 7 ICE

Section s. of the City Traffic
Ordinance. reads that all vehicles
will Immediately pull to the curb.
if possible. upon the approach of
the fire apparatus. ambulance.
police cars. and police motor.
cycles.
We. the undersigned. wish to
inform the general public that
this section of the city ordinance
will be risidlY enforced in the
future.
Signed:
B. PEREZ.
Chief Of Police.
LEROY TORRES.
Chief. K. W. Fire Dept.
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The Weather
FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Mostly
cloudy with scattered showers
and thunderstorms. Winds mod
crate to fresh southeasterly. Lit
tie change in temperature.
Florida: Considerable cloudi-
ness with scattered showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon, to-
night and Friday, except partly
cloudy weather in Tallahassee
area. ~. .e.~..
East Gulf and Jacksonville
through Florida Straits: Moder-
ate winds occasionally fresh in
thundershoWers, mostly south
casterly over southern portion
and south to southwest over the
northern portions this afternoon,
tonight and Friday. Considerable
cloudincSS with scattered show
prS and thlInlerStOrmS.
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Sugar Racketcer, Who Set
UpPhony Wholesale House
Here, Indicted By US. Jury
TESTIMONY OF SEVERAL KEY WESTERS BRING
LEON NARDO TO FEDERAL
COURT TRIAL

The fantastic OF Leon Nardo rsketeer o
set phony wholesale grocery get himself
Tor sale on the black market be 1.-THE
name ne gave IN Key Wes-he also by
indicted by Federal grand Miami fraudulent
tees He alleged have obtained pounds of SUGAR
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REPORT

Key West, Fla. July 10, 1947
observation taken at $3.50 am.
Eastern Standard Time.
City Office
Temperaturss
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
Rep. Jar1nan Lost One Chin
Butt owS upportsAPar

All this reminded po,
'@ nI DALAI Of his chin.
'ust TO show you how stories
se = around he began, lin The
last war a machine gun h,,ls+
creased my chin. Nothing m,,ch
But do you know tho rpmor
GOV around my home town thai
my whole chin was shot swav9
~ Everyone except my mother said
"a never come back because T
figurement. OCT lily olS-
Well, after the war wss dou-
~ NICE having myself some fun
ana l ran across a fellow from
my nome town. We got togethar
n had a fine laugh over thoee
rumors back home.
u didn't think much about +b;s
unth a while later. l heard from
nome and learned that this fellow,
had written back: o"
gone ~ Is all
When the laughter had died
gown approximately Is seconds
la.e1-Vorys playfully asked.
Does the gentleman mean to
Ener l was shooting of my chin?'.
Ihere was no reply, but-wait =
minute; Maybe you, too, ara
worried. Does e hefty Jarman
nave a chin or Doesn't he?
The answer
Yes. Two of them. N
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
TOMORR0WEAWILL BE FAIR
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knew he hadn't been able to sum-
mon up much enthusiasm over
Walls choice of a husband. TIL
rest of the small wedding party
were peope Sherry knew only
slightly, friends of Vaps and
Wade's, members of the gay
crowd that revolved around Susan
Pyle.
Sherry stood beside V a l, slim
and lovely in her bridesmaids
dress of soft turquoise, and lis
tened TO the age-old, moving
words +. TN sickness and in
health for richer, for poorer
. =. as long as ye both shall
live. ="
She wondered how Wade felt
about the words. whether they
brought back to him a picture of
his other marriages, whether he
felt their permanence and
strength, or shrugged them aside
in his own mind as the mere
meaningless litany of an Oft
repeated ritual. And Val-how did
she feel? Did she truly love the
tall, darkly handsome man beside
her, or was her marriage a part
of the escape pattern her life had
followed ever since Kicks death,
founded On nothing more lasting
than infatuation, pointing already
toward the goal Wade's other
marriages had achieved so speed
lily divorce.
Sherry prayed, formlessly,
wordlessly, don't let it be that
way. Val deserves happiness
she's never had it, except for,
such a little time with Rick. Then
everything ended. Let her be
happy now . please let her
be happy let this marriage
work out
Afterwards there were congrat-
ulations, laughter, people crowd
ing around, kissing Val, shak-
ing Wade's h a n d, wishing them
happiness. Sherry was caught up
in the excitement of it all. Her
face warmed with color, her eyes
sparkled, she smiled and smiled,
she talked and drank toasts. May
be, she told herself, if she held
the very highest hopes for Walls
future happiness, if she wouldn't
even let herself think the marri-
age might end in failure, just
thinking and being confident
would make it so. At least,
she would try.
TO Be Continued
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
BY ARTHUR EDISON
Associated Press Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, March 24-You1
Congressman wander up the mos
interesting blind alleys.
For instance:
The House Foreign Affairs com.
mittee met today to hear Under.
secretary of State William L.
Clayton talk about giving Greco
and Turkey a helping hand.
It stayed around to discuss
some Gloucester, Mass, fisher
men a d Congressman Jarman's
chin.
Rep. John M. Vorys (R-Ohio)
brought the fishermen into the
hearing. He had read a newspaper
item about them.
They said they had been to
Greece and had seen no short
ages. But they had seer plenty of
U. S. goods.
Have you any comment to
make on this?" Vorys asked Clay.
ton.
well" said Clayton, there's
probably plenty of beer and
whisky there"
He added that he supposed one
could visit some Athens hotels and
see people gorging themselves.
"But that's the froth," he said.
cts not the plain people of
Greece"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
Police Hold Mother

CHARLESTON, S. c., March a.
R)ePolice here are OBTAINING a
young mother while they investi-
gate the alleged abandonment of
her 18-months-old baby boy.
The child was found alone in an
unheated house in a suburban
housing project Saturday night
after neighbors reported his con.
tinuous crying. He is being treated
at a hospital for a cold and an ear
and respiratory infection.
Police reported a two-days supply
of milk was On the porch of the
house. The mother returned home
yesterday, but has given no ex-
PLANTATION of her absence. The
father, a naval enlisted man, was
recently transferred away from
here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
HORNY COUNTY HIT
BY ROBBERY WAVE
Special To The star

TABOR, CITY, March "a - A
wave of robberies swept Horny
County South Carolina last night
and early this morning struck near
Tabor City when Britts General
Merchandise store at Green Sea
was looted of one thousand dollars.
The Green Sea store operated by
Cortez Britt was entered just be-
fore dawn and carted the safe
away.
A considerable amount Of two
dollar bills and silver dollars was
included in the thousand dollars
taken.
The Gulf wholesale place at Con-
way was robbed last night and a
service station near Conway was
among the victims of the thieves.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25

NEW YORK, March "a - Pc
A top of an ancient buggy, three
rusty bicycles, a score OF gas
chandeliers-these we're among the
objects that clattered to the ground
from the roof of the decaying Col
llyer mansion as police today be-
gan an about hunt for the miss
ing recluse brother, Langley.
They sought to get a final
answer to whether 61-year-old
Langley was lurking in one of the
debris-filed rooms in the three
story brown-stone house which the
mysterious brothers kept barricad-
ed against all outsiders for al
most four decades.
Some police officials thought
Langley might be found dead in
the eerie house, as was the case
with his older brother, Homer,
when the first search was con-
Quoted last Friday. The 65-year'
old Homer was pronounced dead Of
heart disease.
An inspector predicted it might
take three days for the persplrlng
emergency squad members to
fight through all the furniture, car
tons and junk packed in each room
from the floor to the ceiling.
In Brooklyn, where Langley
sometimes went on nocturnal shop
ping excursions, police investigat'
ed a report from a rooming house
keeper that a man answering the
description of the missing brother
sought lodging there last Friday,
a few hours after Homer's body
was found.
Warning Sounded
John R. Nc Mullen, the brothers
attorney, was among those whs
believed Langley was alive in the
upper Fifth avenue house. but ne
warned the searchers that the re
cluse, who long has feared burg
lars, may have a gun"
The attorney confirmed that the
recluses had bank deposits to
falling more than 500, 600 but ex
planned they wanted to live theil
own lives.
Several relatives of the Collyers
watched the search along with
about 1000 Harlem neighbors fo1
whom the brothers long had beer
legendary figures. Intermittent
rain did not dim the enthusiasm
of the crowd.
Police detoured traffic along
Fifth avenue where the once-fash-
ionab1e mansion was situated.
The searching party entered the
house through a skylight after
building inspectors said the struc.
ture might fall in if the debris was
not removed from the upper floor
first.
The hunt revealed that the Col
lyers had a passion for paper.
| One box contained dozens of tickets
for a long-forgotten play. Hundreds
of newspapers, magazines and adj
vertisements dating back to the
COS fluttered to the ground as the
third floor search proceeded.
Ancient Hats
Iron pipe, tin cans, a battered
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
FIFTEEN

A slow smile curved Vals
mouth as she came over and sat
on the foot of the bed, her eyes
never leaving Sherry's face. so
you've been lying awake for
hours worrying about me-"
Sherry's tone was grave, her
eyes searched sisters face.
'Val, are you sure marriage to
Wade harrington is what you
Want?"
Walls smile faded under her Sis
ter's steady gaze. Very sure:
You sse 0 enoW, she felt
a need to justify herself IN
.Sherry's eyes, whereas she hadn't
felt that way at all with her
mother. She started off anew. IT'S
like this, Sherry. Wade and l
are complete reali1ts, W. k n W
exactly where we stand with each
other. We're very much attract
ed-too much SO, lately, for
peace of mind. Why isn't tn a t
IS good a reason for marriage as
other? l imagine it's the
reason for most marriages.
ID "Maybe," Sherry said stubborn
~, "but you and Rick had SO
much more than that, Val. How
can you be sure you couldn't find
It again sometime-all of it-not
Just the surface part, with no
roots, no depth to it? You might
meet someone else if you waited,
someone you could truly love-"
. "stop it," vals face was as
cold and hard as though carved
from stone. 'How could l try to
find what Rick and l had with
someone else-anyone else? That
would be a worse disloyalty than
I'm capable Of"
"Darling darling" Unshed
tears pressed at sherry's eyellds.
Val smiled then, a hooking
smile, and reached out to lay her
beautifully manicured finger tips
briefly on Sherry's hand. Don't
cry over me, pet. Believe me, l
know what I'm doing. Wade and
I will be very good for each other
YOU wait and see. Well have lots
Of fun" She said then, I'VE
decided tonight on the date for
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
Sawdust Lure

HENDERsONv1LLE, March "a
-(P@-John 10y, who established
the City Bus company here in 1912,
has sold it for an unannounced
amount because of the lure Of the
circus business.
The new owner is T. R. Young OF
Asheville operator of the Asheville-
Elk Mountain line. His brother z.
P. Young will be resident manager
here, but nc other personnel
changes are planned.
10y said he plans to rest before
going on the road with a circus
he partly owns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
Hats, RustyBikes
Among oLyerC Collection

clothes tree, dressmaker forms,
several pals, small metal radi-
ators, mems straw hats in the
style of the last generation, and
women's hats with huge ostrich
plumes also we're thrown to the
ground.
After combing the third floor,
which neighbors had believed was
Langley's hiding place, the police
found they could not get down to
the second floor because Of the
cluttered staircase.
They then left the third floor by
way of the roof and ladders, and
turned their attention to the base
ment where five grand pianos
were found.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
Bapt;sts To Meet

CHARLOTTE, March 24-(PH
The North Carolina Baptist Sunday
School association will meet April
IA at the First Baptist church
here, with more than 1000 rep
re%sentatives expected.
L. L. Morgan of Raleigh, state
secretary, will preside. Discussion
leaders will include ]. L. Corzine,
Sunday school secretary for South
Carolina; M. A. Higgins, general
secretary of tina Raleigh Baptist as
ISOLATION and Miss May Bomar of
Spartanburg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
Senate Okays Bill

WASHINGTON, March 24-(R)-
Legislation setting up am office of
Selective Service records to pre-
serve the files of the wartime mill
tary draft was passed today by the
Senate and sent to the House.
Under terms of the bill, records
will be centralized in each state
after June 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
New Beta Head

WINSTON-SALEM, March "a
P)-Frank L. Rankin, Mount Holly
High school junior, heads North
Cardinals Beta clubs. honorary
high school leadership group.
Rankin, who succeeds Louise
Griffin of Williamson, was named
at the ninth annual convention
here during the weekend. More
than 1000 students, representing
280 schools, attended the SEES
sions.
Other officers named included:
Charles Brewer, Oxford, vice-presi-
dent and Ann Sprinkle, Hender-
son, secretary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
How To Hold
FALSE TEETH
More Firmly In Place

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holds false teeth more firmly and more
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taste OF feeling. Does not sour. Checks
"plate odor" tdenture BREATH. Get
TASTEETH today at any drug store.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25
BANKERS MOTHER DIES

W1NSTON-SALEM, March "a
Elizabeth Caldwell Neal,
80, mother Of William H. Neal of
Winston-Salem, president of the
North Carolina Bankers associa-
ton, died in a hospital here last
night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25

Close to SO 1000 U. S. schools,
serving from z to 8 million chil-
dren will participate in the Ma
tional School Lunch Program
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-25

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Laurel outlook., 1947-02-26
SHRUNKEN DOLLAR STILL COMMANDS

The American dollar, as all of our 100000 people must
have discovered by this time, has shrunk woefuly so far as
purchasing power is concerned. Measured in terms of the cost
of most goods and services, it will do about half the work it
did a few short years ago. Despite that, the world is seeking
the dollar more eagerly than overland abroad, a nations
strength and hopes Tor the future are pretty largely determined
by its ability to do business in American currency.
1t is probably true that no one completely understands what
might be described as the great international monetary circus.
Newsweek, for instance, recently ran a long article on world
money. In preparation the magazine recounts, it asked a vet
eran banker and former high official to clear up some of the
obscurities. The banker smiled and answered, Don't you think
that I ought to make it clear to myself first?" The subject is
so enormously complicated, so subject to sudden change, that
the human mind has a natural tendency to reel when it at
tacks it.
The worlds Unsuitable appetite for American dollars is
easily understood. First, even our SOC dollar is the strongest
currency in common use. Second, and more important from
the foreign point of view, the dollar is the medium of exchange
in the worlds principal producing and exporting nation. In
other words, the dollar means food, machines, manufactured
goods-all the thousand and one things impoverished nations
must have if their people are to live and their industries are to
be reestabished. Stricken nations will go to almost any length
to protect or to improve their dollar position.
That is the main reason for the insane currency-exchange
situation. Today, the value of all currencies with a very few
unimportant exceptions) is fixed by their governments when
it comes to exchanging them for the currencies of other coun-
tries. 1t is obvious that if a government can fix currency at a
high level in terms of dollars it's economic position will be bet
tered, at least theoretically. And that practice has been the
direct cause of the creation of black markets, unofficial eX-
changes where currences tend to find their own level, regard
less of their Observation-Disclosures value. The world is full of
examples of this. For instance, at the official rate, less than
ten Austrian shilngs will buy one American doIar-on the
black market a dollar brings So shilings. The French franc is
pegged officially at 19 to the dolar-but i. is 290 to the dollar.
on the flOurshing illegal market. An American dollar, says the
Chinese government, will buy only $3.50 Chinese dolars-ac-
tually, it will buy as much as 10000 if you shop at the unof-
fetal exchange. And such figures are subject to tremendous
day-tOday fluctuations.
The difficulties this chaotic situation imposes on inte1na-
tional trade are endless and innumerable. And that is only
the beginning. In some countries, governments will not per-
NIT American exporters to withdraw any of the money received
from sales. In others they can withdraw only a part of it
often at an extremely disadvantageous rate of exchange. In