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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14
THE RIGHT TO READ

The American people, according to an
estimate, spent one and two-thirds billions
Of dollars for reading matter in 1946-for
newspapers, books and magazines.
This indicates that the people of the
United States are voracious readers but
the important thing to remember is that
each individual had the privilege of select
ing what he, or she chose to read. This is
somewhat different from the situation pre-
vailing in Russia, where the Government
selects the stuff that the people read. 1t is
different from what went on i'm Germany
when Hitler took charge of the reading of
the German people and set up the peculiar
mentality that supported Nazism.
The important thing for every citizen
of Monroe County to remember is that no
body has the right to censor reading in the
United States. This is a precious heritage
of free people, 1t is the architect of intel
leetual progress and moral greatness Let
40 American permit any authority to
lcramp or control what Americans can read.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14
SLICE FOR A LOAF

IF we gave you loaf of bread today,
and, years later, when We needed bread,
you gave us slice, surely you would, in
return for our kindness, be giving us little
enough.
That is an exact picture of the sites
OF the Army Barracks and the First and
Second Martello Towers.
The original proprietors of the Island
of Key West decided to the United States
Army, free of charge. the sites of the Army
Barracks and the First and Second Mar
tello Towers and much of the land at Fort
Taylor though the fort itself was built on
a sandspit, which belonged to the federal
government.
Those gifts were made to the Army in
1888. IS and 81. and now, more than a
century later. Key West is in need of the
site of the First or West Martello Tower.
For the government to give that site
to the county to build beach, it is as re-
turning slice for loaf of bread
County commissioners, in dealing with
the War Assets Administration to obtain
the West Martello site should point out
to the WAA that the site, as we'll as other
land in Key West, was given to the gov
ernment for the use of the Army, and,
therefore. the government should not
charge the county anything in returning
the site to the people of Key West who
have voted bond issue to construct a
beach there.
The Citizen believes that if this mat
ter is brought to the attention of the WAA,
through our representatives i'm Washing
ton, the county will not be charged for
this slice of the loaf that was given to the
government more than a century ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14
MONOGRAPH
BLOODY BAIT

Writing in Plain Talk, Alexander
Kerensky, Chief of the Russian Second
Provisional Government which was over
thrown by the 1917 revolution, gave this
warning to America: To-day Commun-
lists everywhere are trying to seize power
by-posng as defenders of democracy,
organizing their blows against liberty UNI
der the banners of liberty. -.
THE Russian people cannot be blam-
ed for falling into the Bolshevik trap for,
at that time, the world had had no exper-
fence with modern totalitarian techniques.
But there is no such excuse for millions of
workers, farmers and intellectuals in the
democratic West who are offered the bait
today"
The greatest barrier to the Commun-
list dream of world domination is the Unit
ed States with its free government, it's free
enterprise, economy, its free press, and all
its other institutions that protect and guar
antee the liberties of the people. Those
institutions are under continual attack and
the campaign to destroy them takes many
forms AS an example, the specialization
and RECOMMENDATION of industry is a primary
plank in the totalitarian programme.
cause free competitive industry is a corn
erstone of free, representative government.
The continual demand, by self-styled Glib
eral' and democratic groups that such
industries as power, coal, the railroads and
the rest be nationalized in the interest Of
the masses of the American people. is
strictly in accord with the aims of dicta-
torship.
1t took the world bloody centuries to
free itself from the rule of tyrants-and
from SWEEPSTAKES whose principles werei
identical with the relationships of the pre-
sent. But in only few years much of the
world has gone back into the abyss of slav-
cry and oppression. We in America are
the great custodians of human liberty, and
the leaders of its forces That is the one
thing which, in these tragic times, nc
American should ever forget
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14
Your Horoscope

THURSDAY. AUGUST "A, 1947
To-day gives a frank and out
spoken person, with a powerful
and commanding nature. There
seem to be strong sympathies
and a keen insight into human
nature, which, combined with the
intuition and foresight. the dip
lomatic ability and depth of
judgement, ought to carry you
20 a considerable degree of for
tune. 1t is a successful day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
know America)

Mai. Gen. Alexander D. Surles,
onetinle War Department direc-
tor of information, born in Mil
Waukee. 81 years ago.
John Ringing North, noted cir
Gus man born at Barabo, Wis, A
years ago.
DIR. Arthur J. Denpster of the
University of Chicago, famed
physicist, born in Toronto, Can
ada, 81 years ago.
Bishop G. Bromley Oman Of
New York, Methodist leader, born
at Sonora, Calf, Sc years ago.
Stephen F. Chadwick of Seattle
Wash, Lawyer. onetime COM
mander of the American Legion,
born in Colfax, Wash, 50 years
ago.
John Carroll of New York, en-
inent artist, born in Wichita, Kan.
So years ago.
Prof. Caroline F. Ware of
Howard University's School OF
Social Science. born in Brookline,
Mass. 48 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14
BY RALPH DIGHTON

BY RALPH DIGHTON
AP NewSteotures
DASADENA ColThe 2o0inch Pulomur Mountain telescope
onost ready go into operation is expected find
to the most thoughtpovokng questions Of uge
The Of human existence this earth, and the
possibility Of lie other planets, may well be solved by
the Pulomur instrument believes Dr. Edwin Hubble Mount
Wilson Observatory staff astronomer.
As chairman of the research committee of the Observatory
Council of the California Institute of Technology Dr. Hubble
is needing efforts establish working program
for the telescope The order OF importance hos been
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14
So. Africans Plan
elizabeth" Cake

JOHANNESBURG.-(AP). - A
movement has been started here
to supply the ingredients of
Princess Eizabeth's wedding
cake. The ingredients are more
readily available here than any
where IN the empire. 1t has been
suggested that the cake be baked
here and flown to London for ic-
ing and decorating
Meanwhile the mayor of Jo-
hanesburg has endorsed a plan
for an empire wide shilling sub
scription for a wedding present
which is being taken up here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14
TO-DAY IN HISTORY
know America)

l795-Pres. Washington signs
historic Jay Treaty with Eng
land.
lS48-Postoffices established at
San Francisco. San Diego and
Monterey, Calf. with postage to
Atlantic coast at 40c.
18S9-U.S. Supreme Court JUS
tice Stephen J. Field, visiting
California, approached by Cali
fornia's ex-Chief Justice, David
ST. Terry, who had threatened
to shoot him. bodyguard of Jus
tice Fields shoots Terry fatally.
19l8-German submarine at
tacks American ship off coast Of
New Jersey.
l9l8-Registration ordered of
men 81 since June 5.
1935-Prcs. Roosevelt signs So
cial Security Act, making it law.
194l-The Atlantic Charter
signed by Roosevelt and Chur-
chill in mid-ocean.
l942-Government SEXES strike
bound General Gable, BaYonne,
Il. J.
l943-Italy declares Rome an
open city.
l945-Japan surrenders uncon-
ditionallv.
1S46-President Truman signs
bill reducing airmail postage to
SC. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt suf-
1ers bruises when her car struck
two others near Yonkers. n. Y.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14
TODATS
ANNIVERSARIES
Know Americal

ls09-Park Benjamin. famed
New York author and man Of
letters of his day. born in British
Guina. Died Sept. IL. 1864.
l3l6--Ann Pamela Cunning
ham. founder, in 1853. and first
Regent of the Mount Vernon
Ladies Asso., born Laurens Co.
sc. Died May l. 1875.
186l-Bion J. Arnold. noted
Chicago electrical engineer. born
in Grand Rapids. Mich. Died Jan.
90. 1912.
l860-Ernest Thompson Seton.
famed author. illustrator and au-
thority on wild life, born in
England. Died near Santa Fc. N.
Nj. Oct. %. 1916.
1870 - Harry NJ. Jewett. De-
troit coal operator. an early auto
manufactures. born at Elmira,
n. Y. Died June Is. 1888.
The female cod fish lays 2 mil
1 liC,, a0oc "a .raap
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14
l,9OOth Game For
Lopez; New High

NEW YORK.-(AP).-AI Lopez.
39-year-old catcher with the
Cleveland Indians. recently
caught his l.900th game here. 1t
IS the most number Of games
ever caught in the major leagues.
Catcher Rick Terrell with the
Washington Senators began the
season with 1859 games caught.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14

q measure of distance which
light. with speed of 10000
miles q second. travels in a
year. The Palomer telescope is
designed to photograph what
ever may lie beyond that
range-up to a billion light
years away.
Millions of ealactic systems,
many of them larger than our
own Milky Way, have been
counted in the range of the 100
inch. Their relationship to each
other in space is fairly we'll
known. The 200-inch will show
whether a similar pattern exists
farther out in space.
d This is why that is impor
tant: Such systems are known
to be somewhat similar in pat
tern to the whirlins compon-
ents of an atom. There is al
ways the thought that if man
could see far enough out into
space. he might discover some
macrocosm which would dwarf
the earth as the earth dwarfs
an electron.
Dr.. Hubble cautions. however,
that no great discoveries can be
expected Immediately after the
200-inch goes into operation.
The true importance Of
what we see through the Palo-
mar telescope" he says. will
be discernible only over a long
period of years"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14

OStSIIlIlSU, ne says, Dut Typ
icol problems the 200-inch will
attack include:
/. Are there canals on Mars?
Some, but not all. photographs of
Mars show fine dark lines cross
ing at points arbitrarily called
oases. They first were reported
| 20 years ago, and scientists have
argued about them off and on
ever since.
| IF those darks lines are
really canals" says DR.. Hub
BILE. they almost necessarily
imply the existence of intelli-
gent beings on Mars. The ZOO
inch should settle the ques-
ton"
/ 2. What are stars made Of. and
how We're they formed? Analy-
sis of light from other planets
indicates. by comparison with
reflections and radiations from
earthly elements. the composition
OF those stars.
This data DR.. Hubble says,
bears directly on theories con-
corning the origin of chemical
elements. the past history of the
universe, and its future eveolu-
ton"
In other words. by the study
of worlds younger and older
we will be able 10 observe over
the years just how life itself is
born out OF chaos.
! Scientists believe the secret of
the phenomenon Of lie may be
found somewhere in the realm Of
nuclear physics. When the nue.
ih1s Of an atom diSintC CRATES. a
| IT e n n d Gus amount OF
energy is released. This disin-
tegration, or explosion, in turn
may explode the nucleus in an
adjacent atom, setting off a
chain reaction. That is the how
of the atomic bomb.
we are trying TO account for
the fact that stars have been
the efct that stars have been
radiating energy. in the form of
light and heat. for billions of
years" saws DR.. Hubble. We
have supposed that the stars
must be disintesrating. The
20o-inch will tell US whether
they are or not"
! 3. Is the universe expanding?
This is perhaps the most specta-
cular and far-reaching problem
faced by astrophyscicists. An
sWering it vii call for detailed
knowledge Of the structure and
behaviour Of the entire universe.
The biggest pre-Palomar tele-
scope is the 100-inch one on
Mount Wilson. Studies with the
lO0-inch and other scopes show
that light changes color as stars
!traveling at great speeds change
the distance between themselves
and earth. A shift to red. noticed
Ill observation of the more dis
tant stars indicates these stars
are receding-in other words
that the universe is expanding
The 200-inch scope, being
more powerful, should let US
confirm or discard that theory"
DR.. Hubble says.
The Mount Wilson telescope
reaches out into space 100000
600 light years. A liqht wear is
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ATHLETES FOOT GERM
HOW TO KILL 1T.
IN ONE, HOUR.

IF NOT PLEASED. your 35c
back. Ask any druggist 1or this
STRONG fungicide, TE-OL. Made
with 80 percent alcohol. it PEN
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MORE germs faster. Today at
Gardeners Pharmacy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14

Now that Congress has adjourned.
the optimists will imagine that politics are
adjourned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14

The law may be peculiar but it has
nothing whatever on the people who go
to law
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14

Members of different political par
ties seldom see things in the same light
and for the same reason.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14

Women shoppers know that the best
is the cheapest in the end--but there's no
end.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14

Read the Classified Ads in The
Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14

"They say" is no defense to lying.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14

Bamboo is the worlds tallest
grass.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-14

The female cod fish lays mil
lion eggs a year.
Evening star., 1947-08-09
Veterans Weigh Plea
For Bamon Refugees
By the Assoeiotsd Pysss

LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. 9.-Na-
tional Commander Ray Doris OF
Portland, Greg, said today the mill
tary order of the Purple Heart would
consider a resolution calling for a
10-year embargo on immigration
into the United States.
Doris, explaining the resolution
to more than 500 delegates gathered
here for the organizations 18th an
nual convention, reported it would
ask especially that displaced per-
sons of World War II be barred from
entering this country.
The convention yesterday reiter-
ated its stand against communism
Senior Vice Comdr. Verne S. White
of Cincinnati, next in line for the
national commandership, said his
administration would continue to
sponsor an educational program In
schools stressing the principles OF
Americanism to keep communism
from strengthening its position in
the United States.
The constitution and bylaws OF
the order were revised to give vet
Grams OF World War II the same
status, rights and privileges in the
order as those of World War l."
The Purple Heart delegates also
adopted resolutions proposing:
l. Universal military training.
2. Priority housing for combat
wounded veterans.
8. Colleges establish a priority
system for the admission of combat
wounded veterans who are being
discharged from hospitals and find
enrollments closed.
Evening star., 1947-08-09
U. 5. Is Offering 10 Sell
Alaskan Pulp Timber
BY the Associofed Press

The Forest Service Is offering for
sale l 500, ,00O, 900 cubic feet of Alaska
National Forest timber for use in
manufacturing newsprint and pa
per-
The offer, authorized by legisla-
tion signed yesterday by President
Truman, contemplates the eventual
establishment of a permanent paper
manufacturing industry in Alaska
sufficient to meet Is per cent of this
country's annual consumption.
q Prospective bidders were asked to
submit information regarding their
financial responsibility and expert
ence in making pulp and paper
products by September 8, and their
bids by October /.
The timber Is in the Tongass Ma
tional Forest near the town of
Petersburg and Thomas Bay in Gen.
tral Southeast Alaska. ~
The successful bidder will be re-
quired to establish pulp mill cost
ing between $20000,000 and $780,
100000 and community for work.
ers.
The Forest Service said the timber
offer is expected to mark q major
advance in the development of
pioneer Alaska. with important i'm
plications for the economic security
of the United States"
Evening star., 1947-08-09
District Man Gets 90 Day,
In Jail for SIappinq Wife

For holding his wife against the
side of theater and slapping her
repeatedly In the face, a 3l-year- -old
electrician yesterday was sentenced
30 days in jail.
Mrs. Helen r. Howard, 80, Of the
$500 block of Eleventh place Sc,
told Municipal Court Judge George
Nelson that her husband, Lawrence,
tried to force her into truck with
him on July 81 by holding her
against the Congress Theater and
striking her.
Mrs. Howard said she was rescued
by her brother-in-law, who in turn
held Howard against the theater
until police arrived. The defendant
was fined $25 last week for being
intoxicated at the time of the attack.
I Howard gave his home address as
the 440c block Of New Hampshire
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1947-08-09
James A. Dorsey Dies;
Retired U. 5. EmpIoye

James Aloysius Dorsey, "A, retired
statistical clerk of the Commerce
Department, died yesterday in
Prince Georges Hospital after a
four month illness. Mr.. Dorsey
who lived at 5006 Forty-seyenth
avenue, Edmonston, Nd, had been
a patient in the hospital about 10
days.
A resident of the Washington area
since 1894, Mr.. Dorsey began Gov
ernment service as a customs clerk
IN New Orleans at the age of 10,
He was transferred here to work in
the Treasury Department.
Mr.. Dorsey, who had lived in
Edmonston for 20 years, was ham
ding export and import statistics
Tor the Commerce Department at
the time of his retirement in 1888
F Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Georgia Dorsey, and a brother Ed
ward j. Dorsey of New York.
Requiem mass will be said at 10
am. Monday at st. Jerome's Church
Hyattsville. Burial will be in Con-
greSSional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-08-09
CanoI Whitehorse Refinery
Sold 10 Canadian Firm

The Whitehorse Refinery of the
Canol project has been sold to I'M
perial Oil, Ltd, of Toronto, for
81 ,000, 900, the Office of the Foreign
Liquidation Commissioner announc-
ed today.
The sale was made subject tc
approval by the Attorney General
The Whitehorse Refinery was of
fered for sale last February, but
when bids were opened April % they
were rejected. The highest bid then
was $151.133.
Sale of the property on a nego-
tiated basis was then conducted,
with the present bid of $S4S, ,S67 over
the highest rejected bid being ac-
cepted.
Materials used in the refinery In
stallation cost approximately S.
100000. The project was in oper-
alton from April 1914 to March 1s45,
and processed 957,764 barrels of
crude oil.
Evening star., 1947-08-09
Boyce Rites Monday;
Regained Sight After
Being Blind 10 Years

Funeral services for Arthur J
Boyce, 64, lifelong Washington resi-.
dent who regained the sight of one
eye after 10 years of blindness, will
be held at IL am. Monday at the
Hines funeral home, 2901 Four.
teenth street NV. Burial will fol-
low in Arlington Cemetery.
Mr.. Boyce, who made his home al
2819 Fifth street NV, died Thurs.
day at Mount Alto Hospital. He suf.
fered a stroke some days before.
Born and educated in Washing
ton, Mr.. Boyce had been a salesman
here until about 1886, when he lost
his sight as result of a crystalliza
ton on the rear of both eyeballs
which cut his vision to approx.
mately 6 per cent of normal.
Becoming associated with the
Washington Society for the Blind
he spent the next 10 years workins
at various stands of the society al
the Tariff Commission, Railroad
Retirement and City Post Office
buildings.
In August of last year Mr.. Boycs
regained sight of one eye after 8
successful operation performed b,
DR.. Paul Levatin, now an eye speci.
alist in New York. The operation
gave Mr.. Boyce normal vision in
that eye with glasses, members OF
his family said. The other eve was
never operated on because of pos
sible shock.
Mr.. Boyce, who served in the
Navy as a chief petty officer during
World War I, was a member of
George Washington Post No. l of
the American Legion. He was also
active in the Lebanon Masonic
Lodge No. Z and the American
Foundation for the Physically
handicapped.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Howard H. Boyce, William j Boyce
and Robert K. Boyce; brother,
George j. Boyce, and a sister, Mrs.
Walter B. Hill, all of Washington.
Evening star., 1947-08-09
1n Mrnturta1t

ATCHIsoN, EssIE 2. 1n memory q
passed away four years ago today. August
9, 1913. j. c. ATCHISON. :"
=, BASks. s FRANCES; Ss s,crI In ioying memor'
parted this life fourteen years ago today
August 9, 1888.
Somewhere back of the sunset.
With the blue and gold of the sky,
She lives in land of glory,
Where loveliness never dies.
HER DEVOTED CHILDREN, dOvERNEAN
J., BANKS. ULYSSES J. BANKS AMI
RUBIE HOWARD.
RREEDLovE, ROSE Dimes. In loving
memory of my beloved mother. ROSE
DIMES BREEDioVE. who departed this
life six years ago today, August 8. 1941
I do not need special day
To bring you to my mind,
The days do not think Of you
Are very hard to find.
YOUR DEVOTED DAUGHTER. BETTE H
GARNER.
COLES. JAMES E. A tribute of love to
the sacred memory of our loved one
JAMES E. COLES. who left us suddenly
August 8, 1899.
Eight dreary years have passed BY,
We have often wondered why
In youth you had to go,
voice whispers God willed it so,
Sleep on, loved one, sleep on.
THE FAMILY, JAMES L. COLES FATHER:
DORIS J. COLES SISTER; SALLIE II
COLES, GRANDMOTHER; ALICE V.
COLES, STEPMOTHER.
Evening star., 1947-08-09
Gen. Denikine Dies
lin Michigan Hospital;
LED White Russians
BY the Associoied Press

| ANN ARBOR, Mich, Aug. g.
Gen. Anton Denikine, rs. former
imperial Russian Army officer who
later led White Russian forces in
a futile three-year struggle against
the Bolsheyiks, died Of heart
attack Thursday night in the Uni
versity of Michigan Hospital.
He was taken i'll 10 days age
while visiting with his wife Xenia
at the summer home of friend
Hilarion Bibicoff, who lives at
nearby Dexter.
Exiled from his native land since
1920, when he fed to Istanbul after
defeat of his White forces, Gen
Denikine found refuge in France
where he lived until coming to the
United States slightly more than
year ago.
Funeral Set for Monday.
Funeral services were set for
Monday.
Son of serf, he rose to colonel
in the imperial army at the start
of World War I. Gen. Denikine
maintained the reputation of a
Russian patriot throughout his long
exile.
While making public charges in
1888 that Hitler planned to invade
Russia, he also denounced anti
Communist Russians who offered
support of the German dictator in
the name of patriotism.
white or Red, our fatherland
remains our fatherland," he said
then.
Staunchly opposing the Bolshevik
regime, Gen. Denikine also insisted
often that he was no czarist.
Named by Kerensky.
The general, whose division cap
tuIed $4,000 Germans and Austrians
during the first part of World War I,
was placed in charge of the western
front after the 1917 revolution by
Alexander Kerensky; head of the
provisional government.
He was jailed few months later
after denouncing his governments
nonresistance policy, but escaped
and organized the famous anti-Bol-
shevik White Army.
After three years of resistance in
Southern Russia Gen. Denikine es
capped in a British warship and
reached France.
During World War II he lived
secretly with his wife and daughter
in small village in Occupied
France.
He is the author of THE Russian
Turmoil and The White Army"
and was working on third book at
the time of his death.