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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-11
Police Ride I'm
Jeeps To Break
Strike
GENERAL STRIKE CALLED
THERE BY COMMUNISTS
TO PROTEST AGAINST MAR
SHALL PLAN
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ROME, Dec. IA general
strike was called this morning
in this city and 100 small cities
or villages in this area.
1t was estimated that more
than half a million men and
women are on strike, which was
instigated by Communists in
protest against Italy's receiving
assistance under the Marshall
Plan.
The government was quick to
act to break up crowds that had
formed in industrial centers in
this city. Forty agitators were
arrested within an hour after the
strike went into effect.
Hundreds of policemen are
riding around in jeeps, dispers-
ing crowds and ordering strikers
to return to their homes.
Nine jeeps occupied by po-
lcemen, crashed into large
crowd in that part of Rome
where Rightwing newspapers are
published. The police had heard
the strikers were going to at
tempt to wreck the newspaper
plants, and the nine jeeps, slow
ing up, drove through the crowd
and broke it into segments.
Then the policemen jumped
from the jeeps and began to
WELD clubs among the strikers.
Within 10 minutes the street was
cleared, with many of the strik-
ers crying out that they had
been robbed of their liberty.
1t was the first general strike
in this city since 1921, when
workers walked out in protest
against Mussolini and his black
shirts taking. over the control. of
the government.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-11
CHRISTMAS SHOW BY
HARRIS SCHOOL PIT. a.

The P.-TA. of the Harris
School will present a Christmas
variety show on Wednesday
evening, December II, at 7:3O
O'Clock, in the school audi
forum. The show will be direct
ed by Mrs. Stensland, Mrs. Rip
lev. Mrs. Green and Miss. Owens
of the Harris School faculty.
Children of the third and
fourth grades will take part in
the show.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-11
DENT OF AUDUBON socIE-
TY. SAYS GREAT DAY FOR
wLDLIFE
oliver GRISwoLD. PRESI-A

Oliver Griswold, president of
the Monroe County Audubon So
ciety, who at Governor Cald-
wells invitation represented the
society at the dedication of the
Everglades National Park, today
described the event as a great
day for bird and other Wildlife
conservation with special sig
nificance for Monroe County"
Griswold said: Because the
whole movement to preserve the
wildlife of the area now includ-
ed in the park started with the
protection that the National Au-
dubon Society began giving the
rare birds in the early 1900's,
special praise was given the So
ciety by the numerous speak
ers. John Baker, president of the
National Audubon Society, was
there on the platform in spe-
cial place of honor to receive
it.
at was a great day for bird
and other wildlife conservation
with special significance fol
Monroe county. Many OF the best
parts of the park are in Monroe
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-11
ROTARY CLUB HONORS
FORMER COMMAND
ING OFFICER OF KEY
WEST NAVAL. BASE

Capt. Harold A. Hou5er, USN,
former commanding officer of
the Key West Naval Base and
now in Washington. has been
made an honorary member Of
the Rotary Club. the membership
voted at its luncheon today in St.
Paul's Church Parish Hall
Capt. Houser, who is now lial-
son officer between the Senate
Military Affairs Committee and
the Navy, was lauded for his
civic enterprise in Key West
and was granted honorary mem
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-11
AVERETTE RESIGNS AS
MECHANIC ON TUESDAY
There Will Be No Hearing
BY Civil Service Board
Of Charge Against Aver.
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Horace Averette, city me-
chanic, has resigned, effective
December 8, Lee H. Goddard,
executive secretary of the Civil
Service Board, announced today.
There will be no hearing by
the Civil Service Board Friday
at 10 a. M, of the charge of
derelection of duties filed against
Averette by Robert H. Dopp, di-
rector of public service. Dopp
filed his charge against Averette
with Acting City Manager Ed
win Trevor.
The resignation of Averette
will be considered by. the Civil
Service Board at 10 a. m, Friday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-11
Seeks DiUOrce

A petition seeking a divorce
was filed yesterday with Circuit
Court CieTk-. Ross c. Sawyer by
CAROLYN Elizabeth Hamilton
against Elton Grady Hamilton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-11
Barge Line Starts
From Miami To Key
West About Jan. 7

sCHARLES SMITH, LOCAL AGENT, SAYS TERMINAL
WILL BE AT CLYDEMALLORY DOCKS;
COMPANY HEAD COMING
The Miami Key West Barge Lines Inc. will begin operations
today by Louis Berger president
of the company.
Charles Smith, who will agent at the port
Key West for the that effective January he had
a line here Miami.
he informed which granted the
fae II known that Berger had appeared before the Interstate
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-11

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country, with an average
range of only L. Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1947-02-09

much to do after they got there. With all
engines wide open, the big transatlantic ship
plowed into the side of mountain. The
answer was not in the charred wreckage. It
was traglcally simple Apparently, the pilot
forgot the mountain was there.
Plane-crash detectives say that 95 per cent
OF air accidents can be blamed on this human
factor" This does not always mean the pilot.
Dispatchers, mechanics, operations men.
weather officials, radio operators, all have
their responsibility. But in the air, when the
chips are down, the split-second judgment of
the man at the controls is the deciding factor.
Pilot Lost His Head
GEORGE GAY can furnish two examples from
his own files. The pilot of two-engine plane
of an unscheduled charter service asked per-
mission to return to the field few minutes
after night take-off. That was his last
message. The plane crashed in the woods,
killing all 27 persons aboard.
Investigators spent two months tracking
this one down. They checked and double
checked but the scientific evidence invariably
pointed to the same conclusion: In preparing
for his forced landing. the pilot had made the
fatal mistake of cutting the good engine
instead of the bad one 1t seemed highly
improbable that trained man could make
Evening star., 1947-02-09

flyers or specialists in the aviation industry.
Most of them have had at least 20 years.
experience.
Like doctors, they are on 24-hour call. Six
of them work out of Washington. The other "a
are stationed in regional Offices in the u S.
and Alaska. Typical of them is George Gay,
soft-spoken, gray-haired veteran pilot who
started flying in 1910, only seven years after
the Wright brothers proved it could be done.
He has been an Army, Navy, commercial and
exhibition flyer, and during the last war COM
manded carrier air-support unit in the
Pacific.
Gay heads the Safety Bureaus regional
office in Flushing, near La Guardia Field, New
York. When an accident occurs in his area las.
far south as North Carolina and as far west as
Ohio) he or one of his staff grabs brief case,
camera, microscope and steel tape, hops a
special plane to the scene.
Although the Civil Aeronautics Board
has its own feet of planes, reaching the
scene of a crack-up is not always easy,
particularly in mountainous regions. To
inspect the crash which killed 80 near Stephen
vile, Newfoundland, last October. Gay and
his colleagues hiked over some of the rough
est country in North America They covered
six miles in eight hours.
In the Stephenville accident there wasn't
Evening star., 1947-02-09

other infammable material. With no more of
lead than this. crash detectives set about
reconstructing the accident.
Some time after the plane passed over
Florence, fire broke out in the rear section
Fed by the inf1ammable material. it quickly
spread forward. The pilot turned back for the
airport as passengers and crew fought to
control the flames The fire burned hole
in the fuselage and the napkins and letters
fell out as the ship lost altitude As the flames
licked closer and closer the passengers hud-
died together in the narrow passageway just
behind the pilots compartment.
Mystery Fire
1T SEEMED incredible that they could all
crowd in there. But it's possible The inves-
tigators proved it. The plane finally crashed
only few hundred yards short of an open
field where the pilot might have been able to
make an emergency landing.
Exactly what started the fire was never
determined. But contributing factors are some
times more important than the original cause.
Immediate orders went out to eliminate
inflammable articles in the rear section.
BY measuring the distance from where
a plane hits to its final resting place,
experts can accurately estimate its course
and speed. Propeller marks in the snow near
a mountain crack-up may be the starting
point for another solution. Position of ignition
switch and landing gear indicate whether the
pilot was expecting trouble. Depth to which
parts of the plane are buried in the ground
and the manner in which trees are knocked
over also provide important evidence.
Instruments tell their own story, often
giving the speed, altitude, and exact time of
the crash. Responsibility for mid-air COL
lision can often be fixed by detailed study of
the structural damage. Actually, material
evidence is usually more accurate than eye
witness accounts.
Even the pilots testimony must be treated
skeptically. He's usually too busy trying to
land his ship to make accurate observations
or send in a radio report. After a crash, he
often experiences the same memory black
out as the boxer who can't recall the blow
that fattened him. Once in a lifetime an
Investigator may be lucky enough to come
across pilot who frankly admits it was his
own mistake that caused the accident.
For example, George Gays most important
case was the crash of Constellation near
Reading. Pa. last July. Wed been having
some trouble with the Consultations and this
one sounded like another engine fire." Gay
Continued on page II
Evening star., 1947-02-09

such blunder But then the pilots past
record was brought to light He had been
turned down by the scheduled airlines because
in tests he had failed to show the cool judg-
ment essential during an emergency.
How properly qualified pilot reacts in a
crisis is indicated by the Willimantic, Conn.
accident of last June A London-bound Con-
stellation with 43 passengers was flying
serenely over Connecticut when, with very
little warning, the No engine burned loose
and fell to the ground.
Since his landing gear hydraulic system
had been damaged by the fire, the pilot
decided on belly landing at the tiny VIII
lmantic field. He brought his giant ship in
with such skill that some of the passengers
didn't even know the plane was in trouble.
They were on their way to London in another
plane before Gay and his staff arrived at the
scene.
At first glance this one looked like a cinch.
Apparently half the state of Connecticut had
seen the plane trailing smoke
The fallen engine was found II miles from
Willimantic, but exhaustive tests at the scene
tailed to reveal any clues. Gay and Company
were wondering why they didn't accept the
consensus, call it an induction fire, and 20
home. when they found gadget about three
feet long known as the drive shaft of the cabin
supercharger. This vital piece of the Con-
stellation had plummeted down few yards
from where kids were playing in a field.
Evidence On Film
ON THE shaft Gay found signs of burns and
frozen bearings - evidence as important to
him as blood stains to Sherlock Holmes. The
shaft, and not the engine, was the real cause of
the fire. But proof was needed A demonstra-
ton was arranged, with the supercharger
operating on the ground and a movie camera
recording the test. For almost nine hours it
worked perfectly. Then it began to smoke and
come apart. The gadget proved it's own
guilt and the investigators had their
evidence ON color film, making it possible
to correct this structural defect.
AS every investigator learns, no two acci-
dents are identical On September night in
As, Miami-to-New York passenger plane
requested permission to make an unscheduled
landing at Florence, S. c. The pilots last mes
sage was garbled by static Eight hours later
the bodies of passengers and crew were found
in the forward section of the charred wreckage
in swamp near Florence There were no sur
vivors, no witnesses, and no clues in the ashes.
However, a search of the area uncovered
tiny bits of burned paper napkins, letters and
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-07-24
of John Sutherland Sunday.

of John Sutherland Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Robinson
were dinner guests of Jim Wolfe
and wife Sunday.
Clyde Laforce has returned
home after spending some time
in the Clintwood hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Oquinn
were dinner guests of Ed Ras-
nick Saturday.
Mamie and Bee Newberry were
visiting Darcus Rasnick Saturday
evening.
Luke Kiser spent Saturday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sutherland.
Rufus and Woodrow Phillips
were dinner guests of Holly Kis-
err and wife Sunday.
Dallas Wise spent the week.
end with friends and relatives
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Bailey Wis
tied Bill Kiser Sunday evening.
Dan Martin spent Monday
night with his son, Allen.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-07-24
HAZEI. NEWS

Jim Erwin was a Saturday
night guest of Guy Sutherland.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Robinson
spent Saturday night with John
Edwards and wife.
Grover Rasnick has returned
home after several days in the
Dante hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Martin,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nichols and
Odell Martin were dinner guests
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-07-24

party was given by Billy Moore,
Watson O'quinn and Mason Dam
ron, all of Nora, for Misses Mae
Rose, and Hattie and Alene Sluss.
Others presene were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Mullins, Kermit,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-07-24
SURPRISE PARTY

Special from Mullins Ridge-A
surprise birthday and candy par
ty was given at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Moore, of Null
Inns Ridge, Saturday night. The
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-07-24
Freezing Items

TAIl lIllcAIt OO1Il w N11. dIIQ MIS-.
Gus Stone Monday night was
dead at birth. The little one was
buried in the Stone graveyard at
Ramey Flats Wednesday. Mrs.
Stone is in the hospital at Clint
wood seriously i'll.
Tandy Hall, injured by a fall
ing limb while working at the
Ritter Lumber company opera
ton in Kentucky two months
ago and who has been in hos
pital in Kentucky since, was
brought home Friday night and
is confined to his bed in a serious
condition.
According to report, a son-in-
law of Lum Mullins from West
Virginia recently bought the old
Greed Baker place on the Buck
ner Fork Of Pine Creek. And
the same reports say that the log
dwelling on the place was burn
ed Saturday by unknown parties.
Lum is making every effort to
learn the identity of the guilty
persons and says that he has
found some promising clues.
Alfred Mullins, of Cutter
Branch went into Cumberland
Mountain Sunday to look f r
huckleberries and before he was
aware found himself in the midst
of bunch of rattlesnakes, both
large and small, and he saved
himself by a hasty retreat Will
lard Mullins dog. accompanying
Alfred, was badly bitten about
the head by the irate snakes.
And in addition, he says that
huckleberries are few and far be
tween in the mountain.
The writer has received an in
vitation and ticket from the H.
brarian of congress to the open
ing of the vault containing the
papers of Abraham Lincoln at
Washington on Saturday and re-
grets that he cannot attend. The
papers, several thousand in num-
Der, including much of the pri-
vate correspondence of the great
President, were in possession of
his son, Robert Lincoln, and a
short time before his death Rob-
ert ordered the papers impound-
ed in vault in the congressional
library, with the stipulation that
the papers were not to be made
public until 81 years after his
death. Lincoln students from all
over the country will attend and
there is much speculation as to
what all the papers may contain.
~~ A gxwa~ Lr~awwp@s
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-07-24

Versie and j. H. Mullins, Jack
Moore, Erwin K. Sluss, Willard F.
and Jerry Lee Rose and Brown
low Mullins.
Delicious refreshments were
served, gase -
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-07-24
MULLINS RIDGE

Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Mullins and
baby, Ernest Mullins and Beat
rice Barton went fishing Sunday.
Arthur Hess and family of
near Tarpon, spent a few days
of last week at the home of Bel
don Rakes.
K. c. Rose and family spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert l.. Mullins of Mcclure.
Relatives from Nora visited at
the home of Arthur Moore over
the weekend.
Several people here have been
buying and canning peaches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Mullins
spent the week end with Charlie
Sluss and family.
Kermit Mullins attended the
show at Clintwood Saturday mite.
C C. Rakes called on Covert
Rakes Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Mullins
were Saturday night guests at
the home of Auty Rose.
Miss Alene Sluss has been on
the sick list, but is better now.
George Henry Moore of Skeet
rock spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Farmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Sluss at
tended church at Flemingtown
on Saturday night and Sunday.
Lester Farmer, who. has been
i'll for some time, is some better.
Tracy Willis, of the navy, who
has been home on furlough, has
returned to his station.
Relatives of Alice Mullins
spent a few days of last week
with her.
A number of people of this
section attended the funeral of
Dave Wright, near Clinchco, on
Tuesday.
Shirley Mullins of Skeetrock
spent a few days last week with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
General Sluss.
Bernice Rakes called a! t h G
home of Charlie Sluss Sunday.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-22
Sick in Ansonia

Mrs. Oliver Davis, of Factory Court, is in the New Haven General Hospital after having undergone an operation.
 MT. Augustus David, of 15 Wooster Street, is confined to his home with pneumonia.
 Mrs. Nettie Jackson, of 3 Clifton Avenue, is convalescing at her home after having under gone an operation.
 Mrs. Helen Walker, of 8 Wooster Street, is confined to her home because of illness.
 MT. Emanuel Thomas, of 27 Orchard Street, is confined tc his home because of illness.
 Mrs. Carrie Anderson, of 256 Derby Avenue, Derby, is con fined to her home because of ill., ness.
 Mrs. Cora Ballard, of 487 Main Street, is confined to her home because of illness.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-22
CHRONICLE MUSIC
 AND DRAMA CRITIC INTERVIEWS MISS SCOTT

With some trepidation and fortified by friends, I went to interview Miss Scott. I need have had no fears for the graci- ous Hazel Scott was easier to talk to then some others this reporter has approached.
 She told me that she' had just returned from Montreal and, also a packed house at Syracuse. When asked about her future plans, with a smile she asked me to narrow it down, so I said near future. Bright of me, huh? When fin ishing with this tour, she has a concert in Detroit, April IS. From there, to a New York Theatre and then to Philadel- phia. The Philadelphia engage ment nudged my curiosity. Questioning her further, I found that she was to appear with the New York Philharmonic on the Music Week Program there. From Philly she was to go to the coast. By the way this Music Week occurs in June. She said her concert in all these places were half jazz and half
 
 classical. She always likes to play classics straight, but some how that infectious rhythm, in- herited, made her left hand do wicked things to it.
 Miss Scott had been gracious all along, but when I asked her about her son, her whole face lit up as a lamp had been turned on. She said he was now 8 months old. She gave me a picture of Skipper, which in- deed convinced me her son was doing fine.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-22

the Women s Auxiliary of the states of Vermont and Rhode Island, will be the guest speak CT at the morning and evening services of the Williams Temple Church. .-
 Sunday, March Both, the Sil- yer Gate Quartet, with Mrs. Louise Lewis, manager, will be presented in a program at 3:30 PM. at the, Williams Temple Church.
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-22
The Hartford Chronicle

discussion in which he took part was "Race and Religion.
 Macedonia Baptist Church will begin Revival Services, Monday, March 24. The ser vices will be conducted by the Rev. Edward Spann, of Harts- vile, s. c. The services will continue through Good Friday. The public is invited to attend.
 Rev. Julian A. Taylor will perform the. marital ceremonies, Saturday, March 22nd, for Miss Annabelle Jett and MT. Henry Roseborough. The ceremonies will take place at the home of the bride.
 The Macedonia Bapt. Church Senior Choir will render a can tata, Life Everlasting, by Pet rie, Sunday, March Both, Palm Sunday.
 The Y.P.C.A. Club met at the home of Miss Mamie London, 45 Murray Street, Thursday, March 13. Plans were made for a chicken dinner that is to be held at the Williams Temple Church, March 18th from 12 noon on.
 A delicious repast was served which was enjoyed by all. The next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Bernetha Brown, 13 Colburn Street. Miss Anna Goodson is president.
 Funeral services were held for Preston Langston of Brook lyn, New York, brother of James Langston, of Ansonia. Miss Margaret Charles, MT. Taft Williams, and family ac. companied his body to South Carolina, where burial rites were performed.
 MT. Langston is survived by two sons and one daughter.
 There will be Battle of Mu- sic, Sunday, March 23rd, at the Williams Temple Church, be- tween the St. Cecelia Choir of Stamford, Conn.,, and the Will Hams Temple Choir.
 Sunday, March 23rd, Mrs. Mable Martin, supervisor of
Hartford chronicle., 1947-03-22
OPEN THE DOOR RICHARD COMES TO BUSHNELL By Betty Lou Allen

That zaney little nonsense tune came even to the hallowed walls of Bushnell, Tuesday mite, as Hazel Scott s evening of jazz classics came to a terrific end, as she played for her last en- core, Dusty Fletcher's "meal ticket"
 I only wish, for my peace of mind, that Miss Scott had stuck to her own compositions and swinging the classics. For I disagreed with much of the rest of her program.
 She opened with a compost tion of hers which was given it's first performance at Hart ford. Caribbean Fete is suite describing the carnival season of Trinidad, marking the three days prior to Ash Wednesday.
 The first movement was a traditional melody with a drum like beat used on the Sunday night parade.
 The second, the waltz was the most delightful one, very gay little thing, and very delicately used.
 The calypso note of the third was very noticeable, and the last was very subdued one and to the point. Her next group of selections were a Gigue by Graum, a Bach prelude and Fugue, and the Mendelsohn, Rondo Capriccioso.
 The Gigue was very delight ful, the Bach and Mendelsohn, I think Miss Scott might very well have left off the program. The two Liszt numbers, the first, Concerto in D Major was very well played. The Valse Jubilee was a delightful little showpiece by Liszt. However, in the three Chopin Etudes, the 8th, the Bass overshadowed the right hand. It was too heavy to be truly Chopin. The second, the 18th, as it progressed got bet ter, however, her right hand did not ''sing" enough at the begin ming. The 18th was good, but Miss Scott who has successfully Jazzed this, seemed to play it
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