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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25
The
OBSERVATIONS
OF A FOOL
BY BILL LEE
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Il believe it will be-. the larg-
est automobile ferry in the
world" said H. G.. Williams,
president of the company that
will operate the system. to Ha-
vana, after the ship is complet-
ed. Williams was in town yes
terday comforting with citysus=
ficials and others about J4Ae
ferry. -. ~. ,.
1.-The ship is ATS feet sin length,
with a'72-foot beam. Why, it's Jas
, tall as a Seven-Story building.
She'll be a beauty, too, A New
York industrial designer worked
on design for months. We are
going to do everything we can
to make it the outstanding car
ferry of the world"
Pretty nice, Ell? Wonder
what Miami, which is certain to
lose a lot of avelfbusiness
when the ferry is finished, will
think of this?
X X K
E. j. Becker, who ten years
ago rowed a boat down the Mis-
siSSippi, thence to Rockport.
Texas, was a visitor in town the
last few days Now he is off to
South America. He says he ex-
poets to explore the rivers of
South America, including the
mighty Amazon.
Il don't know yet how I'll ex-
plore the rivers" said Becker.
1T might be made in a rowboat,
but | don't know for certain.
I'm going down there to see
what means of transportation
I'll follow"
r X X ~sHw
Key West Submarine Base is
undergoing a face-lifting. The
Southland street approach to the
base has been frightened up con-
Siderably. Weeds have all been
cut along the fences, rubbish has
been removed, and the place will
look pretty for the tourists.
AT the foot of Fleming street
the Japanese tWo-man Subma-
rine is going to be viewed, not
through a maze of weeds, but
with the whole area cleared off.
A japanese flag Is to be painted
on the submarine, which was
captured at Yokohama and is
similar to the type which enter
ed Pearl Harbor in the sneak
attack
The sub promises to be a prime
tourist attraction. Tourists are to
be welcomed at the base this
winter. Guides will be posted a:
the Southland street gate. They
will show visitors the various
Naval activities, submarines, de
stroyers, all the ships.
X 4 X
At nearly every session of
Circuit or Criminal Court. on
the second floor of Monroe
County Court House, someone
always manages to fall through
the broken seats in the specta-
tors portion of the chamber.
Then everyone laughs.
A woman who fell through to
the floor the other day resent
ed the laughter at her expense.
They ought to fix those
seats" she angrily exclaimed, as
she wiped dust off her clothes
'Somebody.n break les or h;s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

One of Key Vests best and most
modern four;room completely
furnished apartments available
for refined couple only, no
children or pets. Apply Apart
ment Number Four, 81 United
Street. noV223tX
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

Clean, comfortable, airy room.
Reasonable. Apply 513 White
head Opposite Court House,.
nOV18-l2tX
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Waitress. Apply Ponce Bar-B-Q,
701 Simonton. nov22-6tX
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The Weather
FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Scat
tered showers and thunderstorms
today and tonight; clearing
Wednesday. Continued warm
and humid today. cooler tonight
and Wednesday. Gentle to mod
crate westerly winds shifting to
moderate to fresh northwest and
north
Florida: Scattered showers and
thunderstorms south portion to-
day; otherwise partly cloudy
through Thursday. Cooler north
portion today and tonight and
over south portion tonight and
Wednesday.
East Gulf of Mexico: Moderate
to fresh northerly winds except
Southerly shifting to northerly
over south portion today and
tonight; moderate northeasterly
winds Wednesday. Scattered
showers and thunderStormS over
south portion today; otherwise
partly cloudy.
Jacksonville through the Flor
ida Straits: Small craft warning
displayed from just south OF
Jacksonville to north of Titus
vile. Moderate to fresh north
easterly winds except southerly
shifting to norther over south
portion today and tonight. Mod
crate northeasterly w n d S
Wednesday. Scattered showers
and thunderStormS today, other
wise partly cloudy.
Jacksonville to Apalachicola:
Small craft warning displayed
from just south of Jacksonville
to north of Titusville only; other
arno nnrn icc,nG
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

Clean, airy rooms, with connect
ing baths, near the ocean.
Beach Guest House, 1928 White
St. nov22- If
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HELP WANTED
RATES FOR REGULAR and
BLACKJACK TYPE

Experienced beautician. Apply
Stelrs Beauty Nook, $50 Flem-
ing Street. nov22-tf
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FOR RENT

Furnished four-room apartments.
Maid and janitor service, linens
and all utilities furnished. Coral
Hotel Apis, opposite Post Of
flee. nov12-14
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

For Rent-TWo-bedrom apart
msnt. Nothing in Key West
like it. Rent for season only,
references required.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

Furnished apartment. Adults
only. 1921 Packer street.
nova -3tx
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Messenger wanted. Daytime
work. Western Union.
nov24-3t
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Dining room suite and Hot Point
Box. 1901 Florida St.
NoV24-3tX
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Girl, neat, with sales ability.
Must know tipping. Steady posi-
ton. sos Duval, Collins.
nov25-4tx
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FOR SALE

Hoffman pressing machine. Auto
matte water feeder. sos Duval
st. (CollinS). nOv25-5tX
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

One bedroom apartment, nice
neighborhood. Rent to year
round tenants only. $500 per
month.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

Office desks, five and seven
drawers. Dion, 524 Southland
st. nov19-6t
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First proximity anti-aircraft
to destroy Japanese plane was
fired from the cruiser USS Hell
ena on January 5 ,1945.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

Four APARTMENTS, ideal loca-
ton, good income, all rented,
in excellent condition. Price
only 100000.
Two AP" RTMENTS, five Hotel
rooms, centrally located, owner
leaving city, a real buy.
Duval STREET business proper
ty. rented and income paying
good percentage on investment.
FIFTEEN ROOM HOTEL, each
room with private bath. This
property for lease, reasonable.
FOUR BEDROOM home, near
the ocean, completely furnish
ed, immediate possession. moth
ing like it available in Key
West. Has everything one
could wish for. Price 100000
Half cash, balance to suit to
reliable party.
THE BEST RESTAURANT in
Key West, for sale or lease TO
responsible party, stand strict
est investigation.
Business opportunities of all
kind. l have what you are
looking for, if it is in Key
West.
CECIL CARBONELL
REALTOR
700 Duval Street
nOV24-3tx
One L. Sailboat, one r. V-bot-
tom Skiff. Apply I'D Porter
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Macy Meas Notes

John Phillip SouSa, world ia
nous band leader and composer
of Stars and Stripes Forever"
joined the u. S. Marine Band as
second trombone player when
he was Is years old.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

A total travel distance equal
ling y trips around the world in
IA months is the flight record
OF Seaman r. l.. Wickham, en-
listed flight orderly of the Naval
Air Transport Service, In fly
ing 269,000 miles in that time,
Wickham served MATS paSsen-
gers 1920 in-flight meals.
At the outbreak of the Revo-
lutionary War, the United States
had no Navy Department or
ships and only a few armed me-
chantmen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

1888 Ford-85, convertible coupe.
Best offer. 1917 Packer st.
nov19-6tx
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The original American Navy
consisted of four WarShips and
four escort vessels. Their names
were: Alfred, Columbus. An
drew Doria, Cabot, Providence,
Hornet, Wasp and Fly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

Four APARTMENTS, ideal loca-
ton, good income, all rented,
in excellent condition. Price
only 100000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

In television, each individual
picture is drawn by light in
about one thirtieth IT q second
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FOR SALE

Plumbing supplies. complete
stock. Plastic tile, paints and
brushes. Robert Leonard Co.,
1882 NV. 62nd Street. Miami,
Fla. Phone 1921. oct1-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd, famous Navy Polar eXplo-
rer, travelled around the world
at the age of u. ...
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TIDES
Tomorrow
Naval Base
eastern Standard Time)
High Low
8:45 am. 2:04 am.
800 pm. l:4l pm.
Additional Tide Data
Reference Station: Key West
Time of Height Of
Station Tide high water
Bahia Honda -0hr.
(bridge) 10 min. 90 It.
No Name Key t2hr.
(east side) 30 min.
Boca Chica -0hr.
SANDY Point 40 min.
Valdes Channel 4-2hr.
north end) 10 min. ia It.
600
(NOTE: Minus sign-correc.
tons to be subtracted. Plus
sign-corrections to be added9
In television, each individual
picture is drawn by light in
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REPORT

REHOh1
Key West, Fla, Nov. rs, 1947
observation taken at $3.50 am,
Eastern Standard Time,
City Office
Temperatures
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Strangely enough, Fleet Ad-
miral William F. Halsey, Jr.,
joined the Fleet in 1904 as a
passed midshipman aboard ! the
old battleShip Missouri and
aboard that vessel witnessed the
climax of his career, the signing
of the Japanese surrender.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-25

Eight Naval Air Transport en-
listed Ordcrlies have travelled a
total of l,400,230 miles in an av-
erage Of IA months with MATS.
according to a recent survey
This total corresponds to "a trips
around the world. In this much
flying, the ordcrlies have serv-
ed to passengers 22,650 in flight
meals and $3.50 gallons of cof-
fee.
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Two P'RTMENTS, five Hotel
rooms, centrally located, owner
leaving city, d real buy.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-05
PROGRESS TO DATE

1 hope it is clear to all that the fundamental issue
underlying Missouri Valleys development is question
how that development shall be done and who shall
control of it. 1t is battle between privileged
and entrenched wealth the side and the great
of people on the other. All the hoopa,
horse feathers and red behring's that will be dragged
conceal these facts should obscure the basic
issue.
We common people want, and the MVA bill pro-
poses and complete development of all land and
water resources in Missouri valley The items of bet
terment that out of intelligent and efficient
land and water very numerous. Most of these
are vital public welfare. The theory behind
the VA bill is that each of these developed to the
maximum and that the benefits provided, and the
wealth created shall to- and be retained by, the
common people. Thus a brand frontier of oppor-
tunity will be opened to individuals cooperatives and
independent business corporations.
Aside from the DAMS power houses and other struc
lures to be erected and the power to be generated
there is no provision for public ownership The great
set-up will be largely capitastic but it does fail to
provide ready made hunting ground for monopolies,
trusts cartels and other privileged eXploers This
puts beyond the pale of responsibility far all
economic royalists concerned Their basic
nomic dog in the manger, philosophy is, will
troll and exploit there shall be development
Out of this back ground of contention and conflict
there certain lines of opposition startegy
tactics of this is likely to develop time goes
on. The MVA battle for a peoples development is,
and will continue to be, battle to beat the forces of
reaction from breast works to another Such
a process has passed through three distinct and
well defined steps.
When the MvA bill was introduced in 1914 the OPP
cries communism, violation of state rights,
danger to existing water rights" and dictatorship
These were widely circulated and were for time eff
fective-until the public began to read the bill.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-05

The second line of defense was another phoney the
so-called Pick-SIoan plan This, a hasty shot gun
wedding" of partially developed flood control and
navigation scheme devised by Army Engineers and a
fairly comprehensive plan five million
of post war reclamation devised by the Bureau of Rec
lamaton The two thrown together but never
did constitute valley development plan Water stored
behind army dams down in the two Dakotas cannot be
used up in Montana and Wyoming Neither II
million acre feet of flow per year be consumptvey
used irrigation and again be used to maintain mile
wide flowing channel from Sioux City to Missouri river
mouth The public began to sense these facts and the
opposition to retreat to third line of Defense
They up a third phoney, the Missouri River
Basin Interagency Commission. This paper organiza-
ton widely and wildly heralded the great
ordinating agency. 1t would develop plan and do the
job Two years of effort, with numerous meetings at
taxpayer expense, to have resulted in just one
decision The boys did decide that they can't decide
any thng-they have power. Then they abdicated
all attempts by eecng General Pick chairman of the
body At their last meeting, held in Denver, the Gen
era honestly introduced by the Colorado governor
as "the man given one of the nations greatest post
war projects Harvesting the Missouri river"
So common people have watched three years of
play in called Missouri Basin development The
to date is hits, runs three and the
bases filled by Army players with nobody out.
General Pick is both umpire and boss of the play He
has the of the White House and the call on con-
gress Most of the gate receipts in his pocket He
has SO million dollars of 194S appropriations to spend
in the Missouri Valley against 205 million allotted
to the Bureau of Reclamation for the period and
Moreover the General has a vision and it has
been approved by congress; five gigantic Fort
Pecks down along the main stem in the Dakotas and
then mile wide highway of out to the
The Generals weakness is that majority
of the fans beginning to howl for the other
side.-JEROME G LOCKE, Member Regional Commit
tee for MVA
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-05

man D'EWart and his fellow
travellers, the land grab pro-
tagonists on the house subcom-
mittee, was the equally vigor-
Gus opposition from many larg-
er stockmen.
Despite the efforts of the state To-
Gals of the National Livestock and
Woolgrowers associations to paint the
proposed grab of the public domain as
an entirely commendable, public-in-
terest proposition, the association
members present, for the most part,
felt that things should remain "as isl.
They expressed opposition to further
acquisition Of lands by the govern
ment, but were also of the opinion
that public lands owned by the gov
eminent, should continue thus.
Representative of the sentiments of
more conservative elements of Mon
tana's population was the statement
telegraphed by Gov. Sam c. Ford to
chairman of the committee, Rep.
Frank Barrett OR, Wyo) which fol
lows:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-05
Dude Ranchers Against

Opposition from still another source
came in testimony presented by Wal
ter c.. Nye, executive secretary of the
asked for Continued public owner
ship of lands and a multiple use pro-
gram, with all interests taking their
rightful places in the program"
Sportsmen throughout the state are
virtually unanimous in opposition to
the land grab. At Glasgow G. A.
Bertsch of that city read a statement
into the record from Outdoor Mon
tana" edited by John A. Willard,
Helena, opposing the proposal. Mr.
Bertsch also stated that &c. the
midwestern debacle of lease hunting
rights becomes annually a greater
menace to enjoyment of the out of
doors by the public. -
Long Been Subsidized
At Billings, Butte attorney and
sportsman "Scotty" Frame voiced the
all out opposition of approximately
5000 members of the Rocky Mountain
Sportsmen's association to the large
stock interests proposal. Frame also
emphasized that the stock interests
have long been subsidized as it were
by the public through cheap grazing
fees
Grazing district opposition at Glas-
Cow came from Marion Hellstern,
Hinsdale, who read resolution from
the Valley county grazing districts OPP
posing either the sale of the public
domain to private interests, or the
transfer of such lands from the fed
eral government to state control.
Further grazing district opposition
was placed in the committee record
by Gene Etchart, representing four
grazing districts in the Valley county
area. Etchart stated
"It is our opinion the public inter-
est will be best served by retention
of the public domain under federal
government ownership. The feeling
is strong among us that we have ac-
something through adop-
ton of the Nicholson report and the
Barrett amendments to the grazing
act We should give this reorganized
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-05
Locke Decries Plan

J Locke DEGREES Plan
Probably one of the most compre
Ihensive statements placed in the rec
i! ord during either the Glasgow or Bill
ings hearings was that of Jerome G.
] Locke, MVA regional executive board
member. Mr.. Locke's statement fol
lows:
"My purpose here is to respectfully,
but vigorously, protest any pending or
prospective national legislation that
may be designed to directly, or indi-
rectly, turn over by sale, trade, long
time lease or other uncontrolled legal
device all, or any part, of Taylor Graz
ing Lands, u. S. Forests, National
Parks, Monuments or other unappro-
priated public lands, to private inter-
ests or to any lesser subdivision of
government than the nation itself
This attitude does not flow from any
desire to unduly curb the activities of
stock growers, numbering interests or
other possible beneficiary, but from
the firm conviction that such national
policy is not now and is never likely
to become, matter of common public
welfare. AS you gentlemen we'll
know, if our country is to remain
strong, prosperous and virile and if
Democracy is to survive, common pub
lie welfare must become, and remain,
a matter of primary public policy. May
very briefly recite four reasons why
disposal of presently owned public
lands is not a sound policy from the
standpoint of common public welfare.
Great Transition in Past so Years
''a. My memory seems to run back
about sixty years. During that period
/ have seen a great transition in nat
ural conditions in much of this recent
frontier country. Most of this pro-
nounced change has been for the
worse; little of it for the better. Now
the fish population in streams is about
two percent of what it was. Blue
grouse, prairie chicken, brush pleas
ants, curlews, and other upland game
bird that I used to see by the hun
dreds- sometimes thousands-are all
but extinct. Ducks, geese, brant and
other waterfowl have decreased pro-
portiOnately. AS a youth l could go
out and bag a whitetailed deer in two
or three hours. l have not even seen
one for fifteen years. I think of but
two credit entries. Rattlesnakes have
vanished with the rest of the wild life.
Beavers, the best little flood control
engineers there are, do seem to have
increased slightly.
"The deterioration that has afflicted
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-05
Committee Members Apologize

On the scene observers at the
Billings hearing report that the com
mittee and friends and done a very
fine job of setting the stage" for
| the hearings, and that, had things
gone according to plan, a very glow
ing report of desirability of turning
the public lands over to livestock in
terests, would have been submitted
to Washington.
Unfortunately, for all of their eff
forts, and their attempts to ''outlast''
the more than $50 people in attend
ance, they finally had to grant time
to the Opposition"
AS one observer put it-what had
been planned as window dressing to
make the grab respectable by shortly
after noon found Reps. Barrett,
D'Ewart and Lemke, and Senator Rob-
ertson (Wyo) on the defensive, trying
to explain away the knife job done
by the COP congress on western ap-
preparations. This unexpected devel-
opment then was followed by one even
more unexpected, with all four con-
gressmen taking turns apologizing for
themselves and for each other for
being connected in any way with the
land proposal Senator Robertson
went so far as to state that no legis-
lation had been introduced on the
matter, and that there hadn't been any
thought in the congress of selling the
lands to private interests. This one
was quickly caught up by a member
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-05
Land Grab Proposal Gets Chilly Reception At Hearings

Large stock and wool interests shall not be allowed
the public domain ands"hus the overwhelming
ment expressed at the public land hearings Glasgow
Billings last week by Montanans of almost
of Montana life.
Vigorous opposition to the proposal had been
Montana sportsmen small growers labor the
Farmers Unon but certainly Congress
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-09-05
Governor Ford Protests

Had hoped to attend meeting in
Billings but important matters here
prevented me. Do not believe it is in
public interest to transfer publicly
owned land to private owners. Tay-
Tor grazing act is working with reason
able satisfaction. Management and
control of publicly owned lands should
be centralized in one or two agencies
instead of large number now engaged
in that field. Am opposed to govern
ment extending land ownership in
Montana"