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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
COMPLAINS ABOUT RENTS

Editor, The Citizen:
The writer wishes to call your
attention to a deplorable condi-
ton that exists here among greedy
landlords, who, l am sure, penal
ize lovely small home commun-
ity that is trying to be progress
sive.
First, | want to say that l have
been fortunate in securing good
living quarters at a reasonable
rate, have met and enjoyed hos
pitable folks, particularly so at
the Chamber of Commerce at the
Jackson Square U.S.O., and that
the restful atmosphere cannot be
exceeded anywhere in the state
of Florida.
Your policemen are the most
courteous that have ever met
anywhere but there is another
side to the picture. Here it is:
Today while waiting for some
minor repairs to be made to my
car at a local dealers garage,
struck up an acquaintance with
a stranger who had just driven in
to the garage to have his car serv-
iced. He turned out to be a dis
trict manager for prominent life
insurance company for Virginia.
His doctor had advised him to
come to Florida for at least two
months and suggested Key West.
| told him l thought it was just
the place for him and that l
would be glad to drive him
around while his car was being
so that he could secure
quarters to live in. l told him
prices were very reasonable and
proceeded to show him the places
I had checked when l came here
some 80 days ago. l was wrong!
The prices had been lacked up
300 to 400 percent and most of
them did not want him because
he was alone. The identical rooms
l had looked at for $3.50 a day,
now were So and $40. l spent
three hours with him and l am
not in the real estate business. I.
tried to prevail upon him to look
further but he was disguised and
disillusioned and headed back
North toward the west coast. l
am enclosing his business card.
This is not right. l realize every
community must capitalize on op-
portunity to make money season.
sllv but here is a man who drove
1900 miles because he was told
Key West was a right" town. L,
What is going to be the reac-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18

boom in realty prices has been
little short of fantastic.
Roberts describes Key Vests
myriad vegetation and floral beau
ties. architecture and prices. His
article was inspired by a diorama
of the Overseas Hikhway which
Greyhound exhibited at the Fifth
Third Union Transit Co. in Gin
cincinnati through the efforts of
Arnold. The local man said a
number of other dioramas have
been set up in other cities and
have caused a great deal of in
terest.
Key Westward. Ho!"
The other article, in the Grey
hound magazine, for February
and March, is fittingly entitled,
Key Westward Ho!" 1t is well
illustrated with a picture of
Roosevelt Boulevard, the oldest
house in Key West, huge logger
head turtles and the southern
most house in the United States.
The author, Fred Pierce, traces
the history of the island down
from the Spanish and Don Juan
Pablo SalaS to present days.
He describes the pirate ships
which hid out among the Keys
and the arrival of Commodore
David Porter, hero of the War of
1912, to set up a naval base here.
The fantastic story of Fort JEFF
ferson is described in some de-
tail and then Pierce returns to
Key West. He effectively de-
scribes the 'smoke-free, pollen
free. fog free, frost-free air of the
Keys (Which attracted men from
the North and Cuban patriots
from the South. The latter fled
to Key West and impaired to it a
Latin atmosphere which persists
today"
Pierce tells of Key Vests eco
nomic ups and downs and also re-
veals Greyhound plans to acquire
Jewish Key, change its name to
Greyhound Key and establish a
Post House for the convenience of
travellers and cabins for the con-
venience of tourists who want a
moderate-priced vacation spot.
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us. Air Base Now
Converted La Brazil

MACAPA, Brazil, - Cap -
Brazilian authorities are already
making use of the nearby air
base built by the U. s. Army
during the war and recently re-
turned to Brazil after a wartime
loan. Machinery hes just arrived
from Rio de Janeiro TO construct
a highway to the base from this
city with a view to developing
civil aviation. This city Is in cx-
tire menorth of Brazil ON the
northern bank Of the mouth Of
the Amazon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
CINCINNATI PAPER, GREYHOUND
X
ssaoke-free, PoIien-Free, Fog-Free, FrOst-Free''
4
MAGAZINE EXTOL CITY'S ALLURE

Two oi ihe most interesting
MfiiNina un ksy West 10 come TO
the attvniiun ~ The Citizen this
NaAan were Published recently in
tAe Clncinnali Inquirer and The
Highway Traveller. attractive
ifassi magazine of the Greyhound
Kisses
fhq Inquirer article. received
~ William a. Arnold, Grey
hnisnd representative here, is
nfiiten b. Dave Roberts. travel
faiip4. Who feccntly visited Key
Wei fiia story appears IN the
fehsuafY 2 ISSUE.
hnlletis minccs no words in ex-
iaillug TIE beauties and diverse
aiialiiics ui thc Keys. as witness
aumlg oi TIE following excerpts:
the KEY West highway is
unF "a thr ul0at magnificent IN all
ihN world tcw can compare
wlth "a in general scenic gran
aNNf None can compare. so far
as thf distance "a traverses across
witat Ia Virtually an open sea. &.
a great part of the charm
~ kuy West lies IN its older,
ffamr dwellings and the atmos-
pl.efr that cllngs about them &.
D b o. b. hoped that the influx
~ ulndcrnism doesn't eliminate
iuo much 81 old Key West.
Cecil In Summer
HEyun 10 abe summertime the
kcys afe comparatively cool They
sfs brushed constantly by ocean
bfssEes The same water which
kutpg them warm In winter. holds
summer temperatures Gown in
iAe Sos Rarely. even when Gin
rlnnati sweiters in the near zoos,
anea the mcrCITy rise To 90.
AZ the moment the transient
visitor can pick and choose as TO
what hC desires IN the way of
fuuma Prices are some IS per-
cent lower than they are on Mi
ami Beach.
With the installation of water
end electric service from the
Mainland. development of tourist
facilities along the Keys and the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18

great interest To our Key West
iadics. There will be a group as
signed for afternoon visits to the
hospitals 10 cheer the wounded
and cOniined young veterans OF
thc late war There will be get
iugethcrs' 10 pack boxes for over
nCus knitting circles TO promote
friendship around the world: teas,
soirccs, meetings and numerous
other activities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
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UNIT CITATION
X X X \
To Be CiUen Here SATURDAY.
X x X 4
FOR L. H. SMITH

"A Presidential Unit Citation
will be presented to Chief Tor
pedoman Lloyd H. Smith, USN,
for his part in the Battle of Leyte
Gulf against the Japanese, at a
ceremony to be conducted by
Capt. H. w. Cooper, commander
of Key West Naval Base, on Sat
urday. 3 s5t@ =
Chief Smith was serving aboard
the USS. Kitken Bay, an escort
carrier, in the frustrated japanese
attempt to destroy the invasion
forces. The Kitken Bay, which
was serving as a "jeep" carrier in
that action, was under heavy fire
when Smith won the citation g
Chief Smith is now with the
Aviation Training Unit at Boca
Chica Field. This unit is a part
of the Naval Air Advanced Train
ing Command of 7th Naval Dis
trict. Smith halls from Sedge-
Wuck, Colo, and lives with his
wife and son at 924 Southland
Street.
Chief Smiths present COM
manding officer, 1t. c. w. Miller,
USN, was awarded the Navy
Cross in the same Battle of Leyte
Gulf. 1t. Miller made several hits
on capital ship of the Japanese
fleet and later risked his life ito
take pictures of the scenes he wit
messed.
M s,s AZ T-T,T7,@, 81
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
BEWARE OF
PlM.vvoRmS

Medical reports reveal that an amazing
number Of children and adults are victims
Of Pin-Worms.
Watch for the warning signs. especially
After centuries Of Pin-Worm distress q
really effective way to deal with them has
been established through JAYNE'S P.W,
the new Pin-Worm treatment developed
in the laboratories Of DR.. D. Jayne & Son.
The small. easy-to-take P.W tablets give
take chances on Pin-W Worms I If you sus.
pect this ugly infection, ask your druggist
for P.W and follow the directions
It's easy to remember p.W for Pin Normsf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
Girl Scout Council To
Hold Court OF firards

AT a recent meeting Of the GiFi
Scout Council. II was deeided
that a Court of Awards viii he
held on Tuesday. February 25. ~
7:30 o'clock in the Parish Hall on
Bahama street, for all Girl Scout
and Brownie troops In the city.
AT that time special awards
and badges will be presented 70
the girls by the Few. JAMES "
MacConnell. Members and friends
of the scouts are urged 10 ct
tend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
SCHOOL PLAY
FOR TOMORROW

The sixth grade Of POinciana
Elementary School will give a
play, King John and the Alb
bott,, tomorrow morning at 8
o'clock at the school assembly.
The play will be given under the
direction of Mrs. N. H. Pepper,
teacher of the grade. The entire
class is in the cast and all par
entS are invited to attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
Peoples Forum

The Citizen welcomes express
siens OF the views Of its read
era, but the editor reserves the
riwAt 10 delete any items which
are considered 1ibelOua or unwar-
ranted. The writer's should be
fair and cOnfine the letters TO
800 words, and write ON one side
of the paper only. Signature OF
the writer's must accompany the
letters and will De published an
lesa requested otherwise. .,t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
EVIDENCE GONE

CHICAGO. lap Two men
riding in a taxicab scowled at
the meter and growled: ITS
clicking off the dimes too fast"
They ordered the driver to stop,
produced a pistol and a wrench,
removed the meter and faded
away in the night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
Rssss<sl@
Boy. To Whiteheads

Mr.. and Mrs. William White
head, 1888 Virginia street, an
nounce the birth of a son at 1856
o'clock Sunday morning. The
new arrival weighed seven
pounds, four ounces, and was
named James Enrol.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18

In fact. the whole northern dis
trict of Baja California is headed
toward new economic heights in
the opinion of Alberto v. AL
drete, new governor of the north
ern district.
100000 Population Seen
The governor, who was APP
pointed following the Inaugural
ton of President Miguel Aleman
last Defenders predicts that
within five years the population
will increase from 100000 to g.
100000.
Aldrete says that $50,000,000 al
ready has been ear-marked for
investment in B.aja California
during the next three years to aid
the territory's economic status.
within this year of 1947 we
will complete our new road be-
tween Ensenada and San QUEEN
tin on the Pacific side of the pc
ninsula," Aldrete declared.
Other Big Project
eve will begin a new road
from Mexicali to San Felipe, 100
miles southeast on the west side
of the Gulf of California"
The Jai Alai Fronton, a big
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18

had the honor
Of being asked
10 represent for
the State of
FlOrid a, the
American Wom-
ems Voluntary
Services aux
lliary Corps ,
p k Avenue,
New York;.
The new unit
TO be formed
should be of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18

We have Just been advised that
Aadcmoiselc Mimi, French
representative here. also known
80 Mmriposa author of the Holly
&ood Glamour Cook Book, has
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
Building Boom Lifts Tijuana
From Village To Modern City
BY TED McKENNA

TIJUANA Mex-Wh building boom mushroominq this Dor
der town into fair size city. merchants and citizens
looking forword to q period OF great prosperity
City Officials estimate that there will be more hun SOS OOO
600 worth OF new construction in Tuonu before gets well
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18

Very young mussels, called
glochidia, attach themselves to
birds feet and feathers and thus
get free ride to other waters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18

- t.EITs- ~ ~ 4, z
The flavor of hdne9 depends on
the flowers yielding the nectar.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18

Tomorrow's Almanac
eastern Standard Time)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18
REPORT

Key West, Fla, Feb. l8, 1947
observation taken at $3.50 am,
Eastern Standard Time,
City Office
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18

Key West, Fla,
Feb. 10, 1947.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-18

Rainfall, "a hours ending
$3.50 am, inches -------------
Relative Humidity
Evening star., 1947-12-03

A 17-year-old Washington school,
boy is nursing a bump on the head
today and vowing never to make
a cops and robbers game look to
realistic again.
The bump on the head was in
flicted by Pvt. Richard w. Mower
of the detective bureau, who mis-
took some schoolboy scuffllng Tor a
desperate battle of armed men.
As re-created by red-faced Pvt
Mower, he. was quietly riding In
Headquarters cruiser No. 18 last
night when he saw two youths
apparently arguing at the corner
of Fourteenth and Clifton streets
NV. Before the horrified police
mans eyes, one of the boys sud
denly whipped out pistol and
fired at the other.
The shot evidently missed, thought
Pvt. Mower, because the victim
started running down the street
followed by the would-be assassin
The chase ended at the corner Of
Fourteenth and Belmont streets
NV, where the two started Wha1
looked like a bloody fight. AS Pvt
Mower came up, the welding
youth seemed to be beating the
other lad about the head with hi!
gun.
The policeman quickly whipped
out his own gun, ended the match
by clubbing the young "gunman'
over the head. The dazed youth
Robert B. Upton, 1901 Fifteenth
street NV, was treated at Gar.
field Hospital for cut on the head
Evening star., 1947-12-03
Woman Writer Tells
OF Escape From Arabs
In Officers S Disguise
By the Assoeioted Press

JERUSALEM, Dec. 3-Petite and
brunette Charlotte Ebener, a Mil
waukee girl who makes her living
covering wars in odd places, re-
turned to Jerusalem yesterday after
a day and night of protective Gus
tody from rioting Arabs in Trans
Jordan.
Charlotte, who as a Far Eastern
war correspondent was imprisoned
twice by the Russians and once by
Chinese Communists, was chased
by Arabs who demonstrated, Monday
against the United Nations decision
to partition Palestine.
With her was Phil Potter of the
Baltimore Sun.
This is Charlottes story:
1--WE had gone to Amman (the
/ Trans Jordan capitaD Sunday night
to sit in on a Parliament they had
Just elected. They told me I was
the first American girl ever to visit
Parliament in session, so I sat there
and let them glare at me.
Meaning of Glares.
THE next day I found out what
those glares meant" she added.
"At noon Monday" Charlotte
continued, I'VE were sitting on the
porch of the Philadelphia Hotel in
Amman when an Arab friend came
and told us the Arabs are holding
a meeting in the mosque and since
thev have no Jews to kill, they'll
come here after the meeting look
ing for Americans.
The correspondent, who repre-
sents the Women'S National New!
Agency, said she and Mr.. Potter
with the aid of a British major O.
the Trans-Jordan frontier force
,"who, by the way, told us a lot o.
exaggerated stories about Arab at
tacks," decided to make run TO
the Allenby Bridge over the Rive
Jordan and get back into Palestine
1--WE got into an armored car ant
told our taxi to meet us on the otheI
side of the bridge. Five miles ou
Of Amman we met roadblock o
Arabs who were looking for Amer
leans. They kept shouting Amer
icani Americani!' and we JUS
grinned at them.
There was an Arab Legion true
lust in front of us and luckily tina
roadblock thought we were con
voy. If we had been in a taxi,
would have been the business TO
us, I'm sure
Major Changes Plans.
Charlotte said the major then de
cided she and Mr.. Potter would b
safer at the frontier force cam
at zerqa, where he suddenly de
cided he'd better take us to highe
rank"
HE dressed us up in military uni
forms, me with my hair tucked u
into a signal corps beret and wear
ing an artillery lieutenant's uniforr
l they made me look horrible with
4 out makeup-and Potter as a ser
geant major. Then we drove nv
Evening star., 1947-12-03

miles to meet a lieutenant colonel
who promptly decided that If the
British Army protected Americans
from the Arabs, it amounted to i'm
plementation Of partition and just
as promptly called on an Arab air.
craft to fly us back to LYDIA in
Palestine"
She recalled with humor that
after all the precaution, including
the disguise, that had featured the
trip to Zerqa, she and Mr.. Potter
returned to the Amman Airdrome
with a single frontier force private
who wasn't even armed.
When she returned in the plane
to LYDIA, the frontier force hac
been alerted and were ION the bal
to see that we were well taken care
Of. They even took~m me to my hote
and helped me pack and move ou
because there was curfew.'
BY the Asseeoted Press
Trans-Jordan has stopped grant
ing passport visas to American new
correspondents for visits becaus
their safety cannot be guaranteed
the State Department was advised
yesterday.
Evening star., 1947-12-03
Policeman Uses Pistol to Quen
'Fidht' That Looks Too Realistic

and then charged at No. 13 precinct
with "discharging explosives"
The gun was a cap pistol.
Parents of both boys-the other,
Frederick Stenhope, 1922 Fifteenth
street NV, is 18-were as en-
barrassed as Pvt. Mower over the
whole incident.
Boys will be boys" they said.
But the next time they play G.
men, we hope they go out in the
country somewhere"
Evening star., 1947-12-03
Bradley al Fort Bragg
On Tour Of Army Posts

Gen. Bradley was at Fort Bragg,
N. c., today on the first leg of his
inspection of Army installations be-
fore relieving Gen. Eisenhower as
chief of staff late in February.
The former veterans administra-
tor will remain at Fort Bragg
through Friday when he will go to
Fort Jackson, S. C. He will be at
Fort Benning, Ga, December TIL
and at Sd Army headquarters in
Atlanta, December IL and 13.
He will be at Fort Monroe, Va.
December 15-17, returning to Wash
ington December 18.
Evening star., 1947-12-03
Deaths Reported
lrrom %. c. bureau Of vital statisticsl

(From D. c. Bureau OF vital statlstics'
William Matheny, n. 800 H st; NV. ~
Harry G; Bal: 16' 61@ Io,d;srs! F st. Sc Home
benjamin. w. Burdette, SO. 1a49 st. Sc
Herman Ottens. Sc. Soldiers Home.
Maude Winpenny, 55. 20 E st. NV.
Leo j. McIllavaine, A, 410 Farragut st
Donna stocksill, infant, 1241 Shepherd st
Mary simms, so, 20 Pierce st. NV.
Jane Hearns, 10. 1923 S st. NV.
Ella B. F. Butler. r. 1109 B ST. Sc.
Annie Campbell r, S,Iaas unknown %
Joseph A. Jarvis, -53, -76 K st. NV.
William Tolbert,. 81, 23e 2nd St. NV.
| Eustace Calhoun, As, 1711h2 7th st. NV
Edna M Rhimes, 45: 1011 9th st. sW.
Dan Fletcher. 43, 449 Mass. ave. NV.
Roy r. Cowan, 40, 1884 Gale st. ne.
Ethel M. Rogers, 35, 41O Eastern ave. ne
| Virginia Traves, "a, 124 Hamilton st. NV
Evening star., 1947-12-03
Nurse Service to Elect

The Alexandria visiting Nurse
Service, a Community Chest agency,
will elect officers at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the Alexandria YMCA, 602 Cam
eron street. The meeting will be
open to the public.
Evening star., 1947-03-02
Thomas /. Stokes Is Presented
With CIopper Awordby Truman

Thomas I. Stokes, one OF the late
Raymond Clapper's closest friends,
last night received the third annual
Raymond Clapper Award for out
standing writing by : Warrington
newspaper correspondent.
The award, with = check for $500,
was presented to Mr.. Stokes by
President Truman at the annual
dinner Of the White House Corre-
spcndents' Association ct the STAT
Ter Hotel.
Mr.. Stokes came to washington
in 1871. He was "a years old. He
got . job at the United Press> Bu-
reau. Raymond Clapper was then
covering the White House for UP.
Later Mr.. Clapper was promoted to
bureau manager, thereby becoming
young Stokes boss. The two were
close friends.
Mr.. Clapper later became . CO.
lumnist for United Features Syndi-
cate and Mr.. Stokes 4 Scripps-
Howard Newspaper Alliance corre-
spondent in Washington. Mr.. Stokes
column Of political comment from
Washington made IL appearance
under the sponsorshtp Of United
Features several months sitter Mr..
Clapper's death in February, 1914,
while touring the Pacific Is war
correspondent.
Mr.. Stokes won over a other
correspondents nominated for the
honor. The judges, who spent . day
examining exhibits Of the writings
Of the nominees, said they selected
Mr.. Stokes "for best carrying on
the crusading spirit Of Raymond
Clapper and his willingness to
tackle controversial issues; for going
after tough national questions in
the best journalistic tradition; for
his fairness in reporting both sides
Of controversial questions; and his
work as Z real reporter"
The judges were Barry 'Faris, edi-
tor of International News Service;
Ralph McGill, editor, Atlanta Con-
stitution: Philip L.. Graham, pub
Usher, Washington Post; Carleton X.
Matson, associate editor, Cleveland
Press, and Representative Mon
roney, Democrat, of Oklahoma, q
former newspaperman.
Evening star., 1947-03-02

winner OF other journalistic
awards, Mr.. Stokes began his news
paper career in Atlanta. He was
Washington correspondent for the
New York World Telegram from
1888 to 1885, then became political
correspondent for the Scripps-H
ard Newspaper Alliance.
Mr.. Stokes won the Pulitzer prize
In 1888 for exposing political exploi-
tation Of WPA In the Kentucky pri-
maries. In 1910 he published q book
on Washington reporting. "Chip on
My Shoulder. !" In 1914 he was chosen
the outstanding Washington corre-
spondent by the Saturday Review Of
Literature, and In 1945 the magazine
Newspaperman found he was the
favorite columnist Of his colleagues.
The first Raymond Clapper award,
for 1914, was won by Raymond p.
Brandt Of the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch. The award for 1S45 went to
Bert Andrews Of the New York Her
aid Tribune. q
Evening star., 1947-03-02
Audubon Junior Clubs
Close Season Saturday

Washington's Audubon Junior
Clubs. whose project for this winter
has been to operate bird feeding
stations. will hold their last council
meeting Of the season at 10 am.
Saturday.
Each club will send to the meet
ing . poem or composition about
the birds seen using the stations,
plus q drawing, painting, sketch or
photograph Of bird subjects. An
Illustrated talk will be given by w.
Drew Check. Of the naturalist staff
OF the Once National Capital Parks.