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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-15
FLORIDA KEYS
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stalled by the United States
Navy along the highway bridge
over the creek. -
The association also. proposes
to construct ans aerial J power
transmission line across Lake
Surprise, north of the embank
ment of the Overseas Highway
from the mainland to Key Largo.
The proposed three-Wire trans
mission line, with a clearance
of rs feet above mean low water,
will operate at potential 1880
volts between phases, and $500
volts, phase to neutral.
Colonel Willis E. Teale, of the
corps of engineers, informs The
Citizen that no hearing will be
held on the associations applica-
ton, but that anybody may file
his objections in writing with
the district engineering office in
Jacksonville.
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Raiders Rally To
Trip Wilkie In
Play-off, 4S to 81

After trailing on the short end
of a 1912 score, the Red Raiders
staged a terrific rally to score SO
points in the last-half and defeat
the USS Wilkie, 48 to 80, last.
night in the first game of. their
two-out-of-t three series for the
city basketball championship at
the high school gym. 4
The good-sized crowd saw Has
kins, Raider guard, and Skaggs,
center, lead the defending city
title-holders to victory with 10
and IL points, respectively. Cor
man, Wilkie center, sank six bas-
kets and two free shots for a total
of IA points.
The teams clash again Wednes-
day night. If a third game is ne
cessary, it will be played Thurs
day night. The Wilkie sails to
another port on Friday.
In the preliminaries last night,
Catholic Youth Council defeated
the High School B team in a Girls
League contest, 81 to IL, and Key
West Transit took close decision
from Radio, 1927,
Box score of the Wilkie- Raider
game: M
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Agencies OK Free
Flying instruction
For Veterans Here

Permission has been granted
by the Civilian Aeronautics Adj
ministration and the Veterans
Administration to the Faraldo
Flying Service here, to give free
flying lessons to veterans, George
Faraldo, manager, announced to-
day.
Army, Navy, Marine and Coast
Guard men who were discharged
and later re-enlisted are also
eligible for the free lessons, Far
aldo said. Certificates of eigibil-
ity must be secured from either
Gene Anheir,. Veterans Contact
Officer, in the Federal building,
or County Service Officer Jack
Saunders, in the County Court
House.
Faraldo said he has five planes
ready for use Monday and will
train "a students in class. In
struction will be given at any
time of the day by a staff of
five instructors under Chief
Pilot Catherine S. Loft, former
Wasp pilot, CAA flight instruc-
tor and ground school instruc-
tor. Each course will extend nine
weeks.
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Sox Play Raiders,
TrOjans; Lastres In
Duel WithSweeting

The league-leading Blue Sox
will test their strength tomor-
row when they tackle the Red
Raiders in the first game of a
scheduled twin bill. In the sec
ond game, the Blue SoX will
play host to the Trojans.
Manager Manolo Acevedo, of
the Blue Sox, will probably send
Lastres against the hard-hitting
Raiders again. Lastres is now
the property of the Augusta Red
birds, d Yankee farm club, of
the South Atlantic League. For
the Raiders, Manager Bill Gates
will have to decide between 30
Meador or Rubber Sweeting. Es-
mond Albury will do the receiv-
ing for the Raiders.
In the second game, the Tro-
jams will try TO keep in pace with
the Raiders when they meet the
Sox in the nightcap. Both the
Raiders and Trojans are now tied
for second place. The Trojans
will probably send their ace
right handler, Charlie Albury,
against the Sox, with the reliable
Joe Navarro behind the plate.
The Blue Sox will probably use
Oscar Cruz or G.. Diaz on the
mound with Manager Manolo
kcevedo behind the plate.
The opening game will start
at l:l5 p. m.
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Key West Whips Pahokee,
3S-l5; St. Patrick's, 46-25
CONCHS RETURN TODAY
AFTER SUCCESSFUL
ROAD TRIP; HAVE 10
WINS IN IL STARTS

Key West High won their
ninth and tenth games of the sea-
son by trouncing Pahokee High
al Pahokee. Thursday, 38 to IS,
and ST. Patrick's High at Miami
Beach, 46 TO 25, last night. The
Conchs were to return to Key
West today, riding high on the
crest of 10 victories in IL starts.
Both defeats were by one point.
This morning Coach N. H.
Pepper participated in a coaches
conference at Lake Worth High
School to complete arrangements
for the annual South Florida
Glass b tournament. BY swamp
ing its two road foes, Key West
stamped itself as one of the two
favorites of the tournament.
The other is Homestead High,
which plays here Friday night.
The Growers defeated the
Conchs, 27-26, in Key Vests
opening game of the season at
Homestead last December. Home
stead also has defeated Gesu
High, the only other team to
beat Key West.
Consequently. the Homestead
game here amounts to a pre-
view of the Class B tournament.
The Conchs not only were
strong on the offensive against
Pahokee and st. Patrick's but
held their opponents shackled
from the floor. Pahokee scored
an average of less than two
points per quarter and st. Pa
tricks was beaten by almost as
wide a margin.
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Ne,C Sporting Goods
Store Opens Here

Bob's Sport & Tackle Shop an
nounces in today's Citizen the
opening of their establishment at
FOG White street, where they
will feature fishing tackle,
sporting goods, paints, tools and
similar items.
Robert Smith, proprietor, an
nounces that the new store will
satisfy a need for Key Westers.
He stated that it will no longer
be necessary to go to Miami to
purchase athletic goods and the
like. His store will contain the
same merchandise and at the
same prices as those sporting
goods stores now operating in
Miami. " s
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Col. Singleton
May Decide Fate
OF Training Camp

Citizens endeavoring to Sc
cure ad equate facilities
which, would permit the Mi
ami Sun Sox of the Florida
International League. TO do
their spring training in Key
West marked time today
pending the arrival here of
Ii. Col. Clifford E. Single
ton. commandant. Key West
Harbor Defensess IA -
On Monday. Col. Singleton
will be asked TO allow The
Sun Sox TO live in vacant
Army barracksduring their
month and as1halt here. His
decision wilt probablY de-
eide whether OF not a pro-
fessional ball club will set
up its. spring. training in Key
West.
Meanwhile. M n icipal
Stadium Chairman Roy Ham
lin figured that a fund of
$500 would permit the Sun
Sox TO train here-$20o to
install showers in the club
house WEST Poinciana ware
housed near the Stadium.
and $500 for lumber with
which to repair the fence.
Hamlin added that another
fund of $4,000 for contin-
gences should be raised. but
said this was not a vital ne
cessity such as the above
items.
Resurfacing of the Stad-
ium infield will begin Mon
day. -
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Mrs. Betty. Petrosky and Mrs.
Bernice JuSzkeurcz, from Detroit,
Mich, are visiting Mrs. A. P.
Knowles at 82l Duval street.
1t has been eight years since
Mrs. Zuszydeurcz was a visitor
in this city.
After leaving Key West, they
will spend a few days with Mrs.
Esparanza Loe, formerly of Key
West, in Miami.
From Miami they will go to
st. Petersburg for a short stay
with Mrs. Zusckeurcz' brother
in-law.
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Mckee 2, Hill 2, Vilareal l, Rob.
erts 2, Skaggs'l, Haskins /, Sweet
ing A, Sawyer l.; free throws miss
ed: Alonzo 3, Sweeting 4, Skaggs
2, Haskins l, Schmitz 8, Albers
l, German l, Hill l.
Score by quarters of the sec
ond game: TIP
Transit Co. - Is 3 8-29
Radio -.-----. 6 5 z .9-27
Personal fouls: c. Smith 2, R.
V. Smith l, Ward l, l.. Smith 2,
G.. Sweeting 2; free throws miss
ed: McCown 2, Pinder l.
Score by quarters of the first
game: TIP
.C.Y.C. --------- 5 IL 2 8-27
High School B 2 2 2 6-12
Field goals: Soriano 5, Knuck
H., Arthur l, Saunders 4, Collins
2, Cruz 2, Roberts /, Romaguera
2; free throws: Soriano l, Cruz
i, Roberts /. -.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
HIGHLY PAID REDS
TO GO ON STAND
Thomas Promises Holly
wood Communists Will Be
Questioned Shortly

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -tA-
"High salaried Communists and
fellow travellers from Holly
wood' will be subpoenaed by
the House Committee on Un-
American Activities when it re-
sumes it's movie investigation
SIN few weeks" Chairman
Thomas (R-NJ) announced to-
night.
Recently completed hearings
held here, Thomas said in an
address prepared for an ABC
network, were 'only the begin
ming"
"We are exposing Com
munism in Hollywood" he said.
"They would like to think that
this is the end of this hearing
and this investigation .
their activities are going to be
exposed and they are going to
be exposed for what they are. "
Thomas accused "the Com
munists, their dupes and thu e
high paid apologists of certain
interests in Hollywood" of seek
ing to discredit the committee
by attributing to it desire to
censor he films.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
Gubernatorial Candidate
Promise To Pr o m ote
Ports OF State
NO

Charles M. Johnson, candi-
ate for governor in the 194e
Democratic primary and cur.
rently State treasurer, promised
to "do all in my power" to help
promote development of the
Wilmington port and stated his
opinion that the State sales tax
twill never be repealed in
North Carolina.
Addressing the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce at it's dinner
session at the Friendly, last
night johnson brought in h
promise to promote port devel-
opment at the close of his gen.
eral discussion of the State gov.
ernment and State finances.
81 think the one thing that
could do more for North Caro-.
lima today is a port system in
Wilmington and Morehead
City," he said. "This is not just
a Wilmington proposal as it has
got out all over the State, but
is for the whole State. I intend
to do all l can to see that it
is carried forward. It could not
help Wilmington if it did not
help the whole state"
See SALES On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
TEXTILE WORKERS
READY TO STRIKE
Three Thousand At Green's
boro Will Heed Call
For Thursday

GREENSBORO, Nov. 4-(P-
Six local unions representing
approximately 5000 workers at
Cone mills here and in Haw
river, Gibsonville and Reds
vile have voted unanimously to
follow strike orders Thursday.
The declaration was made here
late today by Bruno Rantane OF
Textile Workers Union of Amer
lea (C.1.O).
"Any strike at the Cone mills
will be called not only on the
question of wages, union
spokesman added, ''hut will al
SO involve renewal of contr act. -
Once called, the strike would
not be ended here without
agreement as to contract as
well as on T.W.U.A.'s demand
for an hourly wage increase OF
Is cents, Rantane, manager OF
Greensboro - Burlington joint
board of T.W. u "A, stated.
The industry crisis developed
following meeting in Danville
Sunday, at which c. I. O Textile
Union officials voted to strick
Thursday if demands for the Is
cents hourly increase had not
then been met.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
Along The Cape Fear

ciety, Miss Amy M. Bradley came
to Wilmington In December OF
1866.
On January 9, 1867, she en-
barked in the Union school house
upon educational work which
was within few years to develop
into the Tileston normal school
After the Civil war George W.
Jewett re-opened his school in
Wilmington again, and a classical
school was opened here by Ham
ilton Mcmillan in 1866.
An aggressive opposition to the
promotion of public schools de-
veloped during the decade. Op-
position became so determined
that in Raleigh a law was passed
forbidding the teaching of high
school subjects in public schools
In spite of this opposition Ra'
leigh academy eventually gave
way to a public high school anc
the principal of the academy ac'
tually became the principal o1
the high school.
Soon after the schools were SCI
up in the Hemenway and Unior
school buildings in Wilmington
high school subjects were added
to enrich the course of study al
the idea of a public high schoo
education found favor with thu
Superintendent of schools.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
DIR. ALVIN WILEY -


the decade of 1850 to 1860, edu-
cational developments in Will
mington centered around the ac-
tivity and character of one man,
DR.. Calvin H. Wiley. He inaugu-
rated many needed reforms and
made provisions for preparing
teachers for their work and Civ
ing them some guarantee of Sc
curity. The elimination of his
efforts was the emergence of a
new school system which. gave
some promise of stability and ac-
complishment.
In addition to the Wilmington
schools at that time, New Han
over county boasted such schools
as New Hanover Academy found
ed in 1888, Rock Fish academy
1884, Black Creek Female insti-
tuition, 1846, and Topsail, Union
and Rocky Point schools at Rocky
Point.
A free school was opened in
the old Union school house on
South Sixth street between Muir
and Church streets during the
winter of 1865-66, supported by
the Soldiers Memorial society
of Boston
Under the auspices of the
American Unitarian association
and the Soldiers Memorial SO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
Federation OF Mems Bible
Study Groups May Be
Launched Here

A meeting of Christian laymen,
for the purpose of organizing a
Federation of Mems Bible classes,
will be held here in the First
Baptist church, November %, ac-
cording to an announcement last
night by Otto Pridgen, associate
teacher of DR.. Smiths class.
The Federation of Mems Bible
classes, Pridgen said is national
interdenominational organization
of Christian men.
"The plan and purpose of the
organization" Pridgen said, "is
to create and promote mutua!
understanding, good will, Christ
ian friendship and fellowship be.
tween men of our established
churches, assisting each other ir
proving ways and means for en-
couraging and enlarging the
teaching and studying Of the Holy
Bible"
Monthly Meetings
Pridgen said that the program
would include monthly meet
ings which have proven in Other
cities to be great instrumental:
ties for community worship ane
Christian brotherhood"
He stressed the fact that this
is strictly a layman's movemen
and we are looking forward te
the whole-hearted cooperation o1
Mems Bible classes Throughout
the city,"
See LAYMEN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
ASHEVILLE VETS
SCORE VICTORY
ABC Forces Garry 19 OF
City's "a Precincts;
Outstanding Vote

ASHEVILLE, Nov. 4. -P-
The City of Asheville today
voted in favor of the establish
ment of legal whisky stores,
complete but unofficial returns
early tonight showed.
Unofficial returns from all Of
the city's "a precincts gave g.
852 votes for and 6,143 votes
against the stores, a majority
of 2, 7O9 for the ABC proponents.
Election officials reported ii
was the largest vote cast in the
city's history. ABC forces car
red 19 of the city's "a precincts
Nsheville was the fifth West
ern North Carolina area to vote
on the ABC issue during the
past six months. Rowan and Al
| lIeghany counties and the city
of Hickory voted dry but Neck
llenburg county favored the
stores.
In the last referendum of the
question held in 1899, voters Of
the city favored the stores but
their vote was nullified by q
heavy dry vote in rural areas
of Buncombe county. The vote
TODAY was restricted to the city
itself.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
u. S. CITIES OFFER
A-B0MB TARGETS
Census Bureau Warns OF
Vulnerableness OF Metro
Politan Areas

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 --tR-
The United States is increasing
ly vulnerable to atomic bomt
warfare because of the growing
concentration of its population
into large cities, the Census Bu
reau warned tonight.
Assessing the danger to the
40 per cent or more of the ma
tons population which is clus
tered around 140 cities OF over
100, 900, the bureau said:
"The physical structure o1
such cities is, with few excep'
tions, ideal for distinctions by
A-bombs.
The bureaus comments were
made in a 60-page analysis o1
the growth of metropolitan
areas from 1900 to 1940.-The
trend toward concentration o1
population appears to be con
tinuing, the bureau said, on the
basis of a sample census sur
vey last April.
One observation on which the
bureau laid stress was that the
native white population in large
cities els not reproducing it.
SELF" hence failing to do its
part in maintaining the size Of
the population.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
CHEST CAMPAIGN,
DRIVE UNDERWAY
Leaders Address Final
Kickoff Group Meeting;
$1l9,996 Needed

The Red Feather campaign Of
the 1947 Community Chest tc
solicit $119,996 before November
18, officially began yesterday
after the joint kickoff meeting o1
the Residential and County and
the Mems Downtown divisions.
The three divisions completed
the 10 meetings of the pre-cam-
paign which were held separate
ly because of the size of the
campaign.
The Rev. Walter B. Freed,
pastor of St. Paul's Luthern
church, addressed the members
of the Women's Residential and
County division joint kick of
meeting at II o'clock yesterday
mrning in the Luthern church.
Their goal was $4,000 and 3d.
600 respectively.
Charles M. Harrington, gen.
eral campaign chairman. gave
the members a brief resume OF
the Community Chest work.
Chairmans Mrs. Berenece Stell-
ing and Mrs. Harry M. Wellott
presided.
Marks Speaks
H. A. Marks, chest president,
spoke to the Mems division
members yesterday in the Tide
Water assembly hall. Marks
was introduced by chairman
Gardner Greer and their goal is
$4,000.
Harrington stressed the i'm,
portance of closing the cam
paign on time this year and add
ed that the past two campaigns,
although successful, did not
close on the scheduled date.
because of the needs of vari-
Gus organizations affiliated with
the Community Chest, we must
20 over the goal and we plead
for help and increases from the
people who gave money las 81
year" Harrington said.
He added that unless the bust
nessmen contribute freely, that
it will be necessary to call on
See CHEST On Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
ROTARIANS HEAR
CIGARETTE STORY
Ralph Hanson Gives Facts,
Figures On Growing Part
OF Leaf Industry

Consumption of cigarettes in
the United States doubled dur
ing the war years and a pre-
dicted postwar decline has not
yet been noted, Ralph Hanson,
representative of the Philip
Morris research department
from New York City, told local
Rotarians at their luncheon
meeting yesterday.
According to Hanson, 181 bill
lion cigarettes were consumed
in this country in 1910, and that
number had increased to 324
billion by 1915. Last year Unit
ed States smokers consumed
81 1billion cigarettes.
"In that shortage year when
you will remember that there
were long lines and we all stood
in them to get cigarettes,'' he
said, "there were actually 80
billion more cigarettes con-
sumed in the United States than
in the year before.
Pointing to the cigarette as
the junior member Of the enor
nous tobacco industry in the
size Of unit, Hanson declared that
it is junior in size of unit only
having reached position OF
dominance in the tobacco family
after being originated as late
as 1850.
Hanson traced briefly the
processes of tobacco raising,
harvesting and curing, bringing
IN both flue cured and air cured
tobaccos and including also
Turkish blending tobaccos,
which he explained are cured
IN the rafters of the homes OF
Syrians by smoke from the
cooking and household fires.
Until the advent Of the last
War, he said the United States
was dependent on a French
monopoly for all cigarette paper
This, he said, was overcome on
the day the war started, Sep
See ROTARIANS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
VA GROUP MOVES
TO SOUTHPORT
Inspection Board Views
Three Sites Here For
1000 Bed Hospital

Having seen three more pos
sible sites in Wilmington for the
proposed 1000 bed neuropsychi-
atric hospital, the Veterans Ad-
ministration's inspection board
moved on to Southport at lunch
time yesterday, where they in
spected government property at
Fort Caswell and other possible
sites.
The four Va representatives
saw total of six sites in and
around Wilmington. They had
the cooperation while here of a
Wilmington hospital committee
composed of Chamber of Com
merce Secretary John Farrell ;
City Manager James Benson
County Commissioners Chairman
Addison Hewlett; City Engineer
M. Won Oesen; Commander
Charles Foard and Larry Sch
neider of the American Legion; !;
VFW Commander Ken Noble
realtor Hugh Morton; Star :
News Publisher R. B. P 6 e
See VA GROUPS on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
Truman Will Get Marshall
Plan In Detail By Friday;
Democrats TakeKentuckv
$6,OOO,OO0,0O0
First Year Goal
Broad Outlines OF Euro
pean Aid Program AL
ready Achieved

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. -U.D
- Government officials disclos-
ed tonight that in the last 48
hours the broad outlines and
many of the details of the Mar
shall European recovery plan
have been whipped into shape
for Congressional action.
Following an intensive day and
night schedule, experts working
on the plan said it would be pre-
sented to President Truman and
his cabinet for final approval
Thursday or Friday.
The first year goal of the pro-
gram has been set between $6,-
OO0,0O0,0O0 and $7,000,000,000 -
the amount that Congress will be
asked to appropriate for the be-
ginning of The Marshall plan.
Specific estimates for 1949, 1850
and 1851 will be prepared as the
program progresses.
In answer to requests from
many Congressman for four
year estimate of American aid
necessary to save Western Eu-
rope from chaos, the administra-
tion's tentative figure has been
set at $16,5Oo,O0O,O00.
Herter Plan
It was revealed, meantime,
that Rep. Christian A. Herter, r.,
Mass, is prepared to propose a
plan to create government cor
poration to handle all foreign re-
lief under close Congressional in
spection.
Herter headed a special House
committee which made an on
the-spot study of Europe's relief
needs this summer. His group
meets tomorrow.
At the same time, Undersec-
retary of State Robert A. Lovett
conferred with Senate President
See SIX BILLION On Page Twt
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
GROWERS DISCUSS
1913 CROP TODAY
Flue-Cured Acreage Size
Cut Will Be Main Meet
ing Topic

RALEIGH, Nov. 4. @-Tobac'
co growers, confronted with a
drastic reduction in their
foreign markets, will assemble
here tomorrow to present their
views on how much flue-cured
tobacco they should raise next
year.
The public hearing was call.
ed by the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture to study the ques-
ton of tobacco acreage quotas
for next year, and will be at
tended by farm organization
leaders, representatives of to-
bacco warehousemen, and state
and federal agricultural officials
in addition to the growers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-05
And So To Bed

The "And So To Bed"
Editor today received a card
in the mail from a fisher
man here for the SENCBA
rodeo who signed his name
as "Offshore" Ormsby.
Offshore offers to all MIN.
rods the following summary
Of his experience in a life
time of fishing, claiming it
has several new "angles"
for the anglers. The experi-
ence of "Offshore" was sum-
med up as follows:
"When the wind is in the
North, the Southern fisher
man will not venture forth!
"When the wind is in the
East, fishing is not fit for
man nor beast.
"When the wind is in the
South, it blows the bait out
of the fish's mouth.
"When the wind is in the
West, the fishing is the very
best!"
P. S. "Offshore" halls
from California.