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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
Earl Higgs Out
For Commission

Pledging economy in city gov
eminent, Earl Higgs, service sta
ton operator, announced today
his candidacy for city commits
sioner in the November election
Higgs said he felt that an
economical program of benefit to
the taxpayers could be inaugural
ed without hampering the eff
cient operation of the city gov
eminent.
- believe that commissioner,
should see that city affairs are
operated as he would his own
business" Higgs said.
Close cooperation with the
Navy and the publicizing of Key
West to bring tourists to Key
West are also two of the main
planks in Higgs' platform.
without the Navy and tour
list trade our economical life
blood will be at a low ebb,"
Higgs said.
The candidate said that he
would also ask the support of
other commissioners as well as
county comm S IS toner's in
the studying of the operation of
the two governments in hopes
that some of the offices could
be consolidated, thereby creating
a saving in money, as well as
providing a more efficient adj
ministration.
Some of the large cities in
Florida have consolidated some
of their main city and county Of
fees, and if such a program can
be efficiently operated in the
large counties and cities it can in
Key West" Higgs declared.
Higgs also said that he believed
that a capable, efficient manager
should be placed in absolute
charge of the city.
ITO have an efficient govern
ment the city manager must have
reins to do as the charter pro-
vides. He should not have to take
orders from members of the com
mission" Higgs said.
Higgs is a native. Key Wester
He said he believed in inducing
new industries to come into Key
West, as well as making condi-
thions pleasant for those who
desire to build and make this
Island their home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
Property Sales

J. Winfield Russell transferred
to Joseph l. Russell, Miami, prop
erty on Big Pine Key for a NOM
inal sum, according to warran-
ty deed filed Saturday with Cir
cult Court Clerk Ross c. Sawyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Key
transferred to Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
%. Watkins, 1912 Fleming street,
property near Ashe and Petronia
streets for $4,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
Is Members
In Audubon
Society Here
STRENGTH CLOSE TO Al AS
FAMILIES HAVE ONE REP
RESENTAT1vE: OPEN FOR
CHARTER MEMBERS

Membership in the new Audu-
bon Society has increased to Is
paid members, President Oliver
Griswold announced today.
Actually the strength of the
organization is almost twice that
number since most of the men,
bers represent married couples.
On this basis the membership
consists of Al persons as follows:
Mayor and Mrs. w. w. De-
merritt, 900 Fleming, street, Mr..
and Mrs. c. Rodney Gwynn, GA
Elizabeth street; Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman D. Artman, 524 Elizabeth
street; Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Gar
nett, 1015 South street; Miss
Grace Crosby, 14l7 Ashby street;
Miss Marion Worries, 1881 Poin-
ciana Place; Mrs. Frances Hames,
GA Pauline Lane; Richard Won
Schultz, COS, Angela street; Mr..
and Mrs. Oliver Griswold, 1907
Division street; Miss Gertrude
Laubscher, 408 Eaton street;
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold r. Laub-
scher, 1924 Seminary street - Mr..
and Mrs. George Mills White, 503
Simonton street; Mr.. and Mrs
Dan l.. Navarro, 424 Elizabeth
street; Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. God
dard, AIT United street; D. P
Baillod. 1901 Won Phister street;
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Stark, 1929
Won Phister street; Rev. j. H.
johnson, ST., 1910 Windsor Lone:
DR.. and Mrs. Frank A. Bowser
1901 Olivia street;
Mr.. and Mrs, Jerry ]. Trevor
1925 Division street; Mr.. and Mrs
C. c.. French. 229-C Poincians
Place; Mr.. and Mrs. JOSEPH
Lazarovici, 623, Margaret street
; Mr.. and Mrs. William Lee, 73(
Olivia street! Miss Louisa v
White, GA Windsor Lane; Mrs
David P. sBodwin, Washington
ID. c., and Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
r. Vosburgh, Miami
Secretary Harold Laubsche
has sent in the names of mem
bers to the National Audubon
Society. all of whom will receive
membership cards, the bi-month.
i ly Audubon Magazine on wildlife
and use of Audubon facilities
outings and sanctuaries for wild
life study and photography
throughout the country. Treasur-
er Norman d. Artnan has start
ed an -. account for the Monroe
County Society from funds sub
mitted by members.
Further charter members will
be accepted for some time. at
least until the charter of the
chapter here has been approved.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
Berlin Children
In Black Market

BERLIN.-(AP).- Police raids
against blackmarketers now ex-
tend even to Berlin schools, where
children have been found who
do a thriving business in cigarets,
candies and other articles.
The police departments juve-
nile section reported that a recent
raid at a high school caught a
group of children in possession Of
$1,000 which they admitted OBJ
tanning through blackmarket op-
erationS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
Flies 5000 Miles
To Pay 90 Cent Debt

COPENHAGEN.-(AP).-Eigh-
ty-one-year-old Peter Jensen
kjeldsen of Sufria, Wis, recently
made a 6000-mile air trip to pay
a debt of less than one dollar
contracted more than 30 years
ago.
Jensen told reporters he had
come by air from the States to
find waiter from whom in 1915
he borrowed four kroner (about
80 centS).
Il left for America complete
ly Forgetting my debt" Jensen
said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
City Commission
Meets Tomorrow

City commissioners will hold 2
recessed meeting tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock in City Hall. They
will hear the arguments of At
torney Vince Giblin regarding as
seSsments of his clients property,
the Casa Marina Hotel.
The commissioners are afford
ing Giblin this opportunity of
presenting his case for lower
assessments.
Also to be taken up at this meet
ing will be the re-issuing of liquor
applications.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
Sub Arrives

USS. AdaX. submarine. arriv-
ed back at Key West Submarine
Base Saturday afternoon after an
extensive overhaul at Portsmouth.
N. H.. Navy Yard.
The Adax is permanently based
here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
Seeks Divorce

A petition for a divorce was
filed Saturday in the office of Cir
cult Court Clerk Ross c. Sawyer
by May Katherine Bateman Bray
les against Jerald Otis Brayles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
SPECIALIZATION!

PARAGOULD, Ark.-(AP).-An
advertisement in the Paragould
Press read: s'Wanted; Washings
but no ironingS."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
TOKYO VICNETTES
BUSY CITY PLEASED At MACARTHUR VOTE

(EDITOR'S NOTE: William c. Barnard SO, Texas
born staff member of The Associated Press Dallas Bu-
reou. went to Jopon to the recent recordbreoknq
flight of B29s to Washington. Here he describes con-
diions in the country they appear a newcomer)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
BY WILLIAM c. BARNARD


TOKYO-The japanese overjoYed when General Douq
los Macarthur Reelected It one of the first Moe
Arthur stories visitor to Tokyo hes Bolots in the op
dnese tree election inscribed by Genero Douoas
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08

The GINA Broadway of Tokyo showing Japanese
have been pushing construction capital.
Macarthur and hq mony Jup voters checked his
name eagerly.
His popularity Americans in Tokyo say due to the fact
he oPonese never had 1t so good The people look ode
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08

Son To Moores

DR.. and Mrs. Herman X. Moore.
507 " ehead street. announce
the birth of a boy, weighing sew
en- pounds. seven ounces. at 32t
pm, Saturday, September 6.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-08
Smiths Have Son

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G.. Smith an.
nounce the birth of boy Satur-
day, August 30. in the Miami Vic
toria Hospital. The new arrival
has been given the name of Low
Gordon Smith, Jr.
Mrs. Lew Smith is the formrr
Mary Louisa Porter. daughter 81
DR.. and Mrs. J. Y. Porter. j..
Evening star., 1947-01-11
|G. O.P. Seeks 10 Keen
War Profits Probers
Despite Opposition
By the Associated Press

Republicans. planning big-scale
probe of munitions profits, charted
strategy today for continuing the
special Senate War Investigating
Committee, despite opposition Of
Democratic Senators.
Chairman Brewster scheduled a
conference with Chairman Gurney
of the new Armed Services Commit
tee, which some Democrats contend
should take over the work of the
special inquiry group.
Senator Brewster already has
conferred with other Republican
members of the special committee
so that, as he put it, "we can present
a united front on policy when the
matter comes up for vote in the
Senate, probably Monday.
These COP Senators expect that
Senator Gurney will fall in line with
party plans and yield any claim the
Armed Services Committee might
have to conduct war investigations.
The issue came up in the Senate
yesterday when Democratic Sem
Evening star., 1947-01-11

katofs Tydings Of Maryland and
Hayden Of Arizona protested against
Republican efforts to continue the
life OF the war inquiry unit and the
Small Business Committee.
They argued the Congressional
Reorganization Act IS designed to
eliminate special committees. It
does not ban them, however.
Senator Brewster replied he was
'1oathe to believe" the Democrats
opposed continuance of the War
Investigating Committee because
they feared disclosures it may make
would embarrass the administra-
tion.
Republicans want the committee
continued, Senator Brewster said,
"becafise it has an experienced and
adequate staff, and the work still to
be done fits in with that already un-
dertaken.'
."The Armed Services Committee
will take over the job in time, per-
haps in six months to q year, but
lit is not ready now," Senator Brew
lster said.
He reiterated that one of the
first things the committee will tackle
lis a broad investigation "of war
profits and profiteers."
1--WE need to find out" Senator
Brewster added, "to what extent the
economic face of America has been
altered by the war. We want to look
into monopolies and the operations
of big business, too."
Evening star., 1947-01-11

home early this week and good
weather for skiing. I took the
children out the day before I left,
but didn't join them. I ski about
as well as my son, which is not too
good"
Mrs. Stassen, interviewed at her
suite at the Mayhower Hotel, said
she was a member of the American
Legion Auxiliary and the League
OF Women Voters, "but don't give
much time to either" She and
her husband were married soon
after he finished law school at the
University of Minnesota, and she
shared his interests as he rose to
be Governor of the State from 1899
to 1943, when he resigned to join
the Navy.
when I have any spare time, "
she said, II spend it trying to keep
up with my husband. He's inter-
ested in so many thing that I have
to keen on NV toes"
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Children Allow Mrs. Stossen
Only Brief Visits to Capital
Wife of Presidential
Aspiront Sees Little
Of Her Busy Husband

The wife of a presidential aspirant
sees her husbands picture in the
newspapers much more frequently
than she sees him at home, Mrs
Harold E. Stassen said wistfully In
an interview here yesterday.
But their two little Stassens keep
her SO busy she rarely has time to
pause and think in what city her
husband is speaking that day, she
said.
Brief visits from their home in st
Paul, Mimi, to see him are all Mrs
Stassen can manage, at least unit
school is out, she said. Glen, IL, ir
the sixth grade, and Kathleen, S, II
kindergarten, take most of her time
now.
"But I'm not complaining" she
emphasized, and Il like being with
my children, even If can't be with
my husband as much as I'd like. We
have never brought the children to
Washington on my short visits but
we may bring them on visit this
summer"
Mrs. Stassen, an attractive bru-
nette who gives her age as "a little
younger" tina nher husband, who is
80, said she had visited Washington
a number of times and ''likes the
city, but Minnesota will alway be
home" She names the National
Gallery of Art os one of her favorite
spots here.
"AnG 7 must be good luck token
for you weather" she added. "Peo-
pie tell me you have bad weather
here, but I don't believe it. It's
lovely today tshe said yesterday
I guess I usually come in the fall
and in the spring when the cherry
trees are in bloom, so I miss the
bad weather. Ir..
"It was 10 below zero when I left
Evening star., 1947-01-11
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Evening star., 1947-01-11
Red Writer Proposes
International Rule Of
Panama, Suez Canals
BY the Assoeieisd Press


MOSCOW, Jan. II. - Interna-
tionalization Of the Panama and
Suez Canals was advocated yester.
day by the New Times, weekly So
Wet foreign affairs publication.
MANY States are interested In
the Suez and Panama Canals" said
the writer, K. Serezhin, In reviewing
q book by a French author, Andre
Siegfried, on this topic. Speak
ing of the so-called equal oppor-
tunities' principle, here is Just the
case in which it should be applied .
Declaring the two canals have
become instruments in the strug-
gle of the Anglo-Saxon bloc for a
dominant role in the world" Sere-
zhin said "the urgent interests OF
all peoples require their interna-
tionalization."
He drew a distinction, however,
between these canals and such in
ternational waterways as the Black
Sea straits and the Danube River,
saying the latter were of vital Signi-
ficance only for the countries To-
Gated in their immediate proximity.
"The Suez and Panama Canals" !"
he said, in distinction from the
Danube or Black Sea straits, for
example, in their geographical 10
cation and character always have
been and are genuinely interna-
tional routes serving all countries
and peoples scattered throughout
various parts of the world
Digging the great canals facili-
tated the development of world
transport of the international eco
namic society, but built in the epoch
of imperialism, they bear the stamp
of the struggle and contradictions
beween imperialist states which have
turned them into an instrument of
narrow aims, an instrument of mill
tary and economic pressure on other
{rfa
Evening star., 1947-01-11
| Chemist Questionnoire
Used in Army Survey

A war service QUESTIONABLE which
the American Chemical Society sent
to its 1900 members is being used
as a model for a survey the War
Department is conducting among
physical scientists and engineers for
guidance in .any future emergency
Alden H. Emery Of washington
secretary of the society, saids the
Army is seeking to obtain complete
data on the war work of other tech
nical men through their societies
and the National Research Council
Evening star., 1947-01-11


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Marion progress., 1947-12-25
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

| am thinking of you today because it is
Christmas, and wish you happiness, and to-
morrow, because it will be the day after Christ
mas, | shall still wish you happiness; and so
on clear through the year. I may not be able
to tell you about it every day, because may
be far away; or because both of us may be very
busy; or perhaps because | cannot afford to
pay the postage on so many letters, or find
time to write them But that makes no differ
ence. The thought and the wish will be here
just the same. In my work and in the business of
life mean to try not to be unfair to you or in
jure you in any way. In my pleasure, if we can
be together, I would like to share the fun with
you. Whatever JOY success comes to you will
make me glad Without pretense and in plain
words, goodwill to you is what I mean, in the
spirit of Christmas.-Henry Van Dyke.
Marion progress., 1947-12-25
FIGURES ON SACRIFICE

Every now and then an obscure item of news
can do more than carload of polemics to show
why men act as they do. Here is one:
In a recapitulation of casualties suffered in
the war; Secretary Marshall lists the number
Of lives lost by the chief beligerents The Unit
ed States lost l in every 500 of it's, population,
the United Kingdom lost l in every $50, Rus
sa lost l in every 22.
For moment the figures take one back to
the beaches of Dunkirk, the cellars of Stain
grad. Is it any wonder the people who bear the
vivid memory of the sacrifices they made then
people whose cities and daily life still bear
the disa proportionate scars of war-should in
terpret victory in different terms from lusty,
confident booming United States?
The sacrifices made in war are only one ele-
ment in complex world situation. But they
need to be remembered in determining the sac
rifices to be made for peace.-Christian Science
Monitor.
Marion progress., 1947-12-25
SEASON OF GOOD WILL

"Christmas in the United States is composed
of threads from many and reflects their Gus
toms in church and home," according to the
Encyclopedia Britannica
The traditional English Christmas calls for
family reunions, gifts, carols, parties and
pantomine for the children in a season of gen
eral good will. Britannica points out that al
though many of the old and picturesque Eng
llsh customs have faded, they still contribute
to the modern holiday through Christmas
pageants, the designs of Christmas cards and
the narratives in ballads and carols describing
the festivities of the old days.
/ In Scandinavian countries, the Britannica
relates, preparations and cooking begun
weeks in advance in order to stock the home
for three weeks of hospitality and leisure dur
ing the holiday season. The celebration itself
begins on Christmas Eve with an elaborate
supper, followed by tree with family
ship and singing before the presents dis
ltributed. Early church is attended by everyone
on Christmas morning, because the shepherds,
the first to worship the baby Jesus, came early
and then returned to their work
"The observance centers around the Christ
mas tree wtR the presents not on it, but piled
under it and on nearby tables, their distribu-
tion preceded by the singing of carols includ-
ing % Tannenbaum' and 'Stille Nacht. y
Children in the Netherlands leave their,
wooden shoes, filled with hay for St. Nicholas
white horse which he jumps from roof to-
roof leaving toys and sweets Britannica points
out that in the Netherlands and Belgium De-
cember is the chidren's holiday December
rs is reserved for the religious holiday.
"The religious features are prominent in
France, especially the creche in churches and
homes, and the midnight mass followed by
Christmas supper, with family dinners and re-
unions on Christmas Day." says the Britannica
"In Normandy where old customs are kept, the
children go out Epihany Eve to meet the
three Kings on the highway"
The manger is also prepared in Mexican
homes ready for the "Posadas." This means
resting place. and and commentaries the
journey Mary and Joseph took from Nazareth
to Bethlehem, the Britannica explains
"The 'Posadas' begin on December 16 and
groups of nine families hold one every night
before Christmas Eve, meeting in the different
homes Carrying candles and following an i'm
age of the Virgin and Joseph, they re-enact the
search for shelter, stopping at the door of
each room and pleading in Latin chant for en-
try. In the last room they are admitted, and
there sing their thanks"
Christmas in Brazil, south of the equator
is a summer festival with fireworks, picnics
fiestas and boating excursions. Britannica re-
marks, however, that in spite of the summer
weather Papa Noel comes dressed as Santa
Claus with his reindeer and Sleigh
Marion progress., 1947-12-25
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Once again it become our pleasant privilege
to say something about Christmas-to wish
our readers and all the world Merry Christ
mas.
To us, Christmas is that mellowed, hallowed
time of the year when minister to the hun
ger of the heart. Traditions and practices of
this period of grace have emboldened the most
timid among us to express, partially at least,
pentup love for our fellowbeings by spok-
en- and printed words, by acts of thoughtful
and the giving of gifts. Christmas helps us
to make ourselves happy by making others
happy The spirit of Christmas touches the hll-
man heart the rod of Moses touched the
rock, and fountain of joy and gladness
springs forth for the family of men.
We like to think of Christmas as a day of
peace and truce when all life's controversies
and grievances are forgotten for visible dem
onstrations of charity jubilation and humility.
Even Santa Claus, commercial though he may
loom in some eyes, is spiritual figure which
inculcates in the hearts of young and old the
spirit of "peace on earth, good will toward
men,
Never before was "peace earth, good will
toward men, SO earnestly priced, so hungrily
hoped for, yet so far from realization in so
many parts of the world Happily in our own
y,
mas is SO deeply grounded in the hearts of all
of us it is safe to say that if Christmas did not
already exist it would be necessary to invent
it, And having it we know what it has come to
mean. We know we could not do without it.
We know that in the years of youth Christ
masses the glowingy bright and joyous sea-
son; that in mature age they linger in the
memory as the dearest periods of the past We
know that while Christmas is the feast of
Christs birth it may be, and is celebrated and
enjoyed by nOn-christians the world over We
know that it is a period for helping our less
fortunate brothers, for renewing friendships
for universal tolerance
Though the Christmas season was ceebrat-
ed by Britons long before conversion to Christ
lanlty, it has been good naturedly said that
Charles Dickens invented" the English Christ
mas SO famous in song and story. It is certainly
true that he gave great impetus to the celebra-
ton and enjoyment of the feast, in the best
way, by his descriptions and stories His Christ
mas Carol is the honored classic of the occa-
sion, and the spirit of the season is beautifully
condensed and expressed in Tiny Tins prayer,
God bless us everyone"
So, may the happy memories of past Christ
masses come to each and everyone of you this
Yuletide. May the joys of this Christmas be so
real to each and everyone of you that no tinge
of bitterness, sadness or cynicism can possibly
seep through to mar your holiday Instead may
you hear the torch of real Christmas spirit to
everyone in your own crcle-family, friends
and neighbors-to your fellow men. And may
your Christmas be so full that there will
be stored in our hearts sufficient reserve to-
enrich all your Chrstmases to come
MERRY CHRISTMAS everybody!
Marion progress., 1947-12-25

Heap on more wood; the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it will,
Well keep our Christmas merry still.
Each age has deemed the newborn year
The fittest time for festal Cheer
Sir Walter Scott