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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30
Il got them tickets to the Palac

Il got them tickets TO the Palace
theatre through DR.. ]. c. San
chez. I rode past the theatre
while they were waiting to enter
1t. They all got around my car
and again shook hands. / had to
promise them / would see them
off on the plane next day.
II got TO the airfield as the Gu
bans were marching up the gang
plank of the plane. They prompt
ly got off the plane and again
shook hands with me. l had to
promise to 60 over to Cuba and
go fishing with them.
Whew. Il was q relief to see
them off. They were all fine
boys and well behaved. Mrs.
Irene Myers. manager of. the
Jefferson Hotel. where they
wero put up. wrote the owners
Of the fishing boats what fine
boys they were.
IT was worth il. though. for
we performed a fine function
for the Red Cross"
\ X
Many are the trials of the state
highway patrolmen who work Out
OF Marathon and Tavernier. Thew
are called on to investigate and
report serious and trivial acct.
dents. TO enforce the traffic regu-
latlons and to otherwise msintair
order on Overseas Highway
Patrolman Charles Reynolds i:
one of those. He has a sense OF
humor and is willing to give 3
law visaator q break--if he thinks
he Is entitled to it.
a funny one was pulled on me
last week." said Reynolds. while
awaiting a hearing in Criminal
Court here. Il was questioning {
man about a minor violation.
asked to see his drivers license
] noticed his companion in the cal
pass his his license"
Reynolds arrested both men
They are now out on bond wai;in,
for q hearing.
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HOMES FOR; AMERICANS

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the engineer;ng committees dec;-
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Jr.-Sr. PIT. A.
Meets Tonight

The executive board of the
Junior Senior High School P.-T.A.
will meet tonight in the High
School auditorium at 7:30 o'clock.
At 8 o'clock the Room Mothers
will hold a meeting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30
The Weather
FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Cloudy
this afternoon, clearing and be-
coming partly cloudy by Wednes-
day. Continued moderately cool.
Gentle to moderate winds, most
ly north and northeast.
Florida: Fair today, tonight
and Wednesday. Continued mod
erately cool.
Jacksonville through the Flor
ida Straits and Gulf of Mexico:
Moderate to fresh north to north
east winds today, tonight and
Wednesday. Weather fair.
Jacksonville to Apalachicola:
No small craft or storm warnings
have been issued.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30

part.
Besides the opportunity they
offer to change your personality
and dazzle your public with un-
expected hair glamor, the pin-on
hair pieces are handy time saw
ers that can be tucked into a va
cation bag for quick-change hair
a1tistry.
Most hairdressing salons, SAYS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30
Catharine letters In
DenisOn University

Catherine Jcffers, daughter OF
MIR. and Mrs. Charles w. Jeffers,
formerly of this city. is among
the 1912 students enrolled at
Denison University, Granville,
Ohio.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30

Elevators in some South Afri-
can mines travel at speed Of
$500 feet a minute, over two
and onehalf times the speed of the
fastest Manhattan skyscraper ele-
VatOr.
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APP Newsfeotures

AP Newsfeotures JE4#s
DESIGNED TO CUT COSTS through of standardized materials
this house designed by A. Gordon Lormer
Evans New York architects accordance with the moduar
planning multples make the wide
- feet long 1t of the basic building
industry coordinate planning
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30

africa has virtual monopoly
on diamond production.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30
BY BETTY CLARKE
AP Newsfeatures Beauty Editor

JUST about time for young ladies' were style
presumed into cutting their sken locks short to wu the
pieces. '~ - o AAAA
solution ne soys is to acquire hair pieces which con
Dc oocned costly in fashion Short hair is pretty with
sports or daytime clothes says Mr. Feischer but when GIRL
10 De romantic she should have enough hair on her heed
prettY orrQnQed. To look tho n - - NSNN'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30
REPORT

Key West, Fla, Sept. 80, 1947
observation taken at $3.50 am,
Eastern Standard Time,
City Office
Temperatures
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The
OBSERVATIONS
OF A FOOL

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snmsert "a available buildings
uwnna ~ ne Navy into suitable
honss Cos officers and enlisted
men
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lws years ~ Get the funds for
ihis WORK.
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nom IA the Navy people are COM
pniled 81 reek them In the city.
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ussd Cor dwellings there would be
90 further expansion OF the
PAWS activities here until new
buildings wcra constructed.
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talk about the Navy using bar
rarks Cor dwellings In foolish. The
Fsvy In the most important part
a This city's ecoomic life, With.
caf tina Navy here the city would
~ IN the doldsams right now.
4 4 4
Ma Helen Mcneil. executive
sscfetary ~ the Key West Chap
Ter. American Red Gross, had a
swat time trying 10 clothe and
entertain the 10 Cuban fishcrInen
Fnecued q week AGO Sunday AT
ngtngns and brought here 70
await transportation 20 Havana.
Mrs Mcneil couldn't under
stand o. speak Spanish; the Gu
bess eouldn't understand or speak
~ made Ire clothes" said
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Wwf sAathAns ies fhs Fishermen.
fhsn I seok thssn. three NJ q
tlms 70 Assaeviss store 10 Get
sfofhss-
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sAsltrninG these peulsG" question
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nm Mcneil called Mrs. Bessie
kehuek. me librarian. who agreed
a. aiAnFten the pants. Then Mrs
huth fsmngf. Publicity chairman
~ me chapter. called her aunt
mFH Anna Wade.
Can you come down and tan.
Sc with some Cuban fishelmen?'
Ms LANCE asked Mrs. Wade.
Ma Wade came down. al.
thwinh shc understood Mrs. LangC
A. sse ~tanaoa instead M '.,anglc,
IA wo,men he.svacn ,he,n IT,
"a 81 thr nans~ and the Cuban,
werp aaaln uresentabIe--.or 81
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~Ths, YET me know that the,
wantsd cosnhs and hair oil" Mrs
MrNell aid so I took Thorn 4,
: siaee and they bought IA combS
TNnn they smelled ali the oils h
li.a place. hsst onsv shook thei
headn dincunaalasely.
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nHnmi8@ WITH than. 4 fixeA
tAsm 20 with q sort Of hriIIIan.
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Key West In
Days Gone By
AS TAKEN FROM FILES
OF THE CITIZEN OF
SEPT. 30. 1897


Operation of slot machines, the
"one-armed bandit" becomes un-
lawful at midnight tonight, and
owners of such machines in Mon
roe County are gathering them
up today, as they become seiz-
able beginning October l. The
last session of the legislature out
lawed the operation of slot ma
chimes because of widespread
complaints against them through
out the state. :.
Miss Sallie Russell, district
deputy grand chief of the Pythian
Sisters, said today that Mrs.
Grace L. Peter. grand chief in
Florida, is scheduled to visit here
on November %. Mrs. Peter is the
former Grace l.. Saunders of Key
West. She is. nows"fesiding in
Tampa.
A historical sketch of the Key
West Rotary Club was given to-
day at the noon luncheon by
William H. Malone, charter
member.
Because of the ruling of the
WPA that aliens can not work
on relief projects in Key West.
many applications have been
filed here by residents to become
citizens of the United States.
Key West Social Club an
nounced today that it has begun
to make preparations for the
celebration of a week of JOY"
in Key West, from October "a to
81.
Troop 50, Boy Scouts of Amer
lea, has begun a drive to increase
it's membership.
AS sort of farewell to the
"one-armed bandit" a Slot Ma
chine Dance will be given tonight
at Pena's Garden of Roses.
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
Whenever they shoot con-
spirator in Russia, two others bob
up"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30

A historical sketch of the Key
West Rotary Club was given to-
day at the noon luncheon by
William II. Malone, a charter
member.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30

Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
Whenever they shoot a con-
spirator in Russia, two others bob
up"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-30

AS a sort of farewell to the
"one-armed bandit" a Slot Ma
chine Dance will be given tonight
at Pena's Garden of Roses.
Evening star., 1947-01-14

WRc, 7:3o-Metropoiiian Opera Tenor E.
wood Gary sings The Desert Song"
. WINK, 730-" What's the Matter With Peo.
pier a radio drama written especially Tor this
seTies.
WRc, S:O0-pudy ValIse brings back three
recent guests, Comedian Ken Gard, Eddie Albert
and hargo.
Evening star., 1947-01-14
ON the AIR TONIGHT.

ON the AIR TONIGHT.
WT0P, 9:00-Parks Johnson and Warren Hull
interview residents Of San Francisco.
WMAL, 9:30-The Boston Symphony Or
ehssirs, under the direction Of Bruno Waller,
offers an aIIBrahms program, playing the
Tragic" overture and the Symphony No. I.
WI0P. 10:00-Premiere Of q new ORA.
Evening star., 1947-01-14

mstie series by Norman Cowin. The scripts
are based on material obtained by corwin on
his recent round .fhe.world trip.
WRc, t0:00-Bob Hope matches wits with
Beatrice Lille.
WT0P, t0:30-Winsfon Burdeff asks I new
Senators What Should the New Congress Dol"
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Nine FelOns Escape In N. Y.

NEW YORK, (P1 - The city's l7,000 police were ordered today to be ready to shoot to kill" in the manhunt for nine felons, one a confessed killer and another a former Alcatraz inmate, who staged a daylight escape from an- cient Raymond Street jail in Brooklyn. By the number of men delivered, the break was the larg- est in the city'S history. But it was aStonishingly quiet and involved no violence
 Everything points to accom- pliceS on the outside" declared Al bert o. Williams, newly appointed commissioner of correction. War den Thomas Mcdonnell attributed the escape to an inadequate num- Der of guards and to the prisons deterioration.
 "The jail" he said, lis over 100 years old. Its bars are rotten, it's windows are rotten"
 Williams and Brooklyn district attorney Miles F. Mcdonald said that while the nine prisoners were returning from a prison medical examination yesterday, one of the men climbed up to the cell win dow, and, using a hacksaW cut through the bar and squeezed through the opening.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
American To Be Tried In Shanghai

SHANGHAI, (P) - John Ira Rogers, an American from Seattle, today was ordered tried in Shang- hai district court on charges of stabbing and seriously injuring Ching Yu-Fang, 23, Chinese pedi- cab operator, New Years night.
 Rogers, member of a crew of a Chinese National Relief and Re- mobilization administration fishing boat, was arrested at the scene by Chinese police He told them he acted in self-defense after a num- Der of pedicab drivers threatened him and two companions during an argument over fares. Ching was operated upon yesterday. Doctors said he is not completely out of danger.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Cordoba Becomes Tapachula Mayor

MEXICO CITY, (P)-Ernesto A. Cordoba, opposition candidate for mayor in the Nov. IT mayoralty elections at Tapachula on the Guatemalan border, was "official- ly recognized" as mayor at 2 am. today, victory for his followers, who were machine-gunned last Tuesday by judicial and munici- pal police when they sought to force their way into the municipal palace
 The official death list today was placed at 12 including men, Wo- men and children and those in- jured at P. However, Bernabe Corzo, Tapachula lawyer, told the Associated Press by radio tele- phone that between 20 and 30 other persons were less seriously wounded and treated at their homes. Some were trampled when crowd, protesting the ''imposi- tion" of Mayor Luis Guizar, was fired upon by judicial police and the municipal palace guard.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Japanese Receives Scholarship

EASTON, Pa. (P)-A 22-year- old Japanese who was in training in the kamikaze (suicide) corps at the end of the war has been awarded a scholarship to Lafayette college because the parents of an army private killed by a Jap on Luzon believe good will is the only way to prevent repetition of war
 Robert Y. Nishiyaha. P, will come to the United States to study 'as soon as the ban on Japanese travel to this country is lifted. He is the first Jap to receive a schol- arship to an American college since Pearl Harbor.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert M. John stone of DoWningtown, Pa., set up the scholarship with the $10,000 government insurance their son, Pvt. Robert s. Johnston, carried Young JohnStone had requested that in the event of his death the scholarship be established to bring about better understanding be- tween Japanese and Americans.
 The elder Johnstone said he established this fund because do not think we are going to have peace in settling the war with hate and hard terms. My wife and are trying to do our small share by helping other people to keep the peace. Only by good will can we win out"
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Navy Seaplane Feared Lost

WASHINGTON, (H) - A PBM Mariner seaplane with nine per sons aboard is overdue on an ex- ploratory flight from the navy's Antarctic expedition, the navy re- ported today.
 The plane took off from the sea- plane tender U.S.S. Pine Island at 5:45 am. EST Dec. 30.
 It was scheduled to return at 3:45 pm. the same day, but had sufficient fuel for II additional hours of flight.
 The last report from the plane was received at 7:25 am. (EST) on Dec. 30 at which time it was about 250 miles south of the Pine Island
 Previous reconnaissance flights had reported open water in that area and the navy expressed hope the plane had made safe landing Search and rescue operations have been hampered by bad weather.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Ike Is Soldier;
 Not Politician

MAMA, Fla. (P) - General Dwight D. Eisenhower in an inter view said today that the mention of his name as a Presidential can didate lis not good for the great organization with which l am as sociated. Eisenhower, the army's chief of staff, made it plan that he was thinking as a soldier of the nations future security to prevent the United States from falling vic time to some possible future super blitz."
 From the beginning of the war, when my name has been men toned in connection with a pos sible future political career for me, I have instantly refused to consider such contingency" said the general during an inter view at an inspection of the army's Pratt General hospital in subur- ban Coral Gables.
 "I have not changed my mind" ,, "The army is definitely non partisan and national in character, and any talk that tends to cloud the soundness of that feature is not to the best interest of the United States"
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Political Parties Have Balances
(BY Douglas B. Cornell)

WASHINGTON, (P)-Both the Republican and Democratic na- tional committees came through the l946 election campaigns with cash in the bank. But their finan- cial reports to Congress showed today that:
 The Democrats began the new year with $589,8O6 less than they started the old one.
 The Republicans not only won the election but boosted the size of their bank account.
 Regular reports of contributions and expenses must be filed with the House clerk by political or ganizations.
 George Kallion, treasurer, said the Democrats began l946 with a bank balance of $731,294, took in S1, LAY, ,871, paid out $1,737,677 and wound up on Dec. 31 with SAL 4S8.
 Ray R. Dobson, assistant treas urer of the Republican committee, listed contributions of $l,097 ,404 and expenses as $817,728 for last year, leaving the COP $279,676 to the good.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Seek Huge Sum In Damage Suits
OBy The Associated Press)

By The Associated Press)
 The total of retroactive portal to portal pay and damage suits on file Tuesday climbed toward the billion and a half dollar mark, ex- elusive of unspecified claims.
 The total of specified amounts sought by workers was $1.374 ,456,- 900.
 There was talk in Congressional circles, however, that new legisla- ton imposing a "Windfall tax" might give the federal treasury virtually al lof any back pay awards won by workers in the courts.
 In Chicago, wartime industrial firms were advised by some tax experts that they would be unable to recover from the government, through re-negotiation of closed war contracts, any retoactive DOT tai wages which couts may order paid by the firms.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Would Give Vets A Large Bonus
Friday. January 3. ls47

WASHINGTON, P)-A bill to pay all World War II veterans a bonus of $4 per day for home service and S5 for every day over seas was ready today for intro duction by Rep. Page D.-GaD.
 Page also planned measures to make terminal leave of enlisted personnel payable in cash March Is and to raise the salary limits for veterans participating in the governments on-the-job training program.
 World War I veterans were paid a bonus of Sl daily for home service and SIPS for overseas duty, but Pace declared that civil ian wages were higher during World War II and that the costs of living was up tremendously now.
 As drafted the bill covers all personnel. The World War bonus was paid only to those below the grade of major.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Truman Will Give Congress Message Personally

WASHINGTON, R)-President Truman completed plans today to deliver his state of the union mes sage to Congress in person Mon day at l pm. EST if the two Houses are organized by then.
 Presidential secretary Charles G. Ross told reporters the message will require about 50 minutes reading time before joint session in the House of Representatives
 It will be broadcast by televi- sion as well as by the major radio networks.
 The present schedule is for the President to send Congress a sec- ond message based on report from his economic advisory coun- cil on January 8, and to follow this on January 10 with a budget mes sage for the fiscal year starting Juyl 1.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Mackenzie King
 To Become Citizen

OTTAWA, P)-Prime Minister w. L. Mackenzie King, who was born in Canada and has headed the government longer than any one else, will receive Canadian citizenship papers tonight.
 The Prime Minister, along with 12,000,000 other Canadians, for mally became a Canadian citi- zen" on Jan. as the new citizen ship act went into effect. He re- mains with other Canadians a British subject"
 Tonight's ceremony will launch national citizenship week during which similar events will be held throughout the Dominion, with several provincial premiers also receiving citizenship papers to mark their new status.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
Logging Workers Boycott Averted

VANCOUVER, B. C. P)-Possi- bility of a workers boycott" of Queen Charlotte logging opera tions appeared to have been avert ed today with announcement by International Woodworkers Asso- citation CCIO-CCL) officials that loggers had accepted an offer for fare allowances.
 Nels Medsen, president of local l-7l, IVA, said the workers had overwhelmingly approved to ac- cept the offer which grants a
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03

seven cent an hour differential, in lieu of fares to the camps, retro active to Jan. l, 1946, and a nine cent an hour differential for 1947.
 Loggers had threatened to boy colt the nine Queen Charlotte op- orators on grounds that working conditions were more severe in the area due to climate and timber size.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL

Howard Dodge, Koyuk. William Bliss, GOlOVin. MT. and Mrs. F. M. Williams, Kotzebue. Paul Puckett, Anchorage. William Park. Illiam- na.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03

Patience is a great thing, but it never helped rooster lay an egg.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-03

Ninety per cent of the worlds nickel supply comes from Canada.