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The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Hurricane
Aduisory No. 10

NEW ORLEANS WEALTH
ER BUREAU. Advisory No.
10. ii AM. EST. Aug. IL.
l947:
The hurricane has sppsr-
emily moved very slowly dur
ing the night and early morn
ing. Lack of reports does not
permit an accurate location of
the center. The center is
probably located near Lati-
tude 22 degrees between
Longitude IS and 96. 1t ap.
pears to be moving to the
northeast or north
Strongest winds reported yes
terday and early last night
were about 80 miles per hour.
Squalls extend outward for a
distance of about 300 miles to
the north and east of the CEN
ter.
Reconnaissance flights are
expected to be in the hurri-
cane area within the next few
hours and another advisory
will be issued as soon as re-.
ports are available.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Atty. General
Gives Opinion
On Textbooks

TALLAHASSEE, August l4.--A
hook prepared for school use, no
matter how excellent. is not ne
cessarily a public document, and
therefore, not to be distributed at
the taxpayers expense, Attorney
General j. Tom Watson has ad-
vised State School Superinten-
dent Colin English.
The superintendent had asked
if a book entitled Florida:
Wealth or WaSte?", which he said
was designed for use as a junior
high school textbook, would be
considered a state on public doc
ument. Such documents, defined
by the attorney general as re-
ports of state departments and
other publications of the state.
are distributed to the state uni
lversities, and to the University
CT Miami. University of Tampa.
and Stctson University.
Although a textbook might be
a welcome addition to any Ii
brary as a book of general infor-
nation. the attorney general
concluded that it would not be
considered public document
and thus eligible for distribution
to the universities in Florida.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
/. Weinirnub
Gets Certificate

Isidorc Weintraub, of the Key
West Junior Chamber of Com
nerce, has been presented a GER
tificate from the State Junior c.
of C.. which reads:
BY these presents let it be
known that, in recognition of
outstanding accomplishments in
Junior Chamber of Commerce
activities and contribution TO the
welfare of the city, state and
nation, this distinguished SER
vice award is presented to Isl
dorc l.. Wcintraub of Key West.
and be il further known that this
certificate is given that all men
may know the above named has
been thus honorcd as an Out
standing Young Man in the State
d Florida"
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
lU.@.@y 81. ~ ~sIs ~ &w.s a
Splcndor Seen
In Gypsy Rites
As Queen Dies
Ap NeWsfeotureS

AP NeWsfeotures
|CYDNEY. Australia. - Hun
- dreds of qypsies from all
over Australia. including scores
of ragged children, come to
Sydney recently for the funeral
of the queen of the gypsy Sterio
tribe. 75-Year-old Mrs Mary
Sterio.
Amid ceasclcSs chatter, accom-
panied by the traditional pour
ing of wine on the coffin and
throwing of silver coins In the
grave, the gypsy queen was burr
ed IN Sydney's lockwood ccm-
ctcry.
The body Of the queen, wrap
ped in rich silks, had lain in
state at a Sydney funeral parlor
for eght days in a specially made
cedar caskct, goJd-painted and
adorned with sllvcr-COIorcd de-
Signs. Funeral officials said the
toffin which was larger than
norma; size, was ono of the most
expensive made in Sydney in
years.
On the day Of the funeral, Gyp-
sizes packed INTO the parlor to
chant and vail over the body Of
their queen. One woman smoked
long pipe in between sobS,
and d man, while sobbiug over the
coffin, took long draughtS from
Il bottle.
The funeral procession was led
by the local brass band which
the gypsies had hired for the oc-
caSlon. Two of the Gypsles' bat
tered automobiles were left at
the starting point-One with en-
glne trouble, the other with d
flat tire.
All the dead Woman'5 jcWelry
and trinkets had been placed in
the coffin.
AS the coffin was belsg low
cred into the grave, a woman
member of the tribe poured q
bottle of wine over it, At a gwen
signal all the others flung silver
coins into the grave. and several
clambered down to kiss the cof-
fin.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Navy Lockers To
Be Ready Sept. !

Key West Naval Bases locker
club. which will be located at the
Southland street gate of the base,
will open about Sept. | with r..
M. Graham, a retired Navy Lieu
tenant, as manager, it was an
nounced today.
The club will have total of
1.200 lockers, which will be rent
ed to Naval personnel at sum
to cover the cost of installation
of the lockers and maintenance.
The lockers arc placed in two
rows down the center of the
building. They will hold the per-
sonal effects of the sailors US
ing them in town when they may
change their uniforms for civil
ian clothing.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Kn0ck-Knees Fret
Australian Doctor

MELBOURNE, AuStralla-(AP)
Why do more pre-Schooi age
Australian children today have
knockknees than before the
war?
The medical officer of the Re
turned Soldiers League. DR.. A.
p. Derham, says it might be be
cause collapSible wooden play
grounds tempted youngsters to
stand or walk for long periods
Other causes, he thought. might
be:
Young children standing with
their mothers in shopping
quequeS.
Increased use of concrete and
other hard substances in paths
A possible deterioration of diet
during the war.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Dollar Crisis StirS
Up Anti ti-AmeriCan
Feeling In Britain
GOVERNMENTS SIRIN-1
GENT LAW RESULTS
FROM SHORTAGE OF
DOLLARS In BRITAIN
,By Ths Associated pres~I


LONDON. Aug. l4.--Anti-Amcri-
can feeling is spreading in Great
Britain. particularly in this city,
because of the dollar crisis, To-
cal newspapers reported today.
The feeling runs so high in some
quarters. American Ambassador
Lewis Douglas has cautioned
Americans in England to be care
ful not to say anything that may
provoke Englishmen. who blame
their hardships on the new law
that gives the government CON
troll over where and how they may
work and what they may have
to cat.
That law, they declare further,
has resulted from Great Britain S
Jhortagc of dollars for interna-
tional trade. especially with the
United States. And the papers
call II the dollar crisis"
In commenting on the crisis to-
day, one newspaper asserted that
the British government already
has spent four-fiGth of the loan
of $3.50. ZOO. 900 that the United
States advanced Great Britain.
II was said further that a COM
mittee of IL government officials
shortly will leave for Washing
ton to try TO arrange better terms
in the payment of interest on the
loan and also extending still fur
ther the dates for payments on
the principal.
Another report was that Prime
Minister Clement Attlee shortly
will fly to Washington to try to
get another loan.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
81 Nazis Found
Guilty, And y
To Be Executed
tBy Associated 4 PressI

DACIIAU, Germany, Aug. "a
--Thirty-onc Nazis were convict
cd here today on charges of afro
cities committed in prison camps
during the war.
Death sentences were imposed
on % defendants, five were sent
cncsd to life Imprisonment and
four were committed to prison for
20 wears.
The president of the court mar
tial did not say when the % Nazis
will be executed.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Christianity
Put 10 Work
In A Prison
by HORACE B. WARD

~ HAOAs"AS@s 49, w <hAtD
AP NeWsfeotures
II A GRANGE. KY.-Thc "proc-
~ ticol Christianity" of q group
OF Louisville churchmen is find
ing its way inside the wolls Of
Kentucky State Reformotory
here and state Officials. from
the governor down to the prison
guards, give it credit for i'm
proving Kentucky's efforts to
rehcsbilisete her errinG sons.
Most of the suggestions to date
by this group of Christian citi-
zens" have been adopted at the
rcformatory, says Warden F. S.
kicran.
The warden. a retired colonel
OF Marines. says these church
men are helping him and the
state do better job of re-
forming all the inmates who
are capable of reformation.
The men Col. Kieren speaks of
are members of the Committee
on Institutions of the Louisville
Council of Churches.
The La Grange Reformatory
owns 5000 acres of land. In past
years comparatively little use
was made of this farm. The COM
mittee found prisoners from the
cities working aWkwardly in the
fields. while inmates from rural
areas were trying to master ma
chimes in the prison shops.
Richsrd v. Wood. prisons
committee chairman. enlisted
Ed Westerman. retired farm
err. to head subcommittee on
The best crops TO raise and how.
The farm output in l946 was
So percent higher than in l94s.
Similar aid was given reform
atory officials in their prisoner
education program. Col, Kleren
POINTS out that very large pro-
portion of those who enter his
| institution have less than a grade
school education. He also finds
| that many of his 'repeaters'
come back because they are not
trained in any vocation.
The churchmen brought in
another subcommittee. headed
| by DR.. w. M. Strickler. director
of the adult education division
of the University of Louisville.
to set up both academic and vo-
cational courses.
On the morale side, there are
committees to arrange for motion
picture films, other entertain
hGiOus services for those who
want them-any many do. Tho
committee has obtained a chap
lam. the Rev. Walter P. Bell. and
1.-THE Louisville Council of Church
es pays a part of his salary,
And the churchman's commit
tee remembers the man who
leaves the reformatory and tries
20 re-establish himself, ready tC
help with temporary shelter
clothing, loans, fellowship ano
jobs,
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
India Divided
Between Hindus
And Moslem>
(By Associated PRessD

NEW DELHI, Aug. l4-Indla
today was turned over to its
$50 million natives. after British
rule had lasted 200 years.
The country has been divided
into sections, with Moslems in
control in some areas and Hindus
in others.
But even while the ceremony
was being conducted by Lord
Mountbatten to give the MoSlems
their parts of the country. riots
we're occurring over disputes
caused by disagreements over
boundary lines.
The Hindus will be given their
areas at a ceremony to be held
here at midnight.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
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Dedication OF XIV.
Plaza In HuU0un
Changed To 4 Pm.
tHy Associated Pressp


HAVANA. Aug. l4-Dedi-
csiion Of Key West Plaza,
scheduled for IL o'clock this
morning. was postponed un-
til 4 o'clock this afternoon.
officials of the City of Ha-
vana said Today.
The ceremony remaining
San Francisco Plaza between
ihe Commerce Exchange and
the Minister of Communica-
lions building. after the
southernmost US. city will
be attended by two plane
loads Of Key West city Of
ficials and Boy Scouts.
Acting Mayor John Car
bonell. Commissioners Hun
ter Harden and Albert Coop
or. Commissioner and Mrs.
Louis Carbone!l. County Com
missioner and Mrs. w. A.
Parrish. City Manager Q. J.
S. Ellingson. Municipal Judge
and Mrs. Enrique Esqulnaldo
and City Clerk Roy Hamlin
have been feted in u steady
round of receptions and other
events since their arrival
yesterday morning.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Swiss .JoinCourt

BERN. Switzerland. - (AP).-
Switzerland, not a member Of the
United Nations. has decided to
join the Court of International
Justice under the provisions of
the United Nations. The federal
council was authorized to pay
SwitLerland's first assessment,
amounting to $640,000.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
CITIZEN REPORTER ON
TRIP WITH ALBURY TO
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Every Public Institution of Learning In Key West Found
To Bc Ready For Openings
On September ,
BY BILL LEE

Willard M Abury superintendent of public instruction
the writer out on tour of inspection yesterday of virtually all
schools of the city to inform the people of Key
have in the of schools"
First stop at the Reynolds Street School building
built 1927 and is handsome brick
height 1t has been used mainly nursery
converted of the first grades Division Street School
Originally it a kindergarten.
There will be three teachers the opens along
with all Others Sept The building has been painted and
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Robinson Gets
Back Saturday

USS F. M Robinson. d dc
,trnYcr escort ship attached 70 the
Surface Anti Submarine Develop
mcnt Detachment here. viii Re
turn here Saturday from Norfolk
Va, where she underwent d snort
overhaul
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Seek DirOrces

Petitions seeking divorces were
filed yesterday with Circuit Court
Clerk Ross G. Sawyer by Har-
riet L.. Parker Bailey against
Stanley Ralph Bailey and BY
MyrtiS Talbert against Peter
James Talbert.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Red Cross Disaster Group
Draws Plans For Possible
X. W. Storm Emergencies
ORGANIZATION RELEAS.
ES NAMES OF CHAIR
MEN or VARIOUS COM
MITTEES AFTER MEET

The Key West Chapter. Amerl-
can Red Cross. last night crystal
ICED It's plans and organization
Tor Ineetlng possible disasters at
a meeting of the Disaster Pre-
pardness and Relief Committee
at chapter headquarters.
Under the leadership of Rob
ert F. SpottSwood and II. God
dard. co-chairmen of the commit
tee, various functions of subcom-
mitteeS were reviewed for the
purposes of clarifying duties and
cooperative relationships of the
working groups.
Because of the absence of sew
cral chairman from the city on
business, a subsequent meeting to
attend to details will be held
next Wednesday at the chapter
headquarters at O'Clock.
Those present last night, in ad-
dition to the co-chairmen, were:
DR.. H. X. Moore, chairman of ths
subcommittee on medical aid:
Miss Marie Hartell, vice chairman
in charge of the nursing division;
Joseph Lazarovici, chairman OF
the subcommittee on food; Jack
Einhorn. vice chairman for food;
Harvey Sellers. chairman of the
subcommittee on transportation
and communications; Mrs. Bessie
Schuck, chairman of the subcom-
mittee on clothing; and Mrs.
Helen E. Mcneil, executive sec
retary.
In attendance also were John
Adams and Joe Caruso, volunteer
radio operators, who will operate
the central Red Cross radio send
ing and receiving set at emcr-
gency disaster headquarters in
event of threatened disaster. This
the Jackson Square USO, in the
will provide contact with Navy
radio points on the island, in
event wire communications fail.
Other chairmen of subcommit-
tees of the 1947 disaster prepared
ness unit of the chapter are: Will
liam M. Curry, rescue; Robert
billiard. shelter; Carl Hilton, sur
vcy: E. A. Hamilton registration
and information. with Frank
Adams vice-chairman in charge
of information.
The Red Cross, meanwhile has
arranged with numerous coop
Grating groups and organizations,
with regard to intcr-related func-
tionS in event of disaster and
danger.
Information to guide the resi-
dents of Key West and the Keys
in using the protection and facil-
tiles of the Rcd Cross are pre-
pared and will be announced in
event of disaster threat.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14

vanished, and it will be spick and
! span for the youngsters who will
report there.
Outside the school every type of
iSmall building. with little seats.
/ has been made for the comfort of
the children while they enjoy
their play time. Inside there are
three claSSrooms and a spacious
cafeteria. where luncheons will bc
served the children.
Next stop was at the High
School gymnasium. between
iWhalton, United and Seminary
lstreets. with frontage in Whal-
ton. Everything in the gymna-
sium has been painted, even the
lockers.
The gymnasium is utilized by
all athletic classes at the high
school 1t seats about 500 per-
sons, who come there to witness
basketball and other games. 1t
will be clean and wholesome
spot for the High Schol players
and their families
While the next stop was the
High Schol itself. a story cover
ing the need of an addition to the
plant. at an estimated cost of
about $250.000. was carried yes
teday by The Citizen.
Then. accompanied by Principal
Horace O'Bryapt, we went to
building known as the Federal
Annex, which the Board of Edu-
cation has just purchased from
the Federal government.
1t will be used again this year
for the seventh graders and for
the home economics classes. There
are six classrooms. set in the mid
die of a lot about 400 feet long
by 800 feet wide. On the space
outside the building, Alburv and
O'Bryant are building a softball
diamond, to augment the basket
ball court erected last year.
I've will have full time assist
ant coach of athletics at this
school," said O'Bryant. I'VE want
to emphasize athletics for we
found that many of the boys. as
they grow older, do not know
how to play games. They are
liable to get into trouble and
we're going to do all we can to
give the boys some incentive in
life"
Inside the school is the Teen
Age Center, where the boys and
girls hold dances every Friday
night during the school year
"They police themselves-and it
goes hard on anyone violating any
of their rules" said O'Bryant.
In the home economics classes
every effort is made to teach the
young girls the art of housckcep-
ing, or homemakinG.
"If they cook with gas. we have
it here O'Bryant said. pointing
to gas stove. IF the young
: lady will use electricity, we teach
how to cook with it. Or, if she
lives in a ncighborhood where
there is neither gas nor electricity,
then VIC have an oil stove where
she is taught the fundamentals"
At the Division Street School a
lot of improvements are under
way. All the corridors have been
painted, and new doors put on
the front of the building.
Then there will be two rooms
freed by reason of the children
in the first grades going over to
the Reynolds Street School. One
classroom in the auditorium, and
one formerly held in Ley Me
mortal Church Annex. have also
been vacated, so the auditorium
is being enlarged.
/ An addition on the kitchen adds
greatly to the 125-Scat dining
/
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
Naming Gomez
Airport Mgr.
Is Protested
JAYCEES CLAIM AGENT
NOT QUALIFIED; CAA
EXAMINER, INSTRUC.
TORS AGAINST MOVE

Rumblings of dissatisfaction
over the County Commissions
appointment Tuesday night of
Rogelio Gomez as temporary
manager at Meacham Field were
heard today.
! The Junior Chamber of Com
merce, Mrs. Katie Loft. flight ex-
aminer for Civilian Aeronautics
Administration: Thomas A. Webb
and Arthur Cade, licensed flying
instructors; the Florida Air Pilots
Association and George Faraldo.
manager of Faraldo'S Flying Ser
vices. are among those protest.
/ ing the appointment.
! at last nights meeting of the
Jaycees, Faraldo. chairman of the
aviation committee, City Public
| Service Director Robert Dopp.
Jack Murray, James Murphy.
Malcolm Pierce and Faraldo took
/ the floor to protest the ColnnIs-
/ slon's action.
CharaCterizing the commission
action as "a slap in the face, the
: JayCees pointed out that they
sent letter to the County Com
mission three weeks ago recon-
mending Faraldo for the position
! but had received no .~r-y. The
Jaycees also sent letters to var
! iouS civic organizations advocat-
ing appointment of an experlenc'
cd aviation man.
Faraldo, who is veteran. and
and has been flying since 1896
said that he is not particularly
concerned whether he is appoint
cd or not but wants TO see that
qualified expert is given the
position. o.
1t is matter of safety,
Faraldo told The Citizen. Mr..
Gomez is only a ticket agent and
has not shown that he poSScsScs
TIC necessary qualifications in
variably required for such a re-
sponSibility such aS knowledge If
CAA rules and regulations"
Faraldo said that when Come
Gid encounter serious problem
in aviation tcchnlcalties he irc-
qucntly came to him for assist
ance.
Tho cX-Navy aviation pilot
asked. why doesn't the Count"
Commission ask for applications
and require the Submttal Of
qualifications by the applicants.
Then it could determine on the
basis of merit who is best quail
tied to serve the public interest"
Mrs. Loft who gives flight
tests and written examination
and the two licensed instructor.
protest that without qualified
airport manager. their flight in
St:uctions will be interfercd with
nd rules and regulations are very
apt to become muddled and con
fused through unfamillary of the
ncWly appointed official with
them.
"In order TO avoid aCCidents and
prevent confusion. Faraldo said.
progressive. far -sighter manage
rent is needed. Whether am ap-
pointed or not is of no COnso-
quenCe, but someone with fly
lnG background and aviation
knowledge should be"
Among those protesting Come
appointment, Faraldo said, IS II
Anderson of Miami president of
the Florida Air Pilots Assocla-
ton.
The Key West citizen., 1947-08-14
[|IA.DI|%ID
Mrs. Folk Visits
Her Mother Here

Mrs. Ralph Folk and her four
children from Bayonne, N. j.,
are visiting Mrs. Folks mother.
Mrs. Rosetta Collins. at 3 Flet-
cher lane. Capt. Ralph Folk of
the Merchant Marine is at pres
ent in South America. but ex-
poets to rejoin his family in Oc-
tober. Mrs. Folk before her mar
riage was Miss Natalie Thompson.
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whatnots, but I've really seen that
shell somewhere, and the portraits
His lean face looked actually
troubled.
His glance at Barby, now quiet
ly sitting in the upholstered niche
Of the bay window, seemed to say
that he couldn't elucidate now.
Georgine saw that Barby had
gone to sleep, as suddenly and
deeply as if she'd been drugged.
The WAVES hat was tilted at a
drunken angle over one ear, and
her feet dangled appealingly from
the window-seat, but she still had
her fashlight in one hand.
lets not wake her." Georgine
said, struggling to her feet. "She's
really had enough to eat today.
Right after supper, il you'll for
give us. Mrs. Peabody, we'll get
her home"
They closed the sliding doors
between dining room and sitting
room, and sat down at one end of
an immense old walnut table. Mrs.
Peabody's cooking was quite as
appetizing as her personal appear
arce, and under the stimulus of
feod and hot coffee Georgine found
herself having an extremely good
time. What a nice woman, she
thought more than once; so gentle,
but with that crisp little sense Of
comedy.
The room swan into a pleasant
haze of candlelight and drifting
wreaths of smoke; Georgine could
see the three of them reflected In
the mirror Of a massive buffet that
stood At right angles to the win
dows.
"Now, I'm. really afraid that
we" Georgine began at last; and
at almost the same moment Mrs.
Peabody turned to glance at the
windows. "Oh! It's dark" she said
abruptly, in an unsteady voice.
"Isn't it foolish Of me-" said
Nella Peabody, and for a moment
clasped her hands in a curiously
gesture, "but IL have
quite unfounded dislike of being
alone here. An old house seems so
very large at night, don't you
think It begins to settle and creak
IS soon as the air cools, and l can
always imagine :. Oh, / really do
wish the family had consented to
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room, won't you all ?" She gave the
adults brief conspiratorial smile
and opened the door to the left.
Georgine sank down on a RED
plush chair, buttoned into rigid
hillocks. For minute she averted
her eyes from the fireplace with its
mantelpiece of tortured golden
oak.
Georgine noted with some cha
grin that the hour was getting
later and later. But Barby was in
her own peculiar seventh heaven,
talking a mile a minute to Mrs.
Peabody about the wonders of
Dyke. What's more, Mrs. Peabody
liked it.
Then, too, Todd kept looking
about him in the strange old house
wi t h a haven't-I-seen- you-some-
place-before expression on his
face. And Georgine wanted it clar-
flied.
Todd" she finally said, "have
you been here before or some
thing?"
NO." Todd said, "that ! know
for sure. I only feel as if I had"
Darling, that just means your
brain has fallen in half, or some
thing like that" Georgine grinned
at him.
He got up and began prowling
with his light step about the room.
His deep-set gray eyes were mar |
lowed against the level evening
light, and he bit his lip ref1ectively. |
No, Georgine, this is something
more than the I-have-been-here-
,efore feeling. That lasts only a
minute. I might have deduced the