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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
DELEGATION OF COLOR
ED PERSONS ON HAND
TO URGE BEACH AP.
PRECIPITATION

The sum of $4,000 for colored
swimming beach, if and when the
u. S. Navy releases property for
the purpose at Fort Taylor, was
set aside by the Monroe County
Commission at its meeting last
night.
A delegation of negroes was on
hand to urge an appropriation Tor
the beach on the contention the
colored population of the city
voted for the $250,000 beach bond
issue in the belief some of the
money was to be used for beach
for negroes.
There was discussion of giving
the colored population around
$4,000 for their beach, but, as
pointed out by Commissioner
Gerald Saunders, the request for
the funds "came a little late"
"Key West is depending upon
the tourist trade and needs the
beach to attract that business"
said Saunders. THAT is why the
county has undertaken the con-
struction of a beach and it re-
quireS virtually all the funds
available for that purpose"
On motion of Commissioned
Clarence Higgs the sum of $4,000
was set aside for the colored
beach. Commissioners Fran k
Bentley. w. A. Parrish, Eduardo
Gomez and Saunders voted for
the resolution.
. 1t was explained that thecost of
fence, which the Navy would
require around the beach prop
erty. would be from $4,000 to
$4,000 The remainder of the
fund appropriated by the COM
Continued on Page Four)
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Board Approves
Navy's Proposal

A resolution favoring the pro-
posal of the Navy to take over
the Poinciana housing project was
adopted last night by the Monroe
County Commission.
Action on. the resolution fol-
lowed receipt of request from
the City Commission for adop-
ton of a measure condemning
the Nays proposal to take over
Poinciana.
The county commissioners felt
that the Navy needed the hous-
ing and that only few fam
lilies would be dispossessed of
their homes in the project.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
UN Sessions To
Be Attended By
Sec. Marshall
Uny Associated Pre.sp

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10
Secretary Marshall will head the
United States delegation at the
conference. of the United Nations
to be convened next week at
Lake Success, the Department of
State announced today.
1t was explained that Marshall
has several matters of impor-
lance, particularly the rebuild
ing of Europe. that he wishes to
advocate himself at the confer
ence.
He will become one of the Big
Three, with Bevin of Grea t
Britain and Bidauld of France. in
his activities at Lake Success.
Commissar Molotov of Russia
will not attend the conference,
according to an announcement
made at Moscow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
Ill Directors
Nat. Al. lines
ToBe Elected


MIAMI, Sept. 10.-The annual
meeting of stockholders of Ma
tional Airlines, Inc. will be held
tomorrow at pm. in the general
offices of the corporation here.
Stockholders will elect IL di-
recters, and after the meeting the
board of directors will elect Of
fcers for the coming year.
G.. T. Baker, president. will
conduct the meeting as chairman.
Stockholders will hear a review
of the annual report for the fiscal
year which ended June 30. l947.
and future plans of the company
will be discussed.
The company started operation
in 1894. with two planes on a mail
route between st. Petersburg and
Daytona Beach, Florida. 1t was
incorporated in 1887, and now has
extended service over routes COW
ering virtually every major sea-
port city on the Atlantic coast
from New York to Havana, and
around the Gulf of Mexico to New
Orleans, in addition to inland
cities.
; Applications pending before the
CAB would further extend OPP
erations across the southern Unit
ed States to Los Angeles and
north up the Pacific Coast TO Sar
Francisco; complete a natural tri-
angle of service with more iii
rect route from New Orleans tc
Boston, and otherwise add such
/ important cities as Washington
Baltimore, Richmond and Atlanta
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
Great Britain To
Regiment Labor
To Swell Export
OBy Associated Press)

LONDON. Sept. l0.-The Brit
ish government is going to regi-
ment labor in an effort to in
crease exports to 100 per cent of
what they were during the i'm
mediate pre-war period.
The manner in which labor will
be organized to produce more es-
sential goods will be explained
tomorrow in a broadcast by Sir
Stafford Grips, president of the
British Board of Trade
1t was said that men now en-
ployed as bartenders and in SIM
liar unessential jobs will be-
transferred, in great measure, to
industrial plants that are turning
out materials for export.
Married men. it was explained,
will not be transferred from the
immediate area of their resi-
dence, though single men may be
sent to any section of the British
Isles where their need is consid-
cred to be the most urgent.
A greater volume of exports, a
spokesman for the government
said, is urgent in the fight the
British are waging to improve the
economic conditions in Great
Britain, and, because of the dol
lar shortage, the volume must
be the greatest in the history of
England.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
1t Will Be Up To Manager'
To Collect Fees AT Field
To Pay Salary, Ii Was
Agreed Upon

Carl r. Hove. 1414 Leon street,
was appointed manager of Mea-
cham Field by the County Com
mission last night. No salary for
the position was fixed, and it was
decided to see what fees the air
port earns for setting the amount
to be paid the manager.
Commissioner Eduardo Gomez
said the appointment of man
ager--for the. airport, which44is
now under lease to the County
Commission, should be left in the
hands of the entire commission.
He added that $4,000 year was
the tentative salary fixed for the
post.
Commissioner Gerald Saun-
ders urged the appointment of
George Faraldo. who operates a
flying service at Meacham Field.
After the reading of the dicu-
ments of the five candidates for
the post, the commission unani-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
Thanks Business
! Men For Success
OF Carnival

"The success of any civic or
ganization depends largely upon
the interest and cooperation of the
community's business enterprises"
said Mrs AloySia van GOidtS-
noven, president of the Key West
Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club, last night as she sur
veyed the apparent enthusiasm
of all those who attended the
carnival and bazaar given by the
organization at ST. Mary's Parish
Center.
without the substantial ma
terial aid of local business firms
who so generously donated the
many gifts for prizes and auc-
tons, we could not have achieved
the financial success of this or any
other fund raising endeavor ne
= cessary to the carrying on of Gun
work." she added.
Civic achievement and progress
is only as great as the local citi-
zenry's interest in their own com
munity, and the untiring efforts
of local groups to make Key West
great city and the best in which
to live.
"a vote of thanks is also due
the members of the committee in
charge of the affair, headed by
Mrs. Edna Miller, and members
of the club in general for their
genuine hard work and many do
nations of cakes and other ar
ticleS.
"The entire proceeds of this af-
fair, as well as all other fund
raising projects of the B.P.W.,
are used TO further the many civic
projects planned for the organi-
cation this fall and winter" Mrs.
van Goidtsnoven concluded.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
Lone Here With
Girl He Married

John A. Lowe, of New York
City, native Key Wester. and
the son of Mrs. Virgil Lowe of
North Beach, is visiting here with
bride, who was Miss Margaret
E. McCarty of New York. Lowe
and Miss McCarty were married
in New York August 80. En- route
to Key West, Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe
spent several days at Miami
Beach.
Lowe graduated from Key
West High School with the class
of 1910. After serving in World
War II, Lowe went to live in New
York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
Legion Auxiliary
Meets Tomorrow

Regular meeting Of Arthur
SAWYER Unit No. % American
Legion Auxiliary. will be held
Thursday at o. m, in Legion
Hall. Stock Island
All members desiring trans
portation are requested to call
Miss Gretna McClain at 1881 to-
day or tomorrow between ) and
6 p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
johnson Returns
Fam Long Trip

Accompanied by his fami'v.
Capt Carl A. Johnson. USN. ev
ecutive officer of the Key VIZ
Submarine Base. returned hele
last night after an absence al
month. Capt Johnson returned
to his duties today.
Mrs johnson and Their two
daughters. Jane and Susan. CAME
back with Capt Johnson. TIC
two girls spent the summer IN a
camp in Maine. while Ms. John
son was visiting her mother In
Portsmouth. N. II The family
made a leisurely trip by aut"ul'
bile down the east coast in Ie
turning TO Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
County Will Buy
New Blue Printer

The Monroe County Commits
sionsion last night adopted a
resolution to buy a new blue
print machine for use in the Of
flee of Circuit Court Clerk Ross
c. Sawyer. 1t was announced
that the machine can be bought
for $3.50.
All the county's records are
blue printed for filing. s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
Law Makers
In The Dark

|. ADELAIDE, Australia.-(AP).-
In the light of three candles, the
South Australian parliament re-
Gently discussed Adelaide's pow
er rationing.
The city's power supply had
failed because of coal shortage
when the legislative assembly
was in session. Attendants were
able to produce only three can
dies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
Call FofBids
For Beach Goes
Out Last Night
COUNTY COMMISSION
WILL RECEIVE BIDS
OCT. Ia; PAY ENCI.
NEERS $4,000

A call for bids for construction
Iof the county beach at the West
Martello Tower site was made
last night by the Monroe County
Commission after II had approx
ed plans for the project.
Bids will be received by the
commission at its meeting the
second Tuesday in October, which
is October IA, it was announced
last night.
Also approved was a partial
paymentof $4,000 TO the eng
neers, r. w. Spalding and Asso-
cistes. Spalding submitted 50
sheets of the plans last night
He explained the beach ar
rangement in some detail 10 the
commissioners. Principal piece
of construction is the breakwall
of about 1000 feet in length,
which will run out into the ocean
from the foot OF Reynolds street
and then turn northward In the
direction of White street.
The beach itself will be about
1000 feet in length. There will be-
two sections-one for children
which is a portion Of Rest Btaeh
at the foot of White street aud
one for adults which will b.
formed by dumping about 5000
cubic yards of sand back OF the
breakwall.
! The shore installations include
swimming pool. 100 feet by 30
feet, - cabanas and casino.
which will include an auditorium,
and a stage. and will be suitable
for small conventions and such
gatherings. z
| II is expected that work win
get under way shortly after Oct.
IA, IL the bids submitted BY
contractors come within the mon
ey raised by the bond issue OF
$250,000.
From the s25O.O0O must he
subtracted the $4,000 paid T. tie
engineers. the price If West Mar
tello Tower site. which viii be
either $4,000 or S35.OOO. and The
travel expenses of the cnmnis-
: sioners in making arrangement
to acquire the site from the gov
eminent.
There will be more than $500.
600 for the actual construction
work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
Liquor License
Given Sanchez

a request for a Equor license
received last night from Horacio
Sanchez. 728 Simonton street,
was approved by the Monroe
County Commission. The license
must also be approved by the
State Beverage Department.
Transfer Of liquor license held
by The castaways, Islamorada
81 Lee J Murphy of the Mara
thOn Trading Post. was also APP
proved.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
Suggest Newsprint
Plant For Florida

TALLAHASSEE. Fla. Sept. 10
(FNSD. Forester {. Huxley
raid that many Florida newspa-
pcrs have advised me they would
sign long term contracts for news
print produced locally if news
print mill were established in
Florida"
The Forestry Committee of the
Florida Bankers Association is
urging the establishment Df a
newsprint industry in this state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
Property Sale

Taylor Construction Company
transferred piece of Lime
Grove Subdivision property to
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Courtney,
1885 Staples avenue, for nom
inal sum, according to a war
ranty deed filed in the office OF
Circuit Court Clerk Ross c.
Sawyer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
USO Building
Being Cleaned

For the first time in over FIVE
years of operation. the $50
building in Jackson Square. "a
Southland and White streets. was
closed today. The building Is be-
ing cleaned. II will reopen at e
O'Clock tonight.
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Affidavit or Other Supports
ing Evidence May Be
Used I'm Lieu Of Birth
Certificate

The Board of Trustees of the
City Pension Fund met last night
after the City Commission meet
ing, in City Hall, and reviewed
the wording and interpretations
of Ordinance 16l, creating the
pension system. City Civil Serv-
ice Board members attended the
meeting.
The Board of Trustees is COM
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-10
CALL FOR BIDS

The City of Key West will re-
ceive bids up to 500 PM. Tues
day. September l6. ls47. for the
sale of one Rex Concrete Mixer.
with z HIP. Slower engine. as is.
Mixer may be seen at City Hall.
The city reserves the right to
accept or reject any and all bids.
ROY HAMLIN.
City Clerk.
Evening star., 1947-07-27

ceeding hostesses, in a spirit of rivalry, did
likewise
Now on this Sunday when Uncle Theofl
arrived at Cousin Emma's chalet ne said:
To-day cannot 60 to the dinner. My storn-
ach is sick. You give my apologies. beg of
you, please"
bUr Cousin Emma pointed to her cheek,
which was tied in red handkerchief and
bulging Today cannot - this toothache.
Theofil. you must 60 by the Gallo family for
dinner. 1t is on the other side of the brook"
"Al right. To please you 60. But it is
the last time. Next week 60 on the big ship
back to the United States of America. But
say this much: If it is hasenpfeffer smell
at the Gallo door, leave. swear do
Before Uncle Theofl knocked at the door
of Francois Gallic's house, he shifted the air.
There were no cooking smells. He could hear
footsteps rushing about inside, and many
voices at once. At his knock the voices
hushed. The door was suddenly opened by
girl with hair as dark as the night in the fof-
ests of the Vosges Mountains. The tip of her
head, Theofl noted, just reached to his shoul-
der The girl wore not the heavy dark broad
cloth he had come to dislike, but bright blue
dress of cotton. There was -four on her pink
cheeks. She was wiping her hands on a towel
For a moment Uncle Theof was speeches.
with admiration and pleasure He felt
strange, floating sensation in the region of his
heart. His head felt giddy. compliments of
the day." he finally stammered.
The girl quite obviously did not return his
sentiments. She tossed her head proudly and
eyed him distastefully.
Uncle Theofl was afraid she would slam
the door in his face Instead, she opened it
wide and curtsied exaggeratedly.
Lily, Lily" voice called angrily, and
then Uncle Theofil saw Papa Gallo and Mama
Gallo approach. They shook his hand warmly
Two girls, about fourteen and sixteen, hung
shyly about the kitchen door, Papa Gallo
called to them. Together with Lily, he lined
them up in front of Uncle Theofl.
This is our Rosalie," he said, indicating
Evening star., 1947-07-27

the youngest. "She is good at helping Mama
in the kitchen; and Antoinette here has clever
hands in the garden. And this is our Lily. ;"
Lily was standing sullenly, her arms folded
belligerently over her bosom. Suddenly she
took step forward, thrust her face close to
Uncle Theofl's startled eyes. She opened her
mouth wide and pointed to her teeth.
Good condition, all of them," she said
sharply. "And strong! I am nineteen. can
sew, cook, darn, plant wheat and milk cows"
Uncle Theofl stood open-mouthed.
Papa Gallo shook his fist you are not too
big for the stick" he threatened. Unto the
kitchen. Wait on our guest"
Theohl watched her quick, graceful figure
as she broke away and ran to the kitchen.
Papa Gallo shook his head. ''She has had
the great disappointment today 1t makes her
lose her otherwise good temper"
kHE words were stab to Uncle Theofil.
He had to know the truth. Has man caused
her unhappiness?" he faltered.
In a way yes, but in a way no." Papa
Gallo said. Il should say rather her temper
has been caused by goat"
Uncle Theofil smiled with relief, his eyes
on the kitchen door, behind which there were
now unmistakable noises of hurry.
He waited in the main room with Papa
Gallo, but his thoughts were not on the floor
scrubbed clean as table; nor ON the spotless
white curtains at the windows and the pol
ished hand carved chests. He was thinking of
Lily, and what lay behind the curtain of her
anger.
When he was seated at the place of honor at
the table, and Lily brought on the food, he
did not sniff to discover whether the covered
dish might contain hasenpfeffer. He looked
only into Lily's eyes, and knew the tears were
not far away; the reason for it mattered very
much.
When finally he did see the food, his stom-
ach was joyful. For it was zipfies Unless you
are native of Alsace-Lorraine, you cannot be
expected to understand the deliciousness of
this dish. They are tiny dumplings made of
Continued on page 10
Evening star., 1947-07-27

that wager" he said IF she measures up,
you get one swell wedding present. If not,
I'll have your gold watch - the Sunday one
that came from Paris"
Uncle Theohl gulped his banana in one
mouthful. He thought of his priced watch,
with the feur r-de-lis in blue stones. He started
to protest the hard bargain - then he saw
the waiting eyes of the men. He shrugged
carelessly. Make the wedding present one
of those new-fangled talking machines" he
said.
So it was that before Uncle Theofil sailed
away, he wrote to his cousin Emma, who lived
in Wilmer in the Vosges Mountains where the
silk mill was located: Il think maybe look
for good wife in your village"
WHEN Cousin Emma received the letter,
she put shawl around her ample shoulders
and hurried from one chalet to another with
the news Wilmer had no newspaper, but when
a thing of importance happened, a man
dressed in a red braided coat strobe POM
pously to the village center, beating drum,
and impaired the news to the curious gath
cred there. So it was that he told that Uncle
Theofl was not only coming to Vilner in the
Vosges Mountains from the United States of
America to bring labor saving devices to the
Weaving Works - he was also looking for
a wife.
To appreciate Uncle Theofl's reception in
Vilner it is necessary to understand that a
man who can return to the old country from
America wearing fine derby, suit with
creases, and carrying extra cigars in his yellow
brocade vest was, by Wilmer in the Vosges
Standards millionaire.
OF course Uncle Theofl was not million
aire. though he had good wages in America -
forty dollars week. Well, maybe he was
sort of millionaire; in America he could buy
a little house with garden in which to grow
carrots and onions; have as many kids as he
pleased, and maybe drink little schnapps
with the boys on Saturday night on his way
downtown to pay the grocery bill.
But in Wilmer in the Vosges, he was the
hometown boy who'd made good He was
handsome, with black curly hair and as fine
mustache as ever straddled stein of beer.
The chambermaid at the village fospice
where he stayed, reported to curious popu-
lace that he had not one, but four Sunday
suits. With her own eyes she had seen two
dozen white shirts, twenty pairs of socks.
All of his room smelled good from his fancy
shaving soap.
Uncle Theofil's Cousin Emma established
herself in a liaison capacity, arranging his
social schedule so that on Sunday, his one
free day from the Weaving Works, he would
have dinner with one of the families asking
his company. In each case there was mar
riageable daughter.
UNCLE TlEoFn liked the arrangement 1t
seemed at this particular season of the year
that the Sunday dinner at the hospice was
always sauerkraut and hasenpfefer, which is
rabbit cooked in a sour sauce with spices.
Being from Lorraine, he preferred French
Evening star., 1947-07-27

Today we go by the Mueller farm" she
announced. I'VE see their daughter Not too
young, not so very old either and weaves fine
cloth. You will like Matilda"
The Muellers were prosperous farmers.
Frau Mueller was ambitious for her daughter;
she schemed how to get ahead of the other
ambitious mothers.
Now it was the custom in Wilmer that on
occasions of the utmost importance, such as
wedding or the christening of first child,
the simple peasant folk would do what in
this country would be called putting on the
dog" They would order the food from the
hospice. just before mealtime, member
of the family would go to the hospice with
a cart, perhaps, and pick up the covered pot
terry dishes filed with the fine special feast.
So Frau Mueller made the grand gesture
to impress the finest catch in all the United
States She ordered the Sunday dinner from
the hospice.
When Uncle Theofl was seated in the place
of honor at the festive table, Frau Mueller
advanced from the kitchen in triumph. She
"oSSA PioSuCI vi SSCdILulS
Uncle Theofil's nose. He almost jumped from
his chair. There, reposing serenely in a nest
of sauerkraut, was his enemy. the rabbit.
On his right sat Matilda, white, plump, her
thin yellow braids bound tightly around her
head. Once, he almost called her "Turnip."
lHE next Sunday Uncle Theofl was invited
to the Fabran farm. Sitting stiffly in the
cramped main room, he saw, through the
window, the fat swine quartered in the front
yard. Hopefully he pictured the roast young
pig that would emerge from the Fabran ovens.
But when the food was set before him, his
nose began to twitch. The smell of sour wine
and spices made his tongue feel furry, even
before his hostess lifted the lid of the serving
dish to reveal the omnipresent rabbit
Next to him sat the farmers pride, Putzi,
stolid. her eyes under their thick lids watching
his every mouthful of food No matter how
he shrank into his chair, Putzi was breathing
down his neck
BY the fifth Sunday, when Uncle Theofil
Evening star., 1947-07-27

What Uncle Thecfil did not know, was that
when the word had passed through the village
that his first hostess, Frau Mueller, had or
dered the dinner from the hospice, the sue