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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
Know America)

DR.. John R.. Steelman, assistant.
to the President, born in Thorn
ton, Ark, 49, years ago.
DR.. Alfred G. Kinsey of the
University of Indiana, zoologist,
author of the Kinsey Report,
born in Hoboken, N. j., SIS years
ago.
Judge Francis Ryan Duffy of
U. S. District Court, Milwaukee,
born in Fonddu-Lac, Wis, 81
years ago.
John H. Ballard, president of
the Bulova Watch Co, New York,
born in Brooklyn, N. Y, Sc years
ago.
Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar of Port
land, Oregon, noted wornan's
club leader, born in Granger, Mo-,
So years ago.
Gustav Metznarl, president of
the New York Central Lines,
born in. Baltimore, Md, 63 years.
ago.
Mary Livingston, radio star,
born.
Laurie Y. Erskine, boys story
writer, born in Scotland, SIS years
ago.
The Duke of Windsor, born SIS
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
Coming Events

THURSDAY, JUNE %
Special Communication of An
Choir Lodge No. 1872, F. & A.
M, 1880 p. m. at Masonic
Hall. All members and So
journers invited by organiza-
ton to attend.
FRIDAY, JUNE "a
Meeting, Fern Chapter, No. 81,
Order of Eastern Star, 800
p. m, at Masonic Hall, corner
of Simonton and Eaton SITS.
Special program.
SATURDAY, JUNE Is
Latin American Dance, Cuban
Club, 900 p. M, featuring
Curbelo and his orchestra.
Installation of officers, Robert
]. Perry Chapter Order of
DeMolay, 800 p. M, at Ma
sonic Temple. Public invited
by Chapter to attend.
MONDAY, JUNE 81
Special meeting, Fleet Reserve
Auxiliary No. Sc, 800 P. NJ,
at Clubrooms, Front and
Fitzpatrick streets.
TUESDAY, JUNE 20
Teenage Dance, sponsored by
Service League, of st. Paul,s
at Parish Hall. Music by Cor
al Isle Serenaders.
Regular meeting, Sparkling
Waters Rebekah Lodge No.
IA, 7:30 p. m. at knights of
Pythias Hall.
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Some
Cerelss liz
Bloom NOsU

The night blooming Cereus is
a rare tropical beauty. Travellers
have made long and arduous
journeys just to get a glimpse OF
the flower which blooms at night
and to study the rich and delicate
texture and blending of colors
found only in this specimen.
Residents of Key West, and Wis
itors fortunate enough to be here
at this time of year, can see the
night blooming cereus in the ten
hundred block on South street. A
resident on that street who spent
five years in Hawaii where there
Is such profusion of tropical
flowers, can now look out her
window early in the morning and
see the Cereus in all its glorious
beauty. Here too are many beau
tiful poinciana trees and multi
colored hibiscus.
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a. CoHcha Nary Wires Club Held
l.nmrheon Meeting And Si0rk Shower

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aey Vest Garden Club Urges Thai
Persons Start Nero Poinciana Trees
y" We Planted la Yards Later In Year

n ihaaah the Key Yves,
"afitn Ciub has suspended h.
*t linns daring the summer
htAA ~ president Of the ar.
~ t4i,pn and its members are
.'h A8isNe in neVnr-endinn 81.
49, y rsusnpia ne heauiy Of the
i..suH CITY
~ minnef pfumrt ul The club
inisfesi laeal persons IN the
efiHfihs ~ uie splendid DISPLAY
~ fmNNi pANnoinna trees that nj.
Ntt isAFt plaes during this time
~ Nsf wien me trees blossom
"'~As hsnutlful sight 10
fhefu ere many ~ these trees
~ 49, ttsy alFeaay. ulm0m an ~
Nf'n pfaiusr with hlonms but
~ tlafafn Ciub feels that MANY
nseF spstsd advanianeously be- sci
80 a FaFtala sections III the city.
Ns# @iN4 ~ Hnmimfn feel that
tiNlN Ahaaild ~ IA least one ROYAL
- t,sena ffer IN every yard in
Ma west ior not only are they
lfeaiAfui 1ui furnish shade and
49, aFsifai,is Hues % have on
NN# NFNNFtV
q = tss II many quarters be.
.H'Fa M Garden Club member
N fNM8 N gNnrN are many many
"a tIssse lueelF trees % be- seen
vFr $3.50 Nlil fBrm sufficient
~ @H aitsaetitin iof tourists b. vls-
tsts sAIaariailf % view them.
ftaH i'HHiEh ille blooming season
~ ti'N ifefH ~ nat the regular
NHssl sHatln
tNs ti41en Club therefore
W nll p2fAons IN Key West 90
49, - tAis very fine project 81
nH ~ iiN numheF ~ p0inci-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
TO-DAY In HISTORY
know americal

1880 - Revolutionary battle of
Springfield, N. j., an American
victory, in which, according to
tradition, Americans used hymn
books as wadding for their guns
as urged by the local clergyman.
1836-Congress votes to distri-
butte the treasury surplus; some
$40 million, among the States.
1857-U. S. Patent Offices adj
judges William Kelly of KY. orig
inal inventor of the so-called
Bessemer process of making
steel.
1863 - Christopher L ath m
Sholes and his associates granted
patent for first practical type
writer-later the Remington.
1924-First successful dawn-to-
dusk flight across the country
made by Lieut.. Russell L. Maug-
han of the Army Air Service.
1893 - The Civil Aeronautics
Authority created by act of Con-
greSs.
l943-President Roosevelt re
Dukes coal miners as they return
to work.
1914 = Disastrous torn q o
sweeps West Virginia, Maryland
and Western Pennsylvania.
l946-Dummy atomic bomb
dropped on Bikini in dress re-
hearsal.
1947-Taft- Hartley Bill be-
comes law as Senate overrideS
Presidential veto.
1948-Penusylvania and Indi-
ana go to Dewey at Republican
National Convention.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23

Last week j rneasure Of great
in1portal1ce passed beth the
House ana senate. II was a bill
authorizif1k tfle President Of the
United Sfates - reoresfsize the
Executive Branch Of the govern
mert. This measure WINS the dir
ect result 81 the findings and
recommendations of the Hoover
Commission, which has done a
splendid and thorough job of pre-
pairing a blue print for economy
| for our sprawling and disorgan-
lied federal government.
In its eighteen reports to Cons
gress the Hoover Commission
made specific recommend tions
for correcting the maze of in-
competency, inefficiency and
duplication which is so prevail
ent in our government today.
However, as the President must
work as the head Of the Execu-
tive Branch, actually reorgan-
tEatioi1 was left up to him, but
he must have Congressional
authority to make these needed
changes. Both the Senate and
House had passed different bills
granting the President such
authority.
Both of these bills required the
President to submit his proposed
reorganization plan to Congress-
If the Congress did not disap-
prove the proposal within sivty
days, the changes would be put
into effect The House bill re-.
quired both the Senate and the
House to object, while the Senate
bill would have permitted veto
of the Presidents proposals by.
either House.
For several weeks the Confer.
ence Committee, composed of
Senators and Representatives,
worked on a compromise mea-
sure. II was this compromise
which was passed by the Senate.
and House last week and sent
to the President for his sign
ature.
The final bill more nearly re-
sembled the Senate's original
version in that 1t will permit
either the Senate or House to-
veto the Presidents proposed
reorganization plan. However, it
will take a constitutional major
ity Of either body to make that
rejection. This means that the
majority of the membership,
rather than a majority Of those
present, must register their dis
approval.
Approval by the President, and
putting into effect this reorgan-8
izatiorl, can not come moment
TOO soon, tor at a time when we.
have so many obligations to.
meet, we must squeeze the waste.
fat out Of government and be-,
come trim and fit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23

Mrs, Thompson, owner Of the
Children's Corner. aided the club
with suggestions regarding the
party. she having also furnished
the figure Of the stork from her
permanent display and having
donated gifts for the occasion.
Recipients OF the gifts were the
Mcsdames Helen cherwa, Louise
CLANCY, Frances Schimmeyer,
Jnequcline Hitler, Eileen Beh-
rrnR. Sue Irwin. Esther Cain and
PAT kirkpatrlck.
Other members attending the
luncheon party were the Mes
danes Vera Wood. Frances Ward.
Hilda Berry. Iona Aiken and Ma
dciene Taylor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23

aiias by this year starting at least
six new trees in pots or pals, and
they have given directions as to
how this can be done.
AS Is well-known. these trees
carry long seed pods like giant
string beans, and in each of these
pods there are approximately so
seeds. II requires but one seed to
start a new tree, and they grow
rapidly once they are planted.
In six months the little plants
should be of a sufficient size to
transplant directly to a yard, and
at that time the Garden Club
plans TO set up a receiving center
for these new trees, from which
center they can be distributed to
anyone In the city desiring a
poinciana tree for their property.
Amy Of the various shades of
color Of the poincianas Is desir-
able and viii make a lovely tree.
Most persons favor the very dark
red or dark orange blossoms,
while others prefer the lighter
orange color.
II has been suggested by the
Garden Club that in starting
these trees, persons select seed
pods from trees of the various
colors, and there will therefore
be an assortment for all tastes.
II Is 10 be hoped that the coope-
ration Of everyone will be receiv-
ed in this project, and members
of the club are always ready to
help anyone requiring advice on
the Identification of the city, for
that rs their aim--to make Key
West one of the most beautiful
cities in the world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23

M Nw HMN amnnunNHa mat
mfNna 81 fleet Reserve
n AaxlAary No 80 wiil
~ IS 8ndaY evening ct
A A lulg 81 ~ 200 y. N
So fiesf hrtNTtf Ciunfoonis
Hna Fitruatgirk streets
tl# a4alNafY Ell ~ NET TINE
~ n ~ ere pIeseuce OF
sl Nlre President. Arss
ANN NI 4nts "a Feusacola, Who Is
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TODAY'S
ANNIVERSARIES
tKnow America;

1922 Felix o. c. barley, en-
inent and versatile illustrator and
artist, born in Philadelphia. Died
March 81, 1888.
l837-Henry o. Marcy, Boston
surgeon, credited with introduc-
ing antiseptic surgery into the
country, born in Otis, Mass. Died
Jan. /, 1924.
l851-Clarence Eddy, noted
Chicago organist of his genera
ton, born in Greenfield, Mass.
Died Jan. 10, 1887.
1854--James C. r. Ewing,
Presbyterian missionary-ed
tor in India over forty years, born
in Rural Valley, Pa. Died Aug.
20, 1925.
1876-Irvin S. Cobb, famous
author and humorist, born in Pa
ducah, KY. Died March 10,
1914.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
AeroOias 20.
Passenger List

The following passengers left
for Havana on Aerovias co.:
George w. Leworthy, Enid Lee
worthy, Edmund w. Etheridge,
William Quinn, Thelma Quinn,
Francisco Amigo, Sr, Francisco
Amigo, Jr., Natalie Amigo, Isable
Garcia, Aristedes Rosendy, Fred
Williams, Ben A. Magrew, Hazel
Magrew, Donald A. White, DAM
Ell j. Crawley, Jose Crespo.
William Phillips, Coral Phil
lips. Bertha Kilmmer, Estelle
Shell, Lorenzo Coya, Jose Fer
nandez, Russell McCampbell, Ma
hon Tinsley, Ethel Orr, Luis Cor
letto. Florence Corletto, David
Trail, Margaret Trail, Francisco
Gonzalez, Maria Fernandez.
g HFRti-beoin-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
Riitng Solves
Mystery OF
Missing Men

SYDNEY - up - Two men at
Wyndham, north western Austria
liza, caught a l4-foot crocodile. In
its stomach they found a mans
gold signet ring with the initials
81. t..
Police. remembered the mystery
of John Thompson, young re-
frigeration engineer. In July, l948
he fell from wharf, at Wynd-
ham. Tfiis body was never found.
Police now know why.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
Eastern
Star Meets
TOMORROW

Fern Chapter No. 81, Order of
the Eastern Star, will hold reg
ular meeting on Friday, June "a,
at 8 p. m, at the Masonic Hall,
corner of Simonton and Eaton
streets. A special program has
been planned, honoring Past Ma
irons and Past Patrons. This will
be the last meeting until Octo-
Der.
The meeting will be followed
by refreshments and social
hour. All visiting members of the
Order are cordially invited to at
tend by Fern Chapter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
Cuban Club
To Hold Dance
Saturday

1t has been announced that a
Latin-American dance will be
presented at the Cuban Club on
Saturday night of this week, June
Is, beginning at 900 o'clock.
Music will be furnished by Cur
belo and his orchestra, formerly
at Radio City and Martinix Cab
aret in New York City, and cur
rently being featured at the Ma
tional Hotel in Miami Beach.
Reservations for the dance may
be made by calling li37-M, 266-R
or 236.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
A Messy Face Is No Fun

So try amazing KLEEREX, the sooth.
ing new nedicated liquid that hides
ugly pimples as it dries them up. Re-
lieves itching, soothes soreness, drives
redness out. Greaseless, stainless, in
visible. Easy to use, day or night. Your
friends viii soon forget you ever had
those pimples. At your druggist, ACC or
Tfiple-sixs 98e. Money back II 1t faiL.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
ReuisnaI Vice President OF Fleet
heserre AUXILIARY To Visit Here

making her first visit 20 the To-
cal auxiliary in two years.
A dinner Is being planned hon.
oring Mrs. Clancy during her
visit TO Key West. and members
of the organization wishing TO at
tend this dinner are asked TO con-
tact Mrs. Pierce at 446, Mrs.
Pierce being the president of the
local Fleet Reserve Auxiliary.
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be held tonight. Thursday, June

be held tonight, Thursday, June
%.
The meetings Of the Rebekah
Lodge are held on the second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month,
and the next meeting of che or
ganization viii therefore take
place next Tuesday evening. June
9s. st 7:s0 p. m. at the knights Of
pythias Hall
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
Seeks DiuOrce

A petition seeking divorce
was filed yesterday in the office
OF Circuit Court Clerk Earl r.
Adams by Robert Gayle Geun-
valid gaainst Dorothea McMullen
GeunWald.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23

Pontiac, Indian chief VIII O
fought two British expeditions
in the Narthwest Territory prior
to 1865, was shot down in Ca
hokia, ILL.,. in 1869 by an Indian
agent of the English.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23

The average length of life in
'the United States jumped from
1924 years at the beginning OF
the century TO $3.50 years in
1916, an increase of about II IL
years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23
Personal Mention,

Visiting Key West for the first
time are Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Sellers, of Fort Worth, Texas,
who expect to remain for several
days. Mr.. and Mrs. Sellers are
ardent photographers, and hope
to get many pictures of the Island
City during their stay here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23

The first coffee house is said
to have opened in 1854 at Con-
stantinople.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23

The Alps Mountains constitute
81 per cent of the area of Swift
Zerland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23

The custom of wearing rings
was transmitted by the Greeks
and Etruscans to the Romans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-23

Nearly 100000 housing units
were turned out in lg48.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-10-22
ASHES TO ASHES

1OWN THROUGH the ages, funerals somewhere along the
- line have lost the touch of macabre and superstitous
belief until today we have the sreamned product Of
funeral directors art In Egypt mystic ceremonies
performed All the Injuries, including jewels and pre-
cious metals, heaped in the tomb and "Sem" or
mortuary opened the mouth of the deceased so
he might continue normal existence within tomb Far to
the north Vikings placed the bodies of their dead black
galeys together with their vauables then burned the craft
to speed the rbesmen their Vahala Hndus
believe in the aer-e and scatter cremaed ashes their
dead into the Ganges river which they hold sacred order
that the spirit might be purified American woodland Indians
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18

Molotov school of foreign affairs.
OF the Molotov-V Vishinsky shift, Sen.
Arthur Vandenberg, COP foreign pol
icy leader, said it amounts to replae-
ing a RELENTLESS" man with a ruth
less" man.
Close students of Soviet affairs re-
gard Molotov as having stepped up,
possibly to assist the aging Premier
Stain. They stress that Molotov has
retained membership in the all-pow-
erful Politburo and is still first deputy
chairman of the Council of Ministers
of the U.S.S.R.-a post second in au-
thority only to Stain.
Dean Acheson replaced Gen. George
c. Marshall as u. S. Secretary of State
in January without changing one iota
the direction of American foreign
policy. Other important changes are
in the offing.
Louis A. Johnson will become the
new Secretary of Defense on March
81, replacing James v. Forrestal, sole
survivor of the old wartime cabinet
appointed by Franklin Roosevelt.
The White House has intimated that
Kenneth c. Royal will step down as
Secretary of the Army soon. These
sources intimate that other changes ir
the cabinet will come gradually.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
The lI2sl;l Id This WEEK
Worlds Largest Regional Pact

THE east-west cold war has en-
i tered new phase. The basic
issues between Russia and the
United States are still unsolved.
Indeed, they are still as far from
settlement as ever, but there is a
difference between now and year
ago.
There was grave concern in 1948
over incidents which might have
fiared into a shooting war, exploding
a local situation into an international
crisis. The friction points were Be-
lin, Trieste, Greece, India-Pakistan,
Korea and the thinly-contained Arab
Jewish struggle in Palestine.
Now Berlin, Trieste, Greece and
Korea are still incendiary but they
no longer are emergencies. The Pales-
tine war is being settled; Kashmir is
no longer an issue between India and
Pakistan.
In this new phase, the danger of the
cold wars becoming hot is still there
but its immediacy is not.
World Takes Sides
The world is choosing up sides be-
tween communism and capitalism. It
is a matter of necessity, not choice, for
the rest of the world, outside of Rus
sia and the United States.
There is growing realization, es-
pecially among small nations, that
there is no room in the world today
for isolationiSm or the traditional
neutral. It has been said that least is
east, west is west, and it will be hell
to be caught in between"
An aura of fear has settled about
small countries within reach of the
Red Army. Some of these might wish
to cooperate with the Soviet Union
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Return
Maritime Lend-Leose

M0ftTlmS LSno-Le0Se
The American cruiser Milwaukee,
flying a hammer and sickle pennant,
came home last week after nearly five
years in the Soviet navy.
Manned by Russian crew, the 26-
year-old warship was turned back to
the u. S. Navy in a brief ceremony at
Lewes, Delaware.
The 7,050-ton Milwaukee is the first
of 586 American naval vessels loaned
the Soviet Union during the war to
be returned.
The State Department is readying
new note to Moscow demanding re-
turn of at least 81 other American
vessels-28 frigates and three ice
breakers.
The Kremlin promised in writing
last December to return these 81 ships
after six vigorously worded State
Department demands-but so far has
failed to keep the promise.
The Milwaukee was renamed the
Murmansk by the Russians and was
used primarily to guard sealanes to
the Soviet Arctic port.
After detailed inspection at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, the Milwau-
kee probably will be retired from ac-
tive duty.
The cruiser was the biggest of the
58S American ships which saw war
time duty under the Soviet flag. Most
of the others were small surface tor.
pedo craft-205 PIT boats and 14C
small sub chasers.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
SCIENCE: Underwater Hammers

trip on the Atlantic before having to
repair or replace its cavitation- dam
aged propellers.
Wartime Headache
The problem assumed vital impor-
tance during the war, when torpedoes
began to approach the speed with
which ship propellers whirl through
the water. To cope with this problem,
a high speed water tunnel was built
with government funds at the Pasa-
dena plant of the California Institute
of Technology.
Water was sped through the tunnel
at a speed of 70 feet a second. A year
ago, the tunnel was improved and the
speed increased to 100 feet a second
about go knots. The improved tunnel
is the fastest in the world.
Scientists have found that there are
only two ways to escape cavitation.
One is to improve the design of un-
derwater devices and lessen resistance.
The other to increase the pressure Of
the water through which they move.
DR.. Robert T. Knapp, hydraulic en-
gineering professor and director of
the Navy-sponsored research project,
says, Submarines moving at top
speed through the water near the sur
face are subject to noticeable cavita-
ton. Submerging submarines to a
greater depth results in greater water
pressure which keeps the bubbles
from forming"
Tests indicate, he said, that at g
depth of 200 feet, there would be lit
tie or no cavitation at any speed now
attainable by submarine. New fuels
and atomic motors now under devel-
opment may drive submarines tC
greater depths for operational eff.
cheney.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
MEDICINE: The Men in White

occur so frequently that doctors usu-
ally stop streptomycin after about
three months.
The triple shot apparently shows
that the combine tends to prevent
germs from developing this resistance
to streptomycin. 1t was tried on IA pa
tients with several different forms OF
tuberculosis. Only one developed re-
sistant TB germs in three months.
Only three others showed rising
curve of immunity at the end OF six
months. This is far better than aver
age for streptomycin alone.
Persons with tuberculosis would be
wise to consult their physician before
taking plane trips, advises a Mime
sofa doctor.
Patients with lung TB have abnor-
NAL collections of air in their bodies.
says DR.. Ezra Volk. With lower pres
sures at high attitudes, these air pock-
cts will expand, possibly breaking ad-
hesions, damaging the lung or causing
painful pressure on other organs.
Discount Polio Scare
Fears that removal of tonsils during
or prior to the infantile paralysis sea-
son may bring on polio are discounted
by DR.. Daniel S. Cunning of New
York. Reporting on a study of 29,0S4
such operations to the Section or
Otolaryngology Of the College OF Ply.
sicians, Philadelphia. he said only Il
got infantile paralysis.
DR.. Cunning said none of these were
of the type believed caused If surgica
operations had been fsctor in bring
ing about the attack.