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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
TODAY'S
ANNIVERSARIES
tKnow America)

1813-Albert Gallatin Brown
noted Mississippi Confederate
soldier, U. S. senator, governor
and congressman. born in Ches-
! ter District, S. c. Died June IL,
1880.
1819-Walt Whitman, Ameri-
cas- famed and original poet,
searching spirit after forms of
high living and endeavor, born
in New. York. Died in Camden,
N. j., March %, 1892.
1819-William w, Mayo, pio-
neer Minnesota country doctor,
skilled surgeon-physician, father
of the Mayo Clinic founder
brothers, born in England. Died
in Rochester, Mimi, March 6,
1911.
182HJessie Benton Fremont,
daughter of famed statesman and
wife of famous soldier-explorer,
author, whose life was an heroic
and historic one, born in Lexing-
ton, Va. Died Dec. q, 1902.
1862-Cynthia M. w. Alden.
New York writer, founder of
the international Sunshine So
ciety, born in Alton, Iowa. Died
Jan. 8, 1881.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
INTELLIGENCE VITAL TO LIFE

Let's not make the mistake of under
estimating intelligence.
Too many people take every oppor-
tunity to say smart things about the man
of book-intelligence, suggesting that they
believe that this is big joke.
No problem of the world will be solv-
ed by emotion. No great benefit comes
to the world except through change,
Thousands of experiments would have
ben valueless without trained mind to
read their messages and apply them truth
fully.
It is all right for man to take pride
in his experience, garnered through the
years. He has something that is distinctly
an asset to him. However, let him not un-
der-estimate the value of so-calied book
intelligence, if he has little Of it.
Experience and intelligence together
will solve many problems that neither.
alone, can handle. The man without either
is badly handicapped. He who pokes fun
at intelligence is as foolish as the book
worm, who imagines he can understand
all of life by reading between the covers
of the printed word.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
AUTOS oUTKILL midas SNAKES

We remember, not many years ago,
shat citizens Of Key West were somewhat
worried over the fact that snakes kill
thousands of people annually in India and
that some of them. for that reason, formed
The conclusion that India must be a very
dangerous place. s. = q q
II did not occur to these citizens that
the automobile kills more people in the
United States every year than the snakes
kill In India. In fact, the commonplace
attitude Of our people toward the as
founding death toll of the automobile is
one Of the mysteries of modern life.
There was day when the regulation
Of speed was considered vital to the safety
81 the highways. Nevertheless, the lawful
rats .of speed has somewhat increased
through the past decade, but with the
Improvement of highways and the de-
yclopment of better automobiles, the
death rate has not increased proportion
ntely 20 higher speeds.
The Citizen has urged that officials
conduct more thorough examination
into fatalities connected with automobile
accidents. Many Of them are avoidabie
and would not occur if the drivers of all
cara knew that punishment awaited care.
lessneAs. II Is matter of regret that "un.
hvoidable accident" is taken as somewhat
, matter Of course when a motor vehicle
shnfis out the lie of person.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
LET OUR FREEDOMS STAND

The zeal Of some defenders of Amer-
eahism, intent upon stamping out sub
verSive elements. is SO great that they
would strike down some Of the liberties
pf all the people In an effort to eradicate
what b. az worst, minor affliction.
Fhe right Of free speech. for example.
enc efthe great liberties of the American
people, becomes worthless if the free
speech Is limited to subjects that are ap-
proved BY officials.
There would be no freedom of speech
In the United States if the. Government
could decide the subjects that American
citizens might debate. Likewise, there :
40 freedom Of speech if those who ad.
foeate what we consider un-Ameriean
pFinciples are stifled In expression and
prohibited from talking.
The way TO prove the virtue n
free speech and to establish it's yirtua +
10 practice free speech. There Is no othe,
way.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31

NIlSIe III WdSHllSt ton, the Qo-
Tense establishment is now UNI
dergoing transformation. Louis
Johnson has everything in his
favor as he starts out. He has
ability, which is recognized, and
has the full backing Of his chief
the President. He also has the
backing of a majority of con-
gressmen. ForreStal never lost
the backing of Congress-. but he
loststhe backing of his chief. Re-
member how President Trnrnan
didn't even see him privately
while in Florida early this year. Il
Forrestal had flown down to
get a private conference. This
he was denied. For a long time
before that he had wondered
how he stood. No one ever came
to him like a man and put it
straight. They talked behind his
back-that he had been Dewey
man--but they didn't ask him.
They said he haln't contributed
in the election-but they didn't
ask him. They said lot about
the man, and it got to the Presi-
dent, but no one ever had the
CUTS to 60 to the little 5crapper
and have it out.
That's the Shiny side of poll
tical job-holding. There's al
ways a snake around to ease
you out of office, and always e
case, however, no one suspects
johnson himself of trying to cut
down Jim Forrestal.
Forrestal was disappointed,
and frustrated, more than any
thing else. When anyone you
trusted let's you down, loses all
faith in you, and falls for ene-
mics lies, it's tough. When that
| loses you your job. your prestige,
it's bad. And when you're con-
scientious, and have done your
best and deserve thanks, and get
the boot, that's hard to take
combined with oyerwork, worry,
and near-impossible task.
In politics, it's the tension, the
pressure that gets you. If you
stay within range long enough,
it'll get you every time. A con-
scientious man. plagued by un-
American sensationalists and be-
| trayed by his chief, and over
worked-that was the tragic case
of James v. Forrestal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
Chapter Is

= Chapter Is
IAN and Martina found many
opportunities of being to-
gether during the next weeks.
Her car had to be returned to her,
Martina was coming up to town
once a week to see DR.. Foster, to
let Grady cautiously test out her
voice. Grady had not mentioned
his proposal &gain. and conse-
quently there was tenseness, an
aWkward1ess between them.
They laughed about everything
land nothing. It was so easy to
be Laughing and gay with Dan
Holloway. He had sparkling
kind of hnmor. an easy. kindly
wit that saw the funny side of
everyday occurrences. They went
dancing, to movies. to plays
they dined in swank restaurants
and sometimes sat side by side on
stools at high white counters and
ate hamburgers and hot-dogs
with all the trimmings. And then
one night he took her to dinner
at his mothers house in Hemlock
Street. 4
You've got to come!" he in
sisted. 'Lucy's home from the
hospital and this is her very first
meal with us all.
Going up the path to the brown
house, he said, 1.-THE old house
looks pretty weatherbeaten
doesn't it? But could you get
Nom to leave it2 Not much! Too
many memories she says. She
came here as a. bride. When ]
ssmention building another house
aShe says. Save all that for your
wife. I'm staying herep
Y He swung the big, Scared front
door open and a heavenly 'odor
greeted them.
WHAT on earth is it?" Martina
wanted to know, smiling hungri-
~.
Italian spaghetti. no doubt.
It's one of Mons specialties and
Lncy,s favorite food, Let me take
I your wraps and wen 20 on back
tothe kitchen. That's the gather
ing place of the clan. We never
sit. any place but around the
kitchen table when we're all to-
getheT.1 gfis
Her fingers were a little cold in
his. He opened. the kitchen doot
and they stepped inside.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
By Helen K. Woodward

TT WAS a big room, equipped
/ with every modern convent
ence, shining with order and
cleanliness. Hattie Holloway. was
stirring a big pot on the stove
and her startled eyes, raised 70
meet theirs, squinted a little
above the steam. Lucy sat in bis
rocker. blanket across her
knees. Mike was already in his
place at the table, and bending
over his shoulder, reading tins
comics was Nora Byron.
They all looked up and stared
at Martina as it she had been
creature from another world. Dan
cried. Look what brought for
supper! Do you want her stewed,
fried or boiledg"
Hattie, recovering from her
surprise, put down her spoon and
came forward, hand extended.
"Why, it's Miss Wayland. How dc
you do, dear. We're so pleased to
see you. Dan, you rogue. why
didn't you tell me-
"Please, Mrs. Holloway, If I'm
going to be any trouble"
NONSENSE We're used to peo-
pie dropping in. but / would
have had the table set in the din
ing room!'
Il like ii much better here. Il
you're sure I'm not intruding."
Dan pulled her over to Lucy
"Here she is, Luce! What did
tell your" ~
The slender dark-haired girl
looked very much like Dan. She
smiled sWeetly. Hello, Miss Way
land. 1t was nice of you to come
And thanks for the flowers you
sent to the observation-disclosures
everything!"
Martina said warmly, 'It's won
derfula to see you looking 50
WELL"
Mora, you've met Martina"
yes. At the hospital. And / fel,
l almost knew her already-fron
the radio show, remember?"
Radio? You on the radio, Miss
Wayland?" This was Mike, ex-
cited, interested.
WAS" Martina smiled. al have
a bad throat and I'm resting 9
while, now"
| Ever in any murder mystic
ries?"
She shook her head. Sorry
only sang" !.
| "Aw, heck!"
1t was all very gay and infor-
NAL Martina's eyes were wide
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
Your Horoscope

TUESDAY, MAY 81, 1949-To-
day gives loft ideals combined
with a sweet, sympathetic nature.
It is one who likes to nurse the
SICK. help the unfortunate and
comfort the mourner. There is
great capacity for skill. in, the
sciences; broad-minded eH-
preston of its knowledge, per-
haps an opportunity for a great
physician for either the soul or
the body.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
WILL YOU SMILE?
Misunderstood

You can't be too polite. A psp~
ular man In Cape Grow, IEw1i-
ana, wondered If nc would nQl
be more popular IL he stopped az
sulting his friends and cold
shouldering his relatives.
He decided he was going 20 iDe
polite If IL killed him. II preiiy
n .ly did. Everybody avoided
him as though he had leprost,
One day he cornered an evasiya
acquaintance. and denAanded an
explanation.
You are SO polite" came she
embarrassed rejoindeT. folks
are afraid you want 10 borfaH
money" e.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
Public Jobholders Suffer From
Health Breaking Tension II.
BY EDWARD n. SIMS. 33j Y.
The Citizens Washington Correspondent

By EDWARD n. SIMS. .s}f5 M ts4
The Citizens Washington Correspondent SsiEs s.t9
WASHNGTON.-The nogic deoth Of Jomes v. Forresul
only demonstrates again whut rotten game political Of
flee holding is Here driven to the breaking point
by petty suspicion behndhebuck gossip and betrayal by his
chief Jones Foresol dble Everyone knew it.
He had neormpossbe tos but thdts not what got him.
What got him the shipping and dsHust which develop
ed Ground him combined with oveswok and magnitude For
Jim Forrestd successful business in the old AmeI
tradition He didn't appeal to the pinks Of whom
prominent in the press and radio world todoy and he ws
were oil decent Americans know completely Of bounds
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
LEGALS

Ia THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JQSDICIAL CIRCUIT
or THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
IN And FOR MONROE COUNTY.
IN CHAafEHS.
. Case No. 11-S52
'@r NOTICE TO APPEAR
! IN TIE NAME OF THE STATE
OF FLORIDA.
TO THE DEFENDANT HENRY
SANFORD THORNIG,
IL Tokeneke Drive, East,
Darien, Connecticut.
Temporarily residing at:
=. O. Box 1925,
Nassau, Bahama Island, B.W.l.
, Take notice that suit for di-
yorce has been brought against you
In the Circuit Court of the Eleventh
judicial Circuit in and for Monroe
County, Florida. entitled WADEAN
HARRELL THORNIs, plaintiff VS..
HENRY SANFORD TItORNE. de-
fonda Mt, said suit being in chancery
No. 1852.
You are hereby required 10 file
an appearance in said suit on June
WITNESS my hand and the seal
of said Court at Key West, Florida,
this'Sth day of May, 1919.
(SeaD EARL r. ADAMS,
as Clerk of said
Circuit Court.
By: (sd Anne G. Longworth,
Deputy Clerk.
BRYD, McCATGHAN & DRESSLER,
s15 Sweet Building,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
may 10-1724 81 1919.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
IL AND FOR MONROE COUNTY.
IN CHASCERY.
Case NO. II-S62
Plaintiff.
VIZ. DIVORCE
sidney sEIDEMANN.
Defendant.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
TO: Sidney Seidemann,
IS West 1S3rd Street,
Bronx, New York.
You are hereby required to APP
pear to the Bill for Divorce filed
against you in the above styled
cause on or before the 10th day OF
June, A. u. 1919, otherwise the ale
cations contained therein Will be
taken as confessed.
Done and Ordered at Key West,
Florida, this 10th day of May, A. -.
| d949.
| (Circuit Court SeaD
EARL r. ADAMS,
Clerk of Circuit Court.
By: (sd) Anne c. Longworth,
Deputy Clerk.
| Enrique Esquinaldo. Jr..
Attorney for Plaintiff
| may-l724-31; june-7. l949.
u
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
WILL YOU SMILE?
We Can All
Understand This

IT'S the night before payday
And all through my jeans,
I've hunted in vain for the
Ways and the means.
.. Not quarter is stirring
Not even a bit.
The greenbacks have left me,
The pennies have quit.
Forward, turn forward,
o time in thy flight,
And make it tomorrow
Just for tonight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31

The term "midshipman" as first
applied to boys who carried or
ders between officers in the after
castle and sailors in the forecas-
tie and hence were often amid
ships. It is now applied to u s.
Naval Academy students.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31

The South American rh e a,
sometimes called an ostrich, diff
fers primarily from the ostrich
by having three clawed toes on
each foot instead of two nailed
toes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31
Key West West In
Days Gone By
AS TAKEN FROM FILES
OF THE CITIZEN OF
MAY 81. 1893 Z

The bill, designed to make two
changes in the charter of the City
of Key West, passed the senate
today, with an amendment pro-
viding that the proposal be SUBJ
mitted to the voters for. APPROVAL
or disapprovai.
Z. Glass, day exercises at the Key.
West High School viii be held to-
night, beginning at 3 o'clock. The
class motto is, To-day we follow,
tomorrow we Lead"
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Ramirez
announce the birth of daughter
at 9 o'clock last night. The baby
weighed six pounds 5 IL ounces:
Members of the Art Apprecia-
ton Reading Group met last
night at the home of Miss Virgin
it Lockrow, Southland and Will
am streets.
Tomorrow, Thursday, June J.,
local stores will begin to observe
their weekly half holidays during
the summer.
Stephen r.. Mallory Chapter,
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy will meet tomorrow after
noon in the home of Mrs. Ross c.
Sawyer, 523 Eaton street.
Key West High School Alumni
Association will hold its annual
reunion tomorrow night in the
Rainbow Room of La concha.
The committee arranging for the
affair comprises Miss Louise
Ketchum and James Higgs.
Victor Lowe, supervisor of the
National Youth Administration,
left this morning for Miami on an
official visit.
Miss Edna Roberts, a student
in the Florida State College for
Women, arrived yesterday to
spend the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Rob-
| erts.
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
Who remembers the oldtime
girl who got her face powder
from the family barrel?"
| a rnachina oiin ,I1ac fret trad
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31

reformers want some work To do
they might tackle the job of eliminating
monopolies In the business world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31

A machine gum was first fired
from an airplane in 1912.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31

Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
who remembers the oldtime
girl who got her face powder
from the family barrels"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Ramirez
announce the birth of daughter
at 9 o'clock last night. The baby
weighed six pounds S IL ounces.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31

Tomorrow, Thursday, June /,
local stores will begin to observe
their weekly half holidays during
the summer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31

Members of the Art Apprecia-
ton Reading Group met last
night at the home of Miss Virgin
it Lockrow, Southland and Will
am streets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-31

< Classsday exercises at the Key
West High School viii be held to-
night, beginning at 8 o'clock. The
class motto is, To-day we follow,
tomorrow we lead"
Evening star., 1949-09-24

an effort to protect her son.
Under cross-eXamination, Mrs.
Robert bury Mr.. Woolridge S
Robert Bury Mr.. Wooldridge's
body in a pigpen on the Brennan
farm the morning after the kill
ing, and that last April she and
Robert joined in the task of dig
ging up the body and cremating it
in an ash can.
The body was disinterred and
burned, she said. for fear that
prospective buyers of the place
might find the corpse.
What was the condition of the
body that you dug up" asked
prosecutor Albert w. James.
We'll. it was horrible Mrs.
Brennan replied, with an effort.
Asked by Mr.. James if she knew
that Robert killed Mr.. Woodbridge,
the mother testified matter-of- :
factly:
so far as I know, he did"
Did you tell Robert to go back
and finish the old man OFF,"
mo, that's not true"
Raymond Brennan largely cor
roborated his mothers testimony
He said, however, that he never
heard a second shot after hear
ing the first. The State contends
that Robert went back and shot
Mr.. Woodbridge a second time to
stop his screaming.
Evening star., 1949-09-24
Mrs. Brennan Testifies
Son Killed Virginian
Only in Se|f-Defense
BY the Assoeioted Press

DOVER, Del. Sept. 24.-Taking
the stand for the first time in the
lonely hearts" murder trial, Mrs
Inez Brennan testified her 16-
year-old son Robert shot and
killed Wade N. Woodbridge in self
defense last October 10.
The son is being tried on a first
degree murder charge; his 46-
year-old mother as an accomplice
Raymond Brennan. %, an older
son who followed his mother to
the stand, told of Robert return
ing from the barn after the shoot
ing. He quoted him as saying:
II had fight with the old man
You know why. He pulled knife
on me-"
Denies Telling Son to Kill Him.
Answering questions calmly ane
in almost inaudible tones. Mrs
Brennan denied she ever ordered
her son to 60 back and finish of
the 67-year-old Stone Mountain
(Va0 handyman after he alleged.
ly had been shot in the barn o1
the Brennan farm near Dover.
The plump, bespectacled woman
who met Mr.. Woodbridge through
| lonely hearts" correspondence
asserted that any statements sht
made to police admitting that she
did the shooting were done so ir
Evening star., 1949-09-24
Board Sees 5.Year Demand
For Seven Million Houses
by the Assoeioted prsxs

BY the Assoeiotsd Press
The Federal Reserve Board has
found buyers demand for 7,000,-
600 houses-existing or new ones
in the next five years.
In a report yesterday, the agen-
cy said this means that roughly
every fourth family in the coun-
try is planning to buy or build
a home during the period extend
ing through 1858.
The board decided this on the
basis of sample survey.
/ 1t added. however, that buying
plans were contingent on the
continuation of favorable eco
nomic conditions and the avail
ability Of suitable houses at ac-
ceptable prices and on favorable
financing terms"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-04-15
Local FLA Group
Outstanding At
State Convention

The record of Browning High
School Chapter, FLA. made at the
state convention at Bozeman last
week was the most outstanding
in the history of the local group.
By being awarded second place,
it excelled t h e participation of
Yellowstone Chapter, Billings, the
Huntley Project Chapter of War
den and the Flathead Chapter of
Kalispell. The achievement re-
presents the highest rating ever
to be attained by the local group.
With many awards presented
to the various participating
groups, the local chapter placed
second in the Chapter Achieve
ment contest, Fairfield placing
first. The achievement qualified
the local Chapter for the G o | d
Division, which was the first time
it ever attained that rank.
r. w. Harris, local Chapter ad-
visor, was honored the State
Farmer Degree. Others of t h
Chapter attaining high recogni-
ton included Jerry Show, sue
cessful candidate for State Farm
er; Dennis Harris, who placed in
the Gold Division as Chapter re-
porter.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-04-15
CARD OF THANKS

We takes this m e ans of ex-
pressing our thanks to our friends
for their kindness and sympathy
in our bereavement, in the death
of our beloved wife, daughter
and sister, the ! a te Mrs. Daisy
Howard.
Mrs. Mary Adams, w alt e r
Howard, Sidney Adams family,
Charles w e | c h family, Martin
Fitzpatrick family, VIM. Adams
family, Harvey Brown family and
Miss Mary Adams.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-04-15
The Glacier County Electric

The Glacier County Electric
Coop at present is testing all
meters Of their system, the work
being done by John w a I'd and
Robert Brown of their technical
staff. Meters in Browning were
tested last week. With completion
of testing at Glacier Park meters
the fore part of the week, every
meter of their system has been
checked.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald McFad-
yean arrived from Eureka Tues
day for a several days visit with
his mother. He is still GONZALES
cling from his recent illness and
is making favorable gains.
New Packard mo tor cars,
priced as low as $2274 are now
available. Also the famous four
wheel drive. one-ton WHY'S pick
ups available at the Clapper Mo-
tor Co. at Cut Bank. Your Pack
ard and WHY'S dealer for Glacier
County. -2-11-415.
will pay a reward for recovery
of two small Shepherd dogs that
strayed from their home at Black
foot last January. One is black
and the other ginger-color, both
having a white spot on the nape
or back of their neck. The black
one answers to the n a m e of
Squabby and the t h to the
name of Ginger. Notify Mabel
Monroe Bonds, general delivery,
Cut Bank, Montana. Sc