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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
NO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

To tell us we are better off than
citizens of other countries is not sound
argument in favor of the adoption of the
Presidents budget of $42 billion, as sew
eral of his supporters have declared in the
last few days.
Others have pointed out that we
should not grumble about high taxation
when millions of people, chiefly in the
Asiatic countries, do not know from day to
day where they are going to get their next
meal. We know also that thousands have
starved to death during the, civil war in
China Shanghai, with it's tinsiled, life.
where comparatively few lead lives of
luxury, reported the finding of 500. per-
sons, including many children, dead in
streets of hunger or exposure in the course
of a week
Americans regret to hear news of that
kind, yet it is no excuse for the extrava-
gance that is practiced in Washington. We
don't object to helping to feed the hungry,
but we do object to spending of taxpayers
money unnecessarily. That practice has
been going on in Washington for many
years. and is now at it's peak. Senator Byrd,
after a thorough investigation has pointed
out to the administration that at least &c.,
900 employees could be released without
interference with the efficient functiOnng
Of federal bureaus, but instead of the num-
Der decreasing, it continues to increase,
setting an ,all-time high in the payment of
federal salaries. iF''F.
1t is doubtful if the President will get
all the money for which he asks, despite
the Democratic majOrities in the senate
and the house. Many conservative Demo-
Gratis, mainly from the South, have asserted
they will fight for the pairing down of the
budget.
Finally, because we have abundance,
there should not be any waste of supplies
or extravaganza in expenditures, while we
work to aid the world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
~ ROBERT SIDNEY BOWEN

Of death. The sharp ends dug into
my fingertips and tore the flesh,
but l did not feel the pain. was
well beyond the point where one
can distinguish a new pain from
the hundreds already consuming
the body.
Suddenly the fire circling my
throat went away. Convulsivcly /
sucked in air. Only II wasn't alr,
it was water. But il did put out
the flames in my chest. although
il touched of two times the
thunder that had been roaring IN
my head. But l didn't mind the
thunder because at thI instant
| broke surface.
I forced myself to relax as
much as could, and float on my
back. / couldn't see anything be-
cause my eyeballs felt turned
backwards in their sockets, and
| was simply looking at the fire.
works still raging in my BRAN.
A short time later | was able 10
roll over, and tread water, and
begin to see things.
1t took time, though. 20 see
things clearly and make any
sense out of them. But finally
did. saw that / was about twenty
yards out, and sixty yards down
from the end of the Seventy
second Street pier.
l felt pretty good. Full of pain.
of course, but / had just about
all of my strength back. Anyway,
more than enough to swim 10
shore and drag myself up onto
dry land. l sat down and rested
for a few minutes. Then | get
slowly to my feet, squeezed
what water / could from my
clothes, and made my way across
the Express Highway. and up
onto Seventy-second Street where
Riverside begins. The third taxi !
waved at swung over To a stop
and took me aboard.
When l let myself into my
the clock on my desk
said twenty minutes after two.
| went out into the living room,
and >over to the phone. With a
finger that didn't hurt as much |
as the others / dialed Centre
Street Police Headquarters. II
finally got Bierman.
This is Barnes" I said. "I'm
in my apartment, you know the |
address. Jump in your prowl car
and come up here fast"
Come WHAT" he blew up
over the phone. "Me come there |
this time of morning? What do
you ?"
Save it" ! cut in on him |
Savagely. If you want TO be cut
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
MILLIONS FOR ATOMIC POWER

Congress has been asked to appropri-
ato $500. 10000 for reaCtor development
during the next fiscal year. Back of the re-
quests j. an effort to- evelOp atomic pow
- tor application in the propulsion of
hips. aircraft, etc.
4 rractor. according TO o writer, is IAN
atlantic pile" Of fashionable material which
produces heat to run power plants, but
Wiih the difference that this source of
power wall not burn itself out.
While there Is no inside information
available as t0 the progress being made
in experiments to make practical appli-
cation of atomic energy, one may pre-
---.ssss- that the prospects are promising
's%sainy, IL this were not the case. there
wntHd be me- reason tO ask more than
siUO O0O 900 for research and develop
ment.
s-s~-W While many Americans may not UNI
rtand the vital significance of the pos
ffie use 81 atomic energy for propulsion
Of engines and locomotives. the nation
which first develops cheaper source of
y'arcr will have that much of an advan-
tavc over other nations in the production
81 manufactured goods. Moreover. it will
have means by which to gain a practical
monopoly over much of the transportation
ni the world. The goal in view is of
tremendous value and a nation as rich as
the United States can afford to gamble
--1.Alh its scientists.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
is YOUTH TOO AMBITIOUS?

Modern boys and girls are too am
bilious in their rush to become leaders in
the fields of business and the professions,
declares Roland L, Stratford, director of
an employment counselling service design
ed to aid boys and girls to get proper
start in the business world.
Mr.. Stratford says that the youngsters
are unwilling to start in the less glamor-
Gus jobs" and work their way up. The
revelation that they cannot earn S., 900 a
year one month after graduation from
high school sis often a rude shock to our
modern teen-ager."
The counsellor reports. however, that
once the teen-ager is convinced of the
proper course to follow in connection with
employment, he becomes ready to dig in
as a clerk, messenger, a stenographer or
office-boy and work his way up in the
American tradition"
The "ambition of a teen-ager is large
ly the product of modern education and an
environment that includes many examples
of from rags to riches" in easy lessons.
1t is no WOnder that many average boys
and girls get the idea that money can be
made in bales, overnight
The success tag which most communi-
ties put upon the man who makes big
money in a short time, without any dis
eliminating judgement as to the methods
involved, is enough to make the average
teen-ager believe that the volume of cash
is almost everything that counts This
explains in part, the failure of some teen
ayers to appreciate the value of character
in connection with economic effort and. in
their inexperience, they sometimes con-
clude that the success stories are the rule
and not the exception in the lives of hu-
man beings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
BLACK DAHLIA" NONSENSE

About two years ago, young woman
was killed in Los Angeles, California,
and the newspapers of the country gave
their headlines to playing up the death
IT the BLACK Dahlia."
Since the killing. more than fifty "con-
g. SONS" have been made throughout
th.s nation but investigation has proved
~ el them wrong. Now, in revival of
tFN- story. the questioning of another
man * reported in detail
Our own suggestion to the news SER
vices and to radio brOadcasting stations
o. that they forget the BLACK Dahlia"
and leave il alone until somebody is
convicted for the murder. In the mean
tune. the country would like to have a
rest from the speculatiOns and deductions
that have been telegraphed around as
news.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
Neutrality-suspicious.

in on the final ie, -ams -
NOR.
At EIGHT THIRTY -
"A worning I Was efass -
the corner of oFse ag sase
and PARK Axfnme N8
standing. though nsssa
stroliing up ans dmm
early shopper wa nm -
stores 20 Upnn un leo
wasn't any early h8Hw
there % keep ny . IS "a
see al lhat thete watta
Al ten INMATES att
whole lOt q fears "A
began O. chafn afa
me. picking un m
speed With rNt s. rl 60
morning was re mne Il T.
had tn b. n 2 fH
soap Id haze - Hafu
other angie ana rfn t
fifty risk of na4rHa w
late. And 80 10 fhe ia.e -
ate hand ~ nv matth @as
ing al the halt hauf 4
iumpy a. = new hf a.. -
as worried
Halt a doxen tire / srsas
cross the Avenue : 49, y
light Was green. but casa a
forced myself g. e. hk
some more lookinR u am
To make myself e. thm -
tough. WuTIy THAI haa
things wrong sent wN
ton into q bcaut.fal aaf
imagined more Cat8a
there on that corner fan
ever imag ncd az together 3
life. And that aadssi a. the
| felt ply icslly was HweIr
than ! could take nat
take a. ! promised mtmf
after another nftren m n#ea
take things into fu8 Gee
and let the hs arg Grips ~
earth whore th,Y m Eht
just how Nuald Is
taking thing into ngv aNn
was a problem HHwr&eF o. s
be 90 Allah. that Nas ne -
lem | did not have G. n i
twenty-five minutes 60 fma Il
door Of the apartment -
kitty-c0rnered across the
from me swung open n4
came Zara Zaralis "a th - S.
ing. cheery-faced dnofmam a
heels. She carried ore a IA !
WAC shoulder strap hans -
the SAFE Of a small tgaUk. "a
looked quite The Cutr 'ffie a
as she waited while Cherry b 7
peeped his whistle ana aaexa
passing taNicahs
&c be eantinuea
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
HYBRID CORN
BysBilly Mcintyre

potrioic landlord rented apartment young
RED couple To encourage childbirth the landlord promised
ho otter every child he would give them reduction OF
percent their rent At the end of the first yea they had
baby and ten the subocted The year
they had twins SO 70 percent off their Then another
bobY and again twins and the rent kept coming down
ond down BY this time they had about IA children when
the landlord for the and found the young
in mourning. He said Whot happened? Why you dressed
in black? She soid my poor husband. he wunted live
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
Chapter 81

SlIdStCL -
EXACTLY what I did then, or
- how I did it, I shall never
know. When your head is explod-
ing with all the sounds possible
in the world you are unable to
retain things for future consid-
Grafton. All that l can say is,
while my head exploded, and a
sheet of. seething flame wrapped
Itself about my. chest, ! was fall
ing over sideways. To my right,
and down. From upwards and be-
mind mel heard a yeti, but it'was
so garbied and'muffied by the sx-
plosionS in my. head ! could not
tell whether it was from, Joy or
from rage .
1 was simply falling, straight
down. Then white pain in one
shoulder told me that I had hit
something hard. I seemed to
bounce, and hang motionless in
the middle of nothing And then
started falling, down, and
down, and down. Maybe my arms
were flung out, and maybe my
feet were kicking at nothing. |
do not know. But without warn
ing | hit water. 1t closed over me
with a terrific roar of sound. And
a million unseen hands grabbed
me and dragged me deeper and
deeper.
The band of seething flame
wrapped about my chest became
tighter and tighter and seemed
to be forcing all of my insides up
into my throat. But there they
were forced to stop because my
brains We're pushing their way
down from above. Air! That was
what l wanted. But there wasn't
any air There was nothing but
cold dark water that engulfed
me and sucked me down toward
the center of the earth. But the
thing. 1t had returned the power
to move my muscles.
AS l went sinking down and
down / tore at my neck with
both hands; with all my ten fin
gers. But l could not even wedge
a fingertip under that thin wire.
1t seemed sunk an inch in my
neck all the way around. Some
how, and that l will never know
either, l managed to get my
hands around to the back of my
neck and find the two ends of the
wire that had been crimped over.
l went at them like crazy; the
frantic, berserk efforts of man
well into the middle of the throes
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
TODAY'S
ANNIVERSARIES
know America)

l75+-Andrew Elliot, surveyor.
who laid out the District of
Columbia and Erie, Pa, West
Point professor of mathmatics,
born in Bucks County. Pa. Died
Aug. 20, 1920.
18ll-Henry~ Barnard, famed
reformer of popular education,
first u. S. Commissioner of
Education, to whom an educated
democracy was the sole hope for
a better world, born in Hartford,
Conn. Died July $1,000.
1820-Henry J. Raym on d,
famed editor, a founder of the
N. Y. Times, pioneer of decency
in journalism, born in Lima,
NY. Died June Is, 1869.
l832-Joseph H. Choate, famed
New York lawyer, statesman,
orator and wit, born in Salem,
Mass. Died May IA, 1917.
l865-Paul W. Bartlett, world
famed sculptor of the heroic,
born in New Haven, Conn Died
Sept. 20, 1925.
The age before Islam is known
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24

~ASAS ava mummy
X 4 *
Women wearing Stacks are like
the subway. Both are '6vercrowd-
ed, And firmly packed; ..
4 4 -,
Young man on phone. ':lIello.
Is this the Seldom Ever Snoe Co.?
I've been trying to get, you for
half an hour. Did you advertise
for an ambitious, energetic man
for a bookkeeper. You did? Well,
you wouldn't want me. I'm q Jerk.
Goodbye"
Il Il Il 49,
Seventy-five percent''of the
girls are working girls. The rest
are working men.
4 4 &ft;2%
Marriage is like apple pie. A
lot of crust and plenty of apple
sauce. ~.
X X *
First man: I'm in love with Il
girl. How can l get her to love
me?" Second man: That's easy.
When you visit her bring her some
flowers and candy, then turn
down the lights, and sit on the
love-seat with her" First man:
Yeah, and then what?" Second
man: Then you send for me-"
4 X. r.
MY eyesight is perfect. See
that barn out there?" Yes"
Can you see that fly walking
around on the roof" mo, but I
can hear him walking
X X X
I'VE installed a radio in the
barn and now everytime we milk
the COW, we get H. V. Kalten-
born and the baseball scores"
That's not so bad. At least you
can find out how the Giants are
doing" Not this COW. All she's
interested in are the Yanks."
II X X
Yes, I know Father Time has
been kind to you but Mother
Nature played you a dirty trick.
+ X 4
If I can't get the girl ! want,
God help the girl / geta,,
X X X
Marriage is like taking bath.
It's not so hot after you get used
to it. -.
* X Y&,, !
Girl: II don't want much out
of life. Only a mink coat, a fox
cape, a mansion and maybe a car
or two. Could a girl ask for any
thing more?"
Boy: mo. Not unless she wants
to make a pig of herself
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
BAD TIDINCS

The President has recommended to
the Congress new tax legislation to bring
in an additional 81 billion of Government
revenue. Mr.. Truman says: This should
come principally from additional corporate
taxes go. Consideration should be given
to raising personal tax rates in the middle
and upper brackets" Apparently the
spendthrift idea is geared in high speed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
Your Horoscope

MONDAY, JANUARY "a, 1949
To-day indicates a sensitive and
somewhat weak disposition, but
the mind is good, and there is but
little danger of a miSspent life.
The nature is seldom understood,
and hence you may not be
generally popular, though pos
sessing good friends and often
success.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24
LEGALS
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO WAKE
APPLICATION FOR FINAL.
DISCH ARGE

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO WAKE
APPLICATION FOR FINAL.
|" DISCHARGE
UrObate Law 1880
IN COURT or THE COUNTY
JUDGE. NO<Rni: COZ WY Z.
STATE OF FLORIDA. ~ PRO-
BATE.
In re the Estate of
ELLA NJ. CAREY,
Deceased
To All Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that Nor
man W. carey filed his final report
as Administrator of the estate of
Ella VI. Carey, deceased: that he
has filed his petition for final dis
charge, and that he Will apply Ia
the honorable Raymond K. Lord,
County Judge of Monroe County,
Florida. on the 9th day of February,
1919, for approval of same and tor
final discharge as Administrator of
the estate of Ella NJ. carey, deceaS-
ed. on this 18th day of January,
l949.
NORMAN w. CAREY.
Administrators of the estate of Ella
NJ. Carey deceased.
janl1-24- 81 ;feb1. 1919
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24

Why don't Communists over here 90
10 Russia il they like that system so much?
a.. !, often asked. They couldn't go to Rus
siatven il they wanted to, except on
orders from Moscow. They are on duty
hege 10 take over this country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF TIIf:
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCtTT
Or the STATE or FLORIDA.
~ AND FOR MONROE COZ WY
N CHA>CEHl.
Case M. 1900.
ELLEN h. JAMES,
Plaintiff.
VS.. DIVORCE
ALBERT EDWARD JAMES.
Defendant.
TO: staff Sergeant Albert Edward
James.
Company -,
QuartermaSter school Rattal-
ion,
Camp Lee. Virginia.
You are hereby required to APP
pear To Il Hill of Complaint for
divorce, in the above entitled cause
on the 23rd day of February, l94",
otherwise the allegations therein
will he taken as confessed.
This order To be published one"
week for four consecutive weeks
in The Key West Citizen, Il news
paper published in Key West,
Florida.
DONE AND ORDERED this 2lst
day of January, y. Il. 1912
(SEALD Earl. X. ADAMS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court, -
Monroe County. Florida.
BY: esd ANNE G. I.oNGWAIRTlI,
Deputy Clerk.
PAU. T.. SAWYER.
Solicitor for the Plaintiff
jan.24-3l; fth.7- l.l9i9.
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Mail The Citizen to Friends
LECALS = :.
NOTICE UNDER FICTiCIOI<

<ANE STATITE
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned, desiring I" engage
in business under the fi"ticious
name of "The Lane Restaurant.
Highway No. |, TaVerniei,. Florida,
intends to register said ficticious
name with the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Monroe County, Florida.
Dated January 30, l949a
TONI LANG.
Sole Owner.
jan.24 An; feb. I-l4, l943.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24

barry =. Truman,
Washington. II. &.
Dear Harry:
You once failed in business and
Auew what narrowing condition that
leaaon. bat demanding exOrbitant sums
90 money To- run your administration.
luskilt the people have a Watchdog
uuT Compress
THE ORACLE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24

IN THE tIHtt ~ COZ HT IN THE
ELEVENTH DICIAL CIRCUIT
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA ~
AND FOR MONROE COtNTS. ~
CHA<CERY.
No. II-GS!.
ELEANOR CHASE,
49,: Plaintiff
THEODORE CHASE,
Defendant.
ORDER OF BLICATION
To: Theodore Chase,
927 CalZona Street south,
Los Angeles, %, California.
You are hereby required To APP
pear to the Bill Of Complaint for
Divorce in the above styled cause
on or before the 9Th day of Febru-
airy, A. ID. 1919, otherwise the ale
cations contained therein will he
taken as confessed.
This Order is Ia he published once
week for four consecutive weeks
in the Key West Citizen. new spa
per published in the City Of Key
West, Florida.
DONE AND ORDERED. this Sth
day of January, 4. u. 1919.
(SeaD EARL K. ADAMS.
Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Monroe County, Florida
BY: esd Anne G. Longworth,
heputy Clerk.
HILARY l.. ALBTRY,
Attorney for Plaintiff
A... 1en,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24

error: speaker with loud voice and one
with deep emotion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24

A man who is always in a stew
eventually goes to pot
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24

The troubles that beset governments
begin when politicians forget principles
in order I'd get votes.
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NOTICE OF INTENTION 10 MAKE
APPLICATION ron FINAL.
DISCHARGE,

CPrOhate Law 1880
N corr: OF THE" COC<Tf
JUDGE, MONROE COZ <TN.
STATE or FLORIDA. IN PRO-
BATE.
In re. the Estate of. ar
NANCY Z. JOHNSON, also Known
as \. JOHNSON. NANCY JOHNSON
and MAMMA JOHNSON. Deceased.
To All Whom 1t May Concern;
Notice is hereby given that j. Y.
Porter " has filed his final report
as Administrator of the estate Of
Nancy =. johnson, also known as y.
johnson, Nancy Johnson X Mamma
Johnson. deceased; that he has filed
his petition for final discharge,
and that he will apply to- the Hon
Orahle Raymond r. Lord, County
Judge of Monroe County, Florida
on the 10th day of February, 1919,
for approval of same and for final
discharge as Administrator Of the
estate of Nancy l.. Johnson. also
known as y. johnson, Nancy john
son and Mamma Johnson deceased,
on this eth day Of January, I949.
j. Y. PORTER ~.
Administrator of the. estate "f
Nancy l.. Johnson, ais" known
as y. Johnson, Nancy Johnson,
and Mamma Johnson,
Jan. Io-I7-24-3I.le49.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24

The age before Islam is known
to the Arabs as the Age of Igno-
rance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-24

The man who loafs at his work doesn't
need vacation.
Evening star., 1949-12-19
FLORIDA Town Asks Extra Police
ForO'DwyerNuptioIs 7 on1orrow

poinSettiaS throughout the in
terror.
Sixteen-year-o -old James w.
Schrock of Jensen Beach will be
the organist and will play 20
Mother Pray for Me" ave Ma
ria" and Mendelsohn's wedding
march. Aurora Ferguson of Stu
art will be soloist.
The ceremony will be per-
formed by the Rev. Timothy j..
Geary and will take about is min
utes. The solemn nuptial mass
will be omitted.
Mayor ODwyer's best man will
be David j. Martin, general man
ager of the New York Athletic
Club. who described himself as a
personal" and mot political"
friend. Mrs. Edward M. Ber-
Evening star., 1949-12-19

necker, wife of the former COM
missioner Of hospitals in New
York. will be the brides only
attendant.
Miss Simpson, 33 and a di-
vorcee, said she will wear simple
navy blue, suit with a blue velvet
beret, blue suede shoes and
matching accessories. She will
wear single strand pearl neck
lace and pearl earrings.
Both attended mass yesterday.
Mayor O'Dwyer went to an 11:45
am. mass at St. AIMS church
in West Palm Beach and his A.
ancee attended a 10:30 am. mass
at Fort Lauderdale.
ODwyer, who is staying at a
cottage adjacent to the Jupiter
Island clubhouse on Exclusive
Hobe Sound, will have a patrol
car escort to the scene of the
wedding.
Miss Simpson has been staying
aboard the yacht Almar II, owned
Evening star., 1949-12-19

by H. G. Matthews of New York,
and will come here from West
Palm Beach, 81 miles to the south.
After the wedding, the couple
will go on a honeymoon cruise in
the Florida Keys aboard the AL
mar II.
When they applied for license
here last Thursday, Mayor
O'Dwyer gave his birthplace as
Ireland and Miss Simpson said
she was born in Dallas, Tex.
Mayor ODwyer is a widoWer.
Miss Simpsons former marriage
did not take place in Catholic
church.
Evening star., 1949-12-19
By the Associated Press

STUART, Fla. Dec. 19.-This
East Coast town of $500 prepared
today for its biggest event since
its last hurricane-the marriage
of New York Mayor William
O'Dwyer to Miss Elizabeth Sloan
Simpson.
The 59-year-old Mayor of the
Nations largest city and the
Texas-born former model will be
Evening star., 1949-12-19

married at $3.50 am. tomorrow In
st. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Because this tourist and fishing
town has only three regular po-
licemen, it has asked for five
State highway patrolmen and
three Martin County sheriff's
deputies to help handle the an
ticipated crowd.
This is the biggest thing to
hit Stuart since the August hur-
ricane," said State Senator Evans
Crary. .
The ceremony will take place
in an Army surplus church
brought here five years ago on a
barge from Camp Murphy at
nearby Jupiter. The church seats
$50 and will be decorated with
lilies of the valley at the altar and