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A very livable, 2-story brick home to
be found in this lovely house; very
conveniently located: 1st floor fea-
lures liyins rm., dining rm., kitchen
and bedrm. or den; End floor has 4
bedrms, and bath: Ideally arranged
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OPEN SAT. AND SUN

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until 8 pm; GI financed home
with large lot Come out and look
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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-12-29

and Mrs. Fay Turner are calen-
dared for the program.
MaYflower Circle will meet in
the home of Mrs. Pearl Mcmahon,
on w. Third ST., assisted by Mrs.
Donald Smith. Presenting the
program are Mrs. Earl Gray, Mrs.
Fred Galloway, Mrs. John Gels
sler, and Mrs. Leo Coleman.
Lsbour OF Love Circle Mrs,
T. P. James, Mrs. Bert McCarty,
Mrs. Ned Davis, will assist Mrs.
Elizabeth Critics as hostess in the
Kings Daughters Room and the
program will be given by Mrs.
Critics, Mrs. Chester Scheiderer,
Mrs. Chester Auer, and Mrs. Max
Rogers.
Puritan Circle will meet with
Mrs. William Mccarthy. Assist
ing hostess will be Mrs. Henry
Gordon, and on the program are
Mrs. Fred Crothers, Mrs. Frank
Stump, Mrs. Clarence Beightler,
and Miss Mable Strauss.
In-As- Much Circle will meet
with Mrs. Jesse McAlliSter. Mrs.
Harry Stephens will assist the
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SJ9g GU z3sls -
BY MRS. CLAIR THOMPSON. Phone 1921

Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Park and
sons, Dick and Harold, of w.
Sixth ST., had as their Christmas
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Lerve Park,
of Ridgeway; Mr.. and Mrs. A. G..
Baldsiger, of Forest; and Mr.. Ed
son Park, of New Philadelphia.
Bobby Huffman, son of Mr..
William Huffman, N. Main St, is
spending this week with his
maternal grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. D. Cooper, in their home
in Urichsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank MatuS, of
West Salem, were guests for
Christmas and the weekend of
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Balliett,
and daughter, Linda, and son,
Ronnie, in their home on w.
Third st.
Mr.. ad Mrs. Ralph Gerard and
son, Richard, have returned home
after spending the Christmas
holidays with their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Maxi, in Detroit.
Mrs. Louella Campbell was the
guest of her son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. John Alden
Campbell, sons, Jim, Jack, Jeff,
and daughter, Jane, in their
home in Dayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Nicol
spent Monday in Dayton with
their son and daughter -in-law.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Nicol, and
sons, Michael and Stephen Eu-
gene. Stephen is a recent arrival
in the Nicol home in Dayton.
Miss Jane BeaSecker, returned
Wednesday to her duties as stu
dent nurse at White Cross Hos
pital, after a four-day vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Beasecker.
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King S Daughters
Circles to Meet

Circle of Service will meet
Tuesday evening in the home of
Mrs. Jay Laymaster, with Mrs.
Marguerite Ell assisting hostess.
Mrs. d. B. Robinson, Mrs. Jona-
than Horn, and Mrs. Leo Snyder
will present the program.
Circle of Light will meet in the
home of Mrs. Clarence Gugel,
who will be assisted by Mrs. Win
field Behrens. On the program
are Mrs. Edward Gunderman
and Mrs. Frank R. HolycrosS Jr.
Pilgrim Circle will meet with
Mrs. Lester Randall, and the pro-
gram will be given by Mrs.
Clyde Butler, Mrs. Girls Nader,
Mrs. William Alexander, and
Mrs. Mary Hutson.
Ministering Circle will meet in
the home of Mrs. Walter ASman
on NJ Court st. Mrs. Ada Collier
will assist the hostess, and Mrs.
Ray Brake, Mrs. Otway Shearer,
and Mrs. Gale Baldwin will be
on the program.
United Circle will meet with
Mrs. Richard Cameron on w.
Eighth St, with Mrs. II. G. Spring
er assisting. Mrs. Earl Hammer,
Mrs. nellie Hopes and Mrs. Will
lam Wood will present the pro-
gram.
Silver Cross Circle will meet in
the home of Mrs. John Lent,
who will be assisted by Mrs.
William Hopes. Mrs. Frank
Scheiderer. Mrs. Carl Coleman.
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Personals:

Evening dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Chester Bowersmtih
and son, Richard, on Christmas
day were Mrs. D. M. Crider, Mrs.
j. L. Sellers, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Mcdowell, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Mcdowell and son, Gary, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Bowersmith, sons,
Bobby and Hickey, and daughter,
Beth Anne, Mrs. Marjorie Will
cox and daughter, Marlene, and
MIR. and Mrs. Chester Bowersmith
Jr.
Christmas dinner guests In the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Cole
man and family included Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Kleiber, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo Coleman, and son, Ben; Mr..
and Mrs. Dana Coleman, daugh-
ters, Suzanne and Nancy, and
son, John; and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hodges, and daughter,
Due AIlll, VI IlllS lily, wi diiIi
Mrs. Horace Ell, and sons, James
and Freddy, of Columbus; and
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Shuman, and
daughter, Janet, of Mt. Clemens,
Mich.
Q q
Miss Marilyn Coleman, student
nurse in Mt. Carmel Hospital,
arrived Tuesday evening for a
visit until after New Years with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Coleman. Other guests in the
Coleman home this week are Mr..
and Mrs. Leo Scheiderer, and
daughter, Susan, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude r. Campbell, of Ft.
Myers, Fla.
. g
Mrs. Henry Handel is attend
ing a two-day meeting of the
Farm Bureau Cooperative AS
sociation, being held in Colum-
bus.
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hostess, and the program will
be given by Mrs. Loren Thomas,
Mrs. Dalton Crist, and Mrs. Fred
Easton.
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FTN 7
S. AND C. CLUB

Mrs. Fred Handel will be host
ess to the S. and c. Club in her
home on the Infirmary rd, al
p. m. Friday.
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WESTMINSTER CLASS

Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Park were
hosts Wednesday evening to the
Westminster Bible Glass for the
regular dinner meeting and pro-
gram. Those present included
Rev and Mrs. Rodger Sillars, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Balliett, Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen Miller, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Fienstra, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Woerline, Mr. and Mrs. AL
bert Baptist, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis
worth Ohnsman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Euverard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Rau, Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Shearer, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Bowers.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-12-29
PRESIDENT APPOINTS
EASTERN STAR COMMITTEES
Photo py Smitty's Studio

Committees named by the new
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Mary
Pearse, for Mary Chapter No. g.
Order of Eastern Star, are as
follows:
GrievanCe-Alice Banks, Gerald
Kingsmore, Flossie Mather.
Good of the Order-Bernice
Beightler and Emaline Payne, CO.
chairmen, Lucille Raines, Nina
Noble, Mary Striffler, Ruth Moss,
Gaynelle Gronko.
Ways and means-Jane Beck,
Maxine Stricken, Maxine Bald
ridge, Mildred Wilson.
Program-Joan Dutton, Paul
inc Widner, Mary Lewis.
Music-Elizabeth DeVosS, Clara
Miller, Hilda Rau, Hazel Evans,
Clarence Beightler, Willard Will
son, Walter Herd, Fred EaSton.
Prompter-Clara Dodge.
observation-disclosures Hall, Eth
el Galloway.
Paraphernalia, Cora Grubbs,
Lucille Forty, Carl Spain.
Examining - Ethel Galloway
Walter Herd, Mable Thrall, o.
Kallah Hultz.
Auditing-Mary Boyd, Hazel
Evans, Tom Beck.
Observation-Disclosures Thorpe,
Mary Roahen.
Following the regular business
at the chapter meeting Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Duton charmingly
gave a Christmas story, IF He
Had Not Come. Refreshments
were served by the Good of the
Order committee in the club room
during the social hour. Christmas
greenery, ornaments, and candles
decorated both the chapter and
cliIh rnnpoc
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-23
Nationalist
Hold Up Reds
Along Whangpoo
tBy The A..eeratea Pre..l

SHANGHAI May %. Com
lmunist forces thus far have not
been able to break through at
any point of the line Of National
ist defenders Of this city.
Attempts have been made at a
dozen different places along the
Whangpoo River, but in every
case the Reds were beaten back.
Nationalist headquarters an
'nounced that defending planes
have been a major factor in
breaking up communist concen-
tration of troops. Yesterday and
again this morning, the Reds had
prepared to cross the Yangtze at
two points, but wave after. wave
of Nationalist planes, both bomb
ers and fighters, threw the Reds
back.
1t is now night here. and gun
fire can be heard all along the
Whangpoo. Nationalist command
ers say their lines have held all
along the river, and that they are
on the alert for surprise attacks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-23
Commissioners
MileageF Fees
Explained

Frank Bentley, chairman of
the Board of County Commits
Sioners. informed The Citizen to-
day that some residents think
that the BILL introduced in the
legislature by Representative
Bernie c. Papy and providing
for payment of mileage TO COM
missionerS in going TO and from
meetings, applies to all members
of the board.
"Such is not the case" Chair
man Bentley said. 'The four
commissioners residing in Key
West will not receive any mileage
fees, as the law will apply only
to the commissioned representing
the keys outside of Key West. He
resides at Tavernier and his trip
to and from 4 meeting totals laz
miles. Besides, after a regular
meeting, he spends the remainder
of the night in local hotel. He
will be allowed 10 cents a mile,
or $3.50 for each trip to Key
West to attend a meeting"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-23
Auckland Plans
Tree Memorial

AUCKLAND, New Zealand
(R)-Auckland plans to plant
trees typical of allied countries.
The City's $4,OOO,O00 War Mem
orial Museum, built after World
War |, will be enlarged. and made
a memorial for the two wars.
The Auckland City Council
soon will write to World War II
allies asking for trees. 1t thinks
that among the trees that can be
included are oaks from Britain.
sugar NAPLES from Canada. wat
ties from Australia. silver trees
from South Africa, redwoodS
from the United States, white
beams from France, Spruce from
Norway, Ginkos from China. vi
Gus from India, and olives from
Greece.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-23
Williams Charged With
Stealing Wrist Watch
3 Seamen Stole
An Auto Sunday

Three u. S. Navy seamen will
be charged with the theft OF an
automobile owned by Roy, Hen
son, Ills Fleming street, Peace
Justice Ira Albury said today.
The three men named by AL
bury. are Nathan H Phillips
Charles H. HerbSter and Leo s.
Lacasti. They were arrested by
State Highway Patrolman w. A.
Stevens at Marathon.
Two of the sailors were seen to
drive off in the Car at las a. m.
Sunday and three men were in
the car when they were arrested
at Marathon at 4:45 a. IN.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-23
Seven Charged
With Not Paying
Garbage Bills

Seven persons were instructed
today to be in Municipal Court
this afternoon to face charges OF
failure to get scavenger service
through failing to pay the gar
bage collection bills.
City Manager Ralph D. Spald-
ing said today that the seven are
the first of those to be arrested
on this charge, and that everyone
who has not paid his garbage bill
will be brought into court.
"We have started with those on
Amelia street who have failed to
pay their garbage bills" said
Manager Spalding. "We are 60
ing right on with the arresting all
those who fail to pay their bills
We are taking the streets alpha
betically, and going right on UP
to the streets beginning with W
The city ordinance states that
the penalty of not paying for gar
bage collection service is fine
not exceeding $50 or go days in
Jail. One man paid his bill of 500
and escaped arrest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-23
1t. F. Blaser
Arrives At
Boca Chica Field

Lieutenant Gunlor grade) Fred
arick Blaser, U. S. Navy, yester-
day reported to Anti Submarine
Development Squadron ONE
(VX-D, Boca Chica Field. for
duty involving flying.
LTJG and Mrs. Blaser and
their two children, Frederick NJ.
20 months. and Luann, S
months, reside at 1909 Duncan
Street
LTJG Blaser entered the Navy
in June, 1912, receiving his wings
and a commission as ensign in
September, 1914, at Corpus Chris
ii, Texas.
He has been awarded the Navy
Cross, 3 Air Medals, Presidential
Continued On Page Sikh
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-23
Operations I'm
Seaplane Base
Regulated

The Army has issued TestIic-
tons regarding that ares noFth II
Key West. east uf FLEMING kes
and north and west of DFedEcm
Key. which is used for sesplauc
operations. The regulations are
as follows:
m No vessels shall cru1S ~ en-
ter the Seaplane restricted area
CD Vessels usng tle peTiusteF
channel along the east sisie uf
Fleming Key and along the npfih
side of the Naval AiF StRtiun
shall travel al q slow speed
CD Vessels using the perimeter
channel shall lie "a As close g. tbe
boundary markers as possible
during landings oT take offs uf
aircraft in the restricted area
ca Vessels using the pefimsttr
channel past the sesplans ramp
shall give wide berth 81 seapisne
equipment located sdiscent a. liie
ramp. and shall lie b. Il IA the VI
cinity Of the ramp when beschlnE
on launching operations csc zee
progress.
(5) No object that might efsfisn-
ger Seaplsnc operations slsau ~
cut adriit coz thrown oyCftaafd.
90 The regulations tn this lsr-
ton shall bc VnfoTCod - tie
Commanding OfiiUCr. uniis,l
States Naval AR station. EeF
West. FLORIDA. and such sgsnries
as he may dcsIginatc.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-23

ted. he declared. 1--WE shall have
forgotten every lesson in history
and we scarcely deserve to sur.
vive." 4.F+
Stickers attached to his letters
bore the slogan: Keep the Fleet
to Keep the Peace"
While expressing faith in the
United Nations ''over very long
future" he said in effect that
this country should keep its
powder dry while waiting for the
world TO accept the U. N. as its
agency of peace.
II am sanguine about the main
tenance of peace provided we re-
tain the means of keeping it," he
said. I'm order to make myself
even more clear, by the means
of keeping it | refer to the main
tenance of well-trained Army, a
Navy ready to go and an Air
Force capable of swift retaliation
against any aggressor and finally
the will of the people for mill
tary preparedness"
Paved Way for Merger
II was in l947 that Congress
merged the armed forces. The
notification measure \ created an
independent Air Force which
was equal to the Army and Navy,
each with its own chief. AS Sec
rotary of Defense. by appoint
ment of President Harry S. Tru-
man, Mr.. Forrestal represented
all three in the cabinet.
Though unification had been
one of President Truman's favor
ed projects, Mr.. Forrestal, as
Secretary of the Navy, vigorous
ly opposed the first plan for the
merger because he felt it failed
to preserve the Nays ,indepen-
dence.
Subsequently he paved the
way for compromise that was
accepted. He called it working
co-partnership" for national de-
tense.
Secretary Forrestal was adept
at reconciling different opinions
and working out acceptable COM
promises. One theory of his was
that ''the removal of human
friction is 80 per cent of business
and 80 percent of government"
Born February Is, 1892, at
Beacon, N. Y, Mr.. Forrestal was
the youngest of three sons of
James V. Forrestal, who came
from Ireland as a boy, married
Mary Toohey, daughter of a
farmer, and established a con-
tracing business. The elder For
restal interested himself in Dem
ocratic politics and sometimes
helped his Duchess count
neighbor, Franklin D. Roose-
welt. a
Served in World War I
Young Forrestal, after gradua-
Continued On Page Six
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-23
KEY WEST NAVAL FLAGS
ARE HALF-MASTED TODAY
In FORRESTAL'S MEMORY
Ii Is Recalled
FOrrestal Visited
President Truman AT
Little White House Ter

4 sAilY Naval flags in Key West
and throughout the nation were
halfrialasted today in memory OF
James ". Forrestal, first Ameri-
can secretary of defense, who
took his own life yesterday in a
HISTORY leap from the skyscraper
Naval hospital at Bethesda, Md.
Flags of all ships at anchor in
the Key West area and on all the
shore stations here were hung at
half-mast on orders of Captain C..
S. Adell, USN, commander of Key
West Naval Base.
This was. in keeping with the
general order of President Tru-
man that flags on all government
al buildings throughout the ma
tion be half-masted in memory of
Forrestal.
1t was, recalled here today that
ForreStal called upon President
Truman while he was a visitor at
the Little White House and de-
parted for Washington again the
following day.
Forrestal, who was then secre-
tary of defense, was also a visitor
here with the generals of the
Army and the admirals of the
Navy, when they were jointly en-
gagged in working out what is
called "The Key West Plan" of
national defense,
7, The. flag on top OF the Federal
building in Simonton street was
also placed at half-mast today.
Forrestal. who was 81 years
old, who entered the Naval hospi-
tai early in April for treatment of
"occupational fatigue" left behind
his own epitath hand-scrawled
poem containing the line Better
to die and sleep the never waking
sleep, than linger on" and then
leaped rom a pantry opposite his
room on the 10th floor of the hos
pital.
His body crashed into a court
on the third floor. The noise of
the falling body was heard by a
nurse on the seventh floor and
was found by a Naval medical
corpsman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-23
Big Four Resume Conference
In Paris; Western Powers To
Submit Series OF Proposals
1 Concerns Unification
Of Germany;
Currency Question
Point Of Contention
,sy fhe As@oc;. .es, press,

PARIS, May 23.-T'he Big Four,
representing the United States,
Great Britain, France and Rus
STA, began their fourth conferen-
ces here today, following the dis
continuance of sessions, months
ago. when Molotov Stubbornly re-
fused to accede to proposal after
proposal put forth by the Allies,
Representatives of the Western
Powers have drawn UP list of
questions for discussion at the
conference. One of them provides
for the extension of self deter
mination to the countries in east
ern Europe; the unification of a
government for Germany as a
democracy. and the $40 billion
that Russia demands from Ger
many as PREPARATIONS.
Russian representatives dis
closed that Deputy Premier Wish
insky will hold a press conference
in two or three. days to outline
Russia's position on the situation
in Germany. What probably will
turn out to be disputatious ques-
ton is the currency for all Ger
many.
At present the Soviet mark in
Germany is worth only one-quar
ter as much as the mark in Allied
zones. The last time the none
tary question was considered,
Russia had tried to make her cur
rency the. only medium of ex-
change in Germany, but met with
unified resistance by the United
States, Great Britain and France.