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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
Consumer Credit
In United States
Now AH-Time High

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-P,-
The Federal Reserve Board gave
out some figures today pointing
up the nations buying rush IN
the first weeks of the Korean
war.
The board announced that the
total Of consumer credit in August
reached an all-time high of just
under 21-billion dollars, up more
than one-billion dollars IN two
months.
OF the total debt incurred by
time-buying alone accounted for
Is billion dollars.
On September 18th, the Fed
eraI Reserve Board re-imposed
controls on installment credit.
But indications are that both
total consumer credit and in
stallment plan debt for Septem-
Der viii show new record highs
again
For one thing. the credit curbs
did not 90 into effect until after
the middle of the month. Also.
many dealers have said that the
controls have had little effect on
sales.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
President Is
Cruising Along
Chesapeake Bay
Hos No Comment
To Moke On
Korson Wor
Developments

WASHINGTON. Oct 2-sR-
President Truman IS enjoying his
first real rest since last spring
Aboard MS yacht, the Viii
liamsbu-g. the President IS cruis-
ing slowly around Chesapeake
Bay with a small party of White
House aides
Newsmen trailing the VIII
liamsburg In their own yacht said
they spotted Mr. Truman on
Sunday. sun-bathing. reading the
newspapers, and stroIling the
decks IN a yachting cap and
bright sport shirt
His naval aide, Rear Admiral
Robert DennisOn, told newsmen
Mr.. Truman had no comment OF
Korean war development
He Is being kept up-to-date by
] hourly news summaries radioe6
, % the Williamsburg by the De
Tease department.
The Presidential vacation vii
last until next Monday. Las
night. the williamsburg was an,
chored near the naval air station
at Patuxent, Maryland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
Bartender I'm
Los Angeles
Goes Beserk
Kills Two;
Wounds Three:
Then Takes His
OEn Life TODAY

Los ANGELES, Oct 2--R-
a four hundred pound Mexican
bartender went beserk here this
morning
He killed two people and
wounded three others before he
killed himself.
In order. the tragedies went like
this Bartender POpo TrujIllO
broke into the apartment OF some
acquaintance he's been arguing
with last night He wounded two
people
Then he went down the street
and shot and killed two men he'd
also had an argument with
earlier
TrujillO went into a bar and
gave q man a nickel TO call the
police While the call was being
made he wounded another man.
Before the police could come Tru-
JillO shot himself dead
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
Celebrate Last
Holy Day Service
This Evening
By RABBI SCHWARTZ


B'nai Zion congregation VIII
celebrate the last three days OF
Success eight days tabernacle holy
day this evening, with services at
La pm followed by services on
Tuesday morning at I am
Yiskor Mask Nashomos me-
mortal service viii be held at 7::3O
am
.Simchas TorahP rejoicing the
final reading Of the torah, the
holly schOlI, the Bible celebration
will begin at $50 pm, Tuesday
evening.
The usual Mariv service, the
children of the Sunday and He
brew school pupils viii march be-
hind the torah@the holly scrolls
that IS carried around seven times
by adults
This symbOlizes the children as
the security which they had been
excepted by the Lord when the
tOrah was given to Israel on the
Mount Sinai in the desert, through
the great prophet and leader
Moses.
A dinner has been arranged by
the ladies auxiliary In honor OF
this celebration to the adults OF
the congregation IN the social
room of the synagogue.
This holy day finally gives the
finished touch OF all the holy days
this month of Tishrah. There is
no more celebration OF holy days
until next spring.
With the ending of this holy
day. the RabbinicaI assembly OF
America has a message Of peace
to all peoples over the world re-
gardless Of faith, belief and ma
tionality. Reminding US of ouI
ancestors of old who were wont
to offer sacrifices for the peace
and welfare OF gentle nations.
Our ancestors, ike their mod
ern c0unterpartS were pSac6-i0V-
ing people who strove to serve
God and man IN tranquility and
security, but they were sur
rounded by beIligerent people Il
whom sword and weapon sto0C
! sbove law and order as a medium
for settling disputes and guar.
reIs-
Hundreds of centuries havs
passed since our ancestors havs
offered these sacrifices of peace
Time and tide has since ther
changed our way Of life. The
cart has given way 70 jet plane
The canoe 10 ocean liner. Science
has virtually eliminated time and
Continued From Page Severn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
4MGgar Workers
Vote Today On
Whether To Strike

TAMPA, Fla Oct 2.-lP,-
More than 4-thousand local cigar
workers, seeking higher wages,
vote today on whether to strike.
The workers, VINO are members
of the Cigar Makers International
and operators of a dozen cigar
plants. have been negotiating :
new wage contract since june
when the old contract expired
Chairman Frank Diez Of the y
local cigar unions said the work
ers want an acrOss-fffe- board
boost Of about 20 cents an hour
He said the cigar makers haven'i
had a general wage increase since
1916.
Workers at the big Hav-A-
Tampa plant. which is not union
lied, still are discussing wage
boosts.
Work has been considerably
slowed at the plant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
Mickey" ParrOtt
Will Qualify For
Dem. Nomination

Milton A. Mickey" Parrot
today told The Citizen that ne
would qualify as a candidate
this afternoon for Democratic
nomination of Monroe County
Supervisor of Registration
Parrotf ran fourth in the 1913
city commission race, twenty
six votes behind Commissioner
C. B. Harvey Parrott received
1887 ballots. He IS a veteran Of
both World Wars.
Sam B. Finder has also an
nounced his candidacy for the
nomination. Finder received his
appointment from Governor Full
Ter Warren when John England
resigned in April of this year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
FSES Has $4,000
Year Job Open
In jacksonville

A $4,000 a year job is going
begging in jacksonville.
Director Fons A. Hathaway of
the Florida State Employment
Service reported that the agency
has an opening for a mechanical
engineer or craftsman.
The name Of the firm was with
held. but anyone interested in a
position and who meets the re-
quiresnents Cox, be e0r.sidaraa bY
applying to any Of the employ
n1ent centers throughout the
state To qualify the applicant
must have a mechanical engineer
ing degree and minimum of six
years in design of reinforced con-
crete and steel structures. The
applicant must be between 29-45
years Of age.
Hathaway said that in. addition
to this there were job openings
for many other types of work
listed on the bi-monthIy inven-
tory of those jobs which employ
ers had not been able te fiji
locally.
-Four openings are listed for
sales engineers. requiring a BIS.
degree in electrical, mechanical,
or industrial engineering. Jobs
are also open for bookkeepers
and accountants
Also included in the job inven-
tory are construction jobs in sew
eral cities throughout the state.
Openings for carpenters, concrete
block layers and woodworking
foremen were included on the
list.
Openings for manufacturing
workers Included jobs for sheet
metal workers and two openings
for squeeze machine molders.
Persons interested in these jobs
or other work should contact the
local Florida State Employment.
Service office at 314 Simonton
street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
Canadian
Rises Four
Cents Today
Was Previously
Pegged At A
Value OF 81
u. S. Gents

TORONTO. October 2-eR,-
The Canadian dollar was quoted
between SO and % cents in terms
of United States currency, in
opening foreign exchange deal
ings today.
The Canadian dollar was set
free of government control over
the weekend
From every part OF the globe,
reports are expected, establishing
for the first time in IL years new
buying and selling rates for the
Canadian dollar.
It previously was pegged at a
value of 81 United States cents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
Navy To Build
Roads, bitches,
.Culverts Here

Sealed bids. endorsed Bids for
construction Of access road, mos
quito control bitches and cuIverts
al the Naval Air Station. Boca
Chica Field, Key West. Florida.
Specification 25549 NOy-23lI5)"
viii be received until II am.
EST. Monday. is October 1850, at
the office OF the Officer-in-Charge
OF Construction, Building No. Ala.
U s Naval Air Station, Boca
Chlca Field. Key West, Florida.
and then and there publicly
opened The work consists OF
constructing runway access
road. mosquito control bitches and
culverts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
Havana Radio
Station HonOrs
Key West Tonight

Key West viii be honored TO
night over the Cuban Blue Net
work" it was learned here to
day.
Radio Station RICH in Havana
viii dedicate a half-hour evening
program to the Island City. Tbs
program begins at $50 o'clock
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
Tennessee Williams Buys
Winter Residence Here
Famous Playwright
Purchases House He
Resided In Here
Last Winter

~1
purchased a winter resi-
dence in Key West.
The famous dramatist
has bought the house in
which he has resided dur
ing his visits to the Island
City over the last several
years.
The property, consisting
of two lots and a three-bed-
room cottage at the corner
of Leon and Duncan streets.
was acquired from MIR. and
Mrs. Lee EImore of New
York City. The conSidera-
ton was $4,000.
Elmore, vice-president of
an exclusive mems furnish
ing store in New York.
bought the home some time
ago from Hunter Harden,
former city commissioner.
The warranty deed, filed
in the office of County
Clerk Earl r. Adams, de
scribes the property as Lots
4 and 6, Square 7, of Tract
IA.
Key West Attorney
julius Stone handled the
transaction for Williams.
Stone disclosed that he has
supervised a program of
renovation on the old house
according to the play
wright's instructions.
The structure is one OF
Kew Vests oldest homes
and Williams has directed
that the individuality and
antiquity of the dwelling
be preserved, Stone said.
While negotiations and
renovationS were in prog
reSS, the celebrated author
of "a Streetcar Named De
sire" has been in Rome.
The attorney stated that he
did not know when Viii
liamS would return to Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-10-02
Income Taxes Are
Raised As OF Sun.

The deeper income tax bite has
started. If your employer has
been Withholding SO a week from
your pay-for the government
the next check viii show larger
slice. about two dollars more.
Il IS all part of the federal pay
for-defense-as-we-g plan
Corporations are also kicking
in more. of yesterday. October l
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-05-09
Swedish Hospital
Graduates Nurses

The 1850 graduates of the Swed-
ish Hospital School of Nursing in
Seattle received their diplomas
and pins at a ceremony in the
Mission Covenant Church. Seattle,
Wednesday,. May, 10.
The class includes II girls. John
Soderberg, president of the board
of directors, was presiding officer
and presented the diplomas. Miss
Hernia l. Eklind, r. N, and
superintendent, presented the pins.
DR.. Edward H. Lauer, University
of Washington, delivered the prime
ipal address. DR.. Edward P. Palm
aSon, tenor, was soloist.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-05-09
Scandinavian Countries Are
Creating Common Labor Market

The plan for a single labor mar
ket in Scandinavia. now gradually
being realized, Is described In an
editorial In the HOlyOke tMass.)
Transcript-Telegram, of April 4,
1850. 1.-THE Scandinavian coun-
tries" 1t begins, "whO have taught
us a lot about cooperative enter
prises of various kinds, are pro-
viding II sort of demonstration
project In international economic
cooperation which should be of
great value to ECA planners and
those who will come after ECA.
Operating outside the Marshall
Plan. the four countries of north
ern Europe are establishing a COM
mon labor market among their Ii
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-05-09
Annual NV. Event LARGEST
Of Its Kind In The World

Seattle is perhaps the only
large city in the United States
where all the Norwegian So
cieties unite in one big cele-
bration of Norway's indie
pendence Day, May II.
Every important Norwegian or
ganizatiOn in the city Us in alD
is represented on the committee
which is arranging an elaborate
program for this years festival
to be held at 1880 pm. Saturday.
May Is, in the Civic Auditorium.
Andrew Bjerkeseth, who h a S
served on the committee for ten
consecutive years, is this years
chairman and promises a program
suitable for the occasion.
The main speaker will be Gov
ernor Arthur B. Langlie. Consul
c. A. Stang will bring a greeting
from Norway. There will be songs
/ by the Norwegian Ladies Chorus,
directed by Mrs. Gertrude Werner;
the Norwegian Male Chorus, di-
rected by Professor August Wer-
ner; Viola Johnson Caring, So
prano; violin solos by young Olaf
Malmin; music by 15-piece or
chestra directed by Emil Hansen
and dancing by group of young
folk dancers.
The program will be opened by
the Children's Pageant, which in
most peoples opinion is the big
gest thing in the festival. From
250 to 800 children in colorful
costumes, each with a Norwegian
or American flag and several drill
teams with banners from the diff
ferent societies, participate in the
big parade through the aisles of
the gigantic auditorium and as
semble on the stage singing ma
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-05-09

Seattles 18th of May festival is
the biggest indoor celebration of
its kind in the world with an av-
erage audience of close to 1000
and about 500 persons participant
ing in the program. We have
checked with attendance records
at similar festivals elsewhere and
have found that not even in Nor
way or in New York has an in
door May II festival achieved the
proportions of our annual Seattle
event. 1t seems we have the big
gest auditorium or at least the
best indoor response
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-05-09
SCANDINAVIAN SEAMENS HOME IN 5EATTLE IS
GREATEST NORTHWEST INSTITUTION OF ITS KIND

If the reply IS negative they
needn't worry long. The Seattle
Seamen's Center, formerly Scan di-
navian Seamens Mission, 1O7 CO.
lumbia Street, can answer in the
affirmative. 1t has for years. Last
year with operatiOnal expenses
running up to $25,O00, it performed
wonders. The seamen know it,,
too, especially the foreign seamen.
including mostly Scandinavians.
Backed by the Evangelical Luth-
eran Church and friends, the Cen
ter performs a humanitarian serv-
ice which is quite unique in these
regions. The extent of it's work
also surpasses that of any other
institution in the same field in the
Northwest. In fact, it is the great
Northwest focus point for activi-
ties aimed exclusively at promot-
ing the good and welfare of sea-
men, particularly those that come
here from foreign ports.
Blacklist Year For Seamen
Pastor Harald Siqueland, super
intendent of the Center, is the pri-
mus motor in this well-organized
effort to extend helping hand
at all times to all seamen, regard
less of creed, race or color. The
center provides a Seamen's home
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-05-09
Report For scandinavian American
Sweden Gets Its First Launderette.
Once-A-Month Wash Doomed?
BY Cliff DanieIson
Seattle Student And Observer In Scandinavia
Stockholm In Nav

Business is rushing for one
of the city's newest enter
prises-Svensk Auto Tvatt, q
Swedish version of the Amer
lean launderette. AS the first
and only one in Sweden. it has
been heartily welcomed by Stock
holmers accustomed to sweating
out ten days or even two weeks
TO get the family laundry done up.
While the shop has been in
operation for several weeks, it i
still something of a curiosity to
the citizenry. Little knots of side
walk superintendent continue 10
gather at the windows to watch
the gratifying spectacle of clothes
being washed in jig-time.
Were just experimenting right
now says manager Nick A. Nieu-
borg, but if this attempt goes
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-05-09
million people.

I1IIIOH PtOpIc.
The four countries - Sweden.
Norway. Denmark, and Finland
have much in common, but they
have different economic struc-
lures. They do not have economic
ups and downs at the same time,
do not as a rule all get hit with
unemployment at once. The idea is
that the most prosperous countries
can employ the victims of unem-
ployment from the countries that
are temporarily less well off.
During the war, Sweden was
able to absorb some $1,000 Scandi-
navian refugees, plus $4,000 9TH
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-05-09

When visiting stranded sean'en get together in
Seattle they're ask any of the following questons
Got job? Got any mail? Got ashore? Played any
ball? Got tough problem? Having trouble with
something? Got anything read? Need help? Hungry
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-05-09

tional anthems of the two coun-
tries
There is nothing quite like this
indoor festival anywhere" says
Chairman Bperkeseth. Tn fact
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-05-09

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-15
GOOD TASTE ON THE AIR

The warning sent out by the Federal
Communications Commission to televi-
sion broadcasters that they must maintain
standards of taste and decency may not
be necessary in view of the good conduct
of most of those who operate television
stations hllttheg are, nevertheless, timely
.t.,.,s Regulation DC radio and teleyision is
necessary hut every effort should be made
to. avoid anything. like rigid censorship.
Because of the impact of these new agen-
els of Information and entertainment up
on the family group, the nation has an in
terest in the type of programs broadcast
over the ether
While we do not believe that intel
ligent and stable citizens will give their
time and attention to improper and in
decent programs, there is aways an ele-
ment of the population anxious to wal
low in dirt Moreover, children of tender
years, operating home-receiving sets,
would inevitably get mixed up in the smut
and filth
We think regulations, designed to
protect the listening and seeing pubic
should be limited as far as possible to those
things which offend public taste and con-
science. 1t should not extend to anything
like la ban on blood-and thunder MARIA
tives and programs of this ilk which cause
discussion but which cannot yet be un-
animously condemned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-15
CREEK CHILDREN STOLEN

The world seems to have forgotten
the case of thousands of Greek children
who were abducted by Communist guer-
rillas and taken from their homes in
Greece to live in the satellite countries.
Oscar r. Ewing, Federal Security Adj
ministrator, who recently visited Greece,
suggests an appeal to the conscience"
of the totalitarians, with the request that
they return the children of Greece to their
homes so that they can live among their
own people and grow up in the land of
their parents.
We have no accurate information as
to the number of children abducted by
the Communists and guerrilla bands that
operated in Greece during the hectic
days that threatened the resistance of
that country. Nevertheless, frequent men
ton of the alleged removal of children in
dictates that something of the nature oc-
Cured
1t is doubtful if any appeal to the
Communist nations will have any effect.
Efforts in this direction will probably
have the same result of appeals already
made by the United Nations and the In
ternational Red Cross. Nevertheless, they
should be made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-15
MONOGRAPH.
PREVENTING BLINDNESS

t3e
More than four hundred Americans
become blind each week, declares Mason
H. Bigelow. president of the National
Society for the Prevention of Blindness,
who adds that three hundred industrial
workers suffer eye injuries each year. that
100000 persons are losing their sight
from glaucoma and do not know it and
that 10000 school children need eye
care
= The statement announced the So
ciety's effort to raise 100000 in 1850 to
keep up the battle against preventable
blindness. Because people are living longer
than in 1900, more men and women are
being subjected to the binding diseases
that strike in the latter years of life. Addi-
tidnal years, says Mr.. Bigelow, are often
bought 4at the cost of blindness"
The plight of blind person, especi-
ally a young boy or girl, arouses the SYM
pathy of most Americans. It is high time
that the nation, in its effort to eliminate
avdidable disease and affliction, pays
more attention to the prevention of blind
ness. Nothing that we know of can add as
much as good sight to the life of an indivi-
Quad.
Those concerned with the work Of
preventing blindness assert that more than
halfaof all blindness can be prevented by
applying the knowledge we already have
about sightseeing. They estimate that
there are more than five million blind per-
sonssin the world and that, in the United
States alone, some $4,000 persons become
blind each year, most of them needlessly
SO. =,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-15
sPENDTHRIFT INVESTIGATION

The President of the United States is
being urged, at the instigation of Senator
Taft, to appoint non-partisan Leading
Citizens Commission to study the whole
policy of Government spending. The Sena-
tor suggested the Commission as an alter
native to raising taxes or facing National
calamity He said increasing taxes would
be a. very dangerous policy.
The Ohio Republican suggests ''com-
plete restudy of the Nations agriculture
program plus long, deep, serious and COM
.plete study Of the IL million dollars being
spent this year on individual food, a plan
of Something for nothing Z
Senator Taft rang the bell when he
called deficit spending demoralizing
and 1.-THE easy road to Socialism" He dis
agreed with those who justified budget
deficit because of the existing "c0ld war"
The Ohio Senator charged that there is
now very little money for new businesses
because of high taxes which should be re-
duced substantially. He emphasized his
belief that the Government cannot afford
to cut off the National Defense forces.
Senators Harry Byrd of Virginia, and
Walter F. George of Georgia added their
endorsements to what Taft has said-and
called tia practical program.