The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 8, 1946, Page 2

ap x eed Dally, Except Sunday, by Peblinner ©. AWEMAS. Oweer and > JOm ALLEN, From The Citizen Bulading Coracr Greene aed Ang Streeta > Day Newevaper tm Key Weat and Monroe County eet? Gt Key West, Plortds, as second clase matter | ——————— Or ow TUE ASSOCIATED PRESS wt Press i exclusively entitled te om ef alt Hor Sot otberwine credited us Gee De tecai sews pertinded bare MSM BIPtION BATES Bews dispatches credited paper ts aad ADNERTEANG MATES Made axe8e on syplivacon, ARWCCATED BY THE CITISSN > More Motels and Aparuneat. Seech and Bathing Pavilien. Land and Sea. County and rrr Cumsuudanea af Jovernments. nmumty Audterum, SKIP THE SRYFRYER!,: Se unguarded ease” try. The newspaper reports nking officers adm 4 Edgar Hoc chief mg the drum or pwer, the com- »seph C te ss mates Mie terse, has chemi. wine such information by her] HOUSE PRIORITY TO VETERANS © he return a a next Wilson W.} Ww dustrial and com- “ w halted” but at much t jeferred order err juick f imoing aoevkd bh meas alrea te Zz re genera : e : { thé“ wa? &fe @ntitl Wiei) Wivnti insists thai the housing hoftage wit! be “this summer than : ane fall than it will nn Ss n 4 he h program, ar or if we run like h« we'll wind | @ WRere we are tod : - a ‘shiney i Wk wife refuses ¢ t : tasen it : h 1 ' eten The idea that Key West is unable to Ren essary activities is part the ePage nda e wh t to avoid ber taxa —$___ @ distinguished author rec ently. oat there are ho talk ect there ng to dispose of ymmodity | BUILDING BOOM . More people in Key West, more auto- mobiles in Key West than during any time while the war was being fought, is in effect the remark that has been made fre- | quently in the last two or three months, and the report issued yesterday by bears out that conelusion. Let us consider the number of pas- | sengers that used the bridges in February | { ' ' asserts Foy | i a: of 1945 and compare them with thé total ast month, 31,163 to 54,552, an increase of mere than 23.000 last month oyer: Feb- ruary of last year. And the number of passenger auto- mobiles wag, considerably more than four times as many the monthly 908. atement of a year ago, M. Duncan, id truly that should the collection continue at their present rate, the ges ¥ the refunding bonds, which is iQ years earlier than under the present RFC up. aside from the time when the be entirely liquidated, the fact that the Overseas Highway remain = re, and phat additional use proves that West as Welt as Several other keys, SDS SUCS Bont is now bei ne aes so far as can be determined. inevease the growth of Monroe county “we many years to come. If we resorted to guessing We may appear to be exaggerat- ing. yet the apparent exerggeration may short of what the outcome will be. fa last month, as compared | : eae engineer for the dis- il be toll-free long before the | the fa Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District | your to a greater extent than ever | NA,’ | OA Chapter 18 lunch.” Di took the tray and went to~ ward the door. “Phe back stairs," said ‘Aunt Emnria; ‘opening a oor, “It saves a good many-s! Di<had not known before of this back» stairway up from the kitchen. It. was with a closed door aj the top. closed Garker still as Aunt & the kitchen door bebii once. as that door shut, she be- ie thinking again of idden room. “Oh. how stupid and disgust- ing of me!” she cried to herself, im a sort of despair. Bluebeard’s wife! Aunt Emma said not to - She probably dic pose — one Bernape se. experiments. . . Pest rom other ee. reached the door at the top. and had to. set down the tray, open the door. “If only I can get a word alone with Uncle Rufus... . Bak inte that room, just to prove to myself. . Uncle Rufus's Ras “Sate was -sloned, | and she knoekecd. There | People in Key West, Marathon and Tavernier are clamoring for building materials, and when they are obtained, Monroe county will have a building boom. UNO stands for United Nations Or-| ion, but the legal name is United and the word “Organization” merely defines the tematic structure collectively. We could just as 1 nited S ates ’. S$, properly stand? Nom eda ta: to seek atomic. bemb { preperly copnersy: ‘ u eX- Ve pill make 4 1,000mile trip into the wild | weet would stand for United Nations, gut adding the. informat “organizations: 5 with- they are ARE U. S. AIRMEN SLAVES r| \ ~ w Everybody will remember that the a samething here?’ so “the or i can do with ages luneh ang s sey en ag thats air that Sponges “tvs for Uncle Rufus.” said Di, totes nis fact clearly’ at tHat pat a thes window, to open At, 3] tance, but she hoped that ne un-| 2Nd stopped there, with her face } indignantly. “His door’s lecked— Seesiood grown white as chalk. i “I know.” said Uncle Peter, i For printed on the window- | Base idee b etus now and it ese #}) nem nine ay sores with nis old apologetic air. “Please unlock the door!” “Certainly!” : ly!” He took the key from his he said. said Aunt Emma, “will you take this tray up to Uncle Rufus? Then come down, and we'll have our own her. And the. for- “Exactly like of her horrible -{ hoarse voice. she wants to divert, my And Pu ane “Certain- RK POWER BY ELISABETH HOLDING and she heard the key turn in the lock. SHE had almost reached the head of the front stairs when something checked her. That room. ... Now was her chance to look at it, to rid herself, once and for all, of this preposterous ob- pocket, put it into the lock and flung open the door. Uncle Rufus was not asleep; he was sitting bolt upmght in the bed in that dark, close room. “Are you feeling better?” Di asked, stirred to pity and concern for him. He only shook his head. session. “Here's some ,nice hot cocoa,” She turned back, she hesitated; she went on. “Will you let me—?"] she listened. ae par, to ise him,” whis- pel incle Peter. “Let me!" said Di. * “No, protested Uncle Peter. “I understand his ways, y"*kndw.” Di went nearer to the bed. but Uncle Peter blocked the way. “Please don’t get him worked up!” he whispered. Di looked over her shoulder at the old man and saw him looking at her sidelong. “Uncle Rufus!" she cried. “Please — just tell me how you feel?” “Better!” “Perhaps that’s just what Aunt Emma wants,” she thought! “For me to-go... there,’ Perhaps aaae something) won't like. Better to see it, though, ‘what ever it was; better. to go.-and be done with it. She went softly past Uncle Rufus’s door, to that other door, put her hand on the knob. And again she hesitated. “Perhaps Pll be sorry . said to herself, But she turned the knob, and opened the door. Nothing there, surely, to trou- ble the most timid. Through the window she could see the blue | sky, the tree tops; inside, only a dusty neatness. She stepped over the threshold. Then she ‘elt it. A strange tin- gling in her veins, a dread, an ex- citement, that made her heart beat fast. But there was nothing there; nothing at all. pi She looked toward the door of the clothes-closet. i “All right!” she said, aloud. and with a sort of rush, went over to ° it and flung it open. Nothing there { but empty shelves and hooks. She { ppbet en the door againjiand lpoked: about her. Nothing Sy ohana . |. Set, somehow: this, .plankness, Hy Not, reassure er... |. 4 ape! PU ycome pack ind her’ fear gre: ead ” she he croaked, in a “Is there anything ! can do for you?” “Don't go till I'm better—” he to} said, in Ae Ee same hoarse, painful voice. “I won't!” she said. “Wouldn't you like— “He’s hungry,” Uncle Peter ex- plained, and at once began feed- ing him with the cocoa. “When you go down, would vou mind oaks ase ta Emma bata ne “Uncle 'R as,” & ‘ai. Se Fiske ere Ui AO nick want anything. sill in neat black letters was a name: “ez.” (To be continued) left the room, Uncle Peter closed the door behind her, Your Horoscope Here emperament ‘ortunate if not guided into prop-! is love of romance of high d can be stead-! er paths. Ther } cor of a may is danger that ability alth and by con- hamid ing the energies. | United States employed a large air force | to fly supplies into.China, -from India, using the “Big Hump’f route, ich went over southeastern Tilpt. ¢ Now comes§ ward from “Chungking, that a Adal army search team | mountain country of the Upper Yangtse psuch d Gorges to determine, if possible, the truth of stories that some Ameri who n service men crashes the region 009-foot peaks, are being t survived in ° avage tribesmen in that area. Air Force has been on the slopes of cover th airmen, victims of e wild terrain. The broaden the purpose of the inquiry, reports that h seeped into Ching, ling of rumors that meriagt ae |: ed by ngtives. arious remains flights over present mi. ave been e The } American p flfers survived good ¢hance y are now the capt of the wild imhh bi tants of the region. The fate should be a matter of concern to e American and no effort should be spare a | to determine the truth or fal. of the reports reaching China. Wade McCargo, of Richmond, Va.. recently s before a Senate com- mitte suggestion that a pur awarded to business men who are casua under OPA tions. He said that while OPA has been ‘holding ne”, business h been “holding the sack”, and reconversion has been converted into “reconversion” THERE WOULD BE NO RIOTS , ting that oceurs in India and Ss us that there would be no rders in these areas if-the Ger- mans had won the war. The ri Kevpt r The Na had a brief and effecti of de g with malcontents. They did not feed them on soft talk about the ed as slaves of | rights of man, nor bother much about the inalienable liberties of mankind. But they wavering’ be un-} of a ate in mid-| be warded off by RADIO PROGRAM AN: HOCRCED BY ‘STATION Subject to Change Where to Listen— 1600 On Your Dial Mutual Broaévasting System (*Designates Network Program) Saturday, March 9th Friday, March 8th 6 P.M to Midnight News 1600 Club Weather Report 1600 Club Fulton Lewis, Jr.* Louis Jordan Fr ank Singiser* Gabriel Real Life Stories* Spotlight Band* Talk b: Jon t Trio* Meet the Press* News* Dance Orchestra Orchestra Dance Orchestra* Land of the Lost® Noon to 6 P.M. Sinfoinetta* H. E. CANFIELD, M. D. Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist Also Glasses Fitted Office Hours, 7 to 9 p.m., and by had few riots and nothing like organized | 4Ppointment, Phone 19, at Dr. rebellions. | Galey’s Office, 417 Eaton Street PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expr 8 of the views of its rea but the editor reserves t Fight to delete any items which ed libelous or unwar- writers should be fine the letters to | s, which are naturally sit their building of healthy| ies of children are not to be} had here or in many other places| thr ughout. tr Z be ir and 300 words, and write on éfe side of the paper aly.) Signature, of the writers niust accompany the letters anv will be pu al ma lena: reamested: agher wines ABOUT Foo SHORTAGE The Ci t i erican pedple awaken | a this, country, Editor, itizen ts) nave?" the pomt> that beca' ' alnutrition ‘there will: be «a neration of delinquent,chaldren| urope brought on. by, the-war. : sames intelectuals added,, that, :if.9ur g Tnment insists. an suming: oer food supply @wé%e the genenatian | “| of delinquent children might,ge| in the United States, C. RICHARDSON, i food Situation in) Europe: ra M LHoover is dn expert!on food V tribution: theasaGh su ciainad Mr Truman haveshim sobve: the food Subscribe toe The Citizen—25c veekly. | j i A ST ~ Your Grocer SELLS That GOOD} STAR * BRAND | na cuban C OFFEE | and CUBAN Try A Pound Today! CONTRIBUTED by The CITY ELECTRIC SYSTEM o hi When! seas (Highway. Papers. were filed in probate court this morning in the estate, noted cartoonist - caricaturist of of Ethel Pinder, who lost her life his age, born at Silyerton, Oregon. in the hurricane that struck the! Died May 2, 1912. | Matecumbes on Labor Day of! last year. Arrangements were made to-! and its extension on the Florida day by the WPA for an excursion; Keys, returned today. trip by plane to Dry Tortugas. florida State Council, Knights) of Columbus, announced today its; eighth annual essay-writing con-) ter, who went to Tarpon test for high school students in to attend the parochial sehools in the state. spend ast is studies in that university. Wi their; catiott= ‘with Telatives 1. /Pa Artman; Jc, who, was ip ‘eyn West.en..an, enforced, yaca- tionadue to the prevalence, of flu, Ad! pneumonia. a} :the University 7 { Florida, left today -to FESUME,, liam V. Albury, county at-; torney 1807—Samuel Downer, The county commissioners, at! industrial pioneer, a meeting last night, decided to} refining processes, {negotiate with the Florida East! in Boston. Died Sept. 20, Coast Railway Company with bag view to the county’s acquiring’ Mass. the right of way of the railroad! noted through the: Florida _Keys,:Should in Boston. Died Jume 20, 1917. the |} commission accomplish, its: purpose,: the commission intends son of the famed author, to use.the.right of way, particu-, soldier, Boston lawyer - larly the bridges, for. the Over- famed liberal Justice of }S. Supreme.Court, born in Bos-... 1941—Oliver Wendell | ton. |to be present at the hearing: in | the | the hearing has been postponed | to March 27. Mrs. Clem Price and son, Wal- | father, and remained there two SS i weeks: visiting relatives, return- S. F. Saunders and A. Canelejo,' ed home this morning on the two of the keepers at the Logger-| steamship Cuba. head ee a Dry Tortugas, j arrived quarterly jn Key West. ; % 1867 — Homer C. Davenport, Today. The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “If you can laugh at yourselfj. improver gg 1881. “Instigute. of Technology's, chemist and president, borry Died March 6, 1915. z & matter of the FEC Railway. He said funeral for her who was in Jacksonville, =evicl Soil Hard as tile yet smooth as velvet—that’s why even grease stains come off with a damp cloth. Paint your walls and wood- work with one quick-drying coat. Easy to apply—no brushmarks. For real economy and satisfaction drop in today! PIERCE BROTHERS - PHONE 270 night. LEAVES MIAMI SUNDAYS) night and arrives at Key West at Express Schedule: (No Stops En Route LEAVES KEY WEST CEPT SUNDAYS) at 6:00 BP. M. Ar rives at Miami at 12 at Fleming and Elizabeth Streets Overseas Trans rtation Company, ne. 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