The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 29, 1946, Page 4

were hosts to a group Doris Thompson, Eddie Puglan, _@0ldiers from Fort Taylor Kay Corner, Hilda Castillo, Reservation, At 2:00 p.m. Claudina La Fe, Elissa Moreno, yvalme La Fe, Heleah Porter, j Alice Crawford and Jane Hop- ‘eared | Ba sce lgaiey lunch of eee > . sandwiches, pickies, fruit, candy ‘Miss Cecelia Rogan, Assistant bars, served to appease the ap- the club, and Chap- petites of the hungry group ,'as they emerged from. the site and , water. A fast game of volley ball first in addition to. beach games put | the gals and fellows in a gala who at-' mood and it was not long before George Gore,’ everyone was acquainted. This is S. Oddnan-' the first of a series of weekly Pvt. Dick Sunday picnics which we hope , Pyt. Jim | will continue for a long time. ; itibo Adams,| Next Sunday, August 5ht, the Taylor, Pvt. Frank Junior Hostesses who were un- ‘Greekemere, Pvt. Anthony Ak-: able to attend because of limita- Denney, Pvt. | tions as to the number, will be Andrews, | invited to attend. So, sign in ad- Pfc, Jerry vance and make sure you are on | next Sunday’s picnic. Drive To Recruit Student Nurses West Chapter of the Red Cross today other South Florida chapters in a to recruit at least 40 lor the nurses’ Jackson Mem- Allen Hampton, chairman, an- i begun recently ty Chapter and jucted in Brow- Monroe counties also. n shortage now ue to the fact urses had so nursing open- the war and} out over a wide Isabel Mustard, of nursing serv- , principal of the nursing Jackson Memorial, said. West girls who are be- 8 and 30 years old; single, graduates and in have the basic quali- for beeOming a student / representatives from chapter of the f concen- | il i | ' ti HEL a } ni of E ete: H tnt Thornleys Return From Carolinas Mr. and Mrs. L. T., Thornley and daughter, Dolores, 1407 Unit- ed st., returned to Key West Fri- day after a three week vacation in South Carolina. While in the Carolinas, the Thornleys visited with friends and held a family reunion, the first in seven years. They were accompanied as far north as the by Walt Lazier, former Monroe’ county school teacher, who went on to New York for a visit from where he will travel to Japan to teach servicemen un- der the new government plan for |G. I. schools in foreign lands, On the return trip the Thorn- leys visited many places of inter- os in central ‘and western Flor- a. Oaden-Schmitt Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. John Ogden, Apt. 8-C, Porter Place, announce the engagement of their daughter, Thelma Louise, to. Seaman First Class Horace Schmitt, of Brook- lyn, N. ¥, The wedding date will be announced, later. . SUB BASE DECREASE (Continued trom Page One) even though non-veterans doing the same work were not. 4 » Navy officials explained that within, each competitive level there are three groups of em- pleyees:. permanent _ employees, employees; with time limitation (such.as war, service), but not specifically, limited td one year or les8} tn ‘employees !imited to one year or less and non-citizens As is stipulated in Civil Serv- ice’ regulations, veterans with status of permanent employees. were retained at the sam elevel of, pay. If veterans’ appointments were war service, they are re- tained until others in competition with them in lower subgroups are gone. Even then they can replace an employee in a lower subgroup in another job which they (the veterans) are qualified to fill .+ Within each group there are four subgroups: the veteran with | efficiency rating of “good” or bet- ter; the non-veteran with effici- ency rating of “good” or better; the veteran with efficiency rating of less than “good”; and the non- veteran. with efficiency of less than “good”. All “B-L” employees—veterans with War-service appointments —have been offered jobs on the | base when their own were elim- \inated. The 24 veterans included in the 428 released Friday, all have B-3 ratings—meaning time jlimited to one year or less and with less than good efficiency ratings. Veterans were given preference even in temporary appointments —those minus any civil service status—and out of 92 employed i last May, 72 veterans were hired. Civil service regulations declare that temporary employees must be released first when a reduction of force is necessary, hence all of ; these were separated in the re- duction. Howard, advisor to the nurse committee of the chapter; Miss Geneva RN, who is director, of activities for the nurses’ sehool at Jackson, and Dorothy G. Kelly, public director for the com- will be at chapter head- that day to answer process applicants, Holmes, executive @eeretary of the Key West chap- te accepting applications for to the training school} who are interested ! application with Miss | and make appointments interviews with the commit- for applications is| , August 7, as it takes | weeks to complete all! and examinations for en- Student nurses receive room, Gem? and laundry while train- tng plus small salary after com- the probationary period months. - three year training course Wifeted by the school is one of ‘the finest in the country and is theroughly complete in both edu- @etional and recreational facil- ies, Byerybody is dippin’ in his. @ar-—as he puts on a studied and, learned look—and is trying to Yide into the limelight via the @tom. And if you would quiz half; ef them on “what is the differ- mee between an atom and a muigoule,” you would get a blank } Mere. And not knowing for sure ‘my own self, I hauled out my! ry and while hunting for! I rum across Atlas. And Atias intrigued me so, that I will ase the atom for the nonce, and take up Atlas at our seminar today. And my reason for taking up Atlas is because via research we will maybe find out what has al- ways bothered me. It is, who is the tax-roll—the final and last taxpayer—after the Govt. finishes ing over all business and is own to the very last free citizen; Soe folks, any ideas will be ap- OF NO USE TO HIM EMPORIA, Kan.—Awaiting his chance to bid on surplus Govern- ment property to add to his farm equipmetn, John De Long ,former Navy officer, was finally advised by the War Assets Administra- tion that he might bid on—two 1942-model 80-ton coal-burning steam locomotives. De Long turn- ed cbwn the offer. __ preciated. If you think it will be somebody besides yourself, speak up and say who you got in mind, and when it will happen—figur- ing the Govt, will keep up its Present clip of taking over every- | thing where it has a foot in the} | door now, or will have soon. Yours with the low down, JO SERRA TALLAHASSEE, Governor Caldwell today said -that the recent Supreme Court decision has permitted the Cab- inet to resume an energetic state building program. ! The Governor said the custo-{ dial institutions, including the hospital at Chattahooche, the Farm Colony at Gainesville, the Boys’ School at Marianna, the Girls’ School at Ocala and the prison system are of first impor- tance and are being given prior- ity over all the other projects, Funds, aggregating $1,731,159 have been allocated to those in- stitutions—the University, the College for Women, A & M Col- lege and the School for the Deaf and Blind — have been allocated $4,654,019. Approximately a half million dollars, most of which was specifically appropriated for the purpose, has been allocated to, the construction of the south wing of. the Capitol and other state office improvements. “We are moving ahead with plans for the prison facilities,” he said. “Ten thousand dollars has been allo- cated for the planning of prison buildings, the necessary first step in getting that problem solved. The decision of the Supreme Court cleared the way for action. “Two previous Legislatures ap- proved and made appropriations for the new south wing of the Capitol and the proposed Su- preme Court building. We con- template but have not yet finally approved new state road depart- ment office facilities, the need | for which was first recognized by the department in 1935 and to be paid for with state road depart- ment funds, and an Industrial Commission building which will be a self-liquidating project, fi- nanced from rentals, derived largely from federal sources. The Legislature authorized two Capi- tol Center office buildings esti- mated to cost $400,000 each but general treasury funds probably will not be needed for that pur- pose. é “This administration has pur- chased no land for the Capitol Center. The road Department building will be erected on land the state has owned since terri- torial days. The land which must be acquired for the Supreme Court ‘and Industrial Commis- sion buildings is now occupied by obsolescent. residences. The addi- tional: land recommended by the landscape architect as a necessary part of an accepted. Capitol Ceri- ter, including somé business property, has not been pur- chased and no plans have been made to acquire that property with state funds. If it is acquired the action will be taken in con- junction with the city and with little, if any, expense to the state. The recommendations of the landscape architect look far into the future and contemplate the day when the state will be proud of its Capital.” The Governor said that atten- tion is now being given only to construction + absolutely neces- sary to decently house the state’ wards ,its students and its over- crowded state departments. He pointed out that wooden barracks buildings acquired from the army have been moved to the lot back of the state road depart- ment for office space, that sev- eral state departments are rent- ing unsuitable and unsatisfac- tory space in old residences, that employes of state departments are working in the corridors, that several state, departments have been forced to rent storage space for records and files in ware- houses, all of which is proving most expensive to the state from the money and efficiency stand- points. “We must look to and plan for the future in the ed buildings,” he said. “Som breathing space must be allowe' between buildings and some at- tention must be given to the need for dignity and harmony in the architecture and landscaping of Florida’s Capital.” Your Horoscope Energy and enterprise in bus: ness, love and athletics and con. tests, , with a gift of argument, characterize this day. When properly directed, this is a strong character, intelligent in the direction of its resources and often winning by force of careful planning. But it is sometimes necessary that the energies be turned toward work and not al- lowed to dissipate themselves in contention. pai Se Orizaba, 18,696 feet tall, be tween Mexico City and Vera- cruz, is the highest mountain in Mexico and the ‘third highest in North America, July 29.—#- W. W. Jefferson Heads Red Cross Southeast Area ATLANTA, Ga., July 29—W. W. Jefferson, of Alexandria, Va., has been named manager of the American Red Cross, Southeast- ern Afea, to sueceed John C. Wil- son, who is being reassigned to the Midwestern Area office, St. Louis, Mo., Served, according to an announce- ment received from National Headquarters today.. The ap- pointment and transfer will be effective about September 1. After serving several months WASHINGTON. — There were patrolmen and 140 three men in the automobile.| cers in plain clothes. 3 They appeared to be idle tourists | formed officers are armed. * ambling across Peace Bridge atiis a dangerous task. ‘They Buffalo enroute from Canada. _| shot at. : U. S. Customs officers stopped! So far, they say, there has beet them for routine inspection, but’ no evidence of organized gat something about them seemed, of smugglers. f just too innocent. | In the last year of record Cus- It was. They were trying to’ toms made 9,644 seizures. Viola~' bring in 120 silver-fox pelts ap-| tions in@luded evasion of ‘laws: praised at $6,000 without paying | controlling importation’ and ex- the duty. portation of currency and foreign Small-fry stuff beside the fabu- exchange, and of laws respecting lous professional diamond smug: censorship of communications. gling of several years ago. Cus-, U .S. Customs was authorized emphasize that since the war tax collections have smugglers are running anything from $2,239,764 in 1790 to a hi and everything that will sell at; of $600,000,000 in 1929. That was high prices in the U.S. the. big year. In 1944, the last Even Dogfood Smuggled year of record, Customs collected ‘They even try to smuggle dog- , $434,241,045. food from Argentina. The Bureau ' Aside from a needle of radium, improvement of | ee % at National Headquarters as di- | lof Customs estimated ‘revenue; a diamond probably is the most +! loss would have been $23,000 on, concentrated bit of wealth on «the last batch it headed off. The’ earth, except maybe a girdle, forfeiture value was $269,034, | some of which agents say sell for Customs Commissioner W. R.! as high as $500. Johnson’s patrolmen on the Ca-| Customs officers have found '‘nadian border constantly catch smuggled diamonds hidden in the smugglers trying to bring in but-! backs of hair brushes and the ter, aides, wool, grain and other hollowed out handles of shaving bulky commodities, and even brushes. 5 livestock. On the Mixican border! Smugglers usually are caught they have to look out for smug-' on a tipoff from people who do narcotics. | discover .smuggled jewels by Frequently. patrolmen haul sad- | weighing articles which seem to dle horses in motor trailers so be a bit too heavy and using the gled horses, cattle, liquor and not like them. Customs agents}. they may quickly change to new “inspectrosocpe.” horseback should the trail of} smugglers lead into rough coun- try. | A Dangerous Life W. W. JEFFERSON rector of International Corpora- tion and Service to Insular Chap- ters, Jefferson is now attending the Convention of the League of Red Cross Societies in Oxford, England. He returned: to this country early in 1946 after serving as di- rector of Red Cross Civilian War ; Relief- in the Mediterranean Theater and as American Red Cross delegate to the League of Red Cross Societies. Since joining the ‘organization executive director of the Dade County Chapter in Miami, Fla., -as well as posts in the Eastern. ‘Area and at National Headquar- liters. A’ native of Virginia, he was: educated in ‘ Petersburg; public schools and at Hampden- Sydney College. _ Wilson’s post in St. Louis ;will ‘be that of area manager; similar) to the one held here. He will be responsible for directing Red Cross work in 17 states. A:native {of Covington, Tenn., and a grad- luate of Peabody College, Nash- ‘ville, he has been associated with | the Red Cross since 1932, first} in his own state and later as} } iin | deputy manager of the Midwest- jern Area. He was appointed jmanager of the Southeastern Area in 1944. Wilson in turn succeeds Hilbert | | Frye Keisker, of St. Louis, Mo., yho has been named budget’ di- eetor of the national organiza- tion. Mr. Keisker will leave St. | Louis immediately' to assume his new duties in Washington, D. C. Don’t Go The Tourist (Continued trom Page One) had had all the “Robinson Cru- There are 362 uniformed border } Lena Sang Way A. short time ago’ customs agents found $1,000,000: werth .of Swiss .watch movements smug- |gled into this country concealed ’in. earthenware and bronze casts. To Fame From Hawaiian Treetop By KATHRYNE IRVIN AP Newsfeatures HONOLULU. — Lena Ualani Waialeale, youngest lei seller at the Honolulu pier, looked toward! the singers on the platform above ' and said to herself: “Someday I, too, want to be up there singing— | and singing ‘Aloha Oe’ as they leave.” | And then one day, as she strad- dled the branches of a;mango tree in her aunt’s frohtyard— with her hands. full of fruit and a sweet Hawaiian melody .pour-, ing férth from her throat, a man by the'name of Marion Mulrony walked by. He listened, then call ed. to: the girl and asked if she: | would like to sing on the radio. | In those days radio. was new | and. the shy young tomboy: was! afraid. But she took her ukelele | and went to the station for a feat minute program. Before her time was up, telephones were ringing and requests were coming in for, more and more encores. Lena | sang—not for ten minutes; not, just for the hour during which, she filled the radio listeners’ re-| quests. “Hawaii’s Nightengale” | still is singing today—in a voice | which has changed little in the ' radio performance. Her Parents Sang | Born in Honolulu some forty | years ago, Lena was one of six children. Her mother and father both were singers. A natural lyrical soprano, Lena never has had a lesson. “God gave me my ed to overflowing with fragrant lesi, when she sang to the boys. The song most requested by servicemen in the Pacific was, and is, “* by Lena. When Galli-Curci once made in 1935, he has held the post of, greeting the ships as they arrive an appearaiice on the Island, she heard Lena sing. “Galli-Curci offered to pay my expenses) (6. Milain, ‘Italy, where I could ‘have expert training,” this natural’ singer “‘re¢afled.’ “But I didn’t: -want, to,, go:.and.L, didn’t want to take lessons.’ . “Some day, if I begin to lose my voice, perhaps Ill, open a nging ant dancing studio.” . Every Saturday Night Fleét Reserve, Branch 56; 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Featuring... RUDY SAWYER’S COLORED ACES Members and Guests Invited Bo quarter century since that first) - WHEN YOU Mom,” a nymber written |" POW » yo central “portion where he formerly} toms ofifcers relate it merely to by Congress in 1789. Its revenue | da; No have- been issued. .. Report Key West, Fla., July 29, 1946 (Observation taken at 8:30 a.m, Eastern Daylight Saving Time. City office.) Temperatures Highest yesterday __ Lowest last night Mean _ Normal 1 PRECIPITATION Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.th., inches fy RELATIVE HUMIDITY Ti |r: (Daylight Savings Time) unrisg | 6:54 am, 8:12 pum. Sunset. 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Mr. Ashby, “Yes, indeed |t9 be hired,” mused Mrs. Macha-| for a couple of land-lubbers, this go, “Money never was thrown at} |} was quite an outing. The only | entertainers in those days. A man, ye ever came into contact would place a coin in his mouth) the Ohio, and that’s and go up to the girl he wished .” Mrs. Ashby said| to see dance—and then kiss her.” ‘Danger of a possible storm, ex- | Popular With Tourists | cessive leaking of the boat and! jt is an old peacetime custom! hunger did give us considerable jn Honolulu for the Royal Ha- | worry.” waiian Band and chorus to play j Now back in Key West and’ and sing Island songs as a sere- | leaving for Daytona Beach today,!nade to ships entering and leav- | then back to Irvington, Ky. Mr. ‘ing the harbor. To many thous- | and: Mrs. Ashby thought the grew | adns of visitors the clear bell-like | of the “Boy Mac” acted well dur-| singing of the “girl with the gold- | | ing the emergency and had “No/en voice” is one of the most| |vegrets about the eventful trip, beautiful memories they retain.! but next time it will have to~be}And, when ships are mainland- ; in a larger craft.” bound again, and the passengers ; | They both like Key West very|are leaning over the railings for) much and expecting the Islandja last look at the Island, it often | City to. be much warmer at this } has been her poignant singing of , time of the year, are amazed at/*Alola Oe”—Farewell to Thee— | the coolness of the city. which has brought tears to their a feathered bob, Lena Machado learned Hawaiian folklore fromy use the | PAY-WAY THAT FITS YOUR PAY DAY for their automoible. Mr. Ashby | prown eyes and black hair cut in } TWO HOTELS in... 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