The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 30, 1947, Page 4

ioht *tem of pensions for weekly pen- “Tibet PAGE FOUR 7: Applications Open For Engineer, Vet Board Announces An examination for probation- al (permanent) appointment =| the position of engineer with va- rious options in the engineering field, at entrance salaries rang-! ing from $3,397 to $7,102 per | yaar, was announced today by | the Veterans Administration. Vacancies to be filled are lo- cated at Branch Office No. 5,| Atlanta, and various field ae tions of Veterans Administra- tion located in the st&te’ of Al- abama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennéssee. No written examination is required. Applicants will be considered on the basis of their training and experience as described in the | application form with such ad- ditional information as may be | developed through inquiry. Further information and ap- plication forms may be obtained | | from the Executive Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex- aminers, Veterans Administra- tion Branch Office No. 5, Atlan- ta (3) Georgia; Secretary, Bd. of U.S. Civil Service Exami- ners, Post Office, Key West, Flo- rida; Fifth U. S. Civil Service Region, 86 Edgewood Avenue, N. £., Atlanta, Georgia; and, at field stations of the Veterans Administration located in the Branch 5 area. Applications must be receivcd in the office of the Executive Secretary,. Board of U. S. Civil Sqrvice Examiners, | Veterans Administration Branch Ofiice No. 5, Atlanta (3), Georgia not later than the close of business January 30, 1948. Do You Know That’ Golden Gate Bay. California, | was so-named by Fremont before the discovery of gold in the country, because of the brilliant effect of the setting sun on the cliffs and hills. : Provisions is made in the! Cemonwealth of Australia’s sys- sions to invalids under certain conditions. Honolulu’'s city hall is known as Honolulu’s house.” China can boast of a succeston of great painters for the. past 12 centuries, with some worthy of note who lived mueh earlier. Islam claims the adherence of ‘over 200,000,000 people. Records show that slightly more women fall victim to can- cer than men. There are almost 8 miltion| Miss Mieiew ‘Virginia Pisliona Married To John R. Moore, USN. By LETTIE SULLIVAN * Bantu in South Africa. French classics have been the! most popular of foreign books | read in Kussia under commu- nism. | Helsinki, Finland, is in the! same degree of latitude as the southern tip of Greenland. The Swiss flect, six ovcan-go- ing ships of 28,000 tons gross, privately-owned and flying the Swiss flag, was established in 1941 under the Barcelona Con- | vention which decreed that countries without a_ seaboard ; could carry out shipping _ busi- | ness under their own flag. | The Franklin D. Roosevelt Li- brary, Hyde Park, N. Y., created by a joint resolution of Con-} gress, is administered by the, Archivist of the U. S. The first historic “Poor Rich- ard’s Almanac”, by Benjamin Franklin, appeared in Philadcl- phia in 1733 under the fictitious name of Richard Sounders. ~ The bulk of the cquatorial current of the Gulf Stream does not flow into the Gulf of Mex- ico, but is turned northwerd by j of honor. Florida and then swecps broad- | rose taffeta. ly across the Atlantic. H As an undivided whole, ; Norwood High School. the |New York, and attended Angola TIMES SQUARE A LONE PEDESTRIAN braves the drifts in New: York's ‘Times Square Saturday morning after record snowfall which crippled looking south on Broadway with the Times a as in. the. center background. BECAUSE HER TWIN BABIES ‘were born on Christmas Day. Mrs. Ernest Sotirake of Pittsburgh, Pa., named them Noel -and Officials at the hospital said weight of the two. boys totaled 17 pounds, 12 ounces. Christopher. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN - ‘DESERTED AFTER) RECORD SNOWFALL * Mr. and Mrs. Peers i , and son, Ensign Donald Ghnina, jof North Tarrytown, Nu ‘%. Are } visiting Mr. and Mrs Garing, 707 South street," /."* | Tomorrow. Mr. G ; ing to take’ Mr. Cannia? , | sign Canna out fishing... “Mr. Canna owns, a » Bae: Mr. Garing bai i“and goes fishing twice what | daring the summer, so, I ;ed to give him a good. jot | what fishing really. is. bi a an i him try his huck in local weers” Paper Solution; i | VIENNA.—(AP).—At least doe i} 1 | | ! Austrian publication has -{ a long-range solution to. the rent paper shortage. The pub. lisher of Der Liebe Augustin’ comic magazine, said his Organi. zation has purchased a forest’ in ; the Russian zone with hopes: of | someday processing its’ own: pa: ; per. CAP Wirephoto) TODAY IN HISTORY. (Know America) 4 + 1790—President — Washingtén’s message to Congress on { Aimer. icans held captive in Algeria— but not until 25 years latér did America settle with /thel {AL gerians—by force of arms. . Britain Is Eating Its Farm Horses) ice. aan Se ee rope and is never heard’ tté LONDON.—(AP). — Breeders again—famed Theodosia Bun will see to it that the Suffolk | among passengers. Punch and Percheron are spared! 1853—Historic Gadsden Pir. but the dobbins — in England's | chase—United States - buys ostfip al counties are finding their | of land from Mexico, now: sotith- way ' increasing numbers to | ern border of New Mexico. the oa table. 1854—Country’s first oil ¢om- Every week 20 farm horses in’ pany chartered: the Pemnnsyl- East Anglia are being slaugh- | vania Rock Oil Co. ¢ tered and sent to the big cities 1869—The Noble Order of ‘the {to provide off-the-ration meat,| Knights of Labor, biggest labor the National Farmers’ Union es- | organization in country for. ‘two { timates. decades, founded in Philadeél- . The farmers say if the killings | phia. > | 80 on. at that rate wagon and } 1903—Tragic Chicago Irequdis plow horses will be as “rare 254 Peemiee fire—some 600, mbsfly | the red deer.” Work horses are} women and children, dic. ; sold as meat for human consum- 1918—American soldiers fight wa for dsiaeiea each. Bolsheviks in. Siberia. ; 1940—London fights off Nazi Petes for her very life.; 1941—Manila broadcasts , ; stop "Biathe as Japs dismantle radio stations. 3 1942—Americans fight Rom- ees} mel in North Africa in mad, 1944—Germans resume ‘dive on Western Front. A seven-pound son was born] 1945—Secretary of State Byrnes to Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Pedemon-/} assures Congress _ the United te -of Berkeley, California, last; States had not given away; fhe night, acording to word peccine| Gln bomb secret. ed here today by Mrs. Pede-! 1946—The Baruch _ plan). for | monte’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lnantesl of atomic energy unafi- the city Friday. Depth was recorded at 25.8 inches. This scene is wate eas be tt + meme Son to Pedemontes CAP Wirephote) Se ele 2 'B. Sullivan, 1013 South street.| mously adopted by UN Atomic Mrs. Pedemonte was formerly |Energy Com. with Russia‘ tpt Miss Theresa Sulliv an. : Voting. : Three sisters, Nancy, Helen; and Althea’ Pickens preceded Marian Virginia Pickens down! the aisle of the Congregational . Church last evening when she’ exchanged wedding vows with John R. Moore. USN. ! Her father, Rev. John E. Pick- ens, pronounced the double ring ‘ceremony, and Roy O. Hinger, | USN, served as best man. Guests were ushered into the church by |Joseph S. Calinski. USN. and Charles Edward Pease. USNR. The bride, her blonde hair cov- ered by a full-length veil. wore! a gown of white satin. It was! fashioned with an off-the-should- er neckline. long sleeves and al peplum forming a_ bustle back. ! The hooped skirt fell into a short! train, and a bouquet of white} flowers completed her costume. Mrs. John Pickens, the bride's mother, wore an aqua frock to! receive guests at the reception! held in the Congregational Church Annex. immediately fol- lowing the ceremony. Assisting at the punch bowl were Nancy and Helen Pickens. bridesmaids, | in pescock blue and dark Ameri-: can Beauty taffeta, while maid Mrs. Moore is a graduate of Kingdom of Sweden is at least ;School in that state. She has! 1200 years old. been secretarv to the director of |the Jackson Square USO for the | The Assyro-Babylonian, Ara- ‘past several vears and was very! : | mais, Hebrew, Arabic, Ethiopic, languages are lects of one tongue, the common ancient | “Ursemitisch.” The Dutch East Indies, an 1m- portant pre-war source, have not yet resumed their former po- |; sition in the world fiber ma |, ket. | According to a recent survey. Phoenician, So. active in the Little and Arabic ane of that organization. considered dia- | s 'Ca lif. | sity before entering the Navv.} ‘He is now statione od oat Great, | Lakes and the young couple will travel) Theater The groom, son of Rev. and] ~ W.T. Maore of Oakland, attended Purdue Univer-; Naval Training Center. | o Chicago after a short honey- moon in Miami. The average i H production per | farm worker in the United States | three out of five tenants in Chi- increased more than one-third cago would move out of their! petween 1939 and 1944. present quarters, if they could. Cakes of salt were at one time used as HATES) in Ethiopia | pnd | 1 Nearly 3.000 vears ago the, Egyptians staged the first dra- nas in the form of religious pas- sion plain 4 Althea, wore a dusky, Norwood. | | oil,” recovered by paper com- ‘panies from the pine logs used pgerieenes eee itis ie ete NE aot a ———— an (UNWELCOME GUEST By MACKENEI swe *plan’ to be wi h you for quite some time. Henry Haskins To Represent Society a ere At Convention Last Sunday's meeting of the Holy Name Society of St. Mary’s ‘Star of the Sea Church was pre- sided over by Louis M. J. Eisner. Henry Haskins will be the of- ficial delegate to the Holy Name ‘convention on January 3 that is ‘being held in Miami. The Me- Allister Hotel is the convention's headquarters. ‘New ae ‘Movement Vexes i : Juvenile Cop age money LETS MOVE IT , To THE CEMETERY MISSOULA, Mont.—(AP). —Juvenile Officer Jim Doyle says his duties now include coping with a_ simple but troublesome game _ called “pack rat” that is popular with the UEstash ere eee set. "The object of the game,” Doyle explains, “is to remove items from one premise and put them on another.” Latest to be moved was a ~ trailer. Our prices are consistent with our quality work on all types of printing. 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