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Evening star., 1947-09-11
Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,oriter, although it is permissible for a
,Uriter knoUn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief

window stating to the effect that minors under
18 were not allowed. In each case the child
was pointed out and permission to allow her
entrance secured.
Today we are expendng our energies toward
obtaining legislation to protect our children
from sexual perverts. Those who in
position to produce this legislation should in
corporate into the law measures which would
protect children who are so unfortunate as to
have parents who abandon the responsibility
of safeguarding their children'S morals.
Surely places which are not suitable for un-
escorted minors are not made more suitable
merely by the accompaniment of minors by
adults who do not assume their responsibilities,
who have concern only for their own entertain
ment and none for their innocent children.
We need legislation to protect these children,
too! MRS. NORMAN F. MARSH.
Woodbridge, Va.
Her Sympathies Are With the Bull
To the Editor of The Star:
1t was with genuine satisfaction that read
in The Star of the death of Manuel Rodriguez,
the bull fighter. g.
Even though the bull can't win, it is graft
flying to animal lovers to hear of their being
able, occasionally, TO retallate Tor the cruelty
imposed upon them.
1t was disappointing. however. upon COM
peting the account of the fight, to realize that
no reference was made to the cruelty of the
sport" That would have justified front-page
space being given TO the event. by an outstand-
ingly fine United States newspaper such as
The Star. MIRIAM S. HAMPTON.
Religious Progress Commended
80 the Editor of The Star.
We are living great age when the Presi
Gent of democratic Nation himself Protes-
tant can write an open hearted letter to the
head of the Roman Catholic Church and get
an immediate and courteous reply. Surely this
l. progress in religion and world understanding.
The Pope in his answer to our President
speaks of peace for which all people of the
earth are longing" I hope this word will
neutralize the opposite one, heard daily, to the
effect that at least one nation does not desire
peace but war We must distinguish between
the people and certain leaders.
JOHN o. KNOTT.
Evening star., 1947-09-11
The Porpoises

In oily opal s,Dells as lustrouS as sleek coord
scales
Arched porpotses disport in gatly anttc
trieze,
Like nmiable black horses charging fo1oers
of foam
In endless hyactnthtne meadows Of the
Indian seas.
With kindly tolerance for lao9ard ship they
race
And leap the waues Nth clocked prect-
sion ballet,
Monstrous and yet graceful, agile and cum
bersonle at once,
Then somehow intimate the ship Was
made for play.
Beautiful in action, these sailors legendary
friends,
Sun olistenino on their black n,acoduns
backs, H.
Preoccupied one moment NTH the course
OF ship,
uitj1out tracks. ~--
"''' FREDERICK EBR1GHT.
Evening star., 1947-09-11

If anybody thinks the masses are in
different to art, he should follow the crowd
to the National Gallery on Sunday after
noon or evening"
Evening star., 1947-09-11
Young Burlesque Patrons

To the Editor of The Star:
I was parked in front of the Gayety Bur-
and in that short space of time saw two children
escorted into this burlesque theater by, pre-
sumo, their parents. One was girl OF about
9. years and the other was girl of about
years.
A large sign was displayed in the ticket
Evening star., 1947-09-11
Nv THE HASKIN SERVICE.

O. Please explain the meaning Of Operation
Snowdrop.'-C. r. T.
A. The maneuvers which will be con-
Quoted next winter by Cen Hodges, commander
of the 1st Army, have been labeled operation
Snowdrop" An arstrip will be built in virgin
country covered by snow. Equipment for the
construction of the airstrip will be brought In
by gliders After the strip is constructed the
troops will be brought in by plfl.e.
O. Is the land which will be opened for
settlement along the Alaska highway suitable
for farming?-D. T. J.
A. There will be 2750 900 acres of public land
opened for settlement in the Territory of Alaska
on October q l947. This land lies along the
Alaska highway and very little, If any, OF it is
suitable for agricultural homestead use. The
soil Is too thin the ground too wet and frost
and altitude conditions too unfavorabe to
make farming generally feasible along the
highway.
O. Is the widow of Casey Jones still living?-
T. L. D.
A. The widow and son of Casey Jones were
present when bronze and marble monument
to his memory was unveiled recently at Jack
son. Tenn.
@ How can iodine be removed from painted
linoleum?-J. L. r.
A. The National Bureau of Standards says
that If the iodine did not contain alcohol, the
stain on the linoleum can be removed by using
dilute solution of sodium thiosufate. If the
iodine was in an alcohol solution. the stain
would penetrate into the paint and it cannot
be removed without damaging the paint.
O. Were seats reserved In the early Roman
amphitheaters?-H. A. F.
A. Apparently seats were reserved In early
Roman amphitheaters, for they were all care
fully numbered and tickets of clay bearing
seat numbers have been found.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12
Key West In
Days Gone By
AS TAKEN FROM FILES
OF THE CITIZEN OF
DECEMBER IL. 1897
NIIIIIHIIIululnHIlIlllIunulIluIiuIInnnIIlIIIuIul

Lowell Thomas, in his broad
cast, last night, said that a wa
termelon may aid in saving the
life of boy, ill in the city hos
pital, at Point Pleasant, N. j.,
and this morning The Citizen
sent a watermelon by express to
the hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12
Apollo Boys Choir 10 Be
!. At High School Tonight
The Weather
FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy and continued warm with
few afternoon showers likely
to occur over widely scattered
areas, today through Saturday.
Gentle to moderate variable
winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy, con-
tinued warm over south and CEN
trail portions today, tonight and
Saturday with few widely scat
tered afternoon showers likely.
Cloudy, occasional rain and most
ly cool over extreme north por-
ton through Saturday.
East Gulf of Mexico and Jack
Sonville through the Florida
Straits: Moderate winds, mostly
southerly over south and cen
trail portions and northeaSterly
over extreme north portion
through Saturday. Cloudy with
occasional rain over extreme
north portion, otherwise partly
cloudy weather.
Jacksonville to Apalachicola.
No small craft or storm warnings
have been issued.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12
WI L Hsh1sIVH
CRAM OF SECULAR
AND, SACRED MUSIC;
FIVE SOPRANOS

The program chosen for the
Apollo Boys Choir concert at the
High School Auditorium here to-
night at $50 o'clock will be both
sacred, and secular and includes
al broad variety of selections
ranging in period and tempera-
nient. from early classical to
modern. The first group will
open with compositions of early
Liturgical Music by Bach and
Handel. These works should be
Of special interest as they were
composed originally for boy
ehoirs, but are now seldom
heard through the medium for
which they were intended.
Another number of particular
interest will be a rare old
''Kyrie'' by Mozart written for
five sopranos in very ornate
canon form. The secular por-
ton of the program will include
cheerful numbers by de Lasso,
Purcell, Mendelssohn, Grieg,
Lincke; and Golson.
In renditions by the Apollo
Choir, it is not unusual for the
first sopranos to soar to high B
nor the second altos to drop to
low F, The dynamics are often
delicate, but always we'll plan
ned and executed. The tone
quality is of exquisite timbre.
Choral numbers, which are in
four, five and seven part har-
mony, will be sung without &C
compartment as the tranquil
beauty of boys voices shows to
better advantage in a cappella
singing. For additional color,
these will be interspersed with
solos, trios, and quintettes by
yarious members of the en-
senlbie.
All group selections will be
conducted by Coleman Cooper.
Accomplishments for the solos
will be played by Bert Hallock.
The appearance here is being
sponsored by the Key West Com
munity Concert Association.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12

The neck of a bird has great
err freedom of motion than that
of 4 snake,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12
MEDICAL SUBJECTS
TO BE DISCUSSED
AT NAVAL MEETING
fCivilian Doctors, Dentists
And Registered Nurses
Are Invited To Attend
Session

First of what is designed to be
a series of meetings for Naval
and civilian doctors, dentists
and registered nurses will be
held next Thursday at $3.50 pm,
at the Commissioned Officers
Mess at Fort Taylor.
In making this announcement
today, Capt. A. o. Smith, Medi-
cal Corps, USN, commander of
the Naval Hospital, said that
subjects up for discussion at the
meetings would be highly pro-
feSsional and that civilian doc
tors. dentists and registered
nurses were cordially invited to
attend.
Capt. Smith also said that the
first speaker at next Thursdays
meeting will be Comdr. Albert
G. Gibbs, NC, USN, who will
present a, report on the recent
cancer conference at Jackson
Vile.
The other speaker at the
meeting will be 1t. Robert E.
Booth, NC, USNR, who will pre-
sent a report on the recent
meeting of the American. Ridiol-
ogy Society at Boston. Mass.
Capt. Smith said it is hoped
to continue similar meetings
from time to time, and the
civilian doctors, dentists and
registered nurses would join
with Naval personnel in the
gatherings.
Each speaker at Thursdays
meeting will talk for about 20
minutes. One hour will be devot-
ed to discussion of the topics
taken up by them. Refreshments
will be served following the
meeting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12
REPORT

Key West, Fla, Dec. l2( l947
observation taken at $3.50 am,
Eastern Standard Time.
City Office
Temperatures
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12


Prizes are as follows. First
prize, 500; second prize, $50;
third. prize, $25; fourth prize, SIS;
and the next six prizes, $40 each.
Judges for the contest will be
announced the day. after Christ
mas. The judges have been sell
ected from among the Woman's
Club, Chamber of Commerce,
city official, an artist and
lighting engineer. !"
Rules covering the contest are
as follows:
l, To compete, contestant must
fill out entry blank by mail or
take to: Christmas Lighting
Contest, Coca-Cola Bottling Co.,
Key West. All entries must be
received not later than Decem-
Der 15., The entry forms are
available at the Key West Coca
Cola Bottling Company at l0l
Simontont street.
2. Any resident of the City of
Key West may compete except
employees of the Coca-Cola Bot
ting Company, and members of
the Key West Junior Chamber
Of Commerce. The contest is SUBJ
ject to all federal, state, and To-
cal regulations applicable. De-
cision of the judges will be final.
g. Lighting displays eligible
are limited to places of residence
only. Business establishments
may not compete). The primary
object ,of the contest is to induce
residents to prepare appealing
yard displays, and therefore in
terror decorations or conven-
tional Christmas trees in win
dows cam be considered only as
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TOTAL OF S3.Ol6
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Continued From Page One)
sell, Aquilino Lopez, Jr., F. w.
Smith, Julius Stone, Abe VOL
koff, Bill Knoll, Gertrude Laub-
scher, Charles Aguero, w. E.
Julian and Allan Hampton.
Many thanks for your whole
hearted cooperation" says Trev-
or's letter to the campaign
workers. Through your efforts
the 194I membership drive of
the Chamber was success and
the organization is now stronger
than it has ever BEEN"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12
Do You Know That

The first telephone pay sta
ton came in 1887.
The word repeat" comes
from Latin word meaning
literally Ito try again.
A new California law bans
passengers on motor cycles lack
ing sidecars.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, is So
named from council held
there by Lewis and Clark with
the Indians.
The current girth rate in Am
erica greatly exceeds that fol
lowing world war |. In fact the
increase from 1919 to 1922 was
very slight, followed by a sharp
downward dip and then to a
gradual slump to the low point
in 1898.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12
Interesting Notes

II has been estimated that the
United States needs 100000
more, professional registered
nurses.
Americas soil was protected
from soil erosion before the
white man came by cover of
grass and forest. ".N 49,.
>.
Soil erosion can, be controlled
by gullies, contour farming.
strip cropping, improving pas
lures, and growing trees.
The average copper ore in the
United States in 1914 contained
about So hundredths of one per
cent of copper.
Manure stimulates the activ-
ity of soil bacteria and other or
ganisms, helps to keep the soil
alive and functioning and in
creases its moisture-holding cap
acity, $50 .@------s --,----
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12

Boy and Girl Scouts are re-
pairing toys for the Christmas
Tree that will be erected in Bay
view Park to provide gifts for
needy children in Key West.
Toys, whether new or in need of
repairs, may be sent to Miss Mel
lie Louise Russell. of the Junior
Woman's Club, which is spct-
Soring the Christmas Tree ac-
tivities.. h., .,&
=. Howard E. Wilson, chairman
of, the Overseas Highway Bridge
Commission, said today that he
had supplied the magazine Life
with photographs of the high
way and bridges, and that he
had been informed two pages of
the pictures will be published
in Life.
An Associated Press dispatcL
from Shanghai, published in The
Citizen today, says that the Unit
ed States .gunboat Panay was
bombed and sunk by the Jap
anese last night near Marking.
Mrs. Charles H. Ketchum,
president of the. Senior-Junior
High School P.-T:A.,, made a re-
port at a meeting last night
about the P.-T.A. convention
she. attended at West Palm
Beach.
Leon Gates left this morning
for Nassau where she will meet
Mrs. Gates and accompany her
on the return trip to Key West.
Mrs, Ralph B. Boyden return
ed on the steamship Cuba this
morning, following short stay
in Miami and Tampa.
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
1T can happen that girls
ideal is shattered-and totally
broke" "a. ~.
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background effect. Only those
items visible from the street will
be evaluated by the judging COM
mittee.
A. Displays should consist of
Christmas lighting and decora-.
ton. In view of the fact that
judging will take place during
evening hours, it should be kept
in mind that effective lighting is
of prime importance. Awards
will be based on the following
table of values:
General artistic effect Soc
Originality -25W
Ingenuity in utilizing sur
roundings -----------15%
Conformity to Christmas -.
Spirit 1870
5. The contest will run from
December 18th to December 3Oth,
these dates inclusive. Between
the hours of 7:3O p. M, and $50
p. m. During this period con-
testants are required to have
their displays lighted. Judges
will make individual surveys
during this time, noting their
impressions. An overall tour of
inspection will be made by the
judges in a group on the evening
of December 3Oth, at which time
a recheck of the best displays
will be made for the final judg-
ing. Winners will be announced
at 100 p. M, on January l,
l948.
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce committee working on the
contest are Charles Curry, chair
man; Charles E. Pierce, Earl
Duncan and Jack Delaney.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12
il. C. Of c. To Conduct
Xmas Lighting Contest

- The Key West CocaCoa Bottlng Company has contributed
$3.50 to be lighting sponsored
by the Junior Chamber of Commerce will December
15 closing date for entries until December 80 when
results will be tabulated 100
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-12

Lining materials were used on
the soil long before the begin
ming of the Christian era.
The frontiersman., 1947-08-16
FOUR coN6RfssIonAt 15URs or TERRITORY

will visit Anchor age, Palmer, Mt. McKinl ey park, Fairbanks, Pt. Barr ow, Nome, Kodiak, Cordova, Juneau and KetchikGn.
 Governor Erne st Gruen1ng, delegate Bob Bartlett and Jo- seph T. Flakne will acc ompcny this last c commi ittee on it's d. Cskan tour.
The frontiersman., 1947-08-16
HOMER PAIR.
 MARRIED HIRE

Miss Dor othy Lar son of Seattle: became the br ide of Ross Gll br cath of Homer in e ceremony per f ormed in the office of G. M. Ch ambers, U. s. Commi s s toner, yester- day afternoon. The couple plan to live in Homer.
The frontiersman., 1947-08-16
.Augu st l6, l947

.Al r5VRsof TERRI H OF AuoUsr '.
 group to arrive will be the Senate small bus mess commi t,tea, due in Ketchikan on tug. l8r. i. part. of. this group will de-- vote it's time to in- spec t ion of pulp tim Der lands in. s south eastern 4.1$.sko, while . sub-c ommi t tee will continue on to Anch- or age for airport heGrtngs, theres on Sept. 4. .. The Senate publ ic lands commi ttee is expec ted to arrive .2t Ketchikan from Van-< couver on 4.ug., go. This group will go inlcnd fr em JSkugway
 
 over the White Pass & Yukon . Railway end then !: up the i.laska Highway to BurwGsh Landing, and over the Slcna . .Tok cutoff to Santa Claus lodge. Land along this part of the highway has rec entity been opened to settlement.
 Fr on the lodge the 1t tinerary includes Palmer, anchor age, Curry, Mt. Mckinley park, Fairbanks .C.nd return to Juneau. l, The House sub-c,om- nit tee on terr itor iol and insulcr possess ions is s cheduled to. arrive in Whitti CT
The frontiersman., 1947-08-16

The Fr ont fer sman fQvR to~oefss'o ptANNfO TOR MON
 Alcskc's annual deluge of. Congress- ional visitors and invest igcting c ommit- tees began lest 'Mon- day morn ing with the arr ivcl of William E.. Warne, cssi st Gnt sec- retcry of the Inter- for, in Anchor age.
 Four separate com mittees are expected to be tour ing the terr i tory during the month of ..ugust.
 Mir. Wurne's party', whi ich inc lndes. Jos eph, T. Flakne, 'direc tor of the alaskan br cnch of the Divis ion of Terr itor ies, and Harry Ed q 8 tein of the office of soAc i- :. tor /, Inter for deport- ment, hes an extended it itinerary.
 The gr cup will go to Kodick, Ncknek,' Dutch Har bor St. Paul island, Nunivck, Nome , Kotzebue, Pts Barr ow, Fc. irbanks, Mckinley Park, Pal mer anchor age, Whit tier, Seward, Cordovc Junecu and other spots in southeastern Alaska.
 Next Congres si ioncl
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 eJN@h,A
The frontiersman., 1947-08-16
AN7ON's RE1ffR

Anton nnd CT s son, scr ious ly ill for the past several days, yesterday was pro- nounced markedly imp roved by hospital ct- tend ants. His c ondi- tion is so much bet ter that visitors have been permi t ted to see him dur ing the pC.St dnY or two.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-05
Former Governor John C. Winant Commits Suicide
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 Notification went to two sons, John, Jr., of Princeton, N. J., and Rivington, a student at Oxford, England, and a daughter, Mrs. Carlos de Valando of Lima, Peru.
 Miss Irene Mason, secretary of the thrice-governor of New Hamp- shire, told officials he had been suffering mental and physical fla tigue," while Miss Orol Mears, a maid in the Winant home, said he seemed to be in low spirits"
 They said they heard no shot but were attracted by the thump of Winant's body.
 Winant returned to private life last December when he asked President Truman to relieve him of his post as permanent U. s. representative on the United Ma tiOnS economic and social council, to which the President had named him in l946, after he left his am baSSador's office.
 He wanted, he said, to pick up life again as a private citizen in my own country"
 As governor of New Hampshire the only man ever to serve three terms-Winant, an outspoken crit ic against politics, as such, set up several agencies for social and la bOr betterment. His ideas caught on throughout the nation.
 The late President Roosevelt went out of the Democratic party to name Winant, a Republican, as first head of the social security board.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-05
COP Candidates Dust California Democrats

LOS ANGELES, (P)-California Republicans picked up two addi- tional seats in the state assembly when two COP candidates defeat ed labor endorsed Democrats in special elections in the Seth and 63rd assembly district yesterday.
 Leonard P. Lipscomb piled up a better than 2 to 1 victory to win the seat in the 56th district over his Democratic opponent, Leo M. Strobel. Republican c. Delbert Morris received more votes in the 63rd district than his two Demo- cratic opponents, Joseph DeSilva, official of the AFL retail clerks union, and James E. Armstrong.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-05
Salmon Industry Advances Taxes

JUNEAU, (P)-Alaska's canned salmon industry has advanced tax payments totaling more than $293, ,OOO to aid the Territory's dis tressed financial condition, Terri torial treasurer Oscar Olson said today.
 He added, however, that out standing warrants total more than $593,OOO.
 As of Oct. 31, Olson said, the Territory had an actual cash bal ance of slightly more than $22,0O0.
 Funds exclusively earmarked for definite funds and not avail able for general operations total more than $1, ,349,000.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-05
Weather Keeps Pliers At Naknek

ANS1OnAIE, lHJ - Suuuen Worsening of the weather forced round-the-world fliers George Truman and Clifford Evans to turn back late Monday to Naknek, where they had taken off at 4:09 pm. PST for Anchorage.
 The brief announcement that the two cub plane pilots were return ing to Naknek, at the base of the Alaska Peninsula, was made by army authorities at Elmendorf Field about the time they were ex- pected to arrive here.
 No details of difficulties encoun- tered by Truman and Evans were contained in the army report, out side the fact that poor weather prevented them from completing their 3O0-mile three-hour Naknek- Anchorage trip.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-05
World Cereal Foods 100000 Tons Short

WASHING TON, (A) - The worlds supplies of bread cereals are l0,000,000 tons short of the amount needed to maintain pres ent rations, Sir John Boyd Orr. director general of the food and agriculture organization of the United Nations, said today.
 "The situation" he said, "can be met only by an increase in total world food production. The in crease which the world needs must come mainly from the reha- bilitation and agriculture in the war-devastated countries and from the expansion of the underdevel- oped countries.
 Sir John explained that because of partial failure of the 1947 crop, especially in Europe, about 39,- 000,000 tons are needed in 1947- l948 to prevent decrease in bread and cereal rations, com pared with 38,OOO,OOO tons estim- ated at the Geneva TAO confer ence in September.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-05
COP Leaders
 Want To Know Total Aid Cost
tBY Jack Belll

WASHINGTON (FD - Prospec- tive Republican limitations on the Marshall plan began to take form today with a demand from Senator Vandepberg R.-MichD that the administration submit a total bill" for worldwide aid proposals.
 Vandenberg's assertion that i've cannot indefinitely underWrite the world" drew attention to a grow ing framework of requirements upon which the COP majority in Congress may insist before it ap- proves any plan for economic help to Europe.
 Senator Taft R.-Ohio) already has said the cost of such aid ought to be limited to Sd,500,0 100000 in the next year. Senator White of Maine, the COP floor leader, told a reporter he thinks other party members will have quite a few ideas of their own" when the spe- cial'session begins considering the