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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Written for NEA Service
Today's hand deals with psy-
chology at the bridge table. l am
going to start by criticizing
South's opening bid of one dia-
mond. I think the hand should
have been opened two diamonds.
West was playing with a part
ner who, having taken the hook,
usually dashed off with two or
three hundred yards of line and
there was no way to stop him.
The overcall of one heart over one
diamond could not be criticized
but then East plunged to four
hearts, and South bid four spades.
West was confident now that
North AND South could make a
slam, but his partner had the hook
and was not going to let go. "Aea
East bid five hearts, SCUM
promptly bid five spades, and ms
is where psychology entered ts
picture. West was sure that II uS
doubled five spades, East |0ui9
be unable to stand for that ola
and would take it out. West ~.
also that if East took oQ' ms
double and bid six hearts, the o..
ponents would not 20 to Sn
shades Had they not ALREADY
been doubled at five SPACES!
If you can read your oppousa%
you can get fine scores ana NO.
is the way it worked out TINS uar
West was a little worried outm S
East's huddle before the 5lo o. %
hearts. South also went in.9 10
huddle, but he finally eIects@ onjv
double. East and West los, -. gI",
500, but North and SCUM no"
cold slam in spades or dlan-oI---
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
SAYS Truman to Wallace

AS long as it has become known
that President Truman wrote a letter
to Henry Wallace accusing the former
vice president and Cabinet member of
this and that, it is due the American
people for the Chief Executive to per-
nit publication of the text.
The letter is reported to be in pos
session of National Commander Lewis
E. Starr Of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. How it came into his hands is
not explained, but that is not as i'm
portant as that it's contents be made
known.
This is the more important as Mr..
Wallace has indicated his willingness
to head a third party in next years
presidential race.
II the voters are to have a chance
to cast ballots for either of the pair
in 1913, and as Mr.. Wallace has been
voluble is his condemnation of the
Truman administration, it IS only fair
that Mr.. Truman's opinion of a pos
sible campaign opponent in his own
words be released to the press.
Il Let's have If all
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
An Expert Speaks

Mr.. Lew Hahn, president of the Ma
tional Dry Goods Association, believes
it is more important for the country's
economy to return to a more normal
and established basis than for bust
ness to make high profits.
This is the most encouraging word
from a high official source that the
American people have heard in many
a noon.
Mr.. Hahn adds that while price levels
in most consumer lines have stopped
rising, a survey conducted by his as
ISOLATION shows consumer resistance
steadily rising. Delayed demand, he
says, still exists. The only way to re-
lease it is to price merchandise at
levels the public will accept.
How can this be done? Reductions
should originate at the factory. Manu-
f%acturers should take the lead. Retail
ers, he declares, cannot clear out in
ventories and then replenish their
stocks at current prices. Prices must
come down at all levels.
In a Boston interview Mr.. Hahn
says: "The public is reasonable - it
doesn't believe prices can 60 back
where they were before the war. 1t is
sympathetic with the plight of the man
ufacturers, knowing everything he buys
costs more and, that labor costs more
and is less productive than it was. The
manufacturer doesn't know how to re-
duce prices, under such pressures, but
if the public stops buying, prices are
bound to come down."
By emphasizing the strong position
of the buying public, Mr.. Hahn implies
that government controls failed to &C.
complish desired results. It is time that
the old law of supply and demand had
the green light, after being blocked
behind the red light of federal DONNA
ton so LONG.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
Tale OF Two Cities

military security regulations and
the morals censorship of the Hays
office. The government would not
interfere with the movies liber-
ties in any way. They we're to
enjoy all the constitutional free
dom of the press guarantees. In
short, studio heads were to be
their own judges and bosses.
This particular policy of Mellet's
office apparently made some Of
the more volatile of the Hollywood
screen writers boil over. When the
Little White House had been
opened in Hollywood, these writ
ers had assumed that the govern
ment was going to tell the pro-
ducers just what they could or
could not make. Mellett wasn't
having any of this dictatorship, ev-
er for all-out-War.
The result "a some of the most
bitter wartime wrangling. This
feud between the movie moguls
and the Hollywood i~ntellectuals is
an old one. 1t isn't just the battle
of the Screen Writer'S Guild and
their employers. 1t goes back to
the early days of the New Deal,
when most all the big studio heads
were Republicans and most OF the
writers and actors became crusad.
ers for Roosevelt. It is even more
fundamental than that. 1t is the
different viewpoint of the show.
men who run the movie business
for the box office success OF CON-
edies, mysteries or musicals, and
the writer's who want to make tho
| screen a dynamic force to save
the world.
In wartime this feud took a new
slant. 1t split Hollywood in two
factions. There weren't any Re
publicans and Democrats any
more. In each others eyes they
became Fascists and Communists.
The "Fascist" producers wanted
to go on making musicals and en-
tertainment. The Communist
WIlIGIS WdlllGQ Oll1y W WdSC P>CP
uganda warfare on the screen.
In the end they did both. And
if Hollywood's production for the
war were run through continuous
ly from beginning to end, it would
show that no segment of the popu,
lation had a better patriotic rec
ord.
The House Un-American Affairs
Committee can no doubt find in
i! a lot of evidence of Communist
influence. For instance, it will find
one short called, 1.-THE Century Of
the Common Man" 1t was a dram.
itization of Henry Wallace's
speech of that title. Re-run today
if will probably be considered
Ccmmunistic, since Henry's in the
dog house. The interesting thing
about this film is that the idea
fer it came from-of all people
Barney Balaban Of Paramount,
who in any political lineup today
would probably be found just a
little to the right Of Herbert
Hoover.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
BY T S

WASHINGTON,-The House I'm
American Affairs Committee in
vestigation of Communist activi-
ties in Hollywood, booked for
world premiere in Washington
June 16, can't fail to reveal that
there were some wartime fellow
travellers and card holders in the
movie capital. But behind these
disclosures there is a bizarre po-
Iitical tale Of two cities. It's the
relationship between Washington
and Hollywood.
Long before Pearl Harbor the
studio heads sent a delegation to
Washington to ask P resident
Roosevelt that a clearing house be
set up in government through
which the film industry could
work in support of the national
defense effort. They got passed on
to Lowell Mellett, who a then
coordinator. He became film CO.
ordinator. All government agen-
cies had to clear their Hollywood
IDEAS through Mellett-whether it
was a film short to urge growing
more food, buying more bonds, or
collecting old newspapers.
Early in 1913 Mellett set up a
branch office in Hollywood under
Nelson Poynter, St. Petersburg,
Fla, publisher. In typical Holly
wood e~xaggeration style, Poyn-
ter's office became known as ''The
Little White House" Actually it
was nothing of the sort. About all
it ever amounted to was a place
for an exchange of ideas and in
formation betw e Washington
and Hollywood.
POINTER had two principal Or
| ders from Mellett. One was that
the government would do nothing
to get anybody in the movies de-
| ferred from the draft.
The first month he was in Holly
wood, Poynter had the Clark
Gable case tossed in his lap. Stu
dio heads put on the heat to have
Gable kept out of the service. The
plea was that he would be of
greater service to his country act
ing in Hollywood.
The Little White House refused
to lift a finger. Gable enlisted
which is what he wanted 70 do.
This incident may throw a little
interesting sidelight on Robert
Raylor's r e cent testimony that
Washington tried to prevent him
iron. joining the Navy so that he
would have to star in the sup
posedly Communistic film, Song
+ of Russia"
Poynter's second order was that
there was to be no government
dictation to the film industry and
no censorship beyond the usual
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
Does The Smoke OF A Train Go
The Opposite Way?

When the smoke leaves the fun
mel of the engine, it is moving for
ward, like the engine itself, and
at the same rate. If we could i'm
! agine that the train was moving
onward in nothing, then, as we
know that moving things always
move on in a straight line at the
same speed forever unless some
thing outside stops them, the
smoke would move forward with
the train.
But the smoke is poured into
the ocean of air through which TIE
train is pushing it's way. The air
tends TO stop everything that
moves through it. Every engineer
knows how important this air
pressure is. But though it retards
the heavy. train a good deal, it
retards the light smoke fa- more
The smoke does not really go
the opposite way to the train; it
is actually going in the same di-
rection. but so much more slowly
that /, seems to go the other way,
as a slow train seems to be going
backward when een from a fast
train passing it.
copyright, 1916, By The Grolier
Society Inc; based upon The Book
Of Knowledgel
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW: - Africa Rich in
Natural Resources.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
The Doctor Says
RADIUM BRINGS
ASTHMA 2ELlgg
By WILLIAM A 0,pp~

Radlum tire tments ~ ~' M. b.
brought relief to two.-a me thros
group OF asthmatc caiid 5us Of
mad had repeated attacks Il Who
ing to the Journal of ~. accord,
cam Medical Association ,,'' Amer.
1t has been known for
that removal of infec+od ''i5 Tine
ana adenoids brought tem, na'-s
1elle1 to some asthmatir cn
Tendency for the difsirn,+ Cilo. En-.
turn seems to be related 10 re-
regroWth of adenoid tissIo 10 he
throat. Radium treatment HI The
cry administered causes t5sspe Prop
groWths to disappear. "'sSe re-
A group of "a children f,..
to IA years of age who had IVY ,so
asthma for some time w ,,~o aaa
sltive to various types Of ;r sea'
ants, including pollen and 'G dns.
They had been given iniectior Uast
extracts of these substances s''S o.
relief had not been t o5+ai, o'
Change of climate and snan,
diets also had failed. 'p''Ial
Each child was given > ,bo..
examination, tests for sTertSa
sensitivity, and a careful I IN
ton of that portion of fne tS5se
which is just behind the nos o''V Sn
of them showed masses o. ,5snI All
tissue in this region. ever tbou.
many had undergone previous nY1sa
moval of their tonsiIs and .5 5s
noids. out
Treatment of each child ~.
sisted of radium applications on ~,
a month for an average ot 4 ta.s
treatments. After the treatna rOu'
the adenoid tissue had d;s.n
peared in a majority of the rasa s
but additional Treatments r.a..
given to the others until al Nv
adenoid tissue was DESTROYED sly
Immediate reaction to fro,.
ment was sneezing and a runrin,
nose for one or two days. In sor,
cases asthmatic seizures foIlova5
Sufficient time has now eJsnses
to judge the results, and thew ss
good in most cases.
Because radium treatment a,
several thousands of no~q-aslbm,l
&c children and adults to preyent
hearing loss has shown that tbs
number Of colds were reduced +
is hopeful that such Treatment,
will be given to more asthma vie.
TINS
QUESTION: What is ansiopep.
rotic edema? What causes II
- - IL =
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29

doms of the people can be preserved,
and it must not be undermined here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29

here in crashing the gate at a par
ty at sherry's and gives them a
mark in proficiency, with subtlety
and eclat to count in the scorn-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29
What Happens
When We Blush

The flow of blood to the skin
is regulated through thousands of
very, very small blood vessels,
which join arteries bringing blood
from the heart to veins which take
it back again. Each of these blood
vessels has its own nerve to open
or close it.
Thus the nerve system controls
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29

QUESTION; What is ansioneu.
rotic edema? What causes IT.
and what is the treatment?
ANSWER: 1t is 9 form of giant
hives. Il the cause is found it can
be avoided. Benadryl has been
successful in many cases of hives
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29

GOOD MORNING
The ruling passion, be it what it will,
the ruling passion conquers reason STILL
PODe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29

the eye so as to appear to cover
a much larger space.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29

the flow of blood to the surface
of the skin. When, therefore, the
face becomes colored with a
blush, it is because some of the
nerves have turned on the tap
controlling the blood supply. The
nerves may be disturbed by an
ger, freight, or shame, and turn on
the tap Involuntary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-29

thursday, NAL %, 1947
The Valley settler., 1947-09-25
SUPERiNTENOfNT EXPLAINS 'i -: SCHOOL POLICY

7eaa1 schools n the Terr itory Of Alaska are normal ly controlled and admin st cred by the Connni ss toner of Educat ion directly from eau. Palmer, a rural school oper- ates with Board of ducation the sane as an Incorporated School.
 In theadmin istrat1on of the Palmer School, the Super intendent as the chief executive off icer for the local Board of Education s responsible to the Board of Education, the Terr itorial Coms iss toner of Educat ion and the Northwest Association of secon- dary Schools and Cofle eges, whose r9spon- sibility it is to make sure that the school meets the standards of accredited schools.
 Many rtuors and idle gossip have brought mach criticism to the Board and the Super intendent this year as result of the interpretation of school policy. Most of this gossip and rqrnor is unfounded in fact, and will not stand the test of inves- tigat ion. The office of the Superinten- dent of Schools is always open during the day between the hours of 500 AM. and 500 P.M. to discuss and interpret school policy to any parent or guardian who will take the lime and trouble to come in with their probl ems. A frank discussion of these probl ems will do much to c1arify them. left to idle gossip they rarely, if ever, pre- sent the true picture of the school si tuation. .~
 In the matter of grades, many pupi ills have failed sub jects in school and are causing some dissens sion in connec ion vi tn the IT ore sent status. In accredi ted schools, freshmen must present four full credits for entrance into the Sopmnore class. Sopfnnore must present eight full credits aid Junior must present twelve full credits; thus a student who presents only ten ere dits on entering the 4th year or school is not a Sendor, but is considered Junior plus. High School students arc not permitted to carry more than four
 subj jects unless they have maintained average or better the previous year, as the school law specifically states that the pupil must be of considerable more than average ability as indicated by his grades.
 For graduation pupil must present six teen full credits with two major and two minor from the curr iculum. A unit IS
 one full credit in a course pursued one
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-18
RUMoRs AND SPEEDING

It has been said often that it does not
do any good to warn man to stop driv-
ing his automobile at breakneck speed,
and it may be said that it is useless also
to try to close the mouth of a rumorman-
ger.
Last Saturday and Sunday, somebody
in Key West started rumor that hurri-
cane had formed in the vicinity of Nicar-
aqua. The local Weather Bureau was
swamped BY inquiries about the supposed
hurricane that existed only in the rumor-
monger's mind A Weather Bureau man
said to The Citizen:
ssIf there is a hurricane at Nicaragua,
in what ways could it be known in Key
West? Only by cablegram from that
country. a radio message from q ship, or
report from an airplane pilot. If any of
those sources knew about the presence of
hurricane, to whom or to what agency
would the information be given first? A
radiogram or cablegram would be sent
to the Weather Bureau and an airplane
pilots report would go to the Army or the
Navy and be relayed to the Weather Blu
reau. But the Army, the Navy and the
Weather Bureau know nothing about the
supposed hurricane at Nicaragua, so how
could private individual know? In view
of those facts, the report is purely an UNI
founded rumor."
It was not till Monday afternoon, after
The Citizen had been delivered without
any advisory that the rumor died out.
When tropical disturbance forms in
what is termed this area, you may be
sure that the Weather Bureau will issue
the information, as it did yesterday.
But the rumormonger will continue
his whispering of things that are not SO,
and the speeding driver will continue to
step on the gas, despite the warning he is
endangering his own life and the lives of
others.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-18
"BURY OUR HOPES FOR PEACE"

Unless the United States becomes the
granary of the world, 1--WE shall bury our
hopes for peace" declares Chairman
Luckman, of the Presidents food commit
tee, in urging the people of this country
to save food to prevent Europeans from
having the hunger that creates despair and
chaos
The first aim of the concentrated
drive is to persuade the people of this
country to eliminate waste in connection
with the use of food. Many foreign visit
ors to the United States have been appall-
ed by the alarming quantity of food
thrown away. In the opinion of American
experts, the careful conservation of food
will take care of the situation in Europe
without causing any American to give up
a normal diet.
While we have some doubt about the
effectiveness of voluntary food conser-
walton program, although surely much
food will be saved, the pressure of events
in Europe demands immediate action and
those directing the campaign in this coun-
| try assert that the launching Ola vOlun7
tary campaign is necessary because it is
I the quickest way to get results.
| We trust that every reader of The
Citizen will make conscious effort
to conserve food and thus participate. in a
very slight way, in the saving of lives in
| Western Europe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-18
STREET REPAIRS
Editor, The Citizen:

Editor, The Citizen:
After the recent rains, the di-
vision of the Public Service
Department proceeded to fill the
holes, ruts and gullies on White
street, east of Division, with
mari. Convinced that was no
good, they mixed the mari with
tar and filled the holes with
that as far as Flagler avenue.
They skipped the rest Of White
street to the beach, and jumped
Ito Francis street.
Does the City Commission
have grudge against the Navy?
It is our biggest asset, and Navy
officers live on Rest Beach. They
have to use that part OF White
street east of Flagler.
The city should remember
other people use that part OF
White street besides the Navy,
such as tradespeople and people
going to the beach for a swim.
How about it, City Commits
sioners and City Manager?
c. r. FILLER.
704 White ST.,
Key West, Fla,
Oct. Is, 1947.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-18
Your Horoscope

SATURDAY, OCTOBER IS,
I947-The will is liable to b
somewhat weak in those born
this day and they are more or
less subject to the desires. There
is promise( of personal charm
or attractivenes sthat will attract
friends, and some indication of
fortunes favors. Take care not
to lose them by. giving way to
foolish words or acticns. ~
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1917
The native of today will have
an artistic temperament, rather
sensitive and inclined to give way
to the feelings There is how
ever a spirit Of determination
that stands fast in defense of the
rights which, combined with
alertness and caution, should
lead to success.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-18
L.ECAL,S

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELENENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF YHE STATE OF FLORIDA. IN
AND FOR MONROE COUNTY. IN
Case No. 1I-13s
CHARLEY TOPPING & SONS. INC,
corporation organized and eX-
listing under the laws of the state
of Florida,
VS.. Foreclosure of Lien
OLIVER b. TAYLOR and
THOMPSON,
NOTICE TO APPEAR
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA to Katherine Thomp-
son, whose residence is un-
known:
You are hereby ordered and re-
ouired to file your Appearance on
the 3rd day of November, AID. 1917,
in the above styled cause now
pending in the Circuit Court Of the
State of Florida. in and for Mon
roe County. in Chancery, wherein
Charley TOPPING & Sons. Inc,
corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Flor
ida, is plaintiff and oliver b. Taylor
and Katherine thompson are De
PENDANTS, and in default of such APP
pearancea Decree Pro Contesso
will be entered against you. Said
cause was Instituted as aforesaid
for the purpose of foreclosing lien
owned and held by the plaintiff up
on the following described land,
situate. lying. and being in the
County of Monroe, State of Florida,
to-wit:
Part of Lot Six co of Block
Six CO. of Marathon Beach
Subdivision, Plat of which is
duly recorded in Plat Book
Two. page 16, Monroe County.
Florida Records. and more fully
described in deed record In
Deed Book gal. at page 81. of
the Public Records of Monroe
County. Florida.
1t is further ordered that this
order be published once q week for
four ca consecutive weeks in The
Key West Citizen, newspaper of
general circulation published in
Monroe County Florida.
Done and Ordered at Key West,
Monroe County, Florida, this 4th
day of OCTOBER AID. 1947.
Circuit Court SsaD
ROSS G SAWYER,
Clerk of Circuit Court,
Monroe County. Florida.
BY: (sd) Florence L. Sawyer,
Deputy Clerk.
oct 4-11-1s-25, 1947.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-10-18
THE HEALTH QUESTION

In one of his recent speeches, Senator
Taft touched on the problem of medical
cara. He emphasized his. complete. opposi-
tion to specialization Of medicine, and to
government insurance schemes which
would profess to give "free" medical
care to all the people. He then said that
a percentage of the people are unable to
pay for the service they need, and that
here the government should fill the gap
by 'appropriating funds to help state and
county bodies meet the bills of the in
digent.
This is an intelligent approach to the
health question, .and bill Incorporating
Mr. Taft's proposals is scheduled for
consideration by the next Congress. There
is no reason on earth why all the tax
payers should contribute billions a year
to provide medical service for the ma
jority-of people, whosare perfectly able to
pay for itseither in the traditional manner
or through membership J in one of the
voluntary prepaid medical care plans. The
mere administration of SO grandiose a
scheme would require the creation of an
enormous bureaucracy, would make the
pay and promotion of doctors a political
matter, and would be q, long step toward
socialized medicine. Ae
The use of Federal funds, locally adj
ministered, to assist those who cannot even
afford to join the inexpensive prepayment
plans is an entirely different matter. II
fits in with modern concepts of the re-
sponsibilities Of the government. 1t would
in 40 way regiment doctors or encourage
socialization of the profession. And il
would properly solve one Of the last re.
naming major medical care problems we
have. k3s