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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-02
LoNDoNERs DON'T APPROVE

LONDON.-Old school tie gem
tlemen grumbled ''preposterousa
here when they heard about it,
Nothing to do with the empire,
but shocking just the same. 1t
seems that London's swank
tailors are shuddering about the
possible spread of a new fad for
the ladies - wearing overcoats
backwards. It's all too terrifying
to contemplate, says the old gen.
tlemen and their tailors in uni
son.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-02
WARD LEAVES WEDNESDAY

WASHINGTON.-Consul Gen
eral Angus Ward has arranged to
leave Mukden in Communist
China with his entire staff by
next Wednesday. State Depart
ment says ward reported that
he, the staff members and all de-
pendents would travel by train
to Tientsin, a seaport. Three
American ships, the Department
said, are due there between De-
cember 6 and II.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-02
BLIND SPIDERS
STUMP SCIENCE

SYDNEY, Australia. = R). =
The Jenolan Caves in New South
Wales, Australia. for long visited
by tourists, now promise to yield
something new to science-tiny
blind spiders, which seem to live
ON nothing. Other insect life IS
very rare amidst the stalactites
and Stalagmites of these mile
long and 2O0-feet-deep caves. The
spiders build tiny webs, perfect
" formed. What for? Science has
vet to SUPPLY the answer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-02
MURDER SUSPECT CAPTURED


BIRMINGHAM, ALA muir
der suspect has been captured in
Alabama after being spotted from
an airplane. Highway patrolmen
captured the suspect, identified
as 2O-year-old William Mcdonald,
in the Pelham (Alabama) area
today. The chase began last
night. when a country herb doc
tor. Andrew Price, was robbed of
$500 by two masked men.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-02

he local Florida State Employ
ment Service office Immediately,
telephone 489. All persons inter-
ested in securing employment
should contact the office at 3l4
Simonton Street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-02
TO BUILD AroM UNIT

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The
Atomc Energy Commission says
new atomic bomb production
unit will be built here, Cost,
about $162, 100000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-02
Sure sure

Salesman: "Your wife used to
be SO nervous. Now she seems
quite cured" uaa
Feed Dealer: "She is. The DOC
tor told her her nervousness was
sign of old age"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-02

President Johnson mpcach-
mant tflal 10 1865 ended in vote
"a ia for acqutld and 80 for
runVrttum tWu thirds being
necessary ter conviction
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-12-02

Basis of most modern radio re-
ceiving sets, including television
is a circuit invented by Major
Edwin II. Armstrong, known as
the superheterodyne.
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22
PAGE SIX
The Christmas Tree

Timely tip, on how to make light
ing the Christmas tree easier and
safcr.
The Old ia,hioued. candle lighted
Christmas tree. ~ ornaments bril-
liant with reflected light. nndoubi-
cdly VA a thing OF ,plendor-and Of
potential TRAGEDY too. TODAY Christ
mas trees are iu>, as ilarnmable bit
with electric lights. the hazard 81 :.
trees catching fire can be reduced
u a minimum. ii you will take a icw
simple precautions TO guard against
hort circuits and electric sparks.
and. oil course. il you keep flame
from any source away from the
tree.
Inspect your irce-lightine set, be-
iafe trimming the tree. II the inula.
iion is worn or damaged. - that
bare wires are exposed 81 may he
come exposed when the set i, IN ,cTN-
ice. or il the sockets are cracked of
broken. discard the set Il is ms
placed eeonom, 10 gamble on re-
pairs tina; may not be adequate
Check the condition 81 Your exien-
sion cords. too. and sec that They are
long enough 10 reach easily from
the convenient outlets To the light
ing sets Do not connect toe many
lighting sets 10 one outlet BE
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22
keeping.
Romans Began the
Custom of Gifts

Some authorities claim that ih'
invading Roman leeions Introduce
the custom oi gift giving At New
Years time into England by com
mandcerine,' a Ia Caesar. gilt, an'
Nuld Lang Sync.'
Medieval royalty. who we're NJ
as wealthy as they were reported Il
be, revived the custom as a mean
ol rcplcnishine the royal wardrobcS
treasures and even larders. Queer
Elizabeth relied on the custom iol
new p%ei,icoats. NANTES. silk stock
ine>. bracelets. necklaces. precious
Jewels etc. Peers. bishops. c%lcric>
ladicS-in-waiiinr physicians, cooks
everybody contributed
Oliver Cromwell's Puritan GOV.
eminent ou,lawed the custom but
it was re-revived when the Stuart,
were restored Ia the throne. lndi
vidual circumstances governed the
gift-giving among ordinary citizen,
and, since common pms were eNpcn-
siye in those days, middle class gen
tlcmen usually gave their wives and
daughters pins or pin money
automatically, pin money has sur
vived the days Of the expensive pin
while the custom OF giit-eiyine Al
New Years time has de,crioria,cd
into ohsolesccncc in England and
the United States.
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22

cral day, before setting II up. start
this treatment, a soon a. tou get the
tree home; keep it in a cool place
until sou are reads a. tim r
This treatment work, best with
tree, that have not been cut ioo Ions
and sill have mos, al their original
m,>lnc.s Ni,h iro>h trees. II ha,
the Virtue. too. OF reducing the iire
la1ard The tree, will burn oi
course ii ,hes are igni,ed acci.
den,ally but they are less likely u
burst explo>ively into an uncontrol-
liable blaze.
As 4 last precauiion- TAXI down
,.iur tree soon after Christina, j.
pa>t-thc sooner the safer. Don
dispose OF il where small boy will be
tempted to make = bonfire. TIVE II
Ia the rubbish man. or cut II up and
burn it safely in your backward 10.
generator Thanks Ia tnod House.
keeping.
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22
Three Rules Of Road
Might Save Your
Money : or Life

Do you know the rules OF the
road?
Failure 10 know them may cost
you money-or your l%ifc-if you
drive an automobile. according to
the National Safety Council.
For that reason, the council is
sponsoring a national campaign in
and Obey Traffic Laws"
Here arc three rules of the road
which the council believes are CON-
monty misunderstood by motorists
Even ii YOU are lucky enough to es-
cape injury yourself, YOU may be
liable under the law for damage to
other vehicles or persons.
The intersection rule. Ii two cars
arrive at III intersection without
stop signs or signals at about the
same time, the car on the right al
ways has the right-of-way. You
must give way to it.
The following rule: If you run
into the rear Of another car, you
always are at fault. 1t doesn't mat
ter that the car ahead stopped sud-
denly or that the driver failed to
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22
WE Will PAY $500 FOR EACH STRANGE FOOD FACT SUBMITTED AND USED
ADDRESS AwoRLD OF FOOD. 90 EAST 20 STREET. fwyoRx Mx

sienal-hc may have had no oppor-
tnnity. The law requires that you
dfivciar enough behind to be ready
Tor any emergency. Safety autllori'
ties recommend one car length for
c,cry 10 miles OF speed.
The speed rule: In all states speed
must he adjusted to conditions re
gardlcs> OF posted speed limits. \
speed limit OF s. for example. means
that is the maximum safe speed
under ideal conditions. Ii traffic
is heavy or ii the roadway is slip
perry, s. miles an hour may be too
fast inr safety. II ~yoNHhavc an ac-
cident, You may be charged with
speed too last Tor conditions even
though YOU did not exceed the legal
limit On rural highways without
speed limits, the reasonable and
prudent" rule still applies.
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22

guided by the instruction, that ma.
come with the >cis See that All III,
bulbs lieht Keep several spar,
bulbs on hand, 20 there will be u.
Disappointing hitch when You com
to the tree lighting ,ercmout
Spare bulbs. OF course. must lc
OF the tight kind 10 IN your set,
Iicc-liehting SETS are 81 two differ
ent types. With one type - the
series set II one bulb burns ont
all the bulbs 50 OH, and you have 70
test each individual, to lind the de.
~iee,i,e enc In the other type-ilr
multiple" set-cach bulb is lighted
independent, like your house
lights. % ii is a simple matter 10
lind and changed a hurncd-out bulb
Bulbs intended for series sets are
not Interchangeable with multiple
SC; bulbs.
Do not Use indoor SETS 10 decorate
trees. doorways etc. ont side. Out
door sets are constructed quite dill
ferently from indoor set. to provide
Tor the more rigorous conditions ol
outroor service.
In buAine tree lighting sets. ii Is
good insurance 10 choose only those
that meet recognized SAFETY require
ments. To be sure OF this. always
look Tor a label ON the set stating
that il is listed by Underwriters
Laboratories.
The problem OF a tree, driving out
and dropping its needles untidily
can be overcome Ia a considerable
extent by this simple method Cut
of the butt end OF the tree dag
.onally at least one inch above the
original cut end Then stand the
tree i'll a container OF water. and
Keep the water level above the cut
surface during the entire time the
tree is up. Ii you buy your tree sex,
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22
Dear Santa:


Please >~clc,i the in,> ior liirl,
Tommy With care / certainly agree
with the National Safety Council
that il j. foolish io ri>k TRACED, At
Christmas time or any time. Tor
that matter h. giving children
to>s that are dangerous.
50 please don't bring him any
stuffed animals with button eyes
OF nose. or any TOYS with parts that
can be pulled oil and >wallowc ed
They can pull them oil. YOU know
And | hope YOU will watch out ior
sharp al rough edges and harmful
paint. | wouldn't want, ANYTHING t.
happen Ia Tommy.
a Careful Parent.
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22
LANG SYNE

The Scots have always made a by
fuss over New Years, and no on
der. The wassail bowl goes round
at New Years time, filled with
worry liquid and nostalgia memories.
Traditionally. the wassail bowl it
self should be an ornament OF grace
full design its content, should be
warm and spicy with swcetened
wine, ale. sugar, and nutmeg,
At the stroke OF l. on New Years
eve, the head OF the household
should sip the mixture and pass it
among those present. \ favorlte
custom OF the Scots has been to pile
into wagons or slciehs carrying kct-
ties full OF the w~assail, cheese and
buns. The party stops at various
houses in the community and the rc
frcshmcnts go round at each stop
without paying much attention t,
the approaching dawn,
open house on New Year, day
was quite the vogue in the United
States around the turn Of the 10Th
century. Newspapers carried col
unns OF at home notices announc-
ing the hours during which visitors
would be received. And having duly
received. hosts and hosts and host
esses closed their receptions and
Joined the procession Of callers at
other open houses
Human nature being what it is,
receptions were often crashed BY
strangers prompted BY the accessi-
bility OF Tree punch, and a success
sion Of several open houses some
times resulted in the most welcome
guests arriving in excessively bois-
ferrous or mellow moods and contrib
uted to the abandonment OF the pub
licly announced open house But
intimatcs still toast each other and
drink a cup OF kindness yet for
Auld Lang Syne.'
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22

Tincly tip, on how to make light
ing the Christmas tree easier and
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22

The average daily accident death
toll III the winter months last year
was POS, in the fall 20. in the spring.
PSI. and in the summer 1Sl, accord
ing To the National Safety Council.
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22

You can't regulate the weather
but You can your driving, the Ma
tional Safety Council says, Remem-
ber-Drivc slow in rain, sleet or
SNOW
Montana labor news., 1949-12-22

Christmas IS the time Of year
when people should forget to be
,cmperamcntal and remember to be
Sentimental.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
British Woman Storts
Own Film Company
by the Assoeioisd Press


LONDON.-Miss Betty E. Box,
an attractive young woman who
has been producing film for j.
Arthur Rank, is striking out on
her own.
Miss Box, who is 30 and the
sister Of Producer Sydney Box. is
forming an independent produc-
ing company with her sister-in-
law, Mrs. Muriel Box, and Direc-
tor Ralph Thomas to turn out
six or eight pictures next year
The first will be based on four
short stories of De Maupassant.
Miss Box made a dozen Aims
for Mr.. Rank. They include
Miranda" and "The Upturned
| Glass"
Evening star., 1949-12-26

two European prisoners, hand
cuffed together. had escaped from
their armed escort, ended when
in their haste, they ran on differ
ent sides of lamp post. They
were seized before they could dis
entangle themselves.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Professor Opens School
On Aboriginal Dialect
By the Associated Press

SYDNEY, Australia.-Kenneth
Pike, professor of languages and
anthropology at the University Of
Michigan recently arrived in Aus
tralia to give lessons in a language
he cannot speak and which his
pupils cannot understand.
The professor has started a
school at Berwick. Victoria,
where Australian students can
study aboriginal dialects. He
said: II am teaching the tech
nique Of putting a language which
has never been written into
alphabet forms so that man
can learn it," Pupils will be mis-
sionaries and others who want
to learn Australian aboriginal
tongues.
Evening star., 1949-12-26

blonde hair from IA people In
the United States, Canada and
France. to supply the instrument
for 20 years. It measures humid
ity; the hair contracts or expands
according to the amount of mois-
ture in the air.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Rot Poison Kills Cots

LUBBOCK, Germany (P.-1n .
campaign against rats in this
German port scores of dogs and
cats, traditional enemies of rats,
died of poisoning. Hundreds Of
rats escaped,
Evening star., 1949-12-26
JOBS Get Blonde Hair

Following an appeal for fine
blonde hair for its hygrometer-
japanese black hair being too
coarse-the Mizusawa, Tokyo OBJ
servatory has received enough
Evening star., 1949-12-26

Lamp Post Nobs Pair
A chase through the streets of
Krugersdorp, South Africa, after
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-16
MAACP Asks Re-
opening Of Guam
Murder Trial

New York - The legal de-
partment of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People today requested of
President Truman an dthe Air
Force Adiutont General reopen
ing of the trial of Pvts. Calvin
and Herman Dennis and Robert
Wesley Burns, convicted of MUIR
dering Ruth Farnsworth on the
Island of Guam.
The telepram sent by the MA
ACP stated that parents and re-
latives of the convicted men had
requested the Association to in
tervene on their behalf. It fur
Their stated that after studying
numerous reports concerning the
conduct of the trial, the NAACP
felt that justice could best be
served if NAACP attorneys were
offered an opportunity to in
tervene upon a review of the
case by Air Force authorities in
Washington, DC.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-16
Negro Gets High
Post In Calf,
Employment
Service

Los Angeles - A negro, Ed
ward A. urch, Bbegan operations
July / as head of the new Of
flee for the apparel industry of
the California Department of
Employment, H. R. Harnish,. area
manager, announced this week.
Burch will head a staff OF
more than so men and women
employees. William T. Bjorkland
and Miss dorothy Dieman will
assist him in running the Of
flee.
The apparel industry office is
a new department just started
by the state employment depart
ment. Speaking of the director
of this new office, Harnish said.
Creation is a byword for the
apparel field, and Burch is a
man of ideas who needs no charts
to go by. There is no ceiling for
the services that the California
Department of Employment can
render this rapidly-expanding
group of creatives manufacturers"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-16
NAACP Hits
Proposed Return
Return Of Jim
Crow To D.C.PooIs

Washington, July 7 = A strong
protest against the proposed abb
andonment of the non-segregation
policy in public swimming pools
in the District of Columbia, by
transfer Of the operation of these
pools from the Department of the
Interior to the District of Col
umbia Recreation Board, was re-
gistered this week by the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored Peopl.
In a telegram to Secretary OF
the Interior julius A. Grug, Ma
ACP Acting Secretary Roy Will
kins decried this contemplated
surrender by the federal gov
eminent to the forces of disor-
der and bigotry" and stated that
such Surrender" would have a
"demoralizing effect in many cit
les over the nation where sincere
efforts are being made to extend
public recreational facilities to
all citizens Without regard to
race or color"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-16
SWatter Luke
Easter To Undergo
Operation

Cleveland, o. Luke Easter,
smuggling first baseman of the
Cleveland Indians San Diego
far mclub, will have to undergo
an operation for a ship on his
knee according to a thorough ex-
animation by DR.. James Dick
son of the Cleveland Clinic. who
will operate.
The Negro star, despite painful
limping for weeks, has led the
Pacific Coast in batting with a
1863 average, led in runs batted
in with 81 and is second in home
runs with 81. Luke was lifted
from the San Diego lineup at
the direct Intervention of Hank
Greenherg, Indian vice president,
flying out to the coast to bring
easter back for examination.
No opinion has been vouchsafed
on how long the Clipped bone
will take to mend, six weeks has
been unofficially advance as a
possible time before Luke will
be ready to resume his swatting.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-16
Leading Southern
White Woman
Sponsors Bill OF
Rights Conference


A leading Southern white wo-
man is among the 400 prominent
Americans to date who have an
ounced their sponsorship of the
Bill of Rights Conference to be
held in the Harry Hudson Hotel
from July Is to 18th. according
to Clark Foreman, executive di-
rector.
The Conference was called to
examine and protest present in
fringements on the Bill of Rights
and reaffirm. our traditional Ii
berries of speech, press, pulpit
and political advocacy Paul J..
Kern, former New York City CT
vii Service Commissioner and
acting chairman stated.
Mr.. Foreman said that the Sou
thern women had requested that
her name be withheld for her
own personal safety.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-16
Stone Swimmers
In Ohio Pool

Youngstown, o. (ANP) Two
Metro boys who dared 20 swimm.
ing in so-called white pool here
last week were stoned by 25
white hoodums. The city of Young
stown has no segregation rules,
but Negroes have usually attend
one pool, and whites the city's
other five.
The % white boys left the pool
when the colored boys entered
then stood on the outside and
pitched stones at them. Neither
boy was injured seriously.
At another pool eight colored
swimmers refused to go in after
whites warned them such action
would mean trouble.
The pool frequented by Negroes,
John Chase, is the City's newest
and most modern water play
ground.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-16
Hrge Radio And
TeIeyisiion To
Become More
Democratic

Nv York City - The day Of
portraying the Negro as clown.
lazy, stupid and ignorant" on
the sceen, stage, radio and tele-
vision has long passed, and it
it time that more truthful and
human expression of Negro life
in radio and television be ex-
plotted. 1t it also time that equal
job opportunities and equad pay
be given qualified Negro men and
women in he profession.
Well, the Committee for the
Negro in the arts has recided to
do something about it. It is hold
ing a conference July 8, at the
Hotel Theresa, N. Y, to decide
how best these problems can be
met and dealt with.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-16
Africa Source For
Hat Designers

New York City Africa has
entered the fashion field with a
rich source of inspiration for
color and silhouette in a dis
play of excellently designed full
millinery The latest hair dos and
hats were presented by Lenesta
at her salon, Is East 53rd St.,
here last week, and the collec-
ton was not imaginative and
glowing, but possessed quality and
endurance.
The hats this fall may we'll
bring Africa into focus for the
attention for not only milliners
and coiffurers, but dress creators
as we'll.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-16
Atlantic Pact
Accused OF
Dividing World
In Two

New York, N. Y. Each
member of the Senate received
an Open Letter on June %, ac-
cording to an announcement by
the Reverend Edward G.. Correll,
Past Acting Program Director of
the YMCA. New York which de-
clared opposition to the Allan
tic Pact as having committed
(the United States) to the support
of half the nations of the world
with arms, men and money" thus
dividing the world in two.
The signatories of the Open
Letter, who are leaders in their
organizations, come from organ
izations comprising over three
millions of young people from
among Church youth groups, Jew
ish youth groups, as we'll as
trade union groups.
The statement pointed out that
No military pacts which in eff
feet serve as war blOcs outside
the United Nations: can possi-
bly, be successful substitute
for concrete discussions between
the United States and the Soviet
Union without sacrifice of the
national interests of either"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-07-16
New Council
Formed To Combat
Racial And Relic
Icus Bias

New York, N. Y. = Forma-
ton of the Queens County Coun-
Gil of the State Commission A.
gainst Discrimination, together
with list of outstanding Queens
civic leaders who have accented
membership in the organization.
was announced today by Commits
sioner Edward W. Edwards. act
ing chairman of the State Com
mission Against Discrimination.
According to Commissioner Ed
wards, this is the eighth such
group set up in the State to
combat racial and religious dis
elimination.
Members of these councils. he
said, serve without compensation
and are charged with the task
OF studying the problem of dis
elimination within their commun-
tiles, as well as the fostering Of
good will and harmony among
the various elements in these
communities.
Commissioner Edwards will
act as liasion officer between
the Queens group and the State
Commission. Each council in the
State works under the direction
Of the State Commission.