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Evening star., 1949-09-09
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Which United States seaports handle
the most trade? N. O. S.
A. New York is far ahead of all other
ports both in volume of foreign trade and
value OF cargo handled. In 1948, Baltimore
ranked second in volume of trade, followed
by Philadelphia, Norfolk, New Orleans, New.
port News. Galveston, Houston and Mobile.
IN that order. From the standpoint of value
OF cargo New Orleans ranked second in 1948.
followed by Baltimore and PHILADELPHIA.
q. How do dogs sight and hearing COM
pare with the same senses in human being?
M. T.
A. The dogs sense of sight is probably
much less keen than that of a man. whila
his senses OF hearing and smell are keener.
The dog recognizes his master more by smell
and hearing than by sight.
O. Did John Paul Jones admit that he was
the first person to hoist the Stars and Stripes
at sea? r. NICK.
A. In letter to Robert Morris, he wrote:
1T was my fortune as the senior of the
Lieutenant to hoist myself the Flag of Amer.
lea the first time 1t was displayed"
@. What sporting event in the United
States has the largest paid attendance?
B. E.Q.
A. The annual automobile race at tho
Indianapolis Speedway has the largest at
tendance on cash basis. Although Of.
hcial figures are not available, the number
OF people at each of these races has been
estimated at 10000 for many years.
@. HOW many persons in the United
States reach retirement age every day? c. C.
A. It is estimated that about 2,700 per-
sons reach the age of IS every day. This
is the usual retirement age although no one
knows exactly why this particular year was
selected.
@. Are the waves on the Great Lakes ever
as high as on the ocean? T. E. S.
A. Lake Superior has the largest waves,
and it is probable that during severe storms
waves of height of from 20 to Is feet
may be encountered In deep water. In some
parts Of the ocean waves may reach twice
this height
@. How tall is the figure of Christ in the
celebrated statue Christ of the Andes?
G. M. D.
A. The figure of Christ is 26 feet high and
stands on half globe depicting the hemis-
phere. 1t was brought in sections 200 miles
by mule team. The statue commentaries
the settlement of the boundary dispute be-
tween Argentina and Chile.
@. What causes infantile paralysis?-G.
w. A.
A. Poliomyeitis, according to medical
authorities is caused by virus. The polio
virus which is much smaller than the
tiniest germ, enters the body through the
mouth or nose and then attacks the nerve
centers which control certain muscles. This
virus is too small to be studied through an
ordinary microscope and grows only in
living animal tissue, so cannot be studied
in tests tubes. These are two of the factors
which hamper the studies of the disease.
Evening star., 1949-09-09
Christian Statesmen Needed
To Prevent National Disaster
TO the Editor Of The Star:

In your issue Of September 8. my attention
was held by the letter by S. j. Staples IN
which he referred to the warning to our
country by Senator John Foster Dulles.
The United States is in desperate need OF
more Christian statesmen such as Senator
Dulles, who would chart our course upward
and away from national disaster. So long
as we have in power those whose aims are
for votes at whatever cost. for immediate
selfish gain, greed, exploitation of the poor
who are unable to help them advance po-
litically, those who forget God and seem
to care nothing for public worship, those
whose reliance is in military might rather
than in the Supreme Ruler Of the Universe,
Just so long are we headed toward complete
collapse.
We who have reached the zenith OF life
may look forward to q blessed release IN
the not too distant future, but that prospect
Evening star., 1949-09-09
This and That
By Charles E. TraceweU

Picture, if you can, Templeton Jones ar
rayed for bed his gay pajamas blowing in
the breeze, his coverlet and sheet turned
down neatly, his vacuum cleaner hitched up
all ready to go in case he detects any cent?
pedes.
Sleep sometimes is not an easy thing for
Jones' AS with many persons getting along
in years, he finds it easier not to sleep than
to sleep, sometimes.
This doesn't worry him in the least
He never frets about it, or counts sheep.
or takes anything for it.
He simply lies there and makes his mind
a blank, something he says he has no
trouble at all in doing.
Well. this night Jones was not destined to
get to sleep easily.
He rolled over, and no sooner had he got
on his left side than he turned back to his
right.
He had read somewhere that the average
person turns over 68 times night.
"Stuff and nonsense" smiled Templeton
Jones. II am sure turn over SO times"
However that was, he could not get to
sleep.
He listened to dog down the block and
the roar of plane overhead.
And then he heard something else.
It was chirp, coming unquestionably
from the staircase.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp."
No bird lover, Jones instantly recognized
this as cricket of some sort.
He was glad it was not bird.
Birds outside are in their place, and a
bird in the hand may be worth two in the
bush (although Jones had always doubted
that, but a bird inside is too much trouble
to get out. Besides. there is some old
superstition about the bird that gets in
doors.
Jones, though he couldn't sleep, was too
sleepy to worry about it.
+ =
He listened again, and heard it again.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp."
The creature had loud but sweet voice,
with sort of trill in it.
He got out Of bed, went to the hall and
turned on the stair light.
The chirping instantly ceased.
Maybe was mistaken after ALL" thought
Jones as he snapped off the light.
Instantly the chirping began again.
He called to his wife.
Mary do you hear that?"
Mrs. Jones spoke Soothingly.
Nov don't worry, Templeton. The back
door is locked, the front door is locked, the
cat is in the basement, the light on the base
ment stairs is off. Everything is okay."
Templeton Jones sighed.
"Its not the door, it's not the cat, it's not
even the basement stair light. It's q
cricket"
There was certain silence.
At last the cool voice Of Mary Jones
sounded.
"It's a-what?" she asked, as If amused
at something.
Temp Jones smoothed his lavender locks.
They really weren't lavender, but that was
the way they looked tonight)
There is" said he, "a cricket in the hall.
Listen!''
And the cricket went "Chirp, chirp, chirp."
"Why, I do believe breathed Mrs.
Jones as she, in turn, put on the hall light.
The cricket stopped instantly.
II think we must be dreaming" she
smiled. and turned off the light.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp," went the cricket.
When the light went on again there he
was, on the fourth stair from the top. Mrs.
Jones carefully incased him in a tissue and
put him out the front door, and the house.
hold went back to slumber. It had been .
tree cricket. and > very nice specimen.
Evening star., 1949-09-09
Critics of a Critic of Veterans
Speak Out In Reply

SPEAK Out III 1NCPy
To the Editor of The Star:
by their vocabulary ye shall know
them"-and by his vocabulary it is easy
to know Mortimer M. Marshall (Which may
be his right name, but probably isnt whose
letter appeared in The Star OF September o.
Hi, Comrade "Marshall'! What's the
current line? Setting the law on the vet
erans organizations in the United States?
Persuading the American people that the
veterans organizations, heretofore thought
to be composed of men who survived the
war which destroyed "Fascism," "have really
become the vehicle upon which FasclSm is
riding to power in America? Peddl1ng
the ideal to the American people that they
must be on their guard against the men
who destroyed Hitler, "lest they awake
some day and find themselves engulfed by
one of the most powerful and destructive
forces upon the face of the globe, the Amer
ican veterans-the Hitlers of America?
It is clever line" Comrade Marshall
easily salable in Russia; but you're not
likely to get very far with it here-that is,
in the direction you would like to go.
The veterans organizations, Comrade
Marshall" are composed of men whose
stake in the country derives from the fact
that, together, they have fought for it in
war and have defended all the things it
represents to them. The veterans organiza-
tions, Comrade Marshall" are composed of
men who now recognize, reluctantly, that
although they have destroyed the filth that
was fascism, the world still remains unclean,
still befouled by the filth that was, and is,
big brother to fascism' - communism
F.. L. FREEMAN.
Evening star., 1949-09-09
Serbian Military Clique
Blamed for Yugoslavia's Defeat in 1941


Blamed for Yugoslavia's Defeat in 1941
To the Editor Of The Star:
I have read the article by Constantine
Brown in your issue from September 5. un-
der the heading West urged to keep arms
ready near Yugoslavia to aid Tito against
attack"
Although the whole content of Mr.. Browns
article could seriously be criticized by neu-
trail and well-informed observer, it is not
my intention to examine and to evaluate
this article as whole. In this moment I
consider it only to be my duty to refer to
that part of the article which reads: 1T is
recalled in these military quarters that the
Yugoslav army's resistance was quickly
overcome by the Nazi legions. not only be-
cause of betrayal by Croatian and Slovenian
elements -"
There is no doubt that Mr.. Brown in these
assertions is strongly influenced by an un-
truth, many times repeated in Serbian mill
tary circles, which untruth has been in
vented by them with the sole purpose to
find an excuse for their incapability and
unpreparedness for modern war. It would
be false to maintain the opinion that the
Croats entered into the war with par
ticular enthusiasm. Nevertheless, Croats
fully replied to the mobilization orders. and
were ready to defend the country, being
sequences If Hitler should prevail.
: It Is an indisputable fact that Yugoslavia
was militarily defeated not on her Northern
frontiers, where she was defended by Croat-
ian and Slovenian divisions, but on the con-
trary, on the Southeast, in Serbia and Mace
donia, where stood the Serbian troops. It is
a historical truth that German troops occu-
pied Skoplje in Macedonia already on April
8, 1941. and the same day Joined the Italian
divisions on the Yugoslav Albanian border.
zagreb and Ljubljana were taken by Ger
mans only two days later.
It is by no means my intention to under
estimate the courage and heroism OF the
Serbian army on the Southeastern Yugo-'
slav front. For Yugoslavia's tragic defeat
neither Serbian. nor Croatian nor Slovenian
soldiers were responsible. This defeat was
due, in the first place. to the tremendous
striking power OF the German army, which
several months before not even Belgium,
Holland and France united were able to
resist Particularly this defeat is traceable
to the Serbian military clique which
throughout 20 years spent annually one
third of the state budget for armament and
military organization, yet at the moment OF
the outbreak Of the war. the readiness OF
the Yugoslav army for modern warfare was
on the same level as during the Balkan Wars,
almost 80 years before.
DR.. VLADKO MACK,
President Of the Croatian Peasant Party
and former Vice Premier OF Yugoslavia.
Evening star., 1949-09-09
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
. the signature and address OF the
uriter, although it Is permissible for
1priter kno11n to The Star to use
q nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-09-09
Asks Why Communists
Should Be Entitled to Rights

To the Editor Of The Star:
I am liberal, New Dealer" free
thinker. I believe in and understand the
rights Of man as guaranteed by the Con-
stitution of the United States. And. after
serious consideration, believe that avowed
Communists should be: If noncitizens, de-
ported; if citizens, tried in our courts as
traitors.
1t has been clearly demonstrated that the
aim of communism is to destroy and re-
place democracy. Therefore, why should a
Communist be entitled to the rights, privi-
leges and projections of a government he
believes should be destroyed?
ANNE M. COFFIN.
Evening star., 1949-09-09

As British consumption of hot water per
family rises from six to eighteen gallons
day in ten years, 1t is believed more baths
are taken, as no one outside drawing
room comedy drinks eighteen gallons of
tea
Evening star., 1949-09-09

A typewriter, perfected in Germany,
takes dictation direct from the boss, who
is going to look funny, in the panel car
toons, holding thing like that on his lap.
Evening star., 1949-09-09
Questions and Answers

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q p iaet ny writing The Evening Star Information
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is saddened by the thought of what may
befall the younger generation. We do hum
bly, and earnestly pray that our Heavenly
Father will intervene and send us men of
His own choosing who will be guided by
His will alone. sc.
Evening star., 1949-09-09

@. Did John Paul Jones admit that he was
the first person to hoist the Stars and Stripes
at sea? r. NICK.
A. In letter to Robert Morris, he wrote:
1T was my fortune as the senior of the
Lieutenant to hoist myself the Flag of Amer.
lea the first time 1t was displayed"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
JaYcee Fishing Tournament
Tipping the Scales
HEAVIEST CATCHES
TO DATE

to the charter boatmen's docks,
and II is still attractive, with the
boats tied to the piers, and the
docks cleaning with fresh paint,
Riding back to the city later in
the afternoon, my attention was
drawn to posters tackled to sew
eral of the coconut palms. This
is the first | have seen up to this
time and is a practice that should
be quickly discouraged. Adver-
Using has its place, but certainly
anything that mars the attrac-
tiveness of a locality is not the
place for it.
Traffic poses a problem
So many cars line both sides
of the boulevard afternoons
waiting for the boats to return
with their catches, that cars
daily are forced farther and far
Their up both sides of the boule-
ward TO find parking space.
Parking on both sides of the
boulevard, does not pose a part
tlcularly difficult problem, but
the cars that come down the bou-
levard and double park in the
area where the fish racks are, do.
Just what solution can be
worked out to eliminate a con-
gested condition for a short peri
cd each afternoon, we do not
know, but like the posters on the
coconut palms, the practice of
double parking should also be
discouraged.
Electric service would be a boon
Some of US were discussing the
ACCESSIBILITY of having electric
current at the docks, and, as dis
cuSslUnS will do, drifted around
, to the feasibility of putting
electrically lighted displays Of
mounted fish along the area
where the charter boat piers are
now located.
/ Construction could follow {
pattern adopted in other section,
of the state of having glass en-
closed cases, with a painted back
ground representing the water
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
Pistol Club In
Key West Holds
First Meet

N.R.A.'s Souihernmosf Rife
and Pistol Club. William cAris
tie, President. was launched Off /.
cially Saturday with nsemhem
meeting in the first pistol shoot
TO be held in the Key West arra
The first meet. held n the Ma
Glne Range, was greeted with
much enthusiasm and = sod
turnout of members. Plans an
underway for the club b. ohtnin
its own rifle and pistol ranne
Scores for the first NETT.
Small bore (22 Cal.l-iiaynck
1879; Hitler, 1874. Moody. 10. VII
cox. 1871; Little, ia: chrlsaae. re.
Kopp, ITO; Johnson. les. Ftnlag.
100; Payne. l53: Freey. rs
Smith. las: McAiasters. las. Bod
l45; Martin, l45: Zuhars. 49,
Vaughn, 1856; Evans. l32. DesiRs.
Ill: Kerr. ga
Centerfire go 90 as Cali =
Little, 1873: Haynes. ia Hillef.
1853; Moody. 1877: BuehA lsss
Dodge, 1873; Christie. li6.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
WALLS AND SCALES
BY JACK DELANEY

and the fish mounted inside the
case.
Tourists to the city would be
almost obliged to stop and slow
down just to look at the various
exhibits of fish caught in this
area. Maintenance. such as the
painting of the cases, could be
done by the boatmen in front of
whose dock the exhibit is placed.
With electrical connections, the
displays would light up that area
of the boulevard to certain de-
gree, in addition to being an at
traction.
Civic clubs could sponsor
Construction of the DISPLAYS
could be undertaken by the vari-
Gus civic clubs, each paying their
pro-rata share, to defray the cost
of construction, biggest expense
would be the mounted fish.
Sailfish Club
Progress on the organization of
sailfish club is definitely NOV
ing ahead at last reports. Pins
will be ordered and be given to
each person catching a sail. The
charter boatmen have gone one
step farther however in an effort
to conserve game fish in this area.
We have been told that a Gig
arctic lighter will be given to
each fisherman who can prove he
released a sail caught by him.
The lighter will bear the inscrip-
ton, Released followed
by the date.
How it will be ascertained the
fish has been caught and releas-
ed, has yet to be determined.
The charter-boatmen deserve a
lot of credit for starting the idea.
SCALES:
Weather has prevented the
charter boats from having much
luck in catching fish for the past
few days. However. we will not
go so far as to say the charter
boats remained at the docks,
since a few did go out and
brought back some nice catches,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
High School To Play
Miami University Fresh
This Friday Night
Local Team Tackles
Big Rangy Team
Of Upstate University

Key West High will have their
hands full to stop the Miami Uni
versity Freshmen this Friday
night. The Is man squad in
cludes seven men who are six
feet tall or more while only two
men are under Sill.
Tallest man is Cy Chadroff of
New York who stands 6-3 while
Tom Mullen from Far Rockaway,
N. Y. is the heaviest at 2l0 and
g. tall. Several all state players
are included in the squad from
other states as well as Jack
Schneider last years all state
player from Miami Senior High.
To further confuse the Conchs
there are the Lampe twins from
Toledo, Ohio, who are identical
to the last pound of weight.
Nine states are represented on
the Miami squad which is touted
to be one of the best to ever rep
resent the Gables school, and will
give fans an opportunity to see
college ball team in action for
the first time this year.
Chances of the Conchs will de-
pend on their continuing their ac-
cgurate shooting of the past few
weeks and to outscore the Miami
boys with this burden resting
mainly on Oropeza, Faulconer,
and Watson. The Conchs have
now pulled their average per
game to close to so points.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
BOB'S SPORT SHOP EDGES OUT
POLLOCK'S JEWELLERS 80 TO 20 In
OVERTIME BASKETBALL THRILLER
harber scores Is Points
"" Lead Teammates In
Hose Win Last Night Al
High Sehool Gymnasium

Tho Junior Varsity basketball
l'l''ad last night defeated the
heaohcombers 5i-4s in the first
Game bob's Sport Shop edged
"ssi INA Pollock's Jewellers 1929
in ah extra quarter games by 81
~ Tho last game was won by
snnar School So e. 40 from the
Afaaios Cleaners.
Ia the first game, the Beach
tuinhnfa took the lead az the
tfld ~ the first quarter by z
ls1inis Their lead was cut To
I've ~ the half and in the third
quarter the Key West High
srhoul Junior Varsity scored %
lsants o. their opponents 7 and
walked away with the contest
so e.
seurc BY Quartcrs
~ Varsity IA % 8-5l
hrhcomhcrs IA 1913
Tho second game Of league
play waa the most interesting.
The sport shop and the Jewel
efa played . Mp and tuck game
ffuln tho start Each team scored
le paints in thr first quarter. and
"a the half the Pollock's jewelers.
edged ahead hy four points. The
Jewellers maintained this lead
through the third quarter.
The fourth quaTtsFY saw the
Sport Shop score 6 points by
viFtas % g. Barriers 2 field
aQala and Hills one. The Jew.
sisrs managed 10 make only
I've points. Both tree throws.
and the game ended In a dead
iosk a7-a7.
in the overtime period. Barber
aaan starred with two more
hrld goals McCown made one
as compared o. the lone field
Apal registered by ketchlngs for
ths Jewellers The final score
was l1-2s ~ favor Of Boys Sport
Shop
hiah scorer Of the game was
Barber with IS points The Jew
rlera hiah scorer was Skaggs
aIth y paints registered.
sgure by quarters
haha Spri S 10 6 6-33
Nafluqkm mn DO
Oh ihe third and final game of
lsat nights league contests, the
anTslea Cleaners and Sonar
sehnoi squads played close
game iuf three quarters. but IN
ths last quarter the Navy lads
huukr luoar and scored % points
tn finish the Same SO 40 Ratunno
aas hEh srorur with % points,
iniiUNrd hy Schuluce with 10
faHuta
srufr hy quarters
Mufair. Clnu o q $40
Nanaf sthuM 8 ~ 27-55
Referee Villarcal Umpires.
tlnnugurg Tuner Or0pesa and
Hhtpufrd srurpr Agullar
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but not enough to- qualify for
tournament entry, with the ex-
ception of two.
The first mackerel to be en-
tered in the tournament this year
was one weighing nine pounds,
with girth of l4", and measur-
ing 2 it. 8 inches in length. This
entry was caught by Edmund M.
Townsend of Absfecon, N. ]. The
only other entry meeting tourna-
ment qualifications was bar
racuda, weighing 80 pounds,
measuring 4 feet 5 inches in
length with a girth of 81 inches.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
TODAY'S
ANNIVERSARIES
KNOW Amerlca }

18l2-Henry Wilson, farm la
borer in early teens, Natick,
Mass. shoemaker and manufac-
turer, Boston editor, u. S. Sena-
tor, Vice President under Grant,
born in Pennington, NJ H. Died
Nov. %, 1875.
1838-Henry Adams, famed
historian and man of letters, de-
Scendant of Presidents, born in
Boston. Died March. 81, 1918.
1910 - Henry Watterson, ia
nous Louisville, KY newspaper
editor, statesman, born in Wash
ington, D. c. Died Dec. %, 1921
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
Badger Dance
l. No Bunny Hug

LONDON - - - Brian Vcsey
FltrHrrald. Whusc hobby IS
aafhing mammals, has caught
.n bath .omhor and gay moods
haiartn o. todd a nature study
afuup bury their dead
They also gather IA dclls and
dance something like a quad
ulls
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
Sports Calendar
BASKETBALL
High School Gymnasium
night

High School Gymnasium
(Night)
WEDNESDAY
7:00-Sonar School ..B" VS..
Beachcomber Jewellers.
3:00--ElkS Club VS.. Billie's
Drive-Ins.
9:Q0-Sonar School "a" VS..
Pollock's Jewels.
THURSDAY
7:00-Sonar School 'B" VS..
Elks Club.
8:00-Bob's Sport Shop VS..
Morales Cleaners.
9:00-Junior Varsity VS.. Billie's
Drive-Ins.
TUESDAY, FEB. 3D.
7:00-Billie's Drive-Ins VS..
Beachcomber Jewellers.
8:00-Junior Varsity VS.. Elks
Club.
9;00-Morales Cleaners VS..
Pollock's Jewels.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 49,
7:00-Sonar School 'B" VS..
Junior Varsity.
8:00-Elks Club VS.. Beach
comber jewelers..
9:00-Sonar School "a" VS..
Bob's Sport Shop.
THURSDAY, FEB. "a
7:00-Billie's Drive-Ins VS..
Sonar School "B".
8:00-Bob's Sport Shop VS.. Pol
locks Jewels.
9:00-Morales Cleaners VS..
Sonar School "a.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16

Thain Simon, defenseman of
the St. Louis Flyers of the Amer
lean Hockey League, was Can
adam Henley single .sculling
champion in 1910.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16

Island City Baseball League
(First-Half Schedule Playoff)
Club w. L. Pet
Atomic Bombers ----- l 0 LOCO
Key West Clowns -,-- 0 l .00C
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-02-16
SENIOR BASEBALL
Island City Baseball League

Municipal Stadium,
Afternoon)
SUNDAY
First Game-Atomic Bombers
VS.. Team To Be Announced.
Second Game-Atomic Bomb
ers VS.. Key West Clowns
Second game of first-half
schedule playoff).