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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
Quotes

Superior Judge Henry M. Will
lis, Los Angeles: young people
now disgrace the word 'elope.'
It used to be a romantic word
a full moon, a ladder at night,
the father in a night shirt. Now
the couple takes the bus to Yuma
or Las Vegas and are wed under
a neon sign advertising marriage
facilities. There seems to be
something fatal about Yuma and
Las Vegas marriages. They 60 on
the rocks"
Edward Bowling, Indianapolis
businessman, explaining how he
was accorded VIP (very impor-
tant person) status in Moscow:
II told them 1 was the most inn
portant man in the world. I said
4 am an American taxpayer
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
Power
A Technical Reserve

A Technical Reserve
For the first time in three years,
the nations privately-owned electric
companies would be ready for win
ter with prospects of a comfortable
supply of power and heat, if it
weren't for the coal strike.
Power engineers say the industry
finally has reached the stage where
new generating equipment is being
installed faster than loads are grow
ing. They say they have comfortable
margins of reserve in all save one
section of the country.
The lone exception is the Pacific
northwest. That is a traditional prob
lem area, plagued by too much or too
little water, always straining to fill
huge demands of the aluminium in
dustry.
The reserve margin is the surplus
between total generating capacity
and peak load demand. During the
past two winters it was very small.
Last year the reserve was about
five per cent. This year the power
industry's nine billion dollar expan-
sion program has about doubled that
margin.
Engineers consider Is per cent a
satisfactory reserve figure. Estimates
last spring placed this winters re-
serve at 81 per cent but experts say
they now have a substantially larger
margin. Most of them put it around
the II per cent figure of 1946.
AS of October l, the general ca
pacity of all plants was 61,000,O0O
kilowatts. AS an indication of the
speed with which expansion is going
forward, the industry expects by
January to have total of 63,5OO,OOO
kilowatts.
The power industry is solid guide
to national economy. 1t is one of the
first to feel a softening or boom in
other industries. This month, electric
production fell below corresponding
totals of the previous year for the
first time since August, 1916.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
Science
Human Guinea Pig

Human GuIneo rig
Career burgler Millard F. Wright,
40, of Pittsburgh, has been paroled
from prison after a delicate brain
operation to curb his criminal ten
denotes.
Wright, whose crime career began
when he was IA, asked court permis-
sion in April 1947, to undergo the
operation. Permission was granted in
a decision to see whether surgery
could cure what incarceration, in
Wright's case, obviously could not.
The surgery, known technically as
prefrontal lobotomy, consisted OF
severing some fbers which lead from
the frontal lobe-the so-called think
ing cap-to the emotion center deeper
in the brain.
After he recovered from the opera
ton, Wright was not granted inn
mediate freedom. The court ruled
Wright still owed society debt and
made his sentence 2 to IL years. He
proved a model prisoner.
Last week Wright gained at least
partial freedom on the outside. He
now is working as cook in hospital
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
The WS)i>- Id This WEEK
NATIONS: A Birthday & Building


brated its fourth anniversary
last week with dedication of its
permanent headquarters building
in New York. 1t was an impress
sive ceremony but somehow the
partly completed, 39-story skyscraper
seemed to symbolic the fresh, new
but fragmentary character of the in
fant world peace organization.
AS Trygve Lie, U.N. secretary gen.
eral, remarked while spreading NOR
tar for the cornerstone with a silver
trowel: "The United Nations has not
yet succeeded, nor has it failed It is
an unfinished structure"
Dedicated Ground
Said Carlos P. Romulo, Philippines
delegate and president of the U.N.
General Assembly:
"This ground, a part of America,
now belongs to the world. It is dedi-
Gated ground. Upon it will rest the
visible structure of the United Ma
tions, last sacred temple for the re-
discovery of human brotherhood. We
must remain at peace with one an
other-or die"
President Truman was the principal
speaker. He arrived by special train
from Washington to address the first
outdoor session ever held by the So
nation General Assembly. The corner
stone dedication had been postponed
previously because of the inability of
this country's Chief Executive to at
tend.
Mr.. Truman called the cornerstone
rites ian act of faith - unshakeable
faith that the United Nations will
succeed"
The Ever-PreSent Atom
He pledged American support for
any safe and effective plan that would
outlaw the atomic bomb. He said this
country endorsed the atomic energy
control plan, approved by the U.N.
majority but vetoed by Russia. With
Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet foreign min
lister, seated only few feet away
from the speakers rostrum, Mr.. Tru-
man added with strong emphasis:
eve support this plan and will con-
tinue to support it unless and until
better and more effective plan is put
forward"
The Presidents 16-minute address
was broadcast in 26 languages.
Endorsement of U.N. ideals came
from the Slav camp, the western bloc
and from India.
In Moscow, Prada, official organ of
the Communist Party, said the Soviet
Union will continue to work for
strengthening the U.N. despite Yugo-
slavia's election to the Security COun-
Gil
In a UN. Day editorial, PrGUdG
said it would not recognize Yugo-
slavia as the new representative of
eastern Europe in the Security Coun-
Gil. What this means precisely may
not be revealed until January l when
Yugoslavia takes her seat.
Minute of Silence
Next year, the UN. Assembly will
open it's annual sessions with a min
ute of silence for prayer or medita-
ton. Secretary General Lie explained
there are so many beliefs in the U.N.
that one single prayer would not meet
all demands so the minute of silence
was decided upon in which each per-
son could pray or think about what
ever he chose.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
In Short

Announced: By Britain, new aus
terity measures to cut government
expenses 8 per cent, about 784 mil
lion dollars a year.
Refused: By the Federal Communi-
cations Commission, to allow New
York's municipal radio station WNYC
to operate after 8 PM. Election Day
to announce final ballot returns.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04

assistant secretary
of State and am
bassador to Iran,
he replaces the all
ing Cavendish Can
non.
AS assistant Sec
retary of State,
Allen was the
wheel horse in the
radio propaganda
b attle between
Russia and the
U.S( across the Iron
H...A-s
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04

When Moscow put some l 900 trans
mitters to jamming Russian-language
broadcasts over the Voice of America,
Allen obtained additional power and
time from the British Broadcasting
Company When that proved made
quate, Allen went to Congress and
got enough money to build new trans
mitters and crack the interference
wall.
The Voice of America now claims
it is outShouting Moscow.
When Allen first went to Iran, the
left-wing Tudeh Party made it ex-
tremely uncomfortable for Iranian
nationals to be seen talking to Ameri-
cans. At that time, a Soviet-sponsored
democratic" group had seized the
rich Azerbaijan Province and were
talking about autonomy. Two years
later, Azerbaijan was back in the
government fold and the Tudeh Party
was dissolved-or had gone under
ground.
Allen succeeded in cracking the
frosty reserve. Soon Trans young
king, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, was
playing tennis with him twice a week.
American diplomatic functions be-
came the most popular in town.
The king bought a converted BIZ
bomber and hired American airmen
to show him how to fly it. Shortly
thereafter American engineers were
employed to survey Iran and recon-
mend economic Improvements.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
Aerial
Calm After the Storm

AQiIIl fAIlCI. ittG OIOIlN
An uneasy truce settled over the
Pentagon last week in the wake of
explosive Congressional hearings over
bitter policy differences among the
armed services.
But there seemed to be a clock
ticking in the almost ominous quiet
along the Potomac. Hardly had Con-
gressional hearings recessed than it
was hinted that the days of Adm.
Louis E. Denfeld were numbered as
chief of Naval Operations.
Adm. Denfeld fired the final broad
side for the Navy in its case against
tie Joint Chiefs of Staff. There is a
widely-held belief that should Den
field go, there will be an exodus of
other top adnirals who bucked Pen
tagon policy.
There were sharp warnings from
some Congressman against a Penta-
gon purge. Rep. Dewey Short (R-Mo)
said everything could be worked out
eff there's not too much vindictive-
ness
"-29s for Britain
Mean the Defense Depart
ment that there may be
some dela. plying Britain with
B-29 Supel part of the mill
tary aid pro-
'The Royal Ar Force needs and
wants the poweri .. atom bombers'
but it wants them V as little fan
fare as possible beca Ie Of the pride
of the British people in their own
plane builders" said a department
source.
Eventually Britain is expected to
get about $50 Of the 1000 B-29s now
in cocoon storage in this country.
The average Briton's pride has
been stirred recently by progress in
jet fighter and transport planes but
actually England has been bomber
poor" almost since the end of the
war.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
Dates
Monday, October 81

MONDAY, OcLODer 81
Halloween.
Birthday (63rd), Generalissi-
mo Chang Kai-shek.
CIO convention opens in Cleve-
land.
Navy maneuvers start in North
Atlantic.
Tuesday, November l
All Saints Day.
Alger Hiss trail scheduled to
start in New York.
Thursday, November 3
Independence Day, Panama.
Friday, November 4
Laymen's conference, Presby-
terian Church of the US, opens
in Atlanta.
Saturday, November 5
Syrian elections for constituent
assembly.
Sunday, November 6
American Education w e elk
starts.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04

The committee has a two-fold goal:
To cut federal spending about four
billion dollars year.
To streamline government organ
ization to the needs Of nation today
rather than a half century ago.
The committee, headed by DR.. Rob
ert L. Johnson, president Of Temple
University, says that many Of the bills
which the first session of the 8lst Con-
gress tucked into pigeonholes before
going home will be pulled out, re-
written, and handed back to Congress
in January in toughened form.
Fair Progress
The committee called progress thus
far "fair to middling'' and gave this
blueprint of the work done in Con-
gress and the job ahead:
Six major bills passed, at least Is
still pending.
Some 55 Hoover recommendations
adopted, out of 318 proposed.
Six of President Truman's merger
plans now in effect; one vetoed by
Congress; more to come.
Savings of possibly $1,25O,OO0,0OO
year now in sight.
Net achievement: about 20 per cent
of the Hoover plan now in effect or
authorized.
All Are for 1t
Proposals to streamline and reform
the unwieldy federal government are
not new. There have been more than
90 such official surveys but practically
none of the recommendations ever
was carried out. The traditional diff
Guilty was stated last spring by john
son: 'Everyone in the federal govern
ment wants to reorganize it but
everyone wants to make the changes
in someone else's department" ."
The current reorganization program
is the result of two years Of work by
the Poover Commission-created by
Congress-aided by several hundred
experts who worked without pay.
The Hoover report suffered a ma
ior setback when Congress refused to
enact it in toto, despite Hoover's per-
sonal urging. Piecemeal legislation
was started in June.
Friends Of reorganization in Con-
gress have advised the committee that
many of the bills, now hanging fire.
cannot be passed in their present "un-
manageable" form.
Some are reported snagged because
they give department heads too broad
authority to merge or abolish bureaus
without consulting Congress.
The citizens committee in reWrlt-
ing the draft bills will attempt to de-
fine the desired changes so exactly
that Congressmen will be forced to
take a yes or no stand at the next
session.
Armed Forces Bill Passed
The major Hoover-sponsored bill
passed thus far is the Tydings Act,
completing legislation for unihcation
of the armed services with hoped
for saving of 500 million dollars a
year. Others are creation of the Cen
eral Services Administration, pulling
into one agency the jobs of federal
buying, record-keeping, building man.
agement and surplus disposal.
Another achievement was the Re-
organization Act of 1949. 1t gave the
President power to carry out reorgan-
ization plans subject to Congressional
-,Ar
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
Four-Power Exfrovooonce

! QUIT over ENITQNQ90nCe
Spandau Prison in the British Sec
tor of Berlin is the exclusive, barred
hostelry of Rudolf Hess and six other
high Nazi war criminals They are
the only inmates in the prison built
to house $40 convicts.
Last week the Allies belatedly set
about whiting down the high cost
of keeping these war criminals. Here
is what they found.
A prison staff of 452 is employed to
keep the seven Nazis in safekeeping.
The us. Treasury spends $4,000 an
nually for American military person.
mel at the prison. Britain, France and
Soviet Russia pay similar sums to
maintain their part of the four
power guard.
Bankrupt west Berlin has to pay
(Au Rights Reserved. AP NelDsfeuturesJ
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04

fAu Rights Reserved. AP NelOsfeaturesJ
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
People
Allen

Ambassador Allen
George Venable Allen, new US.
ambassador to Yugoslavia, is no
stranger to the Russians. A former
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
HooUer Reform Bills
Are Being Rewritten

ONE group which has not relaxed with the adjournment of Con-
~ gre the Citizens Committee for Economy Government
This nonparsan group which numbers about 600 top level indus
trial. labor educational political and journalistic leaders the
organized last spring to aid in the fight to enact Hoover
Commission for reform Of the federal government
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15
CARD OF THANKS
We the family of the late,
ELIZA MAE QUINN

We the family Of the late,
ELIZA NAE QUINN
who departed this life January 3,
1949 wish to thank all who in any
way assisted us during her illness
and death.
We wish to thank our neighbors
and friends for cards Of sympathy,
kilograms and for the beautiful flo.
raj pieces. The Key West funeral
home for it's kind and efficient ser.
vice also Rev. ]. c. Murray and his
choir Of Newman's ME- church. God
bless you all.
Mrs. Ida Mae Cogwell, mother
Mrs. Flossie Terry, sister
Mrs. Mary Lee Harrington.
Sister
Mr.. Henry Cogwell, brother
Mr.. Johnnie Jenkins, uncle
Nieces and other relatives
Key West, Florida
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

Mr.. Robert Burns is very i'll at
his residence on Julia st.
Excursion to Miami January %.
Round trip $500. This excursion is
sponsored by the members of New
mans church. Tickets are selling
wonderful trip to the Magic City.
fast. Get your ticket and enjoy this
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15
THE NEW 1919 GUIDES ARE
NOW OFF THE PRESS

"A - My boy friend and I have
been double dating with another
couple. Everyone knows this other
girl is no good. How can 1 get rid
OF her without hard feelings I want
to be a nice girl, the way mother
raised me. This other girl is strict.
ly bad medicine for me.
Ans: Make it convenient to have
other plans when you are asked to
double date with this couple. You
might explain to your boy friend
that you are too young to run
around with people older and more
experienced than you, If he wants
to date you, insist that he come
along and mingle with your crowd
You are judged by the company Won
Keep - don't ruin your reputation
Tor the excitment of dating a fellow
whom you are not particularly in.
terested in.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15
FUNERAL NOTES

FUNERAL NOTES
Funeral services were held on
Sunday evening at 2:30 pm. for
Mrs. Liza McQuinn at Newman's
ME Church. Rev. J. c. Murray, pas.
tor. Survivors of the deceased are
a mother, two sisters, one brother,
one uncle. host Of nieces, relatives
and sorrowing friends.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15
CARD OF THANKS

Mrs. Marvella Richardson wishes
to thank all the friends for their
kind expressions of sympathy dur
ing her recent bereavement. In the
loss of her daughter, Mrs. Lillian r.
Johnson, who died December 81,
194S at Key West Florida.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

Mrs. Marguerite Matthews of Mi
ami spent last Sunday here visiting
her mother Mrs. Annie johnson Of
this city.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

Attention readers, please have your
dime ready for your paper. Start the
New Year right. thank you.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

Mrs. Marie Carey Doles left the
city recently for Los Angeles, Calf.
Mrs. Doles' husband is stationed in
Calf. in the United States Navy.
Friends wish her a pleasant stay.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

Mr.. Clarence Stirrup is still on
the sick list. Friends wish him we'll
again soon.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15
Key West News
By MRS. FRANCES BRIGGS

The Clowns smashed the Legion
by score of 10 to 3 in the League
Baseball game on Sunday evening
January at the Municipal stadium.
Douglas High School Basketball
team played B. T. Washington team
from Miami on Monday night, Janu.
airy 10 on the local basketball court.
Dauglas was defeated by AHA score.
Rev. James G. Murray, pastor Of
Newman M. E. Church will preach
his Farewell sermon on Sunday
night, January Is, 1949. Rev. MUIR
ray will leave sometime next week
for conference.
The citizens of the community are
looking forward for his reappoint-
ment back to Key West. Rev. Muir.
ray is among the outstanding minis
tiers of the city.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

Mr.. Frank Pinder is very sick at
his residence. Friends wish him a
speedy recovery.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

Len - have been going with
these two women for the past three
months. admit that I can't under
stand women very well. Both seem
to want me and have even talked
about getting married. want you
to tell me what to do about these
two women. Should I take either
one Of them. if so, which one?
Ans: No need to hurry. Take your
time. Already you have formed a
deeper feeling for one Of these girls
than for the other. AS this friend
ship warns up you'll know with.
out asking that you are falling
deeply in love. When you marry -
1t will be to a girl you will love
more than anyone you have ever met
before.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

The bus viii leave Key West at $50
am. Monday January 20.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

The Friendship Circle Club of Eb.
en2er Church, Miami, worshipped
mere Sunday January 10. The ser.
wee was enjoyed all day Sunday at
Newman's ME- Church. Rev. ] G.
Murray is pastor.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

Dear Able - am planning to
take a nursing course by mail and
I believe I can work and pay for 1t
okay. Do you think will come out
all right?
Ans: Wait It'll you graduate from
school - then take a course in
nurse training at the hospital. I
don't believe that you would get a
great deal out Of the course at your
age. If it is necessary for you to
work - do so after school hours
and on weekends. But get your di-
ploma from high school before
thinking of any kind of permanent
work.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

SWS - l am very lonely. I don't
have many friends here. Some of
my people are telling me to go I'D
the road and get me a job. Do you
thlnk that would be a nice idea?
Ans: You can get job in one Of
tne nearby towns if you try. You
need change - for you are gett.
ing nowhere in your present en-.
vlronment. My 1949 Guide will be
exceptionally helpful to you right
now - Send for it if you can. You
may order it through this paper by
sending your birthdate and 81.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-15

TN see where you have
nelped others. Please heln a.: $40 NV
n"e0a"I is a gambler, although he
works too I have small business
but / can't get any where with him
as he keeps me broke all of the
time.
Ans: It's bad enough for him to
throw his money away gambling
without imposing on you. You can't
afford to finance his gambling debts
so don't try. You have got to put
your foot down and let him know
that his days of "sponging money"
off you are over. Unless you do -
you will never have dime you can
call your own.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-12-22

gested that the deer did not hear
the shot and advised creeping yet
closer. This advice was followed
and after considerable time had
been spent in creeping along the
ground, the hunters succeeded IN
getting so close that it would have
been almost impossible to miss it.
"And he didn't. After the shot
was fired Hank saw the deer fall.
The successful hunter made for his
prey and Hank took to his heels in
the opposite direction. The story
was told the balance of the COM
pany and result can easily be
imagined. The victim of this joke
was here the other day and now
enjoys il as much an anyone else,
though for a long time after it oc-
CURED it was not considered good
form to tell it very often in his
presence"
Travelled With a Broken Back
IF anyone says a deer will not
travel after its back is broken, 8"
said Scott Anderson, who had just
drifted in and took a seat, refer
him to ne. While out the other day
I shot a deer just forward of the
kidneys, breaking the backbone in
to a thousand particles. The deer
fell to the ground It was about
so yards from me and could see
il was attempting to get up again.
knew that its back was broken
and paid no further attention to it,
as there was another one with it
and / made an attempt to get it
before it got out of range. After
failing to get a shot at the other
one I came back to where my deer
had fallen and it was gone. There
was a lot of blood there and could
easily follow the animal by the
blood along the trail. / followed
that deer for very nearly three
miles before saw it again. 1t was
weak from the loss of blood and
could not travel fast, yet it was 60
ing all the time. l succeeded in
getting right close to it and shot it
through the head An examination
of the carcass after it was dressed
showed that the backbone had been
entirely severed, in fact splintered,
vet in that condition it travelled the
distance mentioned.
It is needless to say that this was
received with considerable question,
yet no one would dispute Ander-
sons word It is probably the first
time in the history of deer hunting
that an animal struck in that part
of the anatomy has been able to do
any travelling. Generally it is all
of with them when shot there. This
story was further verified by Dan
ellis and George Morris. and is I'M
questionably a fact. There were
other stories told and these may
appear at some future time.