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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-10
Lawn Mower
In A Vacuum

ALTUS, Okla.-(P-It stopped
traffic :. but using an electric
vacuum sweeper did the trick in
cleaning up r. w. Moore's front
lawn.
Moore decided to try the
sweeper after his dog, Rip, scat
tered feathers over the front
lawn. All the feathers were
quickly gathered by the sweep
er. but not before gallery of
neighbors and passers-by had
collected.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-10
Palm Ave. Sewer
Nearly Ready

Repairs b. the 2l-inch sewer in
Palm Avenue are nearly finished
and everything Is expected to be
resdy by next Wednesday. Roy
Batter. public service director,
said to-day
The concrete pipe. originally
Installed was two inches thick
kfusivc action has eaten il away
until q 10 now one-half and three
quarters inch thick. The city had
81 dig down Ia feet To reach the
~ inch sewer, and was forced to
DIS Cor a greater distance than
was estimated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-10
IcKES AT HEARING

WASHINGToN.-Harold Ickes
former secretary of the interior.
was present in court today to tes-
tifY in the case of the govern
ment against Judith Coplan. a
Brooklyn young woman. who was
spprehended by the FBI in New
York when she was in company
with a Russian engineer with the
UN delegation from Russia. The
government charges that she
stole secret papers from the De-
partment of Justice and gave
them to the Russian. Ickes said
all he knew about the case was
what he had read in newspapers
He was excused from testifYin9
till next Monday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-10
Drudge And Whitman Attend
Legion's Boys State
Key Wesler On
Air Cruises

G.. r. McFadden of 325 United
street, is participating in series
of air cruises around the con-
tinental United States this sum-
mer as a part of the training and
indoctrination for the Glass Of
1851 from the u. S. Naval Acade-
my, Annapolis Maryland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-10
key West To Have
Housing Office In
About Two Weeks
Strikers I'm
Beat
Policeman

ukiiiiN. June Iv-Cerman
faslmaY strikers today beat q
Huesian paliccman who had tried
- atixs them away from ono
- tlle siatlons in the Soviet zone,
Tiaey gesistcd and the police
sssmn perMisscd. and then a Ger
mnn panrised the policeman and
10 ne stFueRle that ensued. the
lsllteman was badly beaten up.
fia FaFis today the Big Four
faliea on ihe commandments in the
Aasatt and the Allied zones TO
srv ~ pslf an end 90 the strike.
fis& siEtkere are holding out for
waEes paid IN western marks, but
TIE suviei authorities have not
aaF0ed a. the demand. Instead,
ihsy offered o. compromise by
p@fing go pr cent Of the wages
~ tlH marks ol the western zone.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-10

lnlnrmed of the location of the
esfiee and u could print the fact
tafef
Both Campbell and I feel that
- Hdef adequately 10 serve both
landlords and tenants that an en-
pipyee 81 the Miami office should
b. hare a. least twice a week.,
ssid Carr. II circumstances war
rant we viii seriously consider
ane o. NOSE employees here for a
tsali week"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-10
TO PROTECT HONG KONG

LONDON.-A. ". Alexander,
minister of defense. said today
that the government is actively
preparing to further fortifY Hong
Kong. Residents in that British
crown colony in China today were
assured that the British will take
every means possible to Illustrate
any Communal attempt to cap
lure the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-10
Late Bulletins
EXPLOSION IN SHANGHAI
tBy The Associated Pressy

AAAA' 11uuuIeuS Oh
thousands of residents were
awakened last night by an ex-
piosion that ratified window sash
es within > radius of a mile. It
was learned this morning that a
plane. believed 10 belong to the
Nationalist. had dropped a bomb
on an airfield. Nobody was killed
and little damage was done.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-10
PRESIDENT 10 SPEAK

WASHINGTON. - The White
House announced today that
President Truman will attend a
get together" of his first World
War buddies to be held tonight
and tomorrow in Little Rock.
Ark. It will be the annual re-
union of Battery D. I2sth Field
Artillery. of which Mr.. Truman
was captain.
Evening star., 1949-01-02

Il talked it over with my wife and decided
to throw the police off the track for few days
so the kids could enjoy their Christmas
holidays When the holidays were over
confessed"
This is true story 1t was told by man
who is now in prison in Boston. serving
sentence of six to nine years for embezzle-
ment. 1t is the story of sick person "a
neurotc gambler.
Forty million Americans gamble Gambling
doesn't win, place or even show in the bust
ness index but it's big business - one of our
biggest. 1t is business that has grown over
wrecked marriages, prison terms, suicides.
Evening star., 1949-01-02

The neurotic gambler is the little boy who
didn't surrender. He continued to rebel and
finds in gambling means of carrying on his
revolt. There is no logic in gambling. 1t
f1aunts virtues; all the wrong things are
rewarded
But DR.. Bergler's analyses show also that
the neurotic gambler feels guilt about this
rebellion. His feeling of guilt is relieved by
his gambling losses.
In all of my analyses of gamblers" says
Dr. Bergler, Il found this fact confirmed -
that the gambler uneonsctously Wants to lose.
Long analytic experience teaches US that, in
neurosis, no aggression is possible without self
Evening star., 1949-01-02

impotence and the unconscious self-punish-
ment overpower logic
Even the cashiers at racetrack windows,
who ought to know better. become infected by
the disease. Consider the fantastic story of a
middle-aged cashier from Brooklyn, who
worked at the Jamaica track on Long Island.
Betting Fever
AS THE '48 racing season drew to close, Mr..
Mutuel was suddenly overwhelmed by the
desire to gamble heavily. Up to that very
moment, he had carefully held his bets down
to 81 despite the fact that he worked at SIS
window Now, without warning the pent-up
gambling urge gipped Mr. Mutuel with the
Evening star., 1949-01-02

punishment. In losing, the gam
bier simply pays the price for the
neurotic aggression he expresses
The neurotic gambler has child
ish illusions of omnipotence. As
children, we all go through a
period during which our egos are
over-inflated. Loving parents en-
courage our omnipotent feelings
by fulfilling all our wishes for
food. sleep, attention. Gradually,
however thie coff r,lo2capt draarr,
Evening star., 1949-01-02

violence of an attack of cerebral malaria He
reached into his cash drawer
By the end of the fourth race, he had lost
$3.50 of the tracks money. In the fifth he
put $500 on horse called Allies Pal. Allies
Pal ran fifth. In the next race Mr.. Mutuel
tried to recoup with $1,000 bet on a mare
named First Flight. She finished eighth. In
the seventh race horse named Mr.. McGregor
was selected. MIR. McGregor finished fifth;
Mr. Mutuel lost another 81 600. In the last
race, MIR. Mutuel bet $500 on filly named
Charmante With more charm than speed,
Charmante came in sixth
When the gambling fever had run its course,
Continued on page 13
Evening star., 1949-01-02

len years ago. gambling was a
six-billion-a-year business. That
was bad enough. But today
the figures are at an all-time
high; Is billion American
dollars are poured every year
into gambling.
If you've ever gotten kick
out of an office pool, the jackpot
on a slot machine, or a rubber of
contract bridge at a tenth of a
cent a point, You'V had a taste
Evening star., 1949-01-02

IS destroyed by reality Its destruction,
says DR.. Bergler, lis probably the deepest
disappointment of childhood
The neurotic gambler clings to his illusions
of omnipotence. He commands his dice -
come seven, come eleven And once in a
while. seven does come and so does eleven;
the slot machine hits the jackpot; that filly in
the third wins by nose. The neurotic gam
bier is delighted; it's proof of his power
A gambler patient of DR.. Bergler's de-
scribed the thrill of gambling as a mix
ture of pleasure and pain.
The thrill of gambling is not related to
greed. A patient of Bergler's made money
out of gambling game played with Is
matches. Two people play. Each player
takes up to three matches. The loser is the
one with the last match. Bergler's patient
won continually by leaving his opponent with
l3. 9 or matches. But the patient aban-
doned the game; winning was too easy. The
thrill disappeared.
This thrill is physiological as well as psyche
b logical. Dr. F. c. Davis, of the University of
California at Los Angeles, interviewed the
patrons of ''bookie parlors' as they made
their bets and waited for race results. The
organic basis of the gamblers thrill was
evident" DR.. Davis reported. 1t was espe-
cially noticeable when the individual made
bet much larger than was his custom. Then
there would be profuse perspiration, muscle
tremors and twitching responses as the crisis
reached its height"
NJ Couldz't Stop"
GAMBLERS know that the percentage is
heavily against them. But that knowledge
is not deterrent. The Chicago Crime Com
mission, in recent investigation of gambling,
found that even the owners of gambling
houses sometimes squander their tainted
fortunes in pathological assaults upon the
''rigged" apparatus in rival casinos.
A Navy veteran who lost his nest egg at
Las Vegas told this writer that he had the
time of his life in the Nevada gambling town.
81 knew the odds were against me- he
said, ''but once l started, couldn't stop.
l had the thrill Of lifetime as 1 lost
$500 i'm one week. When got back to Los
Angeles, realized that had gone completely
out of my head at Las Vegas. The atmosphere
of the place, the hum of the roulette wheel
the click of the chips, the tension had a
demoralizing intoxicating effect on me-"
Every neurotic gambler in the casino or at
the racetrack knows the odds are against him.
But the thrill of gambling, the feeling of ON
Evening star., 1949-01-02

contract bridge at tenth OF Or Eomu
cent point, you've had taste
of the gamblers obsessive disease. For most
people, it stops right there. But the neurosis-
ridden gambler wants ever more kicks and
thrills. until the search for elation bogs down
in a stumbling, Furnishing pursuit that leads
to debt, divorce, Jail and sometimes suicide.
There is parallel between drinking and
gambling Both can become unhealthy out
lets for a neurosis Similarly, you can gamble
without being neurotic just as you can drink
without being drunk. But countless case
histories in gambling and alcoholism show
that neurotic gamblers and alcoholics have
often started down the road to ruin with just
few hands of friendly poker, or "a couple of
drinks for the road" There may be just one
soft spot in the mental makeup. Gambling.
like alcohol, can exploit that spot. Then fol-
lows the familiar tragedy of the person who
says pathetically, II can't stop drinking" or
Il can't stop gambling
Neuxotic Gamblers
NEUROTIC gambling is more insidious than
alcoholism because its effect on its victims
is less noticeable physically. The neurotic
gambler doesn't become a stumble-bum in
public with ragged beard. a purple nose and
slovenly habits. The gambler may shine his
shoes and shave regularly until the very day
that the cops call and take him away to prison.
When gambling becomes mental disease
in person, it follows two dramatic patterns.
The first was discovered in a survey by
guaranty company of 1000 cases Of embezzle-
ment. Gambling proved by far the major
cause of embezzlement. The average embez-
zler was not a villainous fellow with beady
eyes and long waxed mustache. On the con-
trary, he was male of normal mien, 36 years
DID, married, father of two children, with an
adequate salary and respectable position in
the community.
The bank manager who gambled away
$4,000. for example, exactly fitted the pattern
The second pattern is pathological. The
leading authority on it, pioneer in this new
field, is DR.. Edmund Bergler. of New York
Dr. Bergler has treated and cured neurotic
gamblers His analyses show that their symp-
toms are amazingly similar.
Dr. Bergler's most astonishing assertion is
that the neurotic gambler w0nts to lose. He
supports this theory by exposing the twisted
roots of the gamblers neurosis, which trace
back to childhood rebellion against authority.
AS children we are all rebels. We may kick
Daddy in the shins and get smartly spanked
in return We submit eventually to law, logic.
moderation and self-control.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-28
BUSINESS. PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN MEET THURSDAY

Eleven members of the MaryS-
vile Business and Professional
WomenS club held their dinner
meeting Thursday evening in
Buffers Grill, The speaker, Sgt. E.
E. Smith, of the public relation
office, State Highway Patrol, was
introduced by Alice Randolph. A
short business meeting was held
with the president, Mrs. Marie
Pfarr, in charge
Members are invited to a 1890
luncheon to be sponsored by Col
umbuS Business and Professional
club on March 27 in the South
crn Hotel, Reservations can be
made, with Mrs. Pfarr Next ex-
ecutive board meeting will be held
March II with Mrs. Christine
Herriott.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-28

Their children and brothers
and sisters were home for the
event, and many friends and
neighbors dropped in during the
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrington were
married Feb. %, 1899, in Irwin.
They resided near Irwin and Mil
ford Center until about 1915,
when they moved to their home
in York Township, where they
have lived since.
Mrs. harrington was the for
mer nellie Bradley, daughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. John Brad
ley. AS girl, she resided in
Marysville and attended school
here. Mr.. Harrington was a son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. J. l..
Harrington, of near Irwin. He at
tended school at Rosedale, in
Madison County.
The Farringtons have two
daughters living, Miss Helen Far
rington, at home, and Mrs. Mar
tina Harrington Wood, of Evans
ton, ILL.,; and a son, Louis Earring
ton, Of RushSylvania. One daugh-
ter, Pearl Katherine Norris, who
resided in Columbus, died few
years ago.
Mr.. Harrington was one of a
family of three boys. County
Commissioner w. l.. Harrington
is a brother, and these two are
the only ones still living. Mrs.
Harrington had five sisters and
one brother. All of them now re-
side in the East, except for Mrs.
Ralph Reed, MarySville, and Mrs.
Gale Davis, Milford Center, sis
terS.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-28
World Day of Prayer
Observance Friday

To millions, the first Friday in
Lent has come to have one con-
notation: the World Day of
Prayer. Traditionally, on the
first Friday in Lent, Christians
the world around unite in prayer
for home and foreign missions.
They keep the day in the heart of
Africa, in the frozen reaches of
Baffin Land, in the buStling port
cities of Latin America, in isol-
ated villages of the Orient, as
well as in thousands of communi-
ties in the United States and
Canada.
There is no barrier of language,
nor of distance, of color, Of creed,
all make a common approach to
the Father. Over the years the
World Day of Prayer has come
to be perhaps the greatest single
unifying force among all Christ
ian women everywhere.
On World Day of Prayer this
Friday, a union service will be
held in the chapel of the Metho-
dist church, at 2 D. m.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-28
Darby Livestock Club
Andrew Anthony, adviser
Bernice Guy, reporter


First meeting of the Darby
Livestock Club for 1949 was held
at Phyllis Jackson's home, Feb.
z, Andrew Anthony is still lead
er and the club has its old men,
bers plus three new ones, Julia
and Johnny Carson and Shirley
RittenhouSe.
At this meeting elections re-
suited as follows: president, Dom
ME Overly; vice-president, Dick
Bump; secretary treasurer, Bon
ME Jewell; recreation leaders,
Phyllis Jackson and Glenn Reed,
and news reporter, Bernice Guy.
Watchdog is Gerald Trees and
his duty is to keep order while
the meeting is in session. All
who talk or interfere with the
meeting will get so many points
against them.
After the meeting games were
played and the hostess served re-
freshments of ice cream, cake and
pop. The next meeting will be
held March 7, at Glenn Reeds
home.
-ll- IL Ill
Allen Center Baptist Church
Rev. Calude Forsythe, pastor
Aid Society Tuesday after
noon with Mrs. Joe Wells.
Prayer meetings p. m. We'd
nesday.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-28

DINNER AND
q TNTCnr~TTN

Annual inspection of Mary
Chapter No. 9, Order Eastern Star
will be held at 1880 p. m. Tues
day in the high school gymnasi-
um. The dinner will be served at
6 o'clock in the Methodist church,
and will be attended by members
of the local chapter as well as a
large number of out-of-town
visitors.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-28
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB

Fortnightly Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. George Graf.
The program is calendared as
follows: Roll call, A New Book
Topic, Switzerland: Historically
and Geographically Speaking,
Mrs. Effie Tossey; Languages and
Arts, Mrs. Rollo Titus; Parlia-
mentary Practice, Mrs. Elwood
Sawyer.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-28

MIZPAH CIRCLE

Mizpah Circle of The Kings
Daughters will meet Wednesday
evening at the home ON Mrs. M.
E. Davis, with Mrs. Hamer Hol-
loway assistant hostess. The pro-
gram will consist of Devotions,
Mrs. Holloway; Bible Study,
Mrs Henry Shreve; Silver Cross,
Mrs. Porter Guy; Recreation, Mrs.
Everett Worthington. A good at
tendance is desired as new mem
berS will be admitted.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-28
ELSOM FAMILY ENJOYS
WEEK END GET-TOGETHER

Mr.. Don Elsom stopped over
the weekend to visit his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Elsom, of Ell
wood ave-, and other relatives
and friends in and around MaryS-
vile. Mr. Elsom was en- route
from Washington d. c. to his
home in Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. Otis Maxwell, of Akron,
also spent Friday night and Sat
urday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Elsom. Other dinner
guests Saturday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Elsom, Joyce, Roger,
and Lee, De Graft; Mr.. and Mrs.
Dallas Cornett, Jimmy and Rich
ard; Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Elsom and
Marilyn. Saturday was the occa-
sion of the birthdays of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben ElSom.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-28

Mrs. John Dutro has her little
grand niece, Kristen Suzanne An
derson, with her for a few weeks,
while her parents, Commander
and Mrs. v. L. Anderson, of
Quantico, Va, are vacationing in
Florida.
Mr.. sand Mrs. Richard Thrall
and son, Jesse Lee, of Columbus,
were weekend guests of Mrs.
Thrall's mother, Mrs. Anna Tay-
lor, on N. Main ST. They were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
ThralfS parents, Mr. and Mrs.
l.. c. Thrall on w. Eighth st.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Wagner,
daughter, Janet, and son, Byron,
of Shelby, were guests Sunday of
the formers brother, and family,
Mr. and Mrs. w. M. Wagner and
daughter, Marsha, of Buckeye st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Wheeler, of
Mt. Zion, H., spent the weekend
at the home of the latter's sister,
Mrs. Russell Noble, and Mr.. Mob
lie. They were accompanied home
by their father, Mr.. William Brit
ton, who has been a guest in his
daughters home for several
weeks.
Mrs. K. G.. Sim, her nephew
and niece, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Brugger, of Brenham, Tex, ar
rived Friday to take up their
home on the former William San
ders farm on the Peoria Rd.,
which Mrs. Sim recently pur-
chased.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Davis, of
S. Maple ST., had for their week
end guests the latter's mother and
Myrtle Keller, of Ridgeway.
sister, Mrs. Eva Keller, and Miss
They remained to help celebrate
the birthday anniversary of Rob-
ert Davis, which occurred Sunday.
Covers were placed for Robert,
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Davis,
Mrs. Keller Miss Myrtle Keller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Smith and
son Bobby.
Mrs. Nellie Golden returned to
her home in Columbus Sunday
evening after a visit Of several
days with her sister, Mrs. George
Brady, and her friend, Mrs.
Charles Rathburn. She was ac-
companied home by her son and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
Golden, and daughter who had
spent the day in York with re-
lativeS.
Mrs. Anna Smith, of E. Fifth
ST., was taken to University hos
pital in Columbus Tuesday in
Faulkner's ambulance, for OBJ
servation and treatment. Her
room number is M 1863, on third
floor, where visiting hours are
limited to Wednesday, Saturday
and Sunday afternoon from 2
2:30, or any evening, 1880.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Beck at
tended funeral services Satur-
day afternoon, for the latter's
aunt, Mrs. Helen Earnhart, who
passed away in "a Dayton hospital
Burial was made in Memorial
Cemetery at Vandalia.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-02-28
-rHE UNION COUNTY JOURNAL. MARYsvnLE. OHIO
HOME. COMMUNITY GROUP
HEARS SANITARIAN

Shoff Daugherty, senior dis
trict sanitarian of Union, Madi-
son and Delaware counties, was
the speaker at the Home and
Community Committee meeting
in the Farm Bureau hall on Thurs
afternoon.
He spoke on subject, THE
Work and Duties of County
Sanitarian." His first topic was on
water supply Another feature of
the Sanitarian's work is inSpec-
ton of schools. Another phase of
the work is inspecting tourists
camps and cabins.
During the business session, a
motion was passed that the Home
and Community Committee go on
record as favoring the Board of
Health have control of inSpcc-
tion of all restaurants and public
eating places in the county.
III IL. ~.
McGUFFEY LITERARY CLUB
MEETS WITH MRS. SCHEIDER
Mrs. Fred Scheiderer and Mrs.
Harley Bidlack entertained the
McGuffey Club at the formers
home Friday afternoon, with the
vice president, Mrs. Ethel john
son, presiding. A new member,
Mrs. David Crafty, was admitted
to the club. The new calendars,
which had been typed by Mary
Burns, a high school student,
were distributed.
The program leader, Mrs. Will
lard Specs, conducted the devo-
tions, which were followed by
readings on Edison, Lincoln,
Washington and Longfellow, Civ
en- by Mrs. Everett Mohler, Mrs.
Margaret Wrinkle, Mrs. Delmer
Smith, Mrs. Andrew. Baker, Mrs.
Johnson and Mrs. Crafty. Poems
were read by Mrs. William Alex
ander and Mrs. Bidlack
The social hour with refresh
ments served by the hosteSses
were enjoyed by these additional
members, Mrs. Bessie Crider, Mrs.
Dwight Shuler, Mrs. Laura ShuS-
ter, and one guest, Mrs. Chester
Scheiderer.
Ill IL IL
MORE SOCIETY
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Ill
BRIDGETTE CLUB

Mrs. Joseph Lentz will enter
tain the Bridgette Club at 8 p. m.
Thursday in the j. M. Lentz home
on w. Fifth st.