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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01
Apply To W ed

Applications for marriage Ii
censes were. filed yesterday in
the office of County Judge Ray
mond r. Lord by Albert G. GAM,
rs, of the U. S. Navy and Phyllis
Mccarthy, %, of Overseas Hotel;
by Gerhard H. Mas, %, of the
u. S. Navy and Lille Mae
Adams, 90, of 907 Southland street,
and by Mario Zarate, 38, of 1927
Eaton street and Lima Pumar, "a.
of 2l9 Simonton street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01
Ladies Auxiliary Of Fleet Reserve
AssO. To Sponsor Benefit Dance Sat,

able at the Fleet Reserve Club or
at the Chiefs Club in the Naval
Station. Those unable to secure
tickets before the dance may also
purchase them at the door on Sat
urday night.
The Auxiliary states that "any
old thing" is acceptable as cos
tune, and that prizes will be
awarded the "tackiest man" and
"tackiest gal" attending. Also
there will be a door prize.
1t is expected that the affair
will be successful and largely at
tended, for not only is the benefit
worthy one, but there will be
fun galore for everyone" the
Auxiliary promises.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01
Fleet Reserve
Auxiliary
Meets Thursday

A special meeting of the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve
Association, Unit Sc, has been
called for tomorrow night, Thurs
day, at 800 o'clock.
At the meeting, final plans will
be discussed for sending delegates
to the National Convention to be
held shortly, as well as other mat
tiers of importance to the Unit.
Since the meeting will begin
promptly at 500 o'clock, it is urg-
ed by the Auxiliary that all mem
bers attend this important meet
ing and be on time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01
Lions Club To
Entertain
Graduating Class

The Lions Club will entertain
the graduating class of Key West
High School with barbecue
dinner tomorrow evening, Thurs
day, at the Den on Seminary st.
Bob Pollock is in charge of ar
rangements, and states that a
fine program has been prepared
for the occasion.
The affair will commence at
ZOO o'clock, and dancing in the
club patton will be one of the fea-
lures,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01
CARD or THANKS

Our sincere appreciation is ex-
tended neighbors and friends for
kindness and sympathy shown
and for floral tokens of rememb.
rance in the hours of anxiety and
bereavement occasioned by the
recent illness and death of our
loved one. the late Lille Jane
Sawyer.
junl.lt THE FAMILY.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01
Seek Divorce

A petition seeking a divorce
was filed yesterday in the office
of Circuit Court Clerk Earl
Adams by Harold Ne Trump
against Catherine A. Trump.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01

The name Maryland was given
to the eighth smallest state in the
union in honor of the wife of
Charles /, Queen Henrietta Maria
of England.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01

4 he

Key West & Vicinity: Partly
Cloudy with scattered thunder
showers in the area. Light vari-
able winds thru. Thursday.
Florida: Partly cloudy thru
Thursday Continued warm and
humid. Scattered thundershow-
ers occurring mostly in afternoons.
Jacksonville Thru Florida
Straits Il East Gulf: Light to
moderate variable winds thru
Thursday. Widely scattered thlln-
dershoWers.
REPORT
Key West, Fla, June |, 1949
Observation taken at City Office,
$50 am, EST
80 - a ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01

THESE WOMEN ARE KEEPING A. PLEDGE they made 30
to hold reunion 10 Memorial
the of New York cYs Broadway w 27th
All employed there when the pledge
1919 Left to right Mrs. Marcella Dubreui Of Miami Fla;
Mrs. Pauline voos of Hollis n r. and Mrs. Clara Barker
Long Island City r AL grandohers Six girls
made the pledge three decades Since then died
The other girl couldn't make it this time
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01

(-)--Minus sign: Corrections
to be subtracted.
l+)-Plus sign: Corrections to
be added.
Coffee Is the most widely cul-
tivated beverage plant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-01
ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA

ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA
reference Station: Kew Westl
Time of Height of
Station Tide high water
Bahio Honda
bridge oh 10m GO TT.
No Name Key
feast endl # Oh 20m
Boca chica
SANDY Point oh 40na
Caldes Channel
I north end) +2h 10m ia #.
NOTE:
Evening star., 1949-10-28

The son Of one OF Finland's
most beloved Presidents. who
dropped agricultural work at the
age Of rs to take up sculpture,
has come to Washington on a
years visit Ito see art in America"
and to produce some of his own.
He is Kalervo Kallio, 40. son of
the late President Kyosti Kallio.
who died unexpectedly in 1910. as
thousands honored him on retire
ment from Office. Four time Pre-
mier and IS times chairman of
the Finnish Parliament, President
Kallio held Office from 1887 to
1910. during the bitter winter war
between his country and Russia.
The late Presidents son, who is
the house guest of Finnish Minis
ter Jutila here, has been in the
United States for about two
months. visiting in Minnesota.
Chicago and New York. He will
now stay in Washington and has
acquired a studio here. Recently
he helped 103-year-old Ade-
laide johnson. suffragist. cele-
brate her birthday at the Capitol
by having her sit as model.
Keen-eyed. energetic Mr.. Kallio
never was reared to be sculptor.
but to manage his fathers estate
In Northern Finland, and he at
tended agricultural college there
for that purpose. Then one day.
on farm, he idly modelled a boys
head in clay.
The county sheriff, an art grad
uate, noticed 1t and recommend
ed the young man to Finland's
art institute, the Ateneum. in Hell
sinki. He spent two and a half
year there-the only formal train
Ing he has had with which to de-
velop his Nordic-classical style.
Despite the interruption Of five
years of war, during which Rus
sian bomb blew up his studio and
80 art works. Mr.. Kallio made up
for his late start.
Monumental heads Of four Of
Evening star., 1949-10-28
63 Apprentices Register
With Council in September

During September, SO new ap-
prentices were registered with the
District Apprenticeship Council,
Gino j. SINH, director of the coun-
ell, reported today.
Mr.. Simi said seven certificates
of completion were issued during
September, bringing the total
since the beginning of the pro-
gram to 348. AS of October
there were 1,703 apprentices
Registered in more than 80 manual
and mechanical trades, he added
The largest is in the building
carpenters where 209 apprentices
are registered. Bricklayers are
second with ISL and electricians
third with 1877. In the plumbing
trade 118 apprentices were regis.
tered and 100 in the printing
trade.
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Education Board 10 Hear
Cooke Promotion Complain

DR.. Paul Cooke. head of Local
27, American Federation of Teach
ers, and outspoken opponent of the
dual school system, will be heard
by the Board of Education Mon
day on his claim that he was not
given sufficient consideration for
a job promotion recently.
An English instructor at Miner
Teachers College. DR.. Cooke said
he felt the appointment of Charles
w. Thomas. a teacher at Dunbar
High School. as assistant profess
sor was not consistent with the
promotion policies of the school
board. DR.. Cooke was in line for
the promotion.
His case will be heard at 2 pm.
by the boards Complaints and
Appeals Committee, headed by
John H. Wilson.
Evening star., 1949-10-28

Finnish poet-novelist and Nobel
Prize winner.
Mr.. Kallio, whose principal ar
tistic interest is in portrait work
specializes in stone carving, al
though he uses other sculptural
media as well. Many of his works
are in hard granite or in nickel
stone, a type of hard black and
silver nickel ore discovered near
his family home.
1t is painfully slow work, Mr..
Kallio said. 1t takes seven months
to complete a large sculpture,
Evening star., 1949-10-28
Son of FinIond's Ex-President
To Practice Sculpture Here

Finland's greatest composers -
.Sibelius, Palmgren, Madetoja and
Kilpine-were sculptured in stone
by Mr.. Kallio for the Sibelius
Academy in Helsinki. He also has
made five of Finland's war monu-
ments and has used as models
such celebrities AS F. E. Sillanpaa,
Evening star., 1949-10-28
College for Builders

CHICAGO (P.-Bricklayers and
carpenters may start out in the
years ahead with college diplomas
as we'll as trowels and hammers.
Martin c. Huggett. executive vice
president Of the Chicago Metro
politan Home Builders Associa-
ton, says: Approximately 30
colleges and universities through
out the country include light con-
struction courses as part Of their
curriculum"
Evening star., 1949-10-28

and at least two months even for
a head carved in stone, after the
model is made. Mr.. Kallio also
paints. and has done a number of
portraits for the Finnish govern
want
Evening star., 1949-10-28

LIE SURE to visit this unusal orchid show
where rare plants and blooms valued at over
100000 will be on luxurious display.
Here you will see exquisite orchids of almost
every enhancing shape and hue orchids from
leading American growers, Hawaii, Japan, the
Philippines, Colombia Venezuela Mexico, Puerto
Rico, Cuba, Bermuda England, Ireland Holland,
Africa and Austraa-hown in by domestic and
international airlnes especially for this event.
Don't miss the new "American Security" orchid
to be displayed for the first time.
Admission is free and all are welcome! The
place? Lobby of American Security & Trust
Company's Main Office, 18th Street and Penn
sylvania Avenue, NV. 10 am. to 10 pm.
This Second Annual Orchid Show is pre-.
sented by the National Capital Orchid
Society through the cooperation of Ameri-
Security & Trust Company.
Evening star., 1949-10-28

Banana-zone workers in Costa
Rica have had their minimum
wages boosted So per cent.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Seixas Seeded No. |
In College Tennis
Az the As,ociotad Prss,

AUSTIN, Tex. June lS-Victor
Seixas. jr.. of North Carolina has
been seeded No. / for the national
intercollegiate tennis tournament
which opens here Monday.
Twice runner-up IN NCAA
championship play, Seixas cur
rently ranks seventh nationally.
Feature opening matches send
Conway Cation of the University
Of San Francisco against UCLA's
Herb Flam. seeded No. 2. and
James Brink of the University OF
Washington. No. 10. against Dick
Mouldeous of Tulane
Top seeded in doubles is the
Southern California duo of Arnold
Saul and Robert Perez. l948 NCAA
runners-up to William and Mary'S
Fred Kovaleski and Bernard Bart
zen. Kovaleski is returning with
a new partner. Howe Atwater.
with whom he reached the semi
finals in l947.
Last years singles titlist. Harry
Likas OF San Francisco. is not back
to defend his crown. Gardner
Larned of Rollins College. ls47
champ, will be on hand. Both
Likas and Larned beat Seixas in
the championship rounds of the
last year.
Larned is seeded No. 6.
Other singles seedlings: Sam
Match. San Francisco. No. 3; Art
Larsen. San Francisco. No. 4;
Kovaleski, No. S; Buddy Behrens
Rollins. No. Z; Jack Tuero. Tu-
lane, No-sS; Richard Savitt. Cor
nell. No. 3.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Rosecroh Rained 0u
Third Night in Row;
Laurel Opens Friday

Harness horse racing si EoSe
croft Rsceway VAS ratnsd cut is
nish. for the third ssraashs n2knt
The s-rAee program viii carry
over 20 tomorrow night
The poStpcnenen;. fourth tx-
perieneed at this RosecFofs NEE. .
ing. nov shifts the closing date 10
Wednesday. with Thursday ss,n in
reserve for one additional r&lnoui
Rosecrofts betting handle nAs
totaied s3.5ll .seo. and appears q
etnch TO exceed 81 oee 900
Laurel Raceway. Maryland 5
1850. .ooe pioneer harness track All,
open i, Tonight mee, Fraday
night, with all Indications that the
half -mile oval will eclipse It's rec
orc-hreaking meet O! last season
when 1t introduced the hlgitme
pari-mutuel sulky sport in the Old
Line State
President Dick HutchlSon. yr
announced Yesterday more than
$50 horses are IN the stables which
have been enlarged TO handle al
most 500 this year. and that the
expected overflow. coming as soon
as the meet al Roseeroft Rsceway
md, will be ouarisEed AZ the near
by Laurel running track Hutchl-
son said that s25o 900 has been
spent IN Improvements. notably
among which is the $50 900 de
luxe clubhouse. which viil be able
% accommodate close to 1000 per
sons. including 900 diners who will
view the races from their mex-
canine tables.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Monmouth Park Results
~ ~. Asses .o'se rtsa

FIRST RAcE-Purs. ~ 500. maiden
S-Ytar-o!et. iuriengs.
Thorn ls'rsngs $40 : 80 : eo
llghts % triutis} sac 81
The Peer tMAr'snsl 90
oGdsd :% aisss 'f wssv 81 * s.s ss. ss' l.n'.2n 9n
SECOND RAeE-Purs., IS o"o. claim.
n1s~sae1 ns sErafSas ass,,ns an9 W fu'0as'
GurtRrk Saunders - - aH
End Of Strttr '0ilbeTu 90
marx schoisfsh,p. Mr kIlror' 20 Gsilsrt
Bvtt. shof: Rslsn, FLORAL Trail vAesns,
bsiiy Dcue,. Pad So. sol
THIRD RACE-rurst. - 500. claim.
ins i,,,,.s 4,y.ss-oias tqrienss .a -.
eternal fiisht tstrsnse, - ! %
SteianellA tFTutlsl 3 81
Also ran .c,r.idsr.d, rtps,sn. Beat.
Jay, Leonidoff
FOURTH RAcE-PuTs. 81 ooo allow
ane.s. ana year olds mil. and 80
&sf Anchor ,Jsm.n l4oo 7ee 80
BeoitA Roberts 40 -
king Chico tpnrserl no
Also rsn.-F1shtin Clever. chois. Cut
The HoyN. Kidd.d, Combination,
FIFTH RAcE-Purs.. $4,000. ALLOW
,neeS T.. ,Mo4. 44.,f,Tar-old' and va Mrionss. &.
Greek n vs Warrior uardeergi 90 !" -
jus'ie tWelsterj go
Time, l.itas
Also rah--Rlnsnsek Erissron, rsnnsu,
pay sYanSse 4ii sr..r whg' Ts..ts
Three Dots, f--Props.
fled.
SIXTH RAcE-Th. saisttor Milo parss
s 900 added S.sesr.clds and gr, mtl,
Hieh Trend tDtIsfai Is 50 - 90
Royal Governor tMeLeanl 40
Time, 37a. .new track record
, Also ,,sn--eAstis, ,, IL, nss!s s.fatn,n. T.
Man, Marehens End. Pietar. Cad.
irisIdi Jo;sph II. Roteiias en,ry.
SEVENTH RACE-Purss. ~ assai claim
ms. @-yeAr-oids and ND, !. mica
Naval Hase tEtrenstt fas6 G0H 20
keis Love tMe6uisont sae 80
Miss Amelia Q GFernsndesl $50
s.ean.a ae 0ch sa.y cs.ns. msa suiiss % sla rsS.o @
Panso, Chsldean. Proof Coil,
EI0HTH RAcE-Purse, se 500; eistnp-
Ing: !,ysar;eids snd up; !. mil.s ga.
Bewpen tstransei 500 $40
dh 0remlin tFtutieb 90
Oh Astral Jenna, 90
Also rsn--ocldton, orsstons. Cherry
Soda: kilisybess. 0insoid. stalsmats, Ma
ter Chat. wrightstown
haA N
Evening star., 1949-06-19

With Bill Leetck

waste. a senseless slaughter OF
fish. Our friend states he would
have liked extremely well to have
caught some Of them himself or
hook and line, but although they
ished all around the area, they
caught nothing
Some day. when there is almost
no fishing to be had, perhaps
sport anglers and conservationists
will band together and put a stop
to such practices.
For those of you planning tc
fish the waters of Massachusetts
this year. a revised Salt Water
Fishing Guide is ready for dis
tribution. Attractively designed
and sturdily constructed. this 40
page, pocket-size booklet will pro-
vide you with a key to the best
fishing along the Bay State s
2 2.200-mile coast line. Drop a line
to the Massachusetts Develop
ment and Industrial Commission
20 Somerset Street, Boston. Mass,
and they'll send you one free OF
charge.
In cooperation with the Mary
land State Department OF Edu-
cation, the University of Mary
land is inaugurating a workshop
in outdoor education this sum-
mer. Some of the activities will
include nature hikes for the study
Of birds. plants. ponds and marsh
life, outdoor hobby craft. health
and safety outdoors, nutritional
aspects of camp cookery and the
daily outdoor meal. There will be
caravan trips for deep SEA fishing
and combing the beaches. visits to
nearby wildlife and conservation
projects. campfire songs, stories
and stunts. The course will run
from June 81 to August 5. II you
are interested and want more in
formation, contact Tam Deering,
Director, Outdoor Education
Workshop, College of Education,
University of Maryland, College
Park, Md.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Suder 10 Be Out q Week
With Spike-lnjured Fool
D. ss as.ss. ~A~s sss.

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Pc S@sss4 ttus Y-ssssasss ~ Atas-
5e'as ~c<Ezssks samressu ~a ns
AAssr 5.esESs a srxk s8sh sgARs
gg3ssy
Ssssff wes hsa:t 81 st* ns~5s
srnask r. $sst Easa3s Fa+ss ~Fsa
9sae a. te94s aso~ua wIA f~e
A. ~xsss s~A tss 80 hass s&gse
gsives4ss sc rwaSe shss src<gss S4s
.n a g&aatAs ssas
Tess RFp~as rsft ksAsss s@si
srt<s sers,sa H2s sEsskxs sag .nss
sa4sr. 1etf .as3sg,. beassrs tr.ss-
srch els tsaf rrsaates twe
v'GfrAe
Cersss Mack nsnaea As4Ssq FgzN
- aa tn 81 s~cosss ast43 saasrs
f~t4ssas te the 4trr~g
meantime ths A. sAras SggA
ths Rse~ns tsN3As wAs pNsstgssssed
eecA4~ q. ysIn
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Neff, Kemetick Play
Net SemifinaI Today

Top Seeded Phil Neff will at
tempt to play his way to the final
of the National Capital Public
Parks tennis tournament today
when he meets Walt Kemetick,
the third seeded player, in semi
final match. They tangle in to-
days top match at 2 o'clock at the
Sixteenth and Kennedy Courts.
A singles quarterfinal also is
carded at 2 O'Clock between Frank
Cantwell and Mack Taylor.
Doubles quarterfinal matches
are Carruthers- Richardson against
Fisher Hitch at 2 o'clock. and
Cantwell Neff against Cotner =
Young and Kemetick Miller
against Gross Mccarthy at 4:30.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Aqueduct Results
by the Assoeiatsd Press

FIRST RAcE-Purss. $4,000 claiming
4-year-olds and UP; furlongs.
SnssDss Mss esDas smtRs e..e. 1850 eiS So 1875 go
a Cassina (Erricol 4.6O
Also ran-oa Brown cheviot, Col. Wig
gins, Combine. Duke B.. Mr.. Chap.
Jeanfreu entry.
SECOND RAcE-Purse: $500; claim
Et.ina ns @ridsn sam siys15Ssi isesmis S furI1ns
Play Request Payne) $40 2.70
SOB Ttsa.' ssery ,!SsSs ,SsSSsoD' a'9o
Also rsn-Puritsn, TULIP, swords. Point,
DAILY Double paid seo.1oj
sseaToas s4eT's and SSG0 up .seas eaFdifs 4
crsyon tH.rri. $50 sso 300
d d kiPpef kiE| ac,Gz, L.onard sssoo sseo
Also ' rsn1s Todmorden, Uranium end
Farsisht, corresidcr. Joaltoy. Fonda
al. orabosky-s. r. Fry entry.
oh Dead heat to place. ~ - 4
FOURTH sAcE-pur.e, $500; maiden
3-year -olds and up; furlonss,
The Blues CPicoui $40 $50
Impudence tGuerin) 500
Also rsn-Velvet Rhymer, Storm Bird.
Right Jsb. Two Feathers, Sketch. Prim
Pupil.
FIFTH RACE - The Astoria - Purse
$4,000 added. sakes; 2-year-olds: 81
BABY Come. tsehmidlj $50 $40 200
Bed o Roses tGuerin) $50 $50
Dentrifriee !James) 7.eo
Also ran-EmeraId Belle. Irish Channel
Puff. Abbie Co, Wise Cutie, Blue Kay
Good Sport.
SIXTH RACE - The Gazelle - Purse
$4,000; added, stakes; 3-year-olds !.
Neii ii.ii X. tDodson) SEQ $40 800
Jazz Baby tPicou) 4.a0 300
Adile tJessop) 2.6C
Also ran-sub. Retama. Delta queen
valse Bleu Latest Vogue. Landy
Dorimar, b TAN Weeds, Plunder. Flower
Bed, Quick Touch.
a r. A. Firestone entry,
b Woodvale Farm entry.
SEVENTH RAcE-Purse. SO. 500; claim
ing; 4-year-olds and up: 8 furlones
Sir Flint (Mcphee) 1.2o
Also ranSslamarnth, I fMedslist. Good
Son. shifty Mae, Shadow Shot. Jersey
Peak, Gaelic Gilt.
EIGHTH RAcT-Purse, $500: claim
sS..eI, Ss s5;'assn and up ses aao e1e
Sir ashfsss pss. 'NsIies5'' 3MepheeS ' go
Also nUAiiionary. rrio Quest, Sutton
Place, Eastonian.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Charles Town Results
BY the Assoeioted Press

FIRST RAcE-Purse, $500; clsimins'
syss5,;SdssM sMIer} sne pD' about 80 81 ssS
!. Miraeis Rod lMcKinney) 800 : 3'so 90
Little Toes (HanesI "''
aiso e raun&Valdina Blue. Angelus Coral
waters, Flower Battle. Demaris.
SECOND RAcE-ru,sss; Purse. $500; f;,idass. sla,nins'
At.yEesi.b tyss5,fds1 1kirf ane u0' $50 sso
Roziarite tArduini) "''' 400
Good Bunting tScott)
Iime Iino raIn.@petractor, I.o-pstactor True Blue. Dot A.
= Portland Bells. North Sea. so,o %,
(paily Double paid s2l.|o'
THIRD RAcE-Purse. sl.2oo: claiming
s.year.OIds and yp: sn tH5i0rssso SG $50 $50
Nf ,a. Elmer tRsiMsssuse5 sMsrsinse55' i400 $40 Il"
S'!Is ARs,siaif' &s;ms 81, ST. sS%sS a,.' a,ep
wise also pssison TsnpafRRH afRnRSHestisste Tackle Miss
FOURTH RAcE.Purss;, 81 !So%t iSSS; : sllGT- fSr-
;. snces; 3-year-olds ana up S''"'
ssass s,s . sMsysrhpsssssa5,l0 hpsss1sa,0p $50 sSSCc $sSS
s, ,.n.Msirsssisss N, psssss ,!.s As''l Golden
A,re,, rrs as.y.sr-oids and UP; About 4ha fur
ass s:n ysll;s, yssslll,,,, Rooo a.'e sssSS SssSSS
sSsse. sss @ Dee tReralDutoi p -
Also .' .ar,ssks EEsssn.ssl EGes; gnd'r Cove.
McKenney and Hickman ana .
C. Gott, ir., entry.
s1xTH RAcE-Purse, $1,000; aiio"-
SnsSS' War iHanes) $500 ls aU ~ lS'ssoo so
Ecidsn 'Pennant (Ulmer) e'oo q On
Ariel Gift tRoot)
tian ran0Hairanette, Speaker, Aiworth'
en,uer Flight, Cacioue.
SEVENTH RAcE-Purse, u 200; siio~-
snses: 3.year-olds and up; l"r miesa mn so
SSnUn camp (Root) 1880 5.09 3'eo0
omaha Mike t6cottl $50
Sinny River tReselputol
Tirne :604s. ,,,.,, Insv N
nav pilste, Betsy Bones
EIGHTH RAcE-Purse, vi, 200: claim
,ns: 4-yesr- -oids and upward; "A mnn miiesi an
nsseon Light (Tam'ro) 1910 I5o 5.ssS
Gee Bee Sir tKnappD M
Worthowning tKratD
aisn rsnIsaxon Paul. Heather MARX
Co-Ed Ouatredom.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Norris FiIly Picks Up
.S16,45O; Astoria
Is Worth S13,275
BY shs ASsseiotec Press

j NEW YORK. June ls.-NeIl K.
and Baby Comet were the heroines
Of "lady's day" program at Aaue-
duct race track today as they won
the 54th running Of the Gazelle
Stakes and the 43rd Astoria.
| In the s23.s75 mile and one-six-
teenth Gazelle. Nell K, from the
Springhill Farm of James D. Nor
ris. defeated IL other three-year-
old fillies.
] Baby Comet was just that for
her owner. Peter A. Markey Of De-
troit. as she skipped home in front
of nine two-year-old fillies in the
$l3.275 co-featured Astoria before
a crowd of 27.837-smallest Satur-
day turnout of the New York sea-
son.
Jockey Doug Dodson had Nell X
in front all the way-l0 lengths at
one point-in the Gazelle and the
daughter of Crowfoot- Sea Elf
drove under the wire a length
before C. v. Whitney's Jazz Baby.
Mrs. w. M. Jeffords' Adile. the
sl.90 to 81 favorite, got third
money. another two and a half
lengths away. Adile was the sixth
straight favorite TO bite the dust.
1t was some solace for Norris,
who picked up first money of s16.-
$50. Norris is one of the main
financial hackers OF the Interna-
tional Boxing Club. which didn't
do too we'll at the gate in the Jake
Lamotta- Marcel Cerdan middle
weight title bout at Detroit Thurs
day.
Nell X. was clocked at 1:47S
and paid $3.50, $50 and SO for
50.
Baby Comet took the lead after
the first quarter of a mile in the
five and a half furlong Astoria and
defeated the favored Bed O. Roses
from Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's
stable by four and half lengths.
Mill Rivers Dentrifice. a 60-to-1
shot, was third.
Baby Comet returned $50, $3l0
and $3.50. Jockey Albert Schmidt
steered the daughter of Teddy's
Comet-Rose Baby home in 1:07
fiat.