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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-12-21

and girls, men and women ~, :
were with us last year WON'T he
mere to celebrate Christmas this
year. Yes, over four hundred n ,s.,s
pie have been killed on Mississin.
pi streets and highways as a re-
suit OF someone's carelessness
There will be lots of vacant se.ts
around Christmas dinner tabIas
and the absence of little ones froro
around the Christmas trees in orr
state this year. We of the Patrol
urge you to walk and drive safe
ly. SAFE
Col. Birdsong continues, "rbe
following is what happened IN
the streets and highways of Nil
sissippi last Christmas and Naw
Years: ave"
Christmas Holidays = ls4s
Sunday, Dec. Is, Christmas Dav.
Accidents 81
------------------------- 8
Injured %
December %, "a, Is, Is, le4s.
nSSioen's ------------------84
Injured &c
New Year Holidays - 1850
Sunday, Jan. l. 1850. New Years
Accidents IA
Killed
Injured "a
December 81, l949-Jan. IL, 1850
CSiueAilS ----------------------30
AiiiSo -----------------------3
Injured "a
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-12-21
bver 400 Accidental
beoths In Mississippi
lost Christmas

Col. T. B. Birdsong, Commits
ioner of Public Safety stated to-
Law, ALREADY over 400 Of our boys
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
THANKS CITIZEN
Editor, The Citizen:

Editor, The Citizen:
During the past year the State
of Florida has consistently PROV
ed more productive in furnish
ing. acceptable recruits and re-
servists for the Marine Corps
than any other six (6) states in
the southeastern Recruiting Di-
vision.
This can be attributed to the
fact that the people of Florida are
definitely Marine Corps conscious,
which in turn rejects the excel
lent cooperation given to us by
the Florida press in publicizing
the Corps.
We have thoroughly enjoyed
our working relationship with
The Citizen and we are extreme
ly and justly proud of the record
your cooperation enabled us to
achieve.
We take this opportunity to
wish yourself end staff a Happy
and prosperous New Year.
Very truly yours,
]. ]. REARDON,
Captain, US. Marine Corps,
Officer in Charge.
Jacksonville, Fla,
Dec. 81, 1949.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
MURDERER, ROBBER
MAKE DARING ESCAPE
FROM JAIL TODAY

( HUNTINGTON, West Virgins
Jan. 2.-tP)-Two men escaped
from Cabell County Jail in Hunt
ington today. with split-second
timing and three outside accom-
plices figuring in their getaway.
The two men who escaped are
Identified as Bernie Martin, an
18-yeaf-old convicted murderer
of Wayne, West Virginia. and Ed
ward Cravens, 40. of Catlettsburg,
Kentucky, a robber.
According to Jailer B. J. Nc
Comas, two men who came to the
Jail yesterday apparently had a
part in the escape Theyidentified
themselves as. postal inspectors
and were allowed TO talk to
Cravens about an alleged mail
theft.
McComas says they may have
slipped Cravens a gun used by
the prisoners to threaten a turn
key this morning.
The account of the getaway.
The prisoners escaped after
flashing the gun at the turnkey,
when he opened their cell door.
The fugitiVes ran to a. nearby
undergrad, where a woman was
holding a taxi driver at gunpoint.
The driver was forced to take the
two prisoners and the woman to
the southwest section of Hunting
ton, where the three transferred
to a getaway car.
Martin had been sentenced to
life imprisonment last month for
the Staying of John Caldwell.
Cravens was being held in con-
nection with robberies in the
Huntington and Southern Ohio
areas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
Wants To Know IL
Arnall, Talmadge
Eligible To Run

ATLANTA Ga, Jan. 2.-t4ol -
Former Acting Governor M. e,
Thompson, of Georgia, came out
with a comment on political eligi-
bility this morning.
He said he hopes Attorney Gen
eral Eugene Cook will find that
both former Governor Ellis Ar
nall and Governor Herman Tall
madge are eligible to run for
governor in 1885,.
Yesterday, Arnall asked Cook
to clarity Legal views expressed
in certain political circles" that
he wasn't eligible to run.
Those certain political circles,
all surround Governor Herman
Talmadge.
It's question Talmadge sup
porters have dreaded. The answer
might also go into the subject of
the Governors eligibility to run.
Ironically, Arnall's request was
addressed to man who over the
past year has indicated he might
like to make the race himself.
Cook said last night he hadn't
received Arnall's letter and
would reserve comment until he
had.
Governor Talmadge, however,
had a word. He said under the
law, that the Attorney General
couldn't deliver an official option
to a private citizen. But Arnall
foresaw that reaction.
He carefully pointed out when
he was Attorney General in 1910.
he'd made an eligibility ruling
for former Governor Eugene Tai
madge, then private citizen.
For months Arnal1 had had
Georgia politicians wondering,
apd worrying, over his intentions.
In the past, Arnall's present in
fluence has been held in low
esteem by the Talmadge camp.
But they are no men to under
estimate possible enemy. And
Arnall is one Of the sharpest. and
toughest stump campaigners ever
to hit the state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
NO GUN MAN KEEPS
HEALTHY IN COLORADO

DENVER.--(H1.--The way to
keep out Of trouble in an oldtime
Colorado mining camp was to
leave your gun at home, Frank
Stewart says.
Stewart avoided lead poison
ing so nimbly that next year he
will celebrate his end birthday.
Stewart lived in lineup, a Gun
nison county gold camp, at the
time 1t was noted for the high
mortality rate of its law enforce
ment officers.
There was rough young boys
from all over the country, but
they weren't really gunmen," the
pioneer mining man said. IF they
knew you had gun, though,
they often shot just to get in the
first one. If you didn't carry a
gun, nobody started shooting"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
Peoples Forum
seeesseeeeseseeessesese

The Citizen welcomes exbvr :
siohs OF the views nj its read
ers. but the editor reserves the
right TO delete any items Winch
are considered lihel0us or unwar-
rnnted. The writer's should be
fair and c0nfine the letters to
800 words, and write on one side
of the paper only. Signature %
the writers must accompany the
letters and will be published un-
less requested otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
What's Doing
ut the
Y.M.C.A.-II.S.O.

SUNDAY
9:45 A.M.-Java Hour. Every
one Welcome.
ZOO P.M.-Classic Hour for
Music Lovers.
500 P.M-Ping Pong Tourney.
pays to be a WINERY
600 P.M.-Tour of the Island.
900 P.M.-Everybody Sings
Patio.
1000 PM.-Refreshments and
Fellowship.
MONDAY
800 P.M.-G.S.O. Meeting (2nd
and 4th Mondays).
300 P.M.-Mrs. Cleo Stone at
Piano.
300 P.M-Ping Pong, Pool,
s SWITCHBOARD and Table
Games. a..
900 P.M.-Patio Dancing, un-
der the stars. Gus Ayala's
Orchestra. Dean Smith, mas
4. ter of ceremonies.
1OECOA T.
1880 P.M.-Variety Show Re-.
hearsal
8:15 P.M.-"Play Bingo".
WEDNESDAY
100 PM. - Hospital Fishing
Party.
Tbs P.M-We sing around the
piano. Mrs. E. E. Crowson.
800 P.M.-Pinochle Tourney.
800 P.M.-Craft Glasses Death
er and shell crafD. w. A.
GliSch Helen Hanley.
8:15 P.M.-Movie. on the Patio.
Buster PerpaH, operator.
THURSDAY
7:3O P.M.-YMCA Glee Club
practice. All servicemen in
vited. Don Giles. director.
900 P.M.-Patio Dancing, I'M
der the stars. Gus Ayala's
Orchestra. James Carroll.
master of ceremonies.
FRIDAY
7:3O PM. - Everybody Sings.
Mrs. L. Wuebbold at the pi-
anO.
800 P.M.-Learn to Dance (ball-
. room for beginnerS--no spec
tators). Mrs. r. Hartenstire.
instructor.
900 Pm. - Country Dancine.
Cts for Squares1 The CALI
er, Mrs. r. Hartenstine.
SATURDAY.
1870 P.M.-'Let's Go Fishing. !"
Capt. Mac. Sign up at the
YNFCA.
8:l5 P.M.-Movie on the Patio.
Buster Perpall. operator.
Executive-Forest Turner.
Program Director - Mrs.
Wahneta Kovash.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
SAME DIFFERENCE

why do you weep over the
sorrows of people in whom you
have no interest, when you go to
the theatre?" asked the man.
Il don't know" replied the
woman. why do you cheer
wildly when man with whom
you are not acquainted slides in
to second baSe?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
LICENSE
RETURNED BY BRIDE

CLEARFIELD, Pa.-R). The
Clarified county register and re-
corder's office got back a mar
riage license issued in October
and an explanatory note. The
note said.
Il am sending you back my
marriage license because the
marriage is cancelled and the
groom is in Jail"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
Do you HAVE $1,000 CASSIE

YOU can buy on terms lovely
California-type home with stu
dio living room, sleeps 2; large
bedroom with twin beds. bath
room with shower, dinnette and
all-electric kitchenette. Complete
" furnished. built-in features,
Venetian blinds, awning type
windows. Also separate guest
house of 2 bedrooms with twin
beds and private baths. Located
on main thorouehfare on large,
zoned business lot. Owner has an
investment of $4,000.
MAKE ALL-CASH OFFER
This is a natural for new resi-
dents, couple who would like to
supplement retirement paw. or as
an Investment. This attractive
proposition offered because own
er must move to Dallas as soon
as possible. Call owners 1496-M.
Write Box B-21, sc/o Key West
Citizen. dec30-3tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
Interesting Notes

Japan has 100000 radio re-
eeiving sets.
Eyesight Of the kinkbird is so
keen he can spot tiny insect so
yards away.
In the days Of King Canute.
the British Isles were forest
country.
All species of pumpkin and
squash originated in the Western
Hemisphere.
Spain, the Near East and
Greece for centuries furnished
the world with its supply of
raisins.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
ON BOARD THE ARK

Captain Noah-Can you swim?
The Skunk-No, sir. Inever
learned how.
Captain Noah-Then, remem-
Der, your safe passage depends
on your good conduct
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
HELP wANTED-FEMALE
YOUNG LADIEs-ls TO %

FREE to travel-New England
States in summer; Florida, Win
ter. Chaperone all-girl circula-
ton group. Average monthly
earnings $4,000, plus transporta-
ton. Apply Miss Ryan, Floridian
Motel, Simonton Street, Z to 9
Pm. jan2-4tX
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02

The endurance of the Ameri-
can bison was remarkable. He
could often run 40 miles at a
time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
FOR RENT-BUNGALoWS

SPACIOUS beautifully decorated
all-electric, screened porch,
garden. Suitable three adults.
Seasonal. 1401 United, $3.50 to 6
Pm. jan2-6t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02

$50 WEEK to start! Sell beauti-
full solid brass door name
plates. Write National Engravers,
212 Summer, Boston, Mass.
jan2-1tx
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FOR SALE OR LEASE

FOR SALE or lease: White Star
Cleaners, 822 Simonton Street.
Nice income. Apply in person.
jan2-6t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
U.S.O.-N.C.C.S.
1921 DUvAL STREET
Key West. Florida
Daily Program

SUNDAY
loo PM-Picnic on Keys (lst
Sunday. Sign up
in advance.
loo PM-Going to the Beach?
Dressing ON S,
showers
200 PM-Radio Broadcast OF
Sports Program.
900 PM-Dance - Tune Top
pers Orchestra, En-
tertainment - Vo-
caliStS.
MONDAY
500 PM-Boxing training, bar
bell mats. Daily
from 7:30 PM.
1880 PM-Dramatic Rehearsal.
Kedar Adour, of
u. S. NJ, Dramatic
Coach.
7:45 PM-Spanish Class with
Miss Benildes Re-
mond, Instructor.
$3.50 PM-USO, Noes Junior
Hostess Meeting,
1st and 3rd Mon
days.
900 PM-Wiener Roast.
1900 AM-Navy Wives Bowl
ing, U. S. Naval
Station Alleys.
200 PM-Prenatal Class and
Health Clinic, 203
Fleming Street.
7:30 PM-Dramatic Rehearsal
Kedar Adour, of
U. S. ", Dramatic
Coach.
800 P.M.-Movie Feature.
WEDNESDAY,
100 Publishing Trip-U. S.
Naval Hospital Pa
tents.
600 PM-Radio Hour.
900 PM-Dance - Tune Top
pers Orchestra, En-
tertainment - Vo-
calistS.
THURSDAY
200 PM-Navy Wives Sewing
Group - (Singer
Electric).
800 PM-Bingo, sponsored by
St. Mary's Parish
Organizations.
1000 AM-Navy Wives Bowl
ing, U. S. Naval
Station Alleys.
700 PM-Party, Naval Hospital
end Friday.
7:30 PM--Dramatic Rehearsal.
Kedar Adour, of
U. S. NJ, Dramatic
Coach.
7:45 PM--Joint Meeting. USO
Noes Junior Hos
tesses and Service
mems Council, 1st
Friday.
7:45 PM-Hayride, Marshma1-
low Roast on the
Beach Ord Fri
day.. Sign up in
advance.
900 PM-Coffee and Doughnut
Hour.
SATURDAY,
100 PM-Going to the Beach?
Dressing room S.
showers.
200 PM-Children, ages 9-12,
swimming class at
u. S. Naval Station
Enlisted NJ lie n s
Pool.
200 PM-Sports Broadcast.
700 PM-Servicemen's Coun-
Gil meeting, End
and 4th Saturday.
800 PM-Community Singing.
900 PM-Jpke Box Dancing.
s------s
FACILITIES
New billiard tables, punch
ing bag, sparring gloves, lit
erary, musical instruments,
ping pong, sewing machines,
shaving gear, showers, dress
ing rooms, and table games.
Checking, wrapping and
mailing packages, writing
desks.
Mrs. Eileen S. Coughlin
Director.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02

Madagascar is about four times
IS large as England and Wales.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
FOR SALE-KEY WEST
REAL ESTATE

FOR any kind of property, i'm
proved or unimproved, ocean
frontage, ETC., contact Paul Boy
sen. Here since 1919. 626 Flem-i
ing ST., Box 303. dec29- 30tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
FOR sALE-suNGALows
FOR SALE-HOUSES

COTTAGES FOR SALE. FURN-
ISHED OR UNFINISHED,
WITH OR WITHOUT LAND.
MAY BE TEMPORARILY OC-
CUPIED BY PURCHASER FOR
REMOVAL AT LATER DATE.
APPLY SGT MARGARET ST.
dec30-6t
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RUN WE'D. MITE S
HOW WOLF?

Mrs. Peck-When you married
me-. YOU deliberately deceived
me.
Henry-In what way. dear?
Mrs. Peck-You told me you
were we'll off.
Henry-WelI, l was well off.
In fact. l didn't realize myself
how we'll off I really was.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-02
Minimum Chnrra
Phone 81

Use your phone. Adver-
tisements may be inserted
in these columns by phone.
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Office

Business office in The
Citizen Building, corner of
Greene and Ann Streets.
Door tc the right on enter
ing building.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Police Thwart Attempt
To Jump From Bridge

A 60-year-old salesman was
pulled off a bridge railing last
night four hours after he had
threatened suicide in letters to his
wife and employer.
Harry A. Herring, of the 1900
block of Thirteenth street NV,
first came to police attention yes
terday afternoon as a missing
person. He had telephoned
neighbor, police said, asking her
to give his wife some information
and adding that he was going to
disappear.
Special delivery letters had
been sent to the wife and to Mr..
Hering's employer, owner of an
Office furniture firm.
He wrote that he was despond-
ent over efforts to make his wife
believe that he was making more
than his $50 weekly pay and had
exhausted his savings.
At 8:15 pm. 9Th Precinct po-
lice received a call that a man ap-
parently was intending to leap
from the Calvert street bridge.
Detectives James H. Knott and
Wayne M. Hostetler, cruising in
Knott's radio-equipped auto,
heard the call and drove to the
bridge in time to pull Mr.. Herring
off the railing.
He was taken to Gallinger Hos
pital for observation.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Group Asks Comprehensive
Georgetown zoninq Plan

A new comprehensive coming
plan for Georgetown was suggested
at the meeting of the Georgetown
Citizens Association last night.
The proposal was made by STAN
ton Kolb, past president of the
group. The matter will be con-
sidered by the zoning Committee,
which plans a conference with
officials of the District Zoning
Commission.
Mr.. Kolb said the time for stop
gap measures is past. Certain
regulations of present coming laws
are thought unsatisfactory by
members of the association. Cited
particularly were the regulations
permitting any house i'm George
town to be converted into a tene-
ment. The location, age, or archi-
tectural merit of the building
make no difference, it was said.
A resolution was adopted favor
ing continuation of streetcar
passes even if the price must be
raised.
The meeting was conducted by
Teunis Collier. president. in tho
parish hall Of st. Johns Church,
Potomac and o streets NV.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Obiets dart of Hoyt Family
Go Up for Auction March Is.

niue mansion was held up until
Mrs. Curtis could find an apart
ment to live in. She found one
in New York.
The Hoyts were one of the most
interesting Washington families
Mr.. Hoyt's father was post-Civil
War Governor of Pennsylvania
He married Anne McMichael OF
Philadelphia, where he made a
career in banking and the law.
Nancy Hoyt was a spectacular
debutante in World War society
She wrote a book on New York
society entitled Roundup" But
lit was her sister. Elinor Wylie, the
poet who gained fame from her
writing. She died in 1928, the
wife Of William Rose Benet, also
a poet Of note.
After the American armies over
ran France in 1914. their brother
Morton Hoyt returned to Wash
ington, a broken man. He had
lived there 13 years, two of them
in a Nazi concentration camp.
In 1923 he had made the head
lines by jumping into the ocean
one night from the liner Rocham-
beau. He said he. was arguing
with other passengers that a man
overheard would be picked up. He
proved he was right. Three times
he married Eugenia Bankhead,
sister of Tullulah Bankhead. He
was her first, second and sixth
husband. Morton Hoyt and his
mother died at Bar Harbor last
year within = few weeks Of one
another.
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Rush for Low Taqs
Due Here Tomorrow

The annual rush for low auto
mobile tags in the District starts
tomorrow when they go on sale al
the Department of Vehicles ano
Traffic in the Municipal Center
Building.
Most of the low numbers have
already been allotted to persons
who have held them for severa.
years. The numbers to be giver
out starting at 8:15 tomorrow will
be with 1-1000.
Motorists applying for new tags
must bring their application blank
and their old 1949 registration
card which bears the stamp of in.
spection. Traffic officials are urg.
ing that motorists use the mail.
and avoid the long lines at the tas
windows. Those who send theil
applications by mail must inclose
their old registration card and {
check or money order payable tt
the collector of taxes, District O.
Columbia.
New tags may be displayed be-
ginning tomorrow. and they mus
be on all cars after midnight
March 81. Cars without the new
tags on April l will be impoundee
by the police.
The department has put in thu
mails 143,000 applications. it wa!
reported today.
Evening star., 1950-02-28

unanimously several weeks ago to
transfer Central. The other two
members of the committee are
Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, chair
man. and DR.. Phillip T. johnson
At the last meeting of the
board, however, the committee re-
fused to present its unanimous re-
port to the full board for a vote.
Alternative Considered.
The matter was held over for
further consideration and the
board said it would settle it at the
March meeting.
At the last meeting, Mrs. Magde-
burger said she felt the committee
might not have given enough con-
sideration to the effects of a trans
fer On the recreation program
conducted at Central High School
Another board member, Albert E
Steinem. suggested the board con-
slider the possibility of using the
white Eliot Junior High School as
an annex to Cardozo.
DR.. Corning recommended to
the schol board that 500 Cardozo
girls be transferred to one wing
of the Park View Elementary
School as temporary expedient.
This plan would operate until the
Spingarn High School, to be con-
structed at Twenty-fourth street
and Benning road NE, is COM
pleted about two years from now.
The Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee rejected DR.. Corning's pro-
posal and voted for the transfer
of Central
Evening star., 1950-02-28
Sasscer Will Speak
Before Federation
In Place Of NeeIy

Representative SaSScer, Demo.
crat, of Maryland will be The
principal speaker at the annua
banquet of the Federation of Citi.
zens' Associations next Tuesday
Mr.. Sasscer accepted the invita-
ton to be the speaker after Sen
ator Nicely, Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia withdrew, the federation
stated.
Senator Nicely, the chairman of
the Senate District Committee,
decided not to attend the dinner
after he was criticized by John
H. Connaughton, former president
of the federation.
Dinner Next Tuesday.
Mr.. Connaughton accused Mr.
Nicely of sticking his nose in other
peoples business after the Sena-
tor advocated transferring Centra,
High School to colored students
as a solution for overcrowded con-
ditions at Cardozo High School
Mr.. Connaughton also said the
fact that Mr.. Nicely was the
speaker was "disrupting" plans.
The Senator then Cancelled hi.
speech.
| Mr.. Sasscer will speak on the
problems of the District and Of
the metropolitan area. The din.
ner is scheduled for 7 pm. mex
Tuesday at the Mayflower Hotel
Meanwhile, the federation ha
sent a letter to Senator Neel,
regretting remarks Mr.. Con.
naughton made to the Petwortf
citizens last week.
Thomas E. Lodge, also a former
president of the Federation, dis.
closed last night to the North.
west Council of Citizens Associa.
tions that the letter defends th'
right of any individual to sa.
what he pleases. regardless of hi
status in the Federation. MI
Connaughton's statement, how
ever, had no official authorization
he added.
The letter also regrets Senator
Neely's subsequent declining of th'
invitation.
Letter Authorized by Board.
The letter was authorized at {
meeting of the Executive Boart
of the Federation last Saturday
and was drafted by Herbert Lee
man, president of the Federation
The group also voted to sent
three delegates to the Public
Utilities Commission hearing OF
the proposed increase of Capita
Transit fares. The delegates will
urge retention of the weekly pas
and oppose any unreasonable
fare raise. No date has been Sc
for the hearing.
The meeting was held at tn
home Of Edmund c. Cush, 435'
Warren street NV, and was con
Quoted by MIR. Lodge.