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Evening star., 1950-09-17
Gas Company 10 Aid Blood Drive Here

Employees and management of
the Washington Gas Light Co.
have arranged to supply blood
donors on a regular basis for the
Red Cross Washington Regional
Blood Center. it was announced
yesterday.
Everett j. Boothby, president Of
the company, said the. arrange
ment not only will benefit the
Red Cross but also will help take
care of the future needs of the
Gas Light Co. family. about one
donor per 100 employees per month
should meet the requirements, :"
he suggested.
The blood program resulted
Evening star., 1950-09-17
Mack Quits Pepsi-CoIu

NEW YORK. Sept. II P). -
Walter S. Mack today announced
his resignation as chairman and
member of the Board of Directors
Of the Pepsi-Cola Co. Mr.. Mack
was president of the company
from 1888 until March this year
when he became chairman.
Evening star., 1950-09-17

from active campaigning by ar
advisory committee headed by S
P. Truppner.
The Red Cross Blood Center
last week distributed 1872 pints
of blood to hospitals. District hos
pitals received 433 pints; Mary
land 131; Virginia 1874 and "a
pints went to West Virginia hos
pitals served by the bloodmobile
This week the bloodmobile will
make the following visits: Airing
ton, st. George Parish House, to-
morrow; Fredericksburg, Va, Fail
Grounds. Tuesday; Bethesda, Md.
at National Institute of Health
Wednesday; Laurel, Md, at Amer
ican Legion Hall, Tuesday.
Evening star., 1950-09-17
Cor Output Climbs

Britain produced 412.000 auto
mobiles in 1949, nearly twice as
many as in 1916. In 1888, pro-
duction totaled 341,00O. Truck
production totaled 216,000 in
1949 and 1O4,O 900 in 1888. Pro-
duction of 1000 heavy tractors in
1949 was double that in 1948.
Evening star., 1950-09-17
Aluminium Output Rising

Before World War II Norway's
annual aluminium production.
based on imported raw materials.
was 10000 tons a year. In 1949
the output was $4,000 tons. Plans
call for an eventual increase to
95 900 tons. Nickel production is
to be increased from 5000 tons
q year to $4,000.
Evening star., 1950-09-17
Egypt Gets Fast Truins

Modern, high-speed trains soon
will run on the Egyptian railways
network. Egypt has ordered IL
trains from England. With q
speed of 100 miles an hour, they
will reduce the present three-hou1
trip between Cairo and Alexan-
dria to a little more than one
hour.
Evening star., 1950-09-17

There are 4,817 miles of canals
in the Netherlands.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17
DRIVE YOUR GOLDEN SPIKE

A hundred years or SO ago in the de-
ISOLATE vastness Of the Great Salt Lake
basin little cluster Of people gathered az
q place called Promontory Point, Around
them extending hundreds Of miles IN al
directions was an awesome wildness. Inc
event has been dramatized countless times
| in stories, paintings and movies. It was the
moment when the continent was inst
spanned with railroad. Even in these days
| of heavy earth moving equipment con-
struction Of a railroad is a major achieve
ment Then. with only hand and horse
power t was nothing short Of miracle
During World War II much publicity
was attached to the construction Of the
Big and Little Inch pipe lines from Texas
to the East Politicians said these projects
were too big for private enterprise only
government could afford the expense, Yet
last year when d single COMPANY began q
pipe line from Texas to New York that
was bigger and longer than the Inches
at a cost Of 100000, 900 the event went
almost unnoticed. Before 1854 the pipe
line industry plans to lay nearly $4,000
miles of line at cost Of almost $4,000
900, 900. Gas utilities will have to spend
another $4,000, 100000 to handle the ex-
banded supply. Also without fanfare the
electric light and power industry is in the
process of spending $4,000, 100000 to Sc
100000, 900 for expansion of facilities.
The railroads have spent since the war a
cold $4,000, 0Oos0o0 to expand and inn
prove service And in the same period the
oil industry has spent several billions to
keep abreast Of soaring demand All of
these billions have come from heavily tax
ed industries not government. These are
productive billions that have lifted living
created jobs and new taxable
income to help support government They
also helped to create new taxpaying bus
nesses
There is no mystery about the miracles |
# America. This is the only major ma
ion where groups of free citizens can drive |
heir golden spikes and invest billions in |
lew enterprises with a minimum of gov
'rnment interference. As Time magazine
concluded in masterey summary of the |
ear: The world needed more freedom. |
BY its progress through 1949, the III S. had |
hown where the path lay. 8. z
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17

Chapter 25
THE Christmas tree was really
4 too large for the living room,
but the twins had picked It our
and as Roger said. tree Tor Two
boys should be q very big tree
indeed or Santa Claus eoulqn.
get all the presents under =. Ina.
idea pleased them, Of course. AND
they had grown to love the tree
because il stayed a full week in
the back yard before z was
brought "a bn Christmas Eve 70
fulfill its destiny. A little snow
fell on it and Anne tod tnem
stories Of how # had hVeq 70 s
great forest in Name ana was z
happy tree.
The time before Christmas 3
busy time everywhere. p9s
especially SO IN q house WITH Gnu
dren. Mary was mysterious ~ the
kitchen, but no art could lessen
the fragrance of her cooking ano
baking. She had decided now %
retire after Christmas, so this was
to be her last fling. Roger came
home with bundles that rlvaled
himself ii size and almost re-
fused to be hidden. Mary declared
he was having better time tnan
anyone else. and he asked why
he shouldn't have, since he was
the happiest man in the Worlu
and had the happiest family ~
the world.
Il had indeed been happy tall
for all Of them. Anne thonght q
it often, but II was uppeEmost ~
her mind as she worked with the
Laughing boys trimming the fat
tree. After her one sleepless nlght
everything had gone we'll TIE
twins Laughter had awakened her
at the usual time the next day,
Breakfast was once more q
busting happy tines and they
had dashed off to their school
after giving their grandfather q
husky hug without being urged
They had slept away the tension
ard cpnstraint Of the night before
as she had reasoned i away.
They were once more completely
united.
There had been no word from
Celia in all this time, And now.
on the night before Christmas. no
presents had yet come, but Anne
had a nervous feeling that some
thing was going to come and that
il wasn't going to make the big
day easier or better.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17
NUMBER ONE ISSUE


As the second session Of this Congress
, got spderway, news reports. emphasized
that the domestic issue Of the greatest con-
eern tomany Senators and Representatives
Of both parties was the cost of the Federal
government, taxes and deficits.
The news reports said further that
Congressional leaders, on either side of
the aisle which divides Republicans and
Democrats, were determined to do every
thing possible to cut appropriations to abb
STANG from raising taxes. and to make the
nextsbudget show a surplus instead of a
detiet AZ the end of the fiscal year.
ahese are splendid aims but it must
be recorded that they are usually honored
more IN the breach than in the observance.
Practically everyone is for rigorous econ
omyS-for the other fellow. and for ample
spending when the money will benefit
him.
fhat As why enormous pressure is ex-
erted an Congress by groups of all kinds for
bigger and better appropriations. And that
Is wky Congress must have the courage
to resist this pressure if the nation is 70
avoid financial disaster. Governments
like individuals, can spend beyond their
income and dissipate their resources only
so long. The only difference is that govern
mene, can staFve off the day of reckoning
longer But when that day does come, the
repefcussions are felt everywhere.
The Hoover Commission, for one
has shown Us how We can heavily cut the
cost pf government without undermining
any aeeessary functions. Let this Congress:
do leland if it does, let it be given the
thanks Of grateful nation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17
IMPARTIAL LABOR LEGISLATION

An approach to labor issues has been
proposed. It suggests that management
and labor, not politicians, revise labor leg
islation. The "proposer'' is the distinguish
ed Eric Johnston, one-time president of the
y. S. Chamber of Cmmerce In that capa-
city he expressed the aims and purposes of
American affairs shall we say better
than other presidents of the organization"
In Johston's opinion the existing meth
od of enacting labor legislation is trusted
to the politicians. Politicians gave us the
Wagner Act, which business didn't like, "
says Johnston, and 'the Taft-Hartley Act
which labor doesn't like He expresses
the belief that when labor laws are left to
the Judgment of Congress we get the kind
OF laws intended to influence the most
votes-the friends of labor or the friends
OF management" He says that if labor
legislation is to remain in the hands of
politicians I'VE can despair of ever achiev-
ing industrial peace. Johnston says labor
unions exaggerated the virtues of the Wag-
ner Act Labor thought it was Magma
marta Tor the working man.
Our industrial disputes look bad in
the eyes Of the World we are supposed to
be leading; UT-they look good in the
eyes OF those who think that our type of
capitalism is doomed to failure. Eric John
sion knows exactly what he. is talking
aboqhtThat's why he said:
The kind Of impartial labor legisla-
ton we are all hoping for can be drawn
only on the basis Of rules agreed to by
mana gement and labor in advance Of Con
gressional action. The only men who can
write impartial rules for labor and man
agement are the national leaders Of both
groups. acting in concert and determined
above all else that henceforth politics shall
not make football out of industry dis
nutes.
This has been tried before, but It
failed because the timing was wrong. am
utterly convinced it is time to try again.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17

+ BILL LEE the other day. Bill is
sitting at his typewriter in THE
tCITIZEN office, Ininding bis
own business and, being an ex-
perienced reporter be is tipping
out news stories Like crazy be-
cause that IS what he IS getting
paid for and besides the editor is
watching him
81 Of sudden tip comes in
that MARIA M0NTEZ is flying
TO Key West and Bill yells,
sOboy! A movie star! That's for
mep So he calls cab and taxis
out to the airport. So who gets
off the plane but a pretty young
woman and Bill says Hello and
she says Hello and then Bill
asks her If she is Maria Monte
4 and she coyly admits that she is.
| so Bill asks her is she Maria
Montez the movie star and she,
laughs and says no. she IS not,
but that she is Maria Montez, a
dancer who is going to dance at
the Club Mardi Gras which IS on
Duval street.
So Bill taxis back to The Citi-
zen and it costs him four bucks
and he has to go back to his type
writer and type out some news
stories because that is what he.
gets paid for.
Another question is about how
people get to write stories and
make money and get rich and
famous and get by-lines. It is not
easy. In fact | would like to-
know how to do it myself But
the most direct approach to the
problem is to sit down at a type
writer and write whatever ii is
you are going to write and then
isend 1t to the people you hope
will buy it,
You can save lot of money
BY not taking courses in writing
that4are offered by people who
put ads in publications. The ads
read you CAN writer Il will
help you SELL" Or, Others
have made thousands. why not
yeu?" And SO on ad nausean
These people teIi you they are
literary agents and that for fee
that they will get you into print
and you win be such writer
that you will have to pay big
income tax,
Frankly | have never seen a |
successful literary agent putting
ads in magazines because they
are too busy trying to sell
stories for which the only fee is
ten percent of the price the pub
Usher pays the author.
/ forgot what other questions
people have asked me, like
when are you going to pay this /
bill?'' And I am lucky to have
forgotten silly questions like
that. II
Right now ! am trying to think
what ! will write about when
get back from Miami if ! start +
for there right now, which is
really "Wednesday, and SO you
can see how easy it is to get con-
fused, but then ] hardly ever
read this crazy column anyway.
Do yoi2
Why?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17

/ She finished with the snow
under the tree and stood up x1f
moment. Her father was ~ 2
| big chair looking very ChristIllasy
with 4 spria Of holly ID his bull
Itonhole. The twins were 49, i
lcandy canes to the branches rs
finishing touches Of prign.ne
lone stood on chair and lne
lother on the floor. Ihe3 rlapkeo
their hands happily
Its the most beautiful tree ~
1.-THE world. isn't It. Anpe<
ITO US it is
"And it likes Us to decorate =
doesn't it,"
She gFinned At them. 1 ! were
la Christmas tree I know I should
want To- be decorated BY Two
good little boys that / know.
They laughed the light shin-
| ing on their happy innocent faces.
Roger cleared his throat
Il agree with the boys. II is
certainly the most beautiful tree
| / have. ever seem
did you have a tree like this
before we camel"
Not like this Not ever.
Mary. came in and Joined the
chorus OF approval. They made
Iher bend down to see where Santa
Claus was to put all the presents
She winked at them.
They leaped on her to demon
IStrate how much they thought Of
her. Rogers hearty laugh filed
the room. Anne joined in merrily.
It took children to make real
Christmas. and sweet, kindly
souls like Mary. She heard z
noise but would have ignored II
| if Mary hadn't called for silence.
Whist. It must be Santa
Claus now. Out in the hail.
eNol Mol He won't come till
after were il bed. He
|sTsHE ham door was Hane open
= Tony and Celia pushed into
the room, both in evening clothes.
Celia's eyes were flashing and she
was wearing a beautiful fur coat
She pointed a finger at the tree
and cried out gaily:
= told you wha. we'd find.
What swell advertising picture.
as David would say. Ard the
kids are hugging Mary
Mary stood up, glowering. do
you have any objection to the
kids hugging Mary when their
mother has no time for them
even on Christmas Eve?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17
MONOGRAPH

Dear Voters:
II is commendable to stick to an
officeholder. and show your LOYALTY so
long as he is straight, but when he de-
parts from the straight and narrow path,
ia other words when he develops in
10 political crook. then it is not only
right and proper but the duty of the
voters to cast him aside. That is one way
10 secure honest government.
THE ORACLE !
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17

II
There are days when ! get all
mixed up about what day.it IS.
That is because | SOM times
write this masterpiece Of journal.
istic achievement day 50
ahead of time. | wrote this on
Wednesday so | could 60 to Mi
ami on Thursday. but actually 4
am not back in time enough q
tell YOU what happened Frankly
! do not even know why sIsNent
to Miami Since as 7 swFises this
have not left Key West.
In case I arrive before / get
back viii send telegram and
p t,hs n4fFtAsEgsssas ,fAS'g SiAaS, i
Since I've been cluttering up
space i'm The Citizen witl tlsi.I
column I have beenAasked 3 hln6-
Der of questions by people andI
will trys answerisg same % 7to4
days effort.
Why little the column South
ernmost Conner because 1t is,
Also because many years ago |
wrote a column for a paper call
ed the Morning Sum and. the
editor write column which he
titled The North East fEorner. /"
His desk, you see. was inN the
northeast corner of the Office
and his meme WIS james Eagle.
One day they re-modelled the
joint and moved his desk and I
can tell you ne was in tizzy.
Had to change the title Of J his
corner to Southeast and it
made him 50 mad that a reporter
or two got dressed down, but
good.
My column. was titled eThe
Brooding Bachelor" and Invent
to New England to cover a flood.
| forgot to turn back when
reached Mass, and ,wounde UP
in New Hampshire. never lot
back to the SIN, really becadse
two months later | arrived IN
New York. which was hundred
miles from the Sun, as the
crow flew in those days. An OBJ.
position paper had bnushf flie'
Sun and the Southeast Cor
ner" and really did not like the
job anyhow.
So that is why I named the
column down here the South
ernmost Corner"
And then there's the Etiastion
of how chap gets mater for !
column six days a week Why,
that is easy, in rnafsf OIL
speaking, if you are careful about
the manner in which you ise ak
You sit down at a typewriter al
nine ayem and in between phone
calls and other interruptions YOU
type ike crazy. If you are care
tul YOU can be finished in about
an hour ard then you shoot the
result down to the newspaper Of
ice. All YOU have to do then q
SIT about and wait for the paDar |
to hlt the streets SO you ear, see
what you wrote.
Another good way to write 81
column is not to 60 near the edis,E
tor the IS apt to put you Il, work. /
and not to go wandering about
the streets talking to people |
CYou are liable to pick. up ali
sorts of interesting stories which
VIII take your mind off your
work.. The best thing to do IS to |
play canasta or gin rumnp with /
man named BINSWANGER /
and let the darned column run II
self.
You take what hafsened Ia
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17

The world is packed with people who
are ready to tell you to do as they think
you should do.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17

You can escape some taxation by
moving out of. the U. S. and trying life in
some of island possessions a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17

The Y, S. governments has no infinite
supply Of money. regardless of what some
Of the other nations believe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17

Unemployment, it is said, is declining !;
maybe the workers are just too tired to
file claims for unemployment compensa-
tioR,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17

Those who never seek something for
nothing rarely give UP something for
nothhs 49,,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-17

Foreign peoples who have called the
United States Uncle shylock now seem
to thbk i is Uncle Santa.
Evening star., 1950-08-09

z. Between those two dates How
ard will take his two little girls.
ages 8 and 3, to Nag's Head, N. c.,
for a couple of weeks. He and
Marion will go on one Of those
heavenly Caribbean cruises down
to South America on their honey
moon.
The William w. Mackalls. who
are hosts to a family gathering
at their place in Bluemont. Va,
every summer, sent their subdeb
daughter Mimi to a ranch this
year with three of her friends and
it now sounds as if all four girls
had formally adopted the range.
The ranch they went to was, like
every other ranch one hears
about, near Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Wonder why that is? The r Lazy
S Ranch, however, is an honest
to-goodness working ranch with
one of the best corrals in that
part of the country. they say.
The girls have learned to rope
a calf and ride like cowgirl
should-so well, in fact. that they
have taken part in a dude rodeo
and won places" the first time
any gals have done that from r
Evening star., 1950-08-09

Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Emory H. May
hew announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Angel Janet
Mayhem, to Mr.. Frederick G. Cur
tiS, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis.
The wedding will take place in
September.
Resnick-Cohn
Announcement is made by Mrs
Gertrude Resnick of Boston of the
engagement of her daughter, Miss
Lillian Resnick of Washington, to
Mr.. Arnold Cohn of Washington
son of Mrs. Ida Cohn of New York
and Washington.
The wedding will take place
october %.
Cohen Goldberg
The engagement of Miss Bernice
Elizabeth Cohen to Mr.. Howard
Owen Goldberg is announced by
the bride-elect's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice H. Cohen.
Miss Cohen is a student at
George Washington University
and Mr.. Goldberg is a senior at
the University of Maryland and a
member of Beta Alpha Psi fra
ternity. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice M. Goldberg OF
Capitol Heights.
Evening star., 1950-08-09
Exclusively Yours
Justice Tom Clark Back and Submerged Again in Club Pool
Parties and Honeymoon Plans for w. Norris and r. Smith

Lazy S. With Mimi went Polly
Bryan, daughter of the Publisher
of the Richmond Times Dispatch
and Mrs. Tenant Bryan; Roberta
Williams, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Williams, and Harriet
Hughes. granddaughter of Mrs.
Dangerfield Love.
There's a rash of new recipes
floating around town due to the
birth of Francine and Lewis Mac
Cracken's one and only child. 1t
seems that Francine was talked
into buying some fancy notepaper
at a church bazaar some months
ago, each sheet of paper inscribed
with a recipe. When the time came
for her to write thank-you notes
to thoughtful friends who sent
flowers or gifts on the arrival
of the first born, she happened
upon the cooking stationary and
whether some of her friends cook
or not they have been receiving
hints on how to do it. Claire Snow
was amused to find her thank-you
note written under the ingredients
for Heartshorn Cookies, and
Charlie Thomas must have been
kind of surprised to see the way
to get Boiled MayonnaiSe on his.
Evening star., 1950-08-09
Society News
AIfresco Party at Dominican Embassy
Honors Stote Official and Mrs. Miller

| Sonora de Arredondo, mother OF
Sonora de Thomen and the lat
ter's aunt, Senorita Gracia Llu-
veres completed the house party
and they all were in the large
company last evening.
The Brazilian Ambassador, Mr..
Mauricio Nabuco, was the ranking
diplomat among the guests and
other heads of missions included
the Uruguayan Ambassador and
Sonora de Dominguez- -Campora,
the Mexican Ambassador and
Sonora de la Colina, the Peruvian
Ambassador, Senor Don Fernan-
do Berckemeyer; the Venezuelan
Ambassador and Sonora de Poca-
terra, the Panamanian Ambassa-
dor and Sonora de Herbruger, the
Ecuador Charge d'AffaireS and
Sonora de Moscoso and the Mica
raguan Charge d'Affaires and
Sonora de Schick.
Senator and Mrs. Dennis Chavez
and Representative and Mrs. Mike
Mansfield with the Secretary to
the Senate and Mrs. Leslie Biffle
represented the Congress in the
company. Associates and col
leagues of Mr.. Miller in the State
Department who were included in
the party were the Assistant Sec
Iretary and Mrs. Edward w. Bar
rett, the Assistant Secretary and
Mrs. John D. Hickerson. the Chief
of Protocol, Mr.. John F. Simmons
and the United States representa-
tive to the ter-American Eco
nomic and Social Council and Mrs
Albert F. Nufer.
The Dominican Ambassador to
the Organization of American
States and Sonora de Rodriguez
were there and other Dominicans
included the Ministers, Senor Don
Hans Cohn, DR.. Dario Contreras
and Senor Don Otto Vega with
Sonora de Cohn, Sonora Countre-
raS and Sonora de Vega.
From resident circles the guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mann,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hauch, DR..
and Mrs. Tomas Cajigas. Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Newman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Blake Clark, Mrs. A. Mitchell Pal
mer, former United States Ambas-
sador William S. Culbertson, DR..
William A. Morgan, Mr.. Albert
Reeves, Prince Pignatelli and Mr..
Henry May.