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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24
SUPREME COURT HAS NJ
POWER TO INTERVENE II
GEORGIA ELECTION SYSTEM
Behind The
World News
BY GORDON E. SMITH.
Associated Press Writer

Politicians today are bordering
the effect of the Supreme Court
ruling on the county unit election
i system used in Georgia. BY a
seven. to two decision the highest
court refused to upset a decision
by a special federal tribunal
which held the system legal and
declaring that the only recourse
was in the state legislature and
not in the courts.
/ But before studying the effect
of the final ruling, let's take a
look at the system. The 33-year-
iold Georgia law is patterned
somewhat on the national cleo
toral college. 1t gives each coun-
f, ty from two to six election units.
1t applies only to the primary,
but in Georgia the Democratic
primary is the only real contest.
This is how the unit system
works. Each of the eight largest
counties get six votes, the next
80 in size get four votes each, and
the rest get two each. Therefore,
if one county had 100000 voters
it could only get a maximum of
six votes, while a county with
only a handful of voters still
would be entitled to minimum
of two votes.
Now for the practical effects
of the system, as the politicians
look at it. In Georgia, at least,
the system serves as protector
of rural political power and it
also guarantees political domin-
ance to the groups which advocate
white supremacy. For example,
for a number of reasons the
Negroes do not vote in any large
number in farm areas-one rea-
son being possible intimidation.
Anyway, the Negro farm vote is
light, but there are 100000 Neg
roes qualified to vote in the cit
les, and they always vote against
those candidates campaigning for
white supremacy.
But the unit system largely
cancels the Negro bloc's vote in
the cities, as the largest county
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24
Five Killed In
Train Crash
This Morning

KIMBALL, W. Va, April "a
Up. There was a tragic acct
dent today in a railroad tunnel,
near here in the southern tip OF
West Virginia.
1t was a tunnel on the main
line of the Norfolk and Western
Railway.
Six members Of a bridge crew
were riding on a tiny platform
car, a motorized version of the
oId-style hand car used by rail
road workers.
Midway through the tunnel,
the little work car was rammed
head-on by a passenger train.
The train had been detoured into
a sidetrack leading through the
tunnel. because the regular track
is under repair.
Five workers on the little car
were killed outright and sixth
badly manned.
The passenger train was en-
route from Columbus, Ohio, to
Norfolk.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24
Citizens Medal Of Merit"

If there existed Citizens Medal Merit
standing citizens of Key their This
muniY believe that almost unanimous approval would
the Editor Staff of The West Citizen for
mertorious reporting the Unanimous Deal of
The City Commission. Public indignation has reached
cedented heights this the Marina
Hotel La Concha and the rest in line for a cut.
would also include Mr. Claude Gandofo for his determ
ination fair all this citation. petitions
signed the Commissioner resigning would
like the n the commission meetings or
published in the paper.
Commissioners Sweetng resigned Chief Esner resigned
and City Manager Dave King resigned and of them
back under Public Pressure and think hold them
in high respect for standing their convictions
If Public Servant the unmerciful
persecution he good
else he will fall down under fire.
Reminds of story told of boy here time who
would always threaten take home his ball bat if he could
play first base.
If Public Servants they should
they should do things criticism.
Thanks again The Key Citizen job
and may you keep the good work.
CITIZEN AND TAxPAYER-A C. ROBERTS,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24
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striking should be unable
to repair them, then the
public would start feeling
the phone strike.
The union has said that
there will be no picketing
until Wednesday, when
100000 other phone work
ers may walk out. If there
is no pieketing today and
tomorrow, there is not like
~ to be any serious inter-
ference with normal tele-
phone service, barring ma
jor breakdowns of equip
liaent.
The strike of the equip
inent workers, though basi-
cally one over wages, has
been spanked by a dispute
IN South Bend, Indiana.
equipment workers there
went OH strike rather than
go through a Doggy field
which, they said, was too
deep in mud and water.
Theminor grievance flared
into a Walkout when the
company ordered the men
back to work under pain of
dismissal for contract vio-
lation.
The national headquar-
tiers Of the CIO Communi-
cations Workers Union de-
inands that the company
reverse its stand, and this
has not been done.
Throughout the week
end, negotiations put the
South Bend mud dispute
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24
Two Engines Are
Called To Put
Out Grass Fire

Tle Key West Fire Depart
Insnt employed two engines to
fight stubborn grass fire at
United and Grinnell streets Sat
urday afternoon. The blaze,
winch swept the lots, was fam
ned by a strong wind and en-
dangered five nearby houses.
= Prompt action by the firemen
saved the buildings. The only
damage was to several trees that
were badly scorched. The fire
was extinguished after a forty
i've minute effort.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24

what the Board had to say on that point:
'sThe safety and on time perform
ance of diesel electric locomotives
operated under current rules have
been notably good -.
upon careful analysis of the data
submitted on safety, we have con-
Guided that no valid reasons have
been shown as a support for the
Brotherhood proposal under which
fireman would be required to be at all
times continuously in the cab of road
diesels. The proposal must be re-
jected."
The real reason behind these demands is
that the union leaders are trying to make
jobs where there is no work. In other
words, plain case of Misunderstanding.
The railroads have no intention of yield
ing to these wasteful make-work demands.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24
Relatives Fight
Will Leaving
Money TODog

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Up. - A
lucky dog is Dixie, an American
pit bull who devoted the best
years of her life to G. S. Rich
berg of Memphis Richberg re-
membered Dixie in his will, left
her 81. $500. But he forgot his rel
atives, if forgot is the word.
The relatives showed d ten
acity worthy of Dixie herself,
and fought the will through the
courts for the better part of two
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24
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turned over to American authOri-
ties. Air Force officials said the
second raft was in a sealed pack
and would not be opened until
it reached the planes home base
in Morocco, where the Navy will
examine it.
This is the raft described in
Stockholm dispatches as looking
as if it had been hit by bullets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24

over the more general de-
mand of all Go phone
workers for higher pay,
shorter hours, and other
benefits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24

years. Now however, the will
has been approved.
Dixie gets $35 month for the
rest of her life. She is eight years
old.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24

John w. Hanes of New York,
onetime undersecretary of the
treasury, born in Winston-Salem,
N. c., So years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-24

us. Senator Guy Gordon of
Oregon, born Cuebro, Tex, 60
years ago.
The Arizona post., 1950-01-20
VI To Celebrate

On Saturday night, Jan. %, a
special Melaveh Malkeh in honor
of Chamisha Asar Be'Shvat will
be held at the Young Israel.
Rabbi Abraham M. Danzig will
be the moderator at a symposium
on the celebration. Participants
will be the college youth of VI. A
party will be held for the children
of the Hebrew and Sunday School
at the synagogue.
Rabbi Abraham Danzig will ex-
plain the meaning of the holiday
to the children and special songs
will be sung. Typical fruits will
be served.
At the recent Dinner, Cantata
narrators were Ida Danzig, Her
bert Singer; music selection, Her.
bert Weininger; violin solo, Arvin
Shenbait.
The Arizona post., 1950-01-20
Kashruth Plan
Is Being Tried

The local Kasruth (Kosher)
Committee, in an endeavor to en-
courage the Jewish community
to observe kasruth, recommended
that the Tucson kosher butchers
sell locally slaughtered meat, thus
permitting prices similar to those
of the general meat shops. Begun
last week it will be continued
for 90 days to note if there is a
demand for this quality meats
and if the volume of purchase of
kosher meat is noticeably in
creased.
Butchers explain they continue
to carry Grade A meat, imported
from Los Angeles and that the
local slaughtered meat is COM
parable to the economy grade.
The Kasruth Committee feel
this plan has merit, tho the butch
ers express some skepticism.
The Arizona post., 1950-01-20
BBW In Donor
Dinner-DQnCe

Once a year B'nai Birth Wom-
en- "go all out" in holding a social
affair for the benefit of the many
B'nai Birth projects in Israel.
This major event will be Donor
Dinner Dance Feb. 5 at the Pho
neer Hotel.
Emphasis is equally placed on
the dinner and the evenings
music and entertainment There
will be steak dinner and Char
ley Ford's orchestra will play for
.,-s2
dancing.
The committee is: Mrs. Ed
Simmons, chairman; Mrs. Sidney
Goodman, co-chairman; M m S
Harry Bazar, Louis Broder, Mil
ton Cherry, Irving Ostroy. Re
servations are being accepted by
Mrs. Simmons, 5-4448, and Mrs.
Goodman, 5-3567.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Compromise Unlikely
In A. &P. Trust Suit,
Retail Grocers Told

Talk of possible compromise
between the Justice Department
and the Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Co. faded into less than a
whisper here today.
That was the impression given
by Assistant Attorney General
Herbert A. Bergson to delegates
at the three-day convention of
the National Retail Grocers Sec
retaries Association, which opened
in the Hotel Statler yesterday.
The chief of the Justice Depart
ment's Antitrust Division reported
there have been no negotiations
between the big food chain and
the Department since the Gov
ernment last September filed a
civil antitrust suit in Federal
Court in New York City.
Stand Unchanged.
Il want to assure you" he told
the grocers' representatives yes
terday, that the Governments S
position in this case has been and
will remain unchanged. I am
Evening star., 1950-02-01

convinced this case can and will
be won in the courts"
MIR. Bergson said he was sur
prised to receive such a friendly
welcome at the convention. He
was shoWered by questions for
more than half an hour after his
prepared speech, but most of the
queries apparently sought infor-
nation without criticizing the
Justice Department.
Many of the questions dealt
with the company's advertising
campaign, attacking the anti
trust lawyers in Washington" "
This led Mr.. Bergson to declare
that, if the pending case in New
York were criminal proceeding
scheduled to be heard by a jury,
the "company's current advertis-
ing campaign might seem pretty
close to amounting to contempt
of court"
He said, in response to further
questions, that he believes the
company's principal hope is to
influence" the Justice Depart
ment to drop the case. But, he
added, that cannot be done.
What Civil Suit Asks.
The civil suit asks that the
company be broken up into seven
independently owned and oper-
ated chains with about 800 stores
each. 1t also asks a court order
Evening star., 1950-02-01

TO split the company's manufac-
turing and processing operations
from its retailing activities.
Reports of a possible out-of-
court settlement presumably
started from a misunderstanding
of a recent statement by the At
torney General, Mr.. Bergson said.
The Attorney General stated that
the Department always is ready
to discuss consent agreements
with any litigant to aviod costly
court trials in antitrust cases.
That is still the policy, but I
want you to understand that a
consent decree is not the same as
compromise" he explained. I'VE
enter consent DEGREES when they
give us substantially what we
want"
Mr.. Bergson disagreed with a
Evening star., 1950-02-01
DR.. Oliver to Give Talk

DR.. Louis Oliver, scientist of the
National Institute of Health, will
be guest speaker at a seminar at
4 pm. tomorrow in Sternberg
Auditorium, Walter Reed Hospital.
The seminar is being held by the
Army Medical Department Re-
search and Graduate School.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
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Evening star., 1950-02-01

questloner who implied that the
Justice Department is not getting
fair deap' in newspaper cover
age of its side of the controversy
with A. 81 P. He mentioned The
Star as one Of the major news
papers that presented an "ob-
jective and able account that
fairly presented arguments of
both sides"
Evening star., 1950-02-01

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Evening star., 1950-09-17
Man Hating Arrest
Shot by Policeman

A Metropolitan policeman last
night shot and wounded a mar
who. he said, prevented him from
arresting another for disorderly
conduct.
The injured man, identified as
Glover Taylor, 26, colored, of the
1900 block of Holbroook street
NE, was in Freedmen's Hospita.
with bullet wound in the left
leg above the knee.
According to 1t. Joseph Hunt o1
the End Precinct, Pvt. James E
Dawn had arrested an unidenti-
fled colored man at New York
avenue and North Capitol street
about 11:15 pm, and was leading
him to a call box.
AS they crossed the intersection
1t. Hunt said, the second man
later identified as Taylor, grabbed
the policeman's nightstick ano
started hitting him. When Pvt
Dawn attempted to defend him.
self, the man in custody broke
away and ran.
1t. Hunt said Pvt. Dawn
stepped away from the man who
had taken the nightstick, pullec
his revolver and fired one shot
which struck Taylor in the leg.
Evening star., 1950-09-17
30 Await Term Opening
AT Cynthia Warner School

More than 80 elementary grade
children have registered for the
opening Tuesday of the fall term
of the Cynthia Warner School
1900 Carroll avenue, Takoms
Park, Md.
The 17th year of the private
school is marked with extensive
interior redecorating and the ad.
dition of playground equipment.
Mrs. Harold E. Warner, direc-
tor, has announced the following
new staff appointments:
Miss Wanda Porterfield, fifth
and sixth grade instructor; Miss
Carolyn Sheppard, first grade;
Miss Helen De Mott, formerly o1
Children's Village, junior kinder
garten, and Mrs. Merritt E
CaSkey.
Evening star., 1950-09-17
House Moving Made Easy

Giant new equipment for NOV.
ing buildings has now been de-
veloped which is capable of pick
ing up a three story brick house
up to 80 by go feet in size and car
rying it to a new site miles away
Some of the equipment can carry
loads of over 100 tons.
Evening star., 1950-09-17
Montgomery PTA Council
To Hold Sixth Workshop

The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil of Parent Teacher Associations
will hold it's sixth annual work.
shop at $3.50 pm. Saturday in the
Leland Junior High School, Be-
thesda, Md.
Discussion leaders include Miss
Julie Watkins, county school Of
fetal; Mrs. Gertrude Bowie, Mary
land State Board of Education,
and Washington 1. Cleveland
American Automobile Association
executive.
Subjects include the "School
Bus System Safety In and Out
of the Schools" and What About
Parent Education"
Evening star., 1950-09-17

on him with phrases like shabby
jingoist" and "betrayer."
The final break leaves Mr.. Wal
lace-who was an early-day Re
publican and later a Democrat
ardent New Deler and Progressive
"a man without a party.
He disavows any intention of re-
turning to the Democratic fold
or of allying himself with the
Democrats so-called liberal wing
the Americans for Democratic
Action.
II have no political plans at all.
he said. Actually. my course has
never been guided by politics, but
only by those principles that
would keep us secure, and give
justice to all peoples"
Evening star., 1950-09-17
Italian Woman Becomes Citizen
After Five Futile Attempts

;.iSl zenaids weneta. J5 Jos P ,. street NV;
Joyce Alexia Walmsley, 1406 Sixteenth
street NV; Mary Coppa, 913 Aspen street
NV: Gertrude Yung Kwai Tong, 1912
Highland place NV; John Victor Grau.
man. 1898 Kansas avenue NV; Patricis
Ellen Cauffman, 131 Sixth street Sc
Max Brager, 6433 Fourteenth street NV.
Charles Furnari, 1918 I street NV; Mary
Gebicke. 1925 Orren street NE; Lee
Jung Won, 916 Massachusetts avenue N W. .
Jack Rosenberg. 4030 Seventh street NE.
Maria Amelia Stems, Marion Station. Pa.
Cecilia Higgins: 1907 Monroe street NV
Jane Frances Thompson. 1401 Girard street
NV; Verna Albano Chin, sos F street
NV; Sarah penison, AIS Kennedy street
NV; Edwen Marjorie Valentine, Alex.
andria, Va; Lucia Scioli Reading, Pa
Madeleine Alice Jones' Falls Church, Va
Francis Joseph Lopresti, 1925 X street
NV; Tana Faife Dean. 511S Hanna place
Sc; Yvonne sadi Josephine Frederiqut
Kennedy. Menlo Park, Calf: Jeannine
Christiane Hotaling, Spring Lake, N. j..
Marie Louise Therese Colette De Lamater
$500 Thirty-ninth street NV; Catherine
Politis Arden, Foreign Service Mail Room
Department of State; Liliane Allison, Falls
Church, Va: Marciano Cawagas Mariana
Naval Air Station. and August Degracia
Belasco, 1905 Hoban road NV.
Evening star., 1950-09-17
CIVIL SERVICE
TYPIST-STENOC.

Exams, current-thousands needed NOW.
QUICK Beginners and Refresher courses
- SAVE y usual time - Small Classes.
80 years exper. c. s. coaching work.
BOYD SCHOOL, 700 18th, cor G NV.
MA. 234O. New classes Mon, Sept, is
Evening star., 1950-09-17

would be happy to demonstrate
the good features of his method;
to explain to you why his classes
are limited to four students and
why he is interested in the
students work. In other words,
he wants you to see for yourself
the advantages of being affil-
lated with reputable and ex-
perienced institution. Registra-
ton for courses in FRENCH,
SPANISH, ITALIAN, GERMAN,
PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN and
CHINESE is now open. All these
courses have been approved for
Veterans. You may get in touch
with him at the GOOD NEIGH
BOR SCHOOL OF LAM
GUAGES. 922 18th st. NV.
Conn. Ave. at K ST., RE. 2943,
RE. 1894.
Evening star., 1950-09-17
Trust OF Wallace
In Sovief's Motives
Lost, Asks Unity
BY the Associated Press

SOUTH SALEM, N. Y, Sept. 16.
In the twilight cool, Henry A.
Wallace sat on the wide sun
porch and slipped a glass of grape
juice.
"I thought Russia would have
more sense" he said. But she
didn't"
Gone is Mr.. Wallace's trust in
Soviet motives that fired him
through four hectic postwar years
of pleading for mutual confidence
between East and West.
Stain has gone too far" he
said slowly. For a moment he
was silent, gazing across the green
hills that surround his farm
home.
Then the former Vice Presi-
dent, who once wrote to Stain
saying there was no difference
between the United States and
Russia that could not be solved
by peaceful negotiations, added
with note of bitterness:
Calls for Unity.
Il would write him a different
kind of letter now. I would say
to him: You said you wanted
peace. But we moved our troops
out of Korea, and you marched
against u.s.
The Korean fighting has been
to Mr.. Wallace like a call-to-
arms.
Now, truly, we need unity" he
said.
A few months back, Mr.. Wallace
viewed the Atlantic Pact as war
creating, the Marshall Plan as a
weapon of geopolitical pressure,
and United States stockpiling of
the atom bomb as immoral and
provocative.
M0difieS His Position.
New conditions have modified
his position.
"The Atlantic Pact was not
justified at the time it was drawn
up" he said, but in view of
actions in the interim, I say it
is essential"
AS for the Marshall Plan
originally opposed by Mr.. Wallace
although for years he has been
among the most fervent advocates
of aid to needy nations as a kew
to global prosperity-he said:
II Russia wants hot war,
1t (The Marshall Plan) is a good
thing. Otherwise, our funds should
be channeled through the United
Nations"
Mr.. Wallace says he now feels
that Russia wants to continue
the cold war, and that the United
States should muster its MIGHT
including the A-bomb, for any
crisis.
Must Prepare for Worst.
I'VE must prepare for the worst :"
ne said, and at all times offer
a program for the best"
AT every stage of arming we
ought to have spread out to them
our Willingness for peace"
NOW that Americans are en-
gagged on the battlefield, Mr.. Wal
lace refuses to discuss any of the
ola, bitter grievances he still NAV
Evening star., 1950-09-17

The human heart contracts
times daily.
Evening star., 1950-09-17

A 66-year-old italian woman,
prevented five times by series OF
mishaps from taking the oath of
American citizenship, yesterday
was among 38 persons sworn in
here as naturalized United States
citizens.
She is Mrs. Harry Scaldaferri,
SOL Decatur street NV. On one
previous occasion she had suf-
fered a leg injury. Last month
when she was due to appear she
caught her arm in a bus door and
was taken to a hospital.
The new citizens were admins
tered the oath at a model natu-
ralization ceremony attended by
delegates to the convention of the
American and Canadian Bar AS
sociations.
Attorney General McGrath,
principal speaker at the ceremony,
stressed to the new citizens that
their oath of allegiance to this
country means unconditional 10y
atty" The Attorney General sug-
gested. however, that at the same
time they should be proud of their
own ancestry.
District Court Judge Alexander
HoltZoff, who administered the
oath, told the new citizens:
This occasion marks an epoch
in your lives. Citizenship of the
United States has never been as
great a privilege as it is in this
troubled world today"
Mrs. James B. Patton, president
general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. urged the
new citizens to work toward the
welfare of this country. Besides
Mrs. Scaldaferri. others sworn in
as naturalized citizens were:
Ida Mary Hafstra, 1880 Eleventh street
NV; Alexandra Theoharis, 1904 l street
NV; Gertrude AuguSte Herr. 1920 Eighth
street NV; Leonard Lewis Bermon, 1884
Livingston road Sc: Regina Iris Shea,
3944 o street Sc; Juliette Marie Mathilde
Dubreuil Murrie, 1920 C1ydesdale place
NV. Gunnar Carl Fred Asker, 453O
Lowell street NV; Agnes Catherine
Evening star., 1950-09-17
ADVERTISEMENT.
LANGUAGE HINTS
By DON ALVARO

ny DO4F III HNO
Do YOU KNOW THAT
Mastery of the French language
Or any other language-would
be a valuable asset to you, both
culturally and economically? 1t
Evening star., 1950-09-17

may be that
you are con-
sidering to be-
g in studying
French soon,
and if so, Mon
sieur Georges
J Agade, head of
the French De-
p a r t m ent OF
/. the G o o D
] N E C HBOR
| S G H*O o L,
, would be sin
cerely int er-
Evening star., 1950-09-17
Charlotte Hall School
To Reopen Tomorrow

Charlotte Hall Preparatory
School, Charlotte Hall, Md. will
begin its 177th year tomorrow.
The school, better known as the
Charlotte Hall Military Academy,
is located about 35 miles south
of Washington.