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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-05
Truman Satisfied
With State OF
Union Reception
P) wirephoto

WASHINGTON. Jan. S.
(PD.-President Truman says
he feels that his State of the
Union message got a fine re-
ception in Congress-especial-
lY from the Republicans. Mr..
Truman is equally optimistic
about the way the Congress
will receive his tax message.
During his news confer
ence today. the President was
asked what he thought about
the Republican response when
he had to repeat one of his
sentences on taxes and spend
ing. Boos, laughter and ap-
plause drowned out the last
part of the sentence which
seid spending cuts mus be
limited by the nations needs.
Mr.. Truman smiled at the
question and said the Repub-
licans ca K him an ovation.
Moreover. the President
said he expects similar
ovation. especially fro tAa
Democrats. when he cal 5 for
more taxes. He did not say
when that would be.
Mr.. Truman We send his
budget to Congress on Mon
DAY.
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Erwin Saws Slot
Machines Must
Be Given Owners

TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 5.-(Rl.
"A man who won a mistrial on
charges Of operating Illegal slot
machines can have the seized de-
vices back. but he could be ar
rested again Immediately for pos
session of them.
That is if they are gambling
devices.
That's the ruling of Attorney
General Richard Erwin.
He gave the opinion to County
Judge John D. Justice of Sara
sofa, who inquired what should
be done with the machines.
Charges were not pressed
against the owner after one jury
failed to either acquit or convict.
Erwin said the machines should
be returned to the owner if he
desires them, but if these slot
machines dispense rewards or
prizes the owner would be sub
ject to arrest because mere pos
session Of such machines is I'M
lawful.
Erwin says as a prerequisite to
FORGETTING and destroying such
machines, there must be a convic-
ton of the person prosecuted.
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Ritz-CarltOn
Hotel n. Y.
TUBcRazed

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Manhat-
tan is TO lose another of its
world-famouS landmarks, the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
The impressive structure on
New York's busy Madison Ave.
D. IA be torn down to make way
for a modern office building.
The wrecking of the 15-story
hotel is expected to be one of the
biggest jobs of its kind, and is
expected 10 get. under way early
next year. Although the Ritz
Carlton occupies almost $4,000
square feet, it has only 3l5
rooms. Much Of the space is oc-
cupied by bathrooms and other
gathering places.
It's five-stOry basement is
stocked with fine wines, stored
there against the thirst of some
Of the great gourmets of the
century.
The late Robert Goelet built
CONTINUED On Page Threel
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Winds Damage
Pier AT County
Beach Recently

~ ii0l.h .ef had fiH
such heavy seas that fht eaior
knocked the flooring of about
500 feet OF the pier jutting out
from the shore Of the Atlantic at
County Beach, il became known
today.
County Commissioner Joe Az
len. chairman of the Beach Com
mittee. said that the County Com
mission will consider what action
10 take about relaying the floor
ing on the pier al next Tuesdays
meeting
The flooring was so placed on
the pier that il might be taken
off by high waves as a protection
of the pier itself The boards float
en- to sohre and have virtually all
been recovered. Allen reported.
II will cost about 500 % relay
the floor.
Eve have got 30 determine how
We can hold the boards on the
pier in high winds, while making
Continued On Page fwOI
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For A MigI,tier u. S.
Truman Talks
About Power
Development

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-lP).-
During his news conference to-
day. President Truman discussed
power developments in various
parts of the nation.
In his State of the Union mes
sage yesterday, Mr.. Truman pro-
posed public power development
in New England, and he explain
ed today that this covered the
PaSsamaquoddy project. for pow
er. He said it also covered river
development.
The President also wants to see
the development Of the Upper
Mississippi River and the Ohio in
conjunction with the proposed
Missouri Valley project. While
Mr.. Truman said these rivers are
mainly suitable for navigation
and flood control development,
he wants power produced on all
streams in the country where this
is possible,
Mr.. Truman also wants to push
the Central Valley development
and the Savannah River develop
ment in the South, and the pro-
jects of the Southwest.
When asked if he favored a
IVA for the Cumberland River
in Tennessee, Mr. Truman said
he was not familiar with details
of that proposal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-05
Claim Outside Mason Contractor
Has Locals Walking The Streets
Says Prices For
Masonry Work
Hare Been Cnf
liz Half Here

a group Of masons. and mason
contractors appealed 10 the city
commissioners to pass an ordIn-
ance protecting them from out
side competition. They stated
that an 0ut-of-t0wn firm Was
cutting prices a. least one-half
Inc standard rate They claimed
that many Key Westors we're
walking the streets" and that
the contractor has the town
~sewed up To protect their in-
terests. they asked that . clause
be inserted In the building ord
nance requiring a six-months
residency before qualifying.
Mayor Louis Eisner then asked
City Manager Spalding II this
was not now the case.
mo time limit" was the reply.
Public Service Director Roy
Butler: Under ordinance Is. the
licence must be granted
Does the contractor employ
union labor2" asked Commis-
sioner G. 3. Harvey.
The laboring men dad n0t
know.
Roy Butler: Il investigated me
man. The quality Of his work h
of the best. But ! can appreciate
what these men are up against"
Something should be done io
lcontinued On Page Sixl
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Mrs. Glenn
Smith Chosen
Queen Here

Two hundred an fifty tourists
and winter visitors were enter
tanned at the Chamber Of Com
merce Fun Mite party last night
in the YMCA building patio.
Captain Bill Kroll, highlighted
the evenings entertainment with
his colorful presentation of fish
story. Knoll displayed and de-
scribed many types of fish that
snnabit local waters, from
lowly one pound grunt to
mighty so pound Amberjack
A color motion picture, de-
scribing the technique Of winter
visitor Paul Chotteau in har-
Messing live shark to pull a man
through the water, was enjoyed
by the audience.
Mrs. Glenn Smith, visiting here
with her husband from Chats
worth, Illinois, was chosen Queen
of the Island in a drawing held
during the program. AS First
guest Of Key West, she was al
warded "day on the town
and received flowers and prizes
from the following:
Beauty work by Stell's Beauty
Nook, sightseeing with island
guide Ramon Navarro, luncheon
at Southbeach Patio, a tour of
the Oldest House, and dinner at
A & B Lobster House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Ultsch,
visiting here from Chicago, won
Continued On Page Four
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Planning Board Turns
Down Three Requests
OK. AnOher
Bait House
On Boulevard
BY ~ Vote

The City of Key Vests PLAN
ming board met last night inn
mediately after adjournment of
the Commission meeting. All five
members of the Commission are
members of the planning board.
The sixth member is City Man
ager Ralph Spalding.
First coming change to be con-
sidered was the Bait Box" on
Roosevelt boulevard. This was
from residence 'b" to residence
&C"
Motion for approval was made
by Commissioner John Carbonell
and seconded by Commissioner
Louis Carbonell.
When did the City first take
steps 20 acquire this land?" ask
ed Commissioner c. B. Harvey.
On December 6, l949," re-
piled Attorney Lester.
That's what | mean. Because l
read The Key West Citizen,
know that land inside the boule-
ward was being acquired. Who in
the City initiated this move
ment?" asked Commissioner c. B.
Harvey
The old Commission was the
answer.
On what grounds?"
1T was legally gotten for pub
lie purposes"
rs this for a public purpose?"
Il am not now able to answer
that question, but this is an ap-
parent public purpose. There are
Continued on Page Three
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Nine CreWmen
Take Shore Leave
Off Flying Arrow

HONG KONG, Jan. 5.-(P.-
The ship Flying Arrow" of the
Isbrandtsen Line sails for Red
Shanghai tomorrow minus nine
members of her crew.
According to the Hong Kong
representative of the line, nine
crewmen signed off in order to
avoid taking the ship through
the Chinese Nationalist blockade
outside Shanghai harbor. That
leaves "a others who will sail
the American ship between rows
of Chinese gunboats and through
mine-infested waters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-05
Report $500
RObberyLas
Night In Miami

MIAMI. Jan. 5.-(P.-A $500
robbery was reported last night
in Miami.
Police were told that jewelry
end clothing worth that amount
were taken from the home of MI,
and Mrs. L. J. Bauer, winter Wis
itors from Cleveland, Ohio.
Bauer told police thieves en-
tered the house by forcing a
window while they were out to
dinner.
The Bauers come to Miami an
nually IN November and stay I'M
al May.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-05
$4,000 ART SHOWING TO BE
HELD AT MARTELLO GALLERY

For the first time, ne Key
West Art and Historical Society
viii have showing Of art worth
$4,000 in the West Martello
Tower Art Gallery from January
g to the 22nd, Burt Garrett, pre-
sident of the society said today
The art is the work of contem-
poraly artists, the most well
known Of present-day artists,
and comes down to Key West
directly to the Martello Art Gal
lery from Miami where it was
shown at the University of
Miami.
At a meeting of the Key West
Art and Historical Society at noon
Continued On Page Fourl
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British Send
Troops, WarShiP
To Quell Outbreak

LONDON, Jan. British
troops and a warship arc bei ~
5ent To Eritrea TO put down VOL
ent outbreaks in Italy's former
African colony. Both Italy and
Ethiopia want control of Erioiroa.
which has been occupied by the
British since they chased out
MusSolini's troops during the
war.
A foreign office statement says
that a series Of outrages has oc-
cured in Eritrea. According 10
the British, the climax came on
December 18th. when attacks
were made on what are described
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lieve that while Formosa is an
important place, it is not of suf-
ficlent value that American forces
should be used to defend it,
State Department officials do
not believe that Chang will be
able to hold Formosa for very
long.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-05
Navy Surgeon Shot
In Fight With Wife
Over Revolver

PENSACOLA, Jan. 5.-(H1.--A
Naval flight surgeon remained
i'm a critical condition in Pensa-
cola today from bullet wound
suffered during a scuffle over a
pistol with his wife.
Commander NJ. T. Martin, the
surgeon, was shot Tuesday night
at his home in suburban Navy
Cove. The incident was not re-
ported to civil authorities until
about noon yesterday.
Sheriff's Investigator Henry
Clay Mitchell quoted Mrs. Mar
tin as saying her husband was
shot in a scuffIe over a pistol.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-05
100000 Fire
TOdayIn
DOdgePlant

DETROIT, Jan. 5.-R.-Fire
broke out this morning in a big
shed near the main plant where
Dodge cars are assembled. A fuel
line had broken, and exploding
oil flared to the ceiling.
The eight men who were iii the
shed at the time managed to get
out safely. The fire destroyed
the shed, where metal scrap was
Continued On Page TWol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-05
Place l8 More
In Jobs Last
Year Than '48

The Key West office of the
Florida State Employment Ser
vice placed 1926 persons in jobs
during the past year, 1949, j. H.
Knight, Jr., manager of the office
said todav in a discussion of ac-
tivities of the agency, Placements
surpassed the 1948 total by 18.
Veterans composed 2l5 of the
total number placed in jobs, in
Guiding 10 with handicaps Of
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utilizing its armed forces to in
terfere in the present situation"
The President went on to say
that the Government believes the
resources on Formosa are ade-
quate for the Chinese to get the
items necessary for the defense of
the island.
The Presidents statement came
after long controversy at the
capitol over American policy to-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-05

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-(P.-
President Truman has set forth
American policy regarding For
mosa, and it's a policy of no mill
tary aid to the Chinese Nationalist
forces on the island.
Mr.. Truman made his declara-
ton during his news conference,
He said the United States has no
wish to become involved in the
civil conflict in China or to use
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-05

its armed forces there. The Pres
ident emphasized that economic
aid is all that Chang Kai-Shek
can expect from the United
States.
MIR. Truman said: THE United
States has no predatory designs
on Formosa or on any other
Chinese territory.
The Chief Executive added:
"The United States has no desire
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-05
1850 Florida
Primary Races
Now Underway

TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 5.-(Pl
The 1850 Florida Democratic
primary campaigns are officially
underway.
Floridians will elect one US
Senator, six US representatives,
Continued On Page Sikh
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ward Formosa. Some Republi-
cans have advocated use OF the
Navy if necessary to save For
mosa from the Chinese Commun-
lists. The Joint Chiefs of Staff be-
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to obtain special rights or privil
eyes or to establish military bases
on Formosa at this time. Nor
does it have any intention of
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Personalities and Impressions
By Jessie Font Evons

Mrs. Rutland Duckett Beard of
E4706 Chevy Chase boulevard lives
on Beard Circle. so called because
the Boards were the first to build
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Irrigation Rushed

France is rushing projects to
irrigate the South Sahara desert,
including diversion of some
waters of the Middle Niger.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

wists Eileen wS.ha S.@n % b. 9? aos Er ~ s'sE s.: s9e
Caagpttol, 81. and Frances Canseiosi. 20,
fRief peefes wit kiag. 'saflPhis Pssfsis MG sRf
stephen La scola: 81. Of HyattsyiIle,
aan aan aosemaey aSs ne Green 1s' 1s4o Michi-
Daysd s Essestse' { 90; .ps . 4 Lillian Jackson.
and ArVilla Lukens. "a. 44oe Livinsstcn
xs E1ti5 ss as g. z'ft9 5fs '
s9s s1st sss.sB..e e. = e sgss
o;R ssf:4 S3;!: sgs ,st1 T. a,,,.ss
Robert 00th aarssrish9 6 sh9n1 in n and vrsini.
sSs's R:nls g. se'a4 8 EIssnsHd ss. and
Mary Vouros. 2s. 4106 Wisconsin ave.
Glenn Parker. "a. 3160 18th st. NV.
and Helen Horton. 19. Of Knoxville.
ssss.s esss % e. ,g 6 s sA5ssssa e
,.&s. >. &sn. S1sSssIis isass i:ss r.
''' j: C. I''si sna oioris ' rsau.sss. Is. 3s f45s
Fl III i nssi. ss rns I'D Ann. Ho'H'nn
R0SsFs Se auhn n Ala 2 sbe6sp s5a siaa it zgeks
James Mcbride. 35. Of Phiiadeiphia. Pa
and Ishbel McManes. &c. 524 Roxboro
Charles Bellos. 25. Of Richmond and
Audrey Bigger 81. of Stovall. N. c.
joseph Iaylor y,. 20: 7i9 K st ,das Be- ,o9S sRS
Peter osdinski. 35. 1880 R St NV. and
Mildred Ehredt. 80. 2212 Eye st. NV.
Clarence z. Carter. 40. of the Bronx. and
Alice ,Bradbie. 45., Of Brooklyn.
Frederick Brehm. 80. and Mary Velarde.
80. both of Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
District Area Scouts
End Camporee Today

More than 1900 Washington
area Boy Scouts will wind up
their annual spring camporee to-
day at three camp sites.
Washington and Alexandria
scouts are camped at Keane and
Kingman roads, near the Fort
Belvoir station hospital, under the
direction of William S. Anderson
and w. K. Bennett. jr.
Nearby Maryland scouts are
holding their observances at Camp
Mulligan at the foot of Edmon-
ston road in Prince Georges
County. Camporee director is Os-
car T. Neal.
Scouts from Arlington, under
the direction of j. Heston Head,
are based at the Manassas Ma
tional Battlefield Park. Bull Run.
The boys, ranging in ages from
II to 18, pitched their tents yes
terday morning. They then start
ed on a round of hiking, cooking,
trail blazing. campfire entertain
ment. and the many other activi-
ties Of scouting.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Pesonohi eondIm
Che Chase Womons Hobbies Proved Sources of Income

the children spent six months in
Belgium. where they learned to
speak French. This background
later helped fit her daughter Irene,
now Mrs. Ralph Gunkel, the wife
Of an ophthamologist, to teach
French in the Chevy Chase and
Montgomery Blair High Schools
before her marriage.
The war naturally ended what
had become a very successful
though small importing business.
This had gradually replaced her
egg route and homemade cookery
efforts. but she feels they were all
a very satisfactory part of a de-
velopment in self-expression and
home-centered employment. Now
as the result of several small
family legacies she is financially
independent.
Her mothers family through
her grandmother. Elizabeth Thorp,
who married Zephaniah Surr,
was connected with the famous
English Thorp Mills In Yorkshire.
The old Surr house was a land
mark in the countryside near
Harrogate until World War II,
when it was demolished. Five
picturesque English countryside
cottages are still in the possession
OF Mrs. Boards first cousin, Har-
old Surr Spence. In her Chevy
Chase boulevard home Mrs. Beard
has many treasured 300-year-old
family pieces which her mother.
Louise Surr, sent over prior to
World War II.
Rutland Duckett Beard, jr.. is
a wartime alumnus of the Vir-
ginia Military Institute, served
overseas, and has since graduated
from the Georgetown Foreign
Service School. He is now a first
lieutenant with the Army, sta
toned at Tokyo. He is married
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Marriage License
Applications

Under D. c. ldu. couples must
apply for q marriage. license on
one day. toait three full days and
receiue the license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other ddps.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

sion's home building 81 years ago.
1t was fitting for the reason that
Irene Surr Ingham Beard knew
all about the fabled Percy clan
of the famous "Ballade of Chevy
Chase" She had been born in
Yorkshire. near Harrogate, and
was a member Of one Of the old
Domesday Book families in that
portion Of the Cheviot Hills Of
England where the clan held sway.
The subdivision in which the
Boards pioneered" is part of the
old Bradley-Davidson estate. It's
manor house is occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. John Crosby and stands
on an elevation across the street
from Mrs. Boards home.
Mrs. Beard helped her husband
plan their home. Open wheat
fields still lay around them when
they moved in. The area is now
thickly populated. but at that time
there was no gas or electricity
and telephones came later. The
letter-box was on Rockville pike,
now better known as Wisconsin
avenue. Mrs. Beard still has two
of the graceful coal oil lamps the
family used in the dining room.
She reminded me that the Chevy
Chase Recreation Center now
stands on what was then a por-
ton of the Davidson farm.
Makes Her Hobbies Pay.
Mrs. Beard has shown an un-
usual capacity for business and
making hobbies pay" But be-
fore I tell how she was able to
meet expenses and to defray the
costs of educating her children,
following her husbands retire
ment, I want to tell more about
her background.
With her artist father, Walter
Ingham, she made 13 crossings
from England to the United States
during girlhood. 1t was natural
for her to desire to complete her
education in America. Studying
at the University of Minnesota,
she met her husband, who came
there as a distinguished guest lee
turer. incidentally, a fellow STU
dent was Eleanor Lynch, now Mrs.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Seiforde M. Stellwagen of the TIL
den Garden Apartments. Mrs,
Beard came to Washington as a
bride.
Mr.. Beard was chief of the Bu-
reau of Deportation Of the
immigration Service prior to his
retirement. When the family
needed added funds, Mrs. Beard
taught in the Chevy Chase, Md,
schools, and later at the John
Eaton School in Cleveland Park
But teaching. she decided. tooS
her away from home too much
and she once again took stock OF
her abilities.
Her rolls, scones and fruit cake
made after recipes in the Surr
and Thorp families on her moth
er's side. and such English tea
time goodies as parkin and fru-
menty, had long been favorites OF
friends. washington Irving men
tions parkin and frumenty In
his sketch book descriptions OF
"Christmas at Bracebridge Hall')
Mrs. Beard decided to make
these and sell them. Then she
added an egg route, with which
her daughter Irene and her son,
Rutland Duckett Beard, jr., helped
after school hours and on Satur-
days. Among others, Ambassador
William c. Bullitt was a weekly
customer for her cakes, many
baked for special occasions.
Becomes an Importer.
Because her mothers old brass
and spode from England were ad-
mired by many. the idea came to
her to import novelties for sale
along with her culinary goods. At
first she conducted this sideline
by mail.
Then she took the children
abroad for visits with their Eng
lish relatives and did her pur-
chasing first hand in the open
fairs and shops. Once she and
Evening star., 1950-05-21

and has q son. Rutland Duckett
Beard. Sd.
A member of the Twentieth
Century Club since 1923, Mrs.
Beard has long been active in the
st. Johns Episcopal Church OF
Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md,
where she gives much time to the
Rector's Aide Society and Is chair
man of the church's Committee on
Social Relationships.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
m c D o n O G n

One Of the Nations best eeutpped eolleEe
preparatory schools for boys. Pre-Voca-
tional shop and business training. Grades
LIZ Small classes Tutcring periooS,
Endowed Semi military. Serarate dorm
for younger boyS YeAr-round sports. so
horses, s gyms, o football nelds whole
some food from school farm, sSS acres.
Visitors welcome. ls miles galimoIs
cAtalog MAJOR LOUIS l. LAMbOkN'
Rox l0T. MeDonaEh, Nd.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

III tLlc QcVclOp-
ment. B u S b y
Circle nd
Amos Circle
honor the sec
ond and third
families to cast
their fortunes
there. When 80
h o ses ha d
been built, Mrs.
Beard stopped
countings the
arrivals.
The Boards
launched the
nam cilhdini.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Bord's PIoys on Tour

Touring French universities to
produce Shakespeare's plays, a
British theatrical company is
using bare platforms without
scenery or stage lighting, as in
the Elizabethian theater.
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Germans Fight Cattle TB

Western Germany is fighting
tuberculosis in cattle, with about
so per cent of all herds suffering
from this disease.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-11
Mary Martha Class

The Mary Martha Class of
Magnetic Springs M Methodist
Church will have their Christ
mas all-day m Meeting at Mrs,
Charles Carpenters, with a gift
exchange.
n II RI
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-11
Dinner Held For
.0.E.S. Officers

Worthy matron Mary Pearse,
and worthy patron Ben Roahen
entertained the officers, install
ing officers, and committe chair
men of Mary Chapter No. 8, Ord
er of Eastern Star Saturday eve
ming at Hammerle's Inn.
Large and small red candles,
numerous figurine candles and
tiny trees amid sprigs of ever
green were tastfully arranged on
the L shaped table around which
covers were placed for the 43
guests. Adding to the colorful set
ting were the lovely red chapter
formals of the officers.
Following the delicious three
course turkey dinner, gifts from
the officers and committees were
presented to the retiring worthy
matron and worthy patron. Ex-
~pressions of appreciation from
Mrs. PearSe and Mr.. Roahen,