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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14
CONFUSED AND UNINFoRMED

An opinion poll, taken among 72O
Intelligent, welLinformed Americans" is
reported by the Council on Foreign Rela-
tons, which queried the affiliated COM
mittees in twenty three cities, asking the
individuals to express agreement or dis
agreement in regard to certain state
ments on u. S.-Chinese relations.
The takers of the poll report the
Americans confused and disturbed" about
policy in China and registering "hesita-
ton and uncertainty" as to a future
course. Those queried admitted frankly
and somewhat unhappily'' that they did
not have the necessary information on
which to base judgments.
The confusion, uncertainty and ignor-
ance are not surprising A poll of 720
Americans, on almost any subject, rang
ing from how to feed the baby or care for
the teeth, would reveal the same general
result. This leads to the conclusion that
the cited poll, like others that are taken,
is practically worthless
Much of the confusion that exists in
the minds of people today arises from the
effort to avoid all uncertainty in connec-
ton with life and its problems. This is an
impossibility AS soon as one set of "un-
certainties" is removed another springs
up to bedevil the human mind and to pre-
vent the human being from becoming
placid and self-satisfied.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14
STRENGTHEN ALASKA

IN letter to the Armed Services Sub
Comsnittee of the Senate, General Dwight
D. Eisenhower has placed adequate gar
risork for Alaska, protected by radar
screen, at the top of his priority list for
rem dying the deficiencies in the national
defease budget now before Congress.
General Eisenhower suggested that
the ainimum garrison required for the de-
fensk of Alaska would be reinforced
batt%lion Of infantry, with anti-aircraft
artillery. for each of the major airfields
in MISUNDERSTANDING area. This is
about three times as many troops as the
Army now maintains in Alaska for the
security Of air bases.
THE ground troops would be intended
to sec g The airfields against airborne at
tacks Which military planners believe
would Constitute the first assault on Alas
ka. Base of difficult terrain in other
areas generally believed that not even
parF could be successfully landed
and Assembled elsewhere.
THE General made other recommends
ationsaf8r the modernization of aircraft
and Any equipment and the reinforce
ment Of our anti-submarine facilities. He
suggested that something more should be
done hEtlle way Of intelligence and indus
triall Inabilization but because the defense
of AlasIa IS so important he thought it
shous dsne considered above the other
items 1Qfh time and in Importance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14
EULLIFIEs TAFT-HARTLEY ACT

president Truman, the Justice De
partment, and the National Labor Rela-
tons Board have been accused of carrying
out 4 general plan to nullify the Taft-Hart-
ley management Labor Relations Act
for long time
sThe President has shown stubborn
deteEnaiaation to KILL the Labor Laws. In
factlhe has called for its repeal-and his
vetoes have been promptly overruled by
BOTH Honses Of Congress.
1T the President lives to be 100 years
Old fhe American public will believe that
ne cpuld have brougt the recent coal
strikes to- a settlement simply by using the
power given him in the Taft Hartley Law.
As q. matter Of fact the National Labor Re-
lationa Board panel picked by the Presi-
dent also laid down on the job and didn't
turnI HAND to stop those destructive
strikes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14
Claims She Earned.
By Owning
Pinball Machines .

ATLANTA. Ca April l4:AtPl.
person works hard aii his
life and what do they do? They
try to take it away from you.
Take the case of Mrs. Eliza
beth Spears of this city. She's
got $65,Oo0 tied up in a flour
back which she carries with her
at all times.
Doesn't trust banks. Mrs. Spears
says she came by this money
honestly in a long career of
operating pinball machines and
juke boxes. Now, however, she's
in Jail on liquor law violation
charges, accused of possessing
whiskey on which no tax had
been paid. And the government
has slapped a lien on $4,000 of
Mrs. Spears $65.000.
Things are getting TORCH all
over.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14
cANNTBALIsM IN CHINA

1t is especially difficult to ascertain
conditions in China but recent news dis
patches from Hongkong tell Of starving
peasant bands in North-Central China,
with the assertion that hunger-mad peas
ants in Chinas great famine area are re-
sorting to cannibalism.
While no confirmation of the report is
possible at this time, DR.. F. L. Chang,
Shanghai Vice-Chairman of the World
Federation of Churches, admits that the
reports are probably true. He says that
the famine is showing signs of becoming
the greatest scourge in Chinese history.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14

So they went around and about
The town with tic GEORGE
RENNAS, celebrating their fifth
and sixth anniversary and having
a wonderful time.
When they returned home Bob,
who after all is a jeweler, and
knows few neat angles. sug-
gested: Honey, the date of our
anniversary is engraved on the
inside of my wedding ring. Now
III prove to you that we have
only been married five years."
So they looked He was right!
Five years. There it was, nicely
inscribed in gold
BUT and this will kill youi
the date was NOT April
eleventh, but April the twenty
first
Now the Pollocks viii have to
celebrate their anniversary all
over again!
COMMANDER BYRNs, in
whose The, FilibusteE;' Lee
stars, is a bit worried about it
all. If Lee remembers her lines
as she remembers her dates,
there may be some anxious
moments for him on opening
night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14
AP NewsfsaiUfss
Chapter S

Chapter 5
AS I looked at Greg incredu-
& lously. his eyes opened. He
hooked at me just as startled as /
was.
Thanks" he said, slowly. "You
you Brought me back. didn't
your
"You were in my ROOM" l said.
II was afraid you might fall down
the stairs"
81 never fall when walk"
The word with the suggestion
of the mornings reading, brought
a chill to my spine. He passed a
hand YEARLY over his forehead.
l turned toward the door. "Pll
be getting back if you're all
right" / said.
''Tm all right" he assured me.
The next morning he was half
embarrassed about it. what hap
pened?'' he wanted to know.
"You just walked in your
Sleep" / told him, casually, al
though l confess you gave me a
start"
$50 imagine. You must have
thought l was a family spook
paying you visit. How are you
getting along with your re-
search?"
"Splendidly," I said, enthusi-
astically.
I'm mighty busy now but may
be in a day or two can give you
a hand with some of the less ac-
cessible manuscripts. Isn't it thrill
ing to dig up a family history?
Especially one like miner"
There was a mystic glow in his
tired eyes which seemed just a
little beyond normal family pride.
| laid a hand on his shoulder. 1T
doesn't do to live too much in
the past, old man." said.
He looked at me; for an instant
| thought he seemed startled.
Although / had promised my
self an exploration trip down the
Smugglers' Stairway, it was sew
eral days before / got around to
it. Then, armed with flash light,
| set out.
The stairway went straight
down to what judged was the
foot of the tower in which both
Greg's room and mine were. then
it went off at right angles around
the library and descended sharply
again. Sometimes the stairs end
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14

Domestic bees are estimated To-
gather less than 2 tenth OF the
nectar in plants.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14
Nlark Jan Malks Again
By Florence Kerrigon

Then Remembered that after All
this was the Twentieth Century
that Black Ian had been dead fer
some centuries, and this was not
a pirate yarn, but cold, raw.
reality.
Lying on the beach,. half sub.
merged in the water, was the
body of man..
For several seconds l stood
there, stfTings my mind trying Is
comprehend this fact. The bodR
lay motiOnless, while thee wat
Tapped around him and tl1rotid,,
his sodden clethfngS II was soinezt
thing of a shock to discover that
he was dressed in conventional
business clothes of blue serge.
Had he been CARRIED in true pi-
rate fashion / think he would
have been easier to accept.
Then l came out of my daze
and knelt on the sand. The man
was dead. | turned him over.
for he was lying with his face Ia
the sand. and noted several things
about his appearance. He was
sWarthy, and across one cheek
there was a jagged scar which
should make Identification easy.
Had he fallen over the cliff, or
had his boat overturned and
drowned him perhps miles from
shore? Or-As / drew the body out.
of reach of the ebbing tide the
mystery of how he had met his J
death at least was solved. -.
short, sharp stiletto was drive
deep into his back. Also he coul8
not have come, very far on thS
tide, for on the so1es of -his boots
were still SONS traces of deep red
clay. sss
My next thought, after I had q
drawn him safely into theScaVe.
was that Greg and the police
should be notified.
| hurried to the library. via the
Smugglers' Stairway. finding the
panel which opened into the
room without difficulty. As
opened it, / was aware of COM
motion.
A woman, poorly dressed, with
a shawl flung over her head, was
talking to Iris, wringing her
hands as she talked.
'Tis the dell himself is walkiTs
abroad the NIGHT" she said. sBlack
Ian himself it is, and my own
dochter that saw him."
tie be continued)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14

ed in a corridor which ran
straight for a short distance, and
sometimes they descended sharp
ly. On the corridors were massive
doors which opened into chambers
heWn out of the rock. According
to what ! had gathered from the
charts, the, old dungeons and
cellars were under the old build
ing and connected with the new
chambers and tunnels. But had
no time now to explore those al
though they intrigued my imagi-
nation.
So passed the heavy. from
bound doors and went on. The
floor of the last corridor slanted
downward and | found myself in
a cave. Its naturally vaulted CELL
ing was lofty and as evenly
arched as that of a cathedral.
Outside was the sea. glimpsed
through the arched opening part
| ly choked with drift wood. Drift
wood and seaweed lay on the
floor also. with shells and eddies
of sand, showing that at high
tide the sea came well within the
cave opening. Originally it had
been the sea which made this
vaulted chamber. In the walls
near the entrance were iron rings
on which, no doubt, Ian the SNUG
gler had fastened his boats.
In STEPPED through the en-
l trance and stood forth on the
narrow strip of beach. The sea
and air were the same nnurky
gray, and seemed to intermingle
in a moist, cold blanket of fog
which wrapped me around. But
l could see enough to understand
the position Of the cave.
It was set back in a narrow
cove, from the sides of which
rose steeply the cliffs. and an
entrance so narrow and twisting
that it seemed not to exist at all,
an illusion all the stronger,
should judge, if viewed from a
boat a little distance from shore.
At any rate, man in a boat on
a dark night could dodge in there
and elude his pursuers very neat
ly, especially If they half be-
lieved him to be a ghost anyway.
/ found myself looking at
something else, and because it
fitted in with the smugglers and
pirates with which my magma
ton had been occupied / almost
| took it for a part of the setting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14
MONOGRAPH

Deaf Readers:
sWhen a person gives promise
andslater finds that the promise was
moHlly wrong, he is doing the right
thing in withdrawing the promise.
Keeping a promise under any and all
circumstances is the law of the under
woad. e
THE ORACLE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14

- a A a - ~ n "a - - u - - n - -
Political
Announcements
State Democratic Primary.
Nav 2. 1850
For U. S. Congressman
4th Congressional District
PAT CANNON
For U. S. Congressman
4th Congressional District
i. BILL LANTAFF,
For Stote Senator
JAMES, "A. FRANKLIN
slf,l Reelection
For Stqse Senqsor
! NORWOOD r. STRAYHORN
For State Representative
BERNIE C. PAPY
Reelection
For Stote Representative
]. Y. PORTER. w
For County Commissioners
Second District
FRANK BENTLEY
For County Commissioner
Second District
RODMAN ]. BETHEL
For County Commissioner
Second District
LOUIS CARBONELL
For County Commissioner
Second District
FRED !. DION
For County Commissioner
Fourth District
BEN N. ADAMS
-----------------------
For County Commissioner
Fourth District
PAUL E. MESA
For County Commissioner
Fourth District
GERALD SAUNDERS
For Member School Boofd
Third District
JOHN v. ARCHER
For Member of School Boord
Third District
EUGENE [. ROBERTS
For Member of School Board
Third District
]. CARLYLE ROBERTS
Rel Election
For Judge Juvenile Court
EVA WARNER GIBSON
For Judge Juvenile Court
B. w. (BEN) KETCHUM
For Judge Juvenile Court
JULIA STUART WILLIAMS
Your Grocer SELLS That Good
STAR X BRAND
a aad sGssa COFFEE
TRY A POUND ToDAYl
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14
T.0'.DAYs
BIRTHDAY
~ Az Nswsssasves

JAMES BRANCH cABELL.
born April IA. 1879. in Richmond,
Va, scion of old Virginia fami-
lies. Author of "Jurgen," a book
that stirred post World War I
censorship as well as various
other works, he now prefers an
alter-personality as Branch Ca
bell.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14

49,, Elde1cR Elna aexperts who suggest that
competitive examination marks are the
sole test of Students potential develop
ment are badly off the trail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-14

Children born in 1850 have better
chance to live than ever before but if they
could read what the pessimists are saying
they might not want to live.
Laurel outlook., 1950-12-20
IndesiructibIe MistIetoe

The flame-thrower and atomic
energy - lethal instruments bor-
rowed from modern warfare-are
out to kill that ancient symbol Of
peacemaking and love. the Christ
mas mistletoe.
The unusual battle front Is Aus
tralia where too many valuable
trees each year have been receiv-
ing the kiss Of death from the
harmless looking shrub. Despite
mistletoe's popular reputation as
the Yultetide promoter Of romance.
il Is a public-enemy parasite In the
woodlands, killing off the trees
that play II host.
Australian foresters have finally
resorted to the flame-thrower as a
quick executioner for the plant and
are using radioactive ~tracers,
furnished by the U. S. atomic en-
ergy commission. to study how the
mistletoe saps the water and min
eral salts from the trees. starving
them to death.
Laurel outlook., 1950-12-20

The hut was warmed by a stone
oven. heated for hours before the
scheduled bath, and the bath
room" was really steaming. After
bathing came the rundown and
the switching Of the body with
birch twigs to increase the c%ircula-
ton. topped off by a roll in the
snow. supposedly to whet the ap-
petite for Christmas Eve supper.
For supper there was usually
stockfish and prune tarts to be en-
joyed, plus the traditional barley
porridge In which cream and
sugar and almonds were mixed.
After supper the boys and men
matched their strength: while the
girls-garbed In the mems work
clothes-blackened their faces and
stole away to visit other homes In
cognito and "see Christmas" The
girls never spoke nor accepted
food, but went from house to house
merely to watch the festivities.
And when the evenings festivi-
ties were over, the smaller chill
dren made their beds in the clean
straw spread on the floor in COM
memoration Of the Christ Child.
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GIRL
SCOUTS

Mrs. Herman Michael, vice presi-
dent, conducted the meeting Of the
Girl Scout council Tuesday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. Karl
George. A discussion Of badge
work was held and leaders were
assisted with their plans.
The senior girls have had a
toy collection at the high school.
Articles will be distributed by
the Community Service board.
The girls went caroling Monday
evening, preceding a party at the
home of their leader, Miss Jeanne
Gunderson and Miss Elsie Varcoe.
Troop 1 at North school got into
the spirit of Christmas with a
party for little children at the
school Monday afternoon.
Each small guest was introduced
and Nancy Stickelberger told a
story. Sandra Shotwell, Heidi AL
bertus and Lael Freebury taught
a song. Lorene Horner taught a
game and told a story.
An impromptu program of re-
citations included Larry Erb, Su-
san Williams, Carole Shelton, Clau-
dette Frank, Jeannine Marness,
Terry Barnett and Diane Barthuly.
When everyone was singing
Jingle Bells" Santa Claus ap-
peared with the gift of a book
for each visitor. Refreshments
were served.
Brownie troops 10 and 20 viii!
have a party together Wednesday
after school. One troop will have
theirs Thursday noon
Troop ID is having a party
Thursday evening at the horne of
Sharon Benin. These girIs have
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Nearest Neighbor Planet

Mercury is the nearest Of the
major planets. Its distance varies
from %, 600, 900 miles to 43,4OO, 600
miles, averaging 36, 0Oo,o 900 miles.
CThe mean distance of the earth is
about SO, 600, 0Oe miles.) However,
in 1949 DR.. Walter Baade, OF the
Mt. Wilson observatory, discovered
a minor planet, believed to be less
than a mile in diameter, which ap-
proaches within 1900, 900 miles OF
the sun. Its greatest distance is
about $50, 600, 900 miles, greater than
that of Mars. The new little planet
has been named Icarus, after the
boy in mythology who flew too close
to the sum-.
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Huge grid (81 so. inches)
bakes 4 generous servings.
Cribs are pretreated-no
sticking. Automatic Heat
Control gives you waf1es
as you select light to
golden brown. Signal Light
tells when to pour batter,
when to remove waff1es.
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Cub Scouts

Den No. 3 Cub Scouts met Fri
day Dec. 10, at the home of our
den mother, Mrs. John Nolte. Joel
Harris, our new assistant den chief
had charge of the meeting in the
absence of Richard Hageman.
We finished our Christmas gifts
for our parents and made plans
for our Christmas party.
Signed: Joe Hoppel,
Keeper of the Buckskin.
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BoyScouts
nHn mnmHnmH nmumumnmnn Ru

Thursday evening, troop Ia met
at the Methodist church to formu-
late plans for a Christmas party
at the Scout hall at Riverside,
Dec. 81. All Scouts will meet at
the church and go in cars to the
hall. There will be an exchange of
25-cent gifts.
Another event planned for the
boys is a potluck supper at the
church Thursday, Jan. A, at 6:30
o'clock, when they will be guests
of the Methodist Mems club.
Attention Scout Dads! Two more
cars are needed for transportation
to the Christmas party.
Troop Ia reporter,
Lance Vadnais.
Cub Scouts of den 2 met with
their assistant den mother, Mrs.
Phillip Benin, on Wednesday after
noon. The boys made little snow
men for Christmas decorations.
Explorer post has recently had
several projects under way. They
made $62.50 on their show, "Mon-
tana and Wyoming Lost Country"
and are continuing with sale of
Outlook subscriptions. Six of the
boys with their leader, Karl
George, made an overnight trip
Friday and Saturday northwest of
Reed Point where they cut Christ
mas trees for sale. Within "a
hours after they returned home
they had the trees sold. George
Saffels passed second-class require
ments on the over night camp-out.
At a meeting Monday evening
at the Saffels' home, But Vadnais
spoke on the vocational aspects of
engineering, for the benefit of boys
who are working for apprentice
ship badges. Leonard Ferrin was
also a guest at the meeting Mon
day.
Plans have been made to pur-
chase a troop flag and to have
a winter camp Dec. 81 to 80. Keith
Gomon, Mackie Helesvig, Duane
Ferrin, Eugene Leach and George
Saffels will make the trip, which
is for training in self-preservation
in bad weather.
A board of review by the Me-
thodist Mems executive commit
tee is scheduled for Thursday eve
ming.
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Cub Scouts of den 2 met with
their assistant den mother, Mrs.
Phillip Benin, on Wednesday after
noon. The boys made little snow
men for Christmas decorations.
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Americas favorite Rooster.
Bakes cakes, pies, bread;
roasts meat, fowl; cooks
complete, delicious oven
meals. Includes 5-piece
heatproof glass ovenware
dish set and lifting rack.
Laurel outlook., 1950-12-20

completed stuffed toys to be sent
out by the Service board.
Mrs. Karl George is planning a
party for her 81 Brownies of
Troop 5 at her home Wednesday.
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The Christmas Eve bath was quite a tradition in Finland be-
fore the advent of modern plumbing.
The odtime Finnish bathroom was usually a three-room hut;
one room was used for steaming and s%crubbing, one for rubbing,
and one for dressing.
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Thursday, Dec. Fl.

Thursday, Dec. FL.
Zidonian chapter, o. E. S., will
meet at 8 p. m. in the Masonic
temple. A Christmas party and
gift exchange during the social
hour.
Theta Rho girls club will have a
Christmas party at the l. o. o.
F. hall with their mothers as
guests.
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Calendar
Of Coming Events
Wednesday,, Dec. 20.

Wednesday, Dec. 20. -.
V. F. w. auxiliary will entertain
their husbands and children with a
Christmas party at 1880 p. m. at
the l. o. o. F. hall.
Laurel Rainbow Assembly will
have a meeting at Z p. m. for cleo
ton of officers.
Rotana club will have a Christ
mas party at the home of Mrs.
M. o. Roysdon at 1880 p. m. There
will be an exchange of gifts.
Chapter B, P. E. O., will have
a Christmas party at the home of
Mrs. Matilda Brohaugh with Mrs.
Ann Story and Mrs. Mabel Hage-
man co-hostesses.
Laurel outlook., 1950-12-20

Sunday, Dec. "a.
Methodist Sunday school Christ.
mas program will be at the church
at a. p. m.
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Friday, Dec. %.

Friday, Dec. %.
The annual Christmas formal
at the high school gymnasium will
be at 9 p. m. for high school stu
dents and alumni.
Congregational ladies' aid will
entertain their husbands at a din
ner at the church.
Saturday, Dec. %.
Free matinee and treats for chill
dren by the Laurel volunteer fire
department.
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Wesfin g h o S
POP-UP TOASTER

With exclusive Push Up
feature that raises small
slices an extra inch -. no
more snagging toast with a
fork or burning fingers.
Pops up perfect toast every
time as you select.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-24

Penn announced the following re-
wards: For every captured Indian
more than 10 years old, $3.50; for
every sea p of a killed Indian,
1874; for every captured woman
or boy under ten years of age and
belonging to inimical tribes, $3.50:
and for every scalp of slain
squaw, $50"
Many historians themselves
have accepted the scalping myth
without bothering to investigate
the basis of this group defama-
tion,' the Association said.
In order to smooth the way for
modern Indians. the National
Film Committee plans to issue
similar debunking reports about
Indian life and customs. Thous-
ands of tender tots now Witness
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-03-24

ing ancient westerns on television
would never know that anthro-
pologist George Dorsey hailed his
friends. the Indians, as Gods
Noblest Gentlemen"
The National Film Committee,
comprising distinguished authors
and educators, was organized by
the Association last December to
assist the motion picture industry
as a review, evaluation and con-
sultative center on Indian themes.
Carl GARNER is Chairman of the
group, and members include: A.
B. Guthrie, Quincy Howe, Bill
Mauldin, Witter Bynner, Oscar