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Evening star., 1951-12-28
|0'Conor Says Buying
'0f Flyers Freedom
Sets Bad Example

{. Senator O'Conor, Democrat, of
Maryland Joined today in protests
against the United States pay
gment to Hungary of what he called
100000 of ransom" for the re-
lease of the four American flyers.
His protest followed a demand
yesterday by Senator Morse, Re-
publican, of Oregon for an inyes-
tigation of the entire episode by
the Senate. Armed Services Com
mittee. .
In another statement yesterday
Senator Smathers said the United
States took a propaganda beat
ing" in the decision to pay.
Fears Greater Demands.
Senator O'Conor said the pay
ment will cause Russia and hei
puppet states to repeat the per-
formance with even greater ran.
som demands. He also argued
that meeting such a demand sir
effect is admitting wrongdoing or
the part of these four airmen."
Senator Morse proposed the III.
Ivestigation in a telegram to Chair,
man Russell of the Senate Armed
Services Committee.
IF the facts are as we have 6
right to believe them to be-" hi
said, then it becomes the cleal
duty of Congress to insist that oul
Government take appropriate
steps to protect the dignity, honor
and international rights of oul
country"
Connally Urges Tough Policy.
The get tough" policy was
urged by Chairman Connally oi
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee in an interview AT
Houston. Texas, the Associated
Press reported.
Senator Connally said the
United States ought to let Hun
gary and other Soviet satellites
know that the Unied States does
not propose to let them transgress
International law in carrying out
their criminal plans against Amer
ican citizens"
Senator Connally added that he
would have preferred breaking
diplomatic relations and imposing
an economic boycott against Hun
gary rather than paying ransom
for the flyers.
Blot on Honor, Bridges Says.
Senator Bridges. Republican, oi
New Hampshire, condemned the
American payment as IAN ugly
blot on the national honor
and as ample evidence of oul
bankrupt foreign policy" ..
Representative Andersen. Re-
publican, of Minnesota said that
latter paying the fine. I'VE should
change our foreign policy so that
instead of crawling around anc
begging for just consideration
from our potential enemies, they
would know we mean business al
all times"
Evening star., 1951-12-28

ton Finance Corporation (RFC)
and the tax frauds that resulted
lin wholesale designations and fir
| ings in the Federal Bureau of In
ternal Revenue, were voted Big
Story No. 3 by the editors. The
Senate Crime Committee. given
great appeal by the TV showings
resulted in an aroused citizenry
that turned on so much heat the
big mobsters began to sizzle
| The magic name of Winston
Churchill returned to headline the
fourth biggest story of the year
Though depicted by his socialistic
political enemies as "warmonger"
in a nation that dreaded another
war. the Old Warrior pleaded for
"the last prize I hope to win" and
got it. At II he became the oldest
prime minister Britain has had
since William Gladstone resigned
in 1894 at the age of IS, carrying
his Conservative Party to victory.
Though his party polled one per
cent less than the Laborites in the
popular vote and the Conservative
Party margin of control was slight,
Churchill set about Immediately
to make Britain's voice stronger
and more effective in the world.
Scandal in Sports.
The Nations biggest sports event
inevitably ranks among the Big
Ten news events but in 1851 it
landed on the list, ranked No. S. in
reverse. On January II came the
first break in a gambling scandal
that eventually implicated more
than 80 star players on past and
present college basketball teams
The players. among them ALL
America selections, were accused
OF accepting bribes to hold down
scores so the point spread or diff
ference between the final results
OF games would be less than ex-
Ipected. Many confessed. Gamb-
Evening star., 1951-12-28

tions. Nationalist youths battered
down Anglo : Iranian company
signs and shouted Down with the
British" and British oil techni-
Icians departed. More troubles for
the British piled up in Egypt. AS
if getting the spark from Iran, the
Egyptian government announced
cancellation of its treaties with
Britain In an effort to drive them
Iout of the vital Suez Canal area
and the Sudan. Death to the
British! Long live King Faroukr'
was the Egyptian chant as riots.
bringing death to scores, flared in
the land of the Nile.
United States scientists went to
work on a large scale in develop
ment of the dreaded hydrogen
bomb. and President Truman in
AN off-the-cuff talk at a Demo-
Icrat political rally spoke of new
weapons being developed in this
land that could destroy civilization
i'm another world war. He didn' t
explain but there was open spec
Iulation he had in mind highly
secret inventions in the field of
Eelectronic controls able to de-
liver atomic and hydrogen bombs
Ito any spot in the world; and
liquid fire that can't be brushed
of and that floats as it destroys
even on water. The electronic
war field undoubtedly was rising
out of imagination and it's in
fancy. Editors, voting it the
ninth biggest story. might have
placed it in a separate field.
Atlantic pact commanders
Ihaggled over command appoint
ments and many OF their nations
were too slow to suit Gen
Dwight Eisenhower in building
up their forces but progress was
made in the fight against time. y
The activities of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
tNATO) was ranked tenth in
headlines
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Soviets Say ; Yanks
Who Deserted Blame
West's War Policy
BY the Assoeioted Press

BERLIN. Dec. 28.-The Rus
slams quoted three American de-
Serters last night as saying they
quit the United States Army in
Berlin and fled to the Soviet zone
in a personal protest against the
war policy" of the Western
powers.
The Soviet-licensed news agency
Adm made public letters it said
were written by the three soldiers.
They requested asylum.
The flight of the three was
acknowledged by United States
authorities last week. The United
States Army described all three as
"troublemakers" who were either
serving punishment periods or
facing courts martial for re-
peated violations.
Unavailable to U.N. Writers.
The three were identified as:
Pvt. Charles j. Scott. Decatur,
Ill, which is the address of his
uncle and guardian, r. A. Scott.
Pvt. Scott is married to Mrs.
Evelyn Lee Scott. Roanoke. Va.
Pvt. Sydney R. Sparks, Ten
mile, Ga.
Pvt. Ray B. Schultz, Batavia,
N. Y, son of Mrs. Louis Schultz.
The East Zone issued a state
ment in which all three were
quoted as objecting to the creation
OF West German defense forces.
Scott was quoted as writing:
/ should like to take out papers
AS German citizen. l have
seen the West German army in
black uniform. They expect us
to fight together against our for
mer allies. But I consider this
breach of the Potsdam agree
ment which was signed by our
President in l945."
He Feels Like a Murderer.
The Adm statement quoted
Sparks: In Germany there are
now men of German nationality
who are being collected in a
quickly expanding army which
has black uniforms and also arms,
The former Nazi generals are at
the head of this army. 1 believe
this to be the war policy of the
United States. But l am against
It,"
Schultz was quoted: Il feel like
a paid murderer, but the good
book, the Bible, says that we
should live in peace like brothers
and sisters. The new German
army has also been created once
again in black uniform. It is
growing quickly and before We
really know what is happening we
shall have new war, just as in
Korea"
Evening star., 1951-12-28

lers, enriched by the sure-fire fixed
bets, also went to jail and the
collegiate sports world was
shocked. The shock was even
greater in August when 80 cadets
were dismissed from West Point
Military Academy for "cribbing'
Ion examinations. The diSmissals
wrecked Army's great football
team which ended a courageous
but dismal season by losing 7 to
AZ to Navy in the final classic
/ Floods Spread Havoc.
The sixth place story was the
costliest except for the Korean
war. In July. the swelled waters
gushed for hundreds of miles along
the Kansas and Missouri Rivers
taking Al lives and causing prop
erty damage estimated to exceed
81 billion. Kansas City. Kans., anc
Kansas City. Mo-, where the rivers
meet, suffered greatly. That great
industrial area was turned into a
sea of destruction and fire.
In october. the Government s
cost Of living index climbed to a
new high, reaching a point of 10.l
per cent above the prices prevail
ing just before the Korean war
The general estimate was that the
dollar was about 81 cents of what
1T was worth Just prior to the sec
'ond World War. Taxes were boost
ed on personal and corporate in
comes and excise levieS thighel
taxes on gasoline, automobiles
cigarettes. liquors. and many
household appliancesp and con-
trolls on production and wages
were strengthened. 1t was voted
the seventh biggest story.
Editors voted the tension in the
Middle East as the eighth tor
story. In Iran, a bedridden but de-
termined leader. Premier Mo-
manned Mossadegh. ordered his
government to take full authority
of the Anplo-Iranian Oil opera
Evening star., 1951-12-28

Accomplishment In driving his
team, 1914 games behind on Au-
gust II. to a playoff victory over
the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Durocher's nearest rivals for
Outstanding sports figure of the
year was Joe Walcott, new world
heavyweight boxing champion.
The woman Of the year As Mar
|guerite Higgins. A New York
IHerall Tribune reporter. she won
the tire for her exploits as a war
corrc vpondent in Korea.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
BY Warren Bennett
AP Newsfeature Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-Gen
Douglas Macarthur is the biggest
newsmaker of 1851.
For the second successive year
he has been voted Man of the
Year by Associated Press editors
in a nationwide year-end poll.
Gen. Macarthur had nearly
double the votes of Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, his nearest rival
Here are the selections of edi-
tors in special categories:
Woman of the Year-Margue-
rite Higgins; Foreign Affairs
John Foster Dulles; Science-Dr
Max Theiler; Business and Indus
try-Charles E. Wilson; Labor
Philip Murray; Literature-Thor
Heyerdahl; Entertainment-Ma-
rio LAMA; Sports-Leo Durocher.
For sheer drama, the MacAr-
thur saga is without parallel in
recent history.
In 1850. the general was first
commander-in-chief of United
Nations forces, supreme Allied
commander for occupied Japan,
and head of American armed
forces in the Far East. Now Gen.
Macarthur is still a f1ve-star gen.
eral but he has been stripped of
all command.
Gen. MacArthur's firing by
President Truman last April IL
was a shock to many Americans.
A professional fighting man for
So years. Gen. Macarthur came
home to fight for his strategy on
how to win the Korean war.
His "old soldiers never die
speech before Congress and his
testimony before a Senate COM
Imittee of inquiry brought about
what has been called the Great
Debate on American foreign policy
in the Far East. Arrayed against
him were the Joint Chiefs of staff
and Secretary of State, Dean Ache
son, Republicans generally massed
to support Gen. Macarthur.
Friends insist Gen. MacArthur's
name will be entered in state pri-
maries as a Republican candidate
for President next year. But these
friends still have to convince the
general. On that score. Gen Mac
Arthur said:
Il have no political aspirations
whatsoever, I do not intend to run
for any political Office and hope
that my name will never be used
in a political way. The only poll
tics I have is contained in a SIM
lplye little phrase known we'll by
all of you-God bless America"
Dulles Is Honored,
John Foster Dulles was cited as
top man in foreign affairs over
Secretary of State Dean Achesor
and Premier Mohammed Mossa-
degh of Iran.
1 Mr.. Dulles. a Republican. ha:
been asked by three Democratic
Presidents to help formulate ane
carry out the nations foreign
policy, In 1917. Woodrow Wilson
asked him to negotiate with Cen.
trial American countries over pro.
. lection q E<the Panama Canal. II
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt tappec
him as adviser to the Unitet
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Jury Is Given Case
OF Bankhead Maid;
Counts Reduced 10 10
- e-.A ? WhF".
BY the Associated Press


NEW YORK. Dec. ga Ia
man jury today began celebrating
whether Actress Tallulah Bank
heads former maid-secretary,
Mrs. Evyleen Cronin, was guilty
of grand larceny and forgery in
raising checks signed by the
actress.
If found guilty, Mrs. Cronin
faces a possible sentence of IS
years. H4a
The jury retired at 1885 am.
after General Sessions Judge
Harold A. Stevens reduced the
number of counts to be considered
to 10. The original indictment
contained 80.
Calls Issues Simple.
One of the counts to be con-
Isidered charged Mrs. Cronin with
larceny of $4.284.60. the aggregate
of the amounts described in the
remainder of the indictment.
In a 52-minute charge to the
jury. Judge Stevens said "the is
sues are comparatively simple"
! Judge Stevens. Negro presid-
ing at his first major case since
becoming a general sessions judge
reviewed the evidence briefly.
He said Mrs. Cronin had ad-
mitted altering checks but that
she contended that there was nc
guilty intent.
Says Sums Were for Expenses.
/ Mrs. Cronin contended during
the trial that the additional sum:
were for Miss Bankhead's ex-
lpenses. and that the actress knew
she altered the sums to meet them
1 Judge Stevens noted that Mis-
Bankhead denied ever giving Mrs
ICronin authority to raise the
tcheckS. ~
/ He said that where there was
conflicting testimony it was the
Ijury's responsibility to reconcile
the conflict.
4 Both sides rested yesterday after
a furry of poetry ranging from
Il Shakespearean quotations TO ar
Eoriginal poem by Defense Attorney
Fred G.. Morritt.
1 Who Steals My Purse"
Assistant District ATTORNEY
Jerome Kidder opened his sum,
Imation for the prosecution b,
Iquoting Shakespeare:
Who steals my purse steal
trash but he that filches from
me my good name. robs me o
that which not enriches him, ami
makes me poor indeed"
/ Defense Attorney Moritt, VIII,
also is a New York State Senator
quoted self-eomposed poetry Il
the jury. He said the poem. en-
titled ITO Liberty and Justice,
summed up his belief In Mrs
Cronin
The last of the POEMS thre.
EStanZas read:
Somewhere. somehow. some da!
You'll be
All the words Of my melody.
So I'll reach for a star
Near the moon-where you are;
/ won't mind-though I find,
I'll awake with a dream"
Mr.. Moritt said his client. wa!
a humble maid" at the mercy o
"the temperamental star. th'
mighty Miss Bankhead."
:. He called the case "a dispute
between two elderly ladies. one
who tries to look young and ont
who shows her age rather grace.
fully"
! Mrs. Cronin is SO and Mis-,
Bankhead is 48 years old. .
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Refugees. From Volcano
Face Starvation Threat
By the Assoeiated Pres.

MANILA, Dec. 28.-A Philip
pines news service correspondent
said today that one-third of the
people still on volcanic Camiguin
Island face starvation.
Much of Camiguin was devas-
tated three weeks ago when
Hibok- -Hibok Volcano erupted
Evening star., 1951-12-28
By Paul Nicholson

Assoeioied Press Generol News Editor
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.--Early
ION the morning of last April IL,
this message began moving on
the Army network to Gen. Douglas
Macarthur in Tokyo:
"I deeply regret that it has
become my duty as President and
Commander in Chief of the
United States military forces to
replace YOU as Supreme Com
Imander, Allied Powers; Comman-
der in Chief. United Nations Com
mand; Commander IN Chief, Far
East; Commanding General,
United States Army Far East. You
will turn over your commands,
effective at once, to 1t. Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway."
That order from President
Truman caused a furore seldom
equalled for political fury and de-
bate in American history.
Hundreds of newspaper editors
of the United States voted in the
annual Associated Press poll of
the ten top stories Of the year.
10 Best Selected
Here is. the way editors ranked
the stories:
/. MacArthur's dismissal and
debate on foreign policy
2. Korean war and truce talks
3. Decay of public morality
(Kefauver. RFC and. tax probes)
4. Churchill's victory in British
elections
5. Sports scandals
6. Kansas and Missouri floods
Z, The battle against imitation
8. Tension In the Mid-East
9. Atomic development and
fantastic" new weapons
10. NATO and Gen. Eisenhower
in Europe.
Gen. MacArthur's return, his
dramatic appearance before Con-
gress where he gave his now
famous "Old Soldiers Never Die"
speech, and the Great Debate on
American foreign policy in the
Senate hearings won countless
headlines.
Second top story was the war
in Korea and the truce talks.
Total United States casualties
passed the 100, 900 mark just be-
fore Thanksgiving Day and the
honored dead began coming home
again as truce talks brought hope,
despair and hope. bringing an
almost complete halt to ground
fighting late in November after
many tragic battles, among them
the famous death struggle on
"Heartbreak Ridge" A COM
paratively unknown U. S. Army
colonel gave the world it's greatest
shock, releasing a report that &C
cused the Reds of numbering at
least 5.790 war prisoners, includ-
ing about $500 Americans, plus
ESQ., 900 Korean civilians.
Record of Barbarism"
"The figures compiled by the
United Nations command" said
Col. James M. Hanley of Seattle,
chief of the Army's judge ad-
vocate section, ARE far from
complete but tthey) show a rec
ord of killings and barbarism
unique even in the Communist
world"
Big-name mobsters came right
into the living rooms of thousands
of American homes m 1851 via
televiSion as the United States
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee conducted a fun-scale in
quiry of organized crime. Those
together with the probes
Of loans made by the Reconstruc-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-21

Streets Are
Reins Planned
City Commissioner
Louis CarbopeA Offers
Solution 70 Traffic
Problems liz City

City commission meeting slat-
cd for tonight at O'Clock in the
City Hall is expected to author
Nc resolution making payments
of $17,553.83 to the City Electric
System for electric service be-
tween the dates of April |, 1850,
and March 81, 1851, inclusive.
Another payment resolution
will cover that of hydrant rental
from the Florida Keys Aqueduct
Commission for $1.824.99.
Two ordinance authorizations
win be brought up at this meet
ing concerning the granting of
licenses to the Margaret Ann
Market, 1885 Flagler avenue,
and TO John Colon, owner of Ma.
fina Colon grocery store. 1911
Duval street. for the selling of
bottled light wine and beer for
off-the-prcmises consumption.
Amendment to city ordinance
218. relating to the imposing of
licenses and taxes on vending
CONTINUED On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-21
2.35O Persons Visit Naval
Stallion On Armed Forces Dav
Key West Replains
Ever Conscious s'sfs 4.
OF Importance
OF Naval A,siyitias :

With 1850 visitors to the U, S.
Naval Station and the S-aplane
Base, and eager crowds jamming
both sides OF Duval street and
down Truman avenue appIauding
the coloi full mile long parade Of
military units and floats, the big
gest and most festive Armed
Forces Day celebration ever held
in Key West reached an exciting
climax.
From tbc steady stream Of visi-
tors which went through the huge
hangar at the Seaplanc Base
where a large and varied exhibit
was arranged, To the influx of
civilians who toured the Naval
station and eazed upon the
Nays 'mcn-of-war.' in fun-
dress, rode in fast crash boats
along the waterfront to. Buoy No.
q and then back 10. tho ScapIanc
Base. climbed down the hatchcs
s4nd vent below deck on tho sub
marine, USS Sonnet, and ex-
piored the destroyer USS. Green
wood from bow 10 stern, one
could see that Key West remains
ever conscious Of the importance
Of its naval activities here both
to the nation and to the com-
munity. and the opportunity TO
pay tribute TO OR defense team
was enthusiastically received
-Four Navy Corsairs and three
Navy jets flying in low rorma-
lion over the city, hcraldcd the
start of the big parade. Flying
flags and martial music accom-
panied units OF Naval, Marine and
Coast Guard personnel, who TO-
gethcr with local contingcnts Of
civic and patriotic organizations,
marched down Duvai street, then
Truman avenue to Bayvicw Park.
Colorful floats entered by vari-
Gus navy departments, local
tradesmcn and organizations add
ed to the festive spirit of the
parade.
Senior officers of the naval base
i
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-21
Hclicopler Flies
Al About Thirty
Feet Above Surface

Salute of the week goes
to 1t. John Thompson,
USN, and Flight 1t. Barney
Swinton-Bland, of the Raj,
their crewman, j. r. Head,
ADJ, and F. B. Taylor, So
3, of the Naval Air Station,
for the spectacular rescue
at-sea demonstration they
put on during the Armed
Forces Day celebration
here Saturday.
The helicopter, piloted
by 1t. Thompson, circled
out over the water off the
ramp at the Seaplane Base,
flying at about 80 feet
above the surface. AS it
Unanswered, some times
seeming to be completely
stationary in mid-air, it
looked like a big dragonfly
IN the sunlight.
Then the weird moan of siren
sounded. Spectators lining the
waters edge were warned to stay
in position and not walk bac'
over the ramp until the demon
Stration had been completed and
the helicopter returned to the
sangar.
a small boat put out with sew
aral men aboard. Several hundred
feet from shore, F. B. Taylor
sos, lowered himself over the
side and set off a marker charge
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-21
$5OO,OOO Suit Is
Started By Wagner

ORLANDO, Fla, May .2f. laps
DIR. Paul A. Wagner today sued
for s$500.000 eleven trustees who's
voted to fire him as President Uf
Rollins College.
In a i7-point bill Of complaint
filed in Orange Circuit Court.
Wagner charged the II With
wrongful and unlawful conspi
racys TO obStfuct his authority rs
President OF Rollins and with
damaging his good name and Jep
utation TO such an extent thai
no ether college or school would
favorably consider him for 4
similar office.
lie charged that he suffered
Unreasonable humiliation and
asked that he be awarded $50
900 for compensatory damages
and 100000 for pesnitive dam
ages.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-21
Spectacular Rcscuc-At-Sca
Demonstrations Thrills /.
Spectators Here Saturday

which flarcd up in orange smoke.
The small boat returned TO shore
as the hclicopter banked in dis
lance and headed toward thy
orange smoke plume.
As the "Mixmastcr," a nick
name for heIicopters, ncared tho
spot where the man in the water
waited, it slowed down. then how
cred directly over his head, rotary
blades whirling.
As rescue loop was lowered,
the hclicopter descended 20 not
more than IL feet above the water.
Watchers were breatl.less with
suspense as the ship dropped an.
other two feet and the man in the
sea grabbeg ehe ,tscuc apparatu.
and ti@htcn.d +; about his hody.
AS he was drawn up into the
,ir, Tayicr lo",:%a like a tcapezc
,erformcr ~ u circus, except that
instead of swinging, he was
hawn straight up and into the
interior of The bclicoptcr.
The thrilling pickup was COM
plcted; the hclicoptcr tilted its
1osc a little and roared higher,
tircled back toward shore, and
overhead along the Seap'anc
oasin. Only a few minutes had
'asSed during the rescue opera
ton. In another two, the 4 ''res-
'ued' man was being taken out
If the landed hclicopter, placed
IN a strctcher, put in waiting
ambulance and whisked off for
opposed disqualification.
In another instant, the whirl-
ng blades of the helicopter were
in full motion again. THE ship
cemed to settle back on haunch-
s, and then spring into the air at
4 sharp angle. 1t swerved out over
he water, turned and landed al
the other end of the wide ramp
lear the big hangar.
1t. Thompson said that the
demonstration was a slice of the
cal thing by which SO much sue
'essful rescue work is being done
n the Korean theatcr of war.
in case of a rescue involving g
wounded man who is unable to
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