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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31
Florine In CITY
Water Is Called
Calculated Risk
BY HOWARD W. BLAKEsLEE
Associated Press Science Editor


PHILADELPHIA Rl-~Putting flu-
crime in city water to give children
hetter teeth was called "a caIcu.
lated risk" at symposium at the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement uf Science.
Five scientists said il is good
70 do right now, and the sixth said
there are hazards. let's wait.
Fluoridation. the process by
which the tooth building stuff is
nut In water, is sweeping the Uni
ted States. Today In as states g..
100000 people are getting the add
ca Fluorine. The number will reach
20 million in 1853 II present plants
are completed.
All the scientists agreed that Flu
oxidation does real good for chill.
dfens' teeth. All agreed that there
y no evidence al all Of harm from
the sinai mounts put in city wat.
ers, This amount is one gallon of
fluortde to q million gallons Of wat.
CT.
All agreed that large quantities
o. iluorine are bad, and the rec.
orus we're cited to show lame backs
~ humans, and gripping OF bones
% animals and even occasional An.
imaI deaths. But all these troubles
came only from doses.a dozen To
hundreds Of times greater than the
maximum amounts placed in Amer
ican city water supplies.
The worries we're because so
much still is unknown about the
longtime effects Of small amounts
TAKEN evey day. Fluorine SO taken
y Known TO build up in the bones
Iar many years. This build up NAV
PC good for people orr il may moi
ana which is true is unknown The
benefits stop probably at about age
SIX. People will continue TO drink
tne huorine all the rest of their,
hseS, but for whole lifetime this
VIII cost less than $40 per rpeson
Inc opposition was by DIR. r :
Harris Of the Massachusetts IN
stitute Of Technology.
%kluoride, he said lis nat with
cut its hazards. 1t is a Calculate,
risk. ' ui"'eu
Few persons are qualified 10
make this calculation. MOI enough
scientific study has been dome i
am not willing to 20 ahead AZ this
time and expose the people to nm,
oidation. " ="
Dr. Harris said that because tl,,.
crime Is quite effective in lowerinp
decay. we should not conclude ,he
absence of fluorine is the cause
We ought 10 find out the cause Of
decay.
The public, be added 'mav
not be willing TO wait for the rare
solution.
Or H. c, Hodge and Dr. r 4
Smith Of the University Of Roches.
ter voiced the affirmative opinion
saying the potential liability does
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31
KRDIH11)JuQ
Stand
iAo) Wirephoto

/ Mr.. Smith, by Louis Brom-
field. published by Harper and
and Brothers, Publishers. 4
! LOUIS Bromfield comes off the
| farm Cthat one in Ohio for an in
/ tcrlude, and gives us character
study, instead of a biological-des-
criptivc study Of nature, in this no
vel written supposedly about a
friend It's in first person, both in
the prologue and in the diaryform
narrative which introduces the
friend. "a Mr.. Smith" who be
came an army officer shunted off
into the duh blue yonder that Of
the Pacific in the closing years of
World War II
In a way, the story reminds one
of "rhe Naked and the Dead, in
its cataioguing Of various persons
surrounding one central charact-
er. Except that Bromfield is not
burdcned with a message of pro-
paganda. and he is a much more
polished writer than Norman Mail.
or.
The novel gets down TO business
at once with portrait of a pos.
scsSivc wife named Enid whose
misunderstood husband understood
her only too well In civilian life,
he attempted to write but her
constant vigilance and prying kept
him from ii until he was isolated
on an almost forgotten island dur
Ing the war Time on his hands,
he began the chronicle of his life
which makes this story II swings
like pendulum between the time
Of the past and the time of the pre-.
sent in which hc lives, in an iron
rooted jungle hut. with assorted
army servicemen, all attempting
to escape monot0ny, loneliness,
and a few skimmisheS with death.
The officer is not only a pro-
found observer of others. but of
himself, and Of the period in which
he lived Brutality critical, at the
same time, compassionate, he is
concessions of the limitations of all
these factors He writes. | am
but a single man, a fragile spark
Of life subject to all manner of
ills an infiteSima speck in the uni.
verse. Of no intrinsic or basic i'm
p0rtance whatever 10 the opera
tions of that universe. as little in
respect 10 all Of this universe as
the ant trOddcn under foot am
only fighting now to bring myself
understanding and consequently
dignity without which man himself
is of less importance than the squid
or the promltive lamprey. On read
ing this over it seems to me pre-
sumptiouS 10 have such thoughts.
Il am a mediocrity limited and
bound. who should be content
with all the wonders and benefits
of modern and mechanical demo
crazy
Well, | am not
A tragic love affair with wo-
man who knew all the tricks but
who had lost herself in a mesh,
including that of drugs. served only
10 add TO Smiths evident defeat
ism. War seemed To be a relief
and a release. But there was some
thing which seemed to draw
him along the psychological path
of self-deStructi0n.
This is not happy book, or one
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31
MiLk Producers
Ask For Raise
In Prices Here

JACKSONVILLE R-Fifty seven
milk producers in Dade Broward-
Monroe Counties will 60 10 a pub.
lie meeting Jan. Ia to say why
they need more money
Henry j Schneider, Florida Milk
Commission chairman. said hour
and location of the meeting would
be announced later.
lie said the dairymen have not
indicated how much of a hike they
want Producers now receive 81
a gallon for their milk which re-
tails at $l.04 gallon
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SAYS us. BARS

Continued From Page one)
nent warrior of the American
peace movement, has been in the
Hungarian capital several days.
He explained to Szabad Nep the
contents of the indictment he
forwarded to the. United Nations.
but there was no answer so far
either from Trygve Lie or from
luis Padillal Nerve" he said.
Nerve is president of the Y. N,
Assembly in Paris,
The "indictment" accused Presl-
dent Truman, the u S Congress,
the attorney general, the high
courts, eleven states of the United
States and several "inciting politi-
clans" including Governor James
Byrnes OF South Carolina, Rep.
Rankin ID. Miss. land Sen. Ellen
der tD..Lal. of genocide trace kill
ing) committed against 10000, 0oC
Negroes of the United States, Pat
terson said.
Washington's answer was that
mis- passport be revoked.
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Insurance Go.
Proposes Program
To Aid Dieting
BY CYNTHIA LOWRY
AP NeMsfeafure Writer

One Of the nations largest in
surance companies metropolitan
Life) recently launched one of the
most ambitious programs in bust
ness history. II proposes to per.
suade Is, 900, 900 Americans TO shed
} 500. 900, 900 pounds of excess weight
cannot restrain myself from
predicting utter and complete fail
ure on the company's part. even
though they mount their corporate
white horse with the blessings of
the American Medical Association.
the Heart Association, and other
interested organizations.
To lose weight you've gotta diet
and diet. In addition TO being a
four-letter word TO most of us.
II is also private affair. It's one
thing 10 join into a popular ma.
ti0nal movement. like giving blood
to the Red Cross. beating your
neighbor TO a price-war bargain
counter, raising your hem.line an
inch or furnishing your house in
late-Victorian style like everyone
else Is. Going on diet is some
thing else, and decision springs
from an entirely different, individ
ualistic source.
OF course the insurance com
pany isn't being completely al
truistic in its interest in getting
chubby Americans to slim down.
II simply matter Of statistics
and good business. The records
prove that ladies and gentlemen
without excess tonnage have on
an average longer life span.
I'm sure that too many of MS
Americans are hauling around
more weight than we need. But |
don't think that many of us are
going to be moved 10 ioin anv
fat-deStruction campaign conduct
ed on maSs-appeal basis. Diets
come into a persons life in an.
/ other way and no matter what the
experts can do to sugarcoat the
process and make il sound like
iun, IT'S a grim business requiring
tortitude, constant moraIe-bujldinp
and unflagging determination.
People so on diets under vari.
GUS circumstances. They are fire.
quently scared into losing weigh,
BY their doctor who regards them
gravely and talks about heart
strain and blood pressure. In most
cases, they have to be kept good
and scared or they'll forget and
slide into the old mashed polato
and banana.split rut again.
Others diet when the placke, oC
last summers dress shibbornIv re.
/ fuses to close, although first the
victim viii try to blame i, ON a
new girdle. Another excellent slim.
lluS is the careless remark of a
friend you haven't seen for Six
monthS-"why. Harriet. YOU look
wonderful, but haven't You taken
on some weight II usually takes
about three of these encounters in
rapid succession TO really mt
girl on the lamb chop and lettuce.
leaf regime.
For some time il has heen
women'S habit 10 overlook the
average males interest in p,ai,
tanning his waist-line. although
guy who can still button his
World War Tor even World War
u.unlform is invariably a dread
fai braggart The lads. however
show a marked tendency TO give
up ale and four-course lunches
when they have trouble picking
up golf balls or are ahe butt of )
few insidiouS locker-room remarks
about av0irdupoiS,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31
Rice Exports Soar

BANGKOK. Thailand (tR)-ThaiI-
land expects to ship a record
breaking 1,5Oo 900 tons of rice dur
Ing 1851 more than that exported
ans year since the war
For the first nine months of this
year rice exports reached l,l60,-
900 tons compared TO the previous
record of IL 900 for the same per
lod last year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31
Highway Tea
Party

LONDON tRl-EngIishmen can
have a tea party right on the high
way with the aid of a new gadget
manufactured by British firm.
It's a tea--or coffee-maker that
operates from a l2.yolt auto bat
terry and produces ia pints. II is
claimed that lgs teaspoonful of tea
will give up to 10 cups.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31
Better Forest
Record

FREDERICTON. NIB. tn)--
Chief Forester GIL. Miller aunoumc-
cd that New Brunswick closed the
1881 forest fire season with the
lighteSt acreage loss in five years.
Total number of fires, ll3. lowest
since 1915. burned an estimated
$500 acres of timber land.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31
Tomorrow Begins
Courtesy Month

TALLAHASSEE R-.January will
be Courtesy Month in Florida.
Every citizen is expected to OBJ
serve it by being nice to tourists.
Governor Warren issued proc
lamation Saturday setting the OBJ
servance. He asked Floridians TO
honor il Sin deed as well as in
thought. y
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31
Foster Memorial
Week Jan. 1919

TALLAHASSEE 4s--Florida will
observe Stephen Foster Memorial
Week from Jan. Is to Jan. 10 in
honor Of the composer Of the off
cial state song, Way Down Upon
the Swanee River. |"
Governor Warren set the week
aside in a proclamation which not
ed congressional designation Of
Jan. 10 as Stephen Foster Memo
rial Day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31
Rubber Output
Rises

KUALA LUMPuR, Malaga tH)
Government figures releases re,
Gently show that the Federation
produced 5l,574 long tons Of rubber
in October, an increase of I. 1876 tons
over Sepiember'S output
OF the October production, II .55S
long tons we're exported to the Uni
ted Kingdom and ATS to the United
States.
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Alaga Lines Joins
GREYHOUND Go.

TALLAHASSEE tR-The Alaea
Coach Line, a subsidiary Of the
Greyhound Bus Company. viii give
up IT'S separate identity Dee 81
and become part Of the parent
corporation
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31

After the murder Of the famous
julius Caesar, the Roman Senate
deIiied him-and he is known as the
first delfied man in history
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31

which will solve problems; but it
is a mirror Of discerning mind,
and perhaps, if the mirror is tilted
at a different angle so that the re-
Election does not blind the one who
sees into the looking glass, il may
serve satisfactory purpose.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31

Boar, deer, hare and rabbits can
be hunted in Japan in the season.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-31

not justify the poStponement of flu.
oridation.
Evening star., 1951-05-26
BY the Assoeiated Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, May
26.-Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
told the United Nations today that
his forces used loudspeaker broad.
casts and leaflets to warn Com
munist foes in Korea that they
faced certain death before they
began their offensive in April.
Gen. Ridgway's report as COM
of United Nations forces
covering Korea operations from
April Is to April 80, was trans
mitted to Secretary General Tryg-
We Lie by the American delegation
today. Since then the U. N. Army
has turned the Chinese and North
Korean Communists back across
the 38th Parallel after inf1icting
tens of thousands of casualties
The Ridgway report said the
enemy had expanded his effective
forces in Korea to more than 70
divisions for the offensive which
began the night of April %.
Aware of the buildup, Gen
Ridgway reported beginning in
mid-April large quantities of U. N
leaflets were air-dropped over
enemy troops in front-line posi-
tions and in staging areas to the
rear. The leaflets warned that
their Communist leaders were
planning another massive attack
Evening star., 1951-05-26
Bethesda Woman Hurt
Fleeing House Fire

A Bethesda woman injured her
back today when she fell 20 feet
while attempting to climb out a
second-story window to escape
a fire.
Mrs. Clara v. Elliott. 20, of 1927
Auburn avenue was admitted to
Suburban Hospital. A small fire
in the motor of a refrigc. q Or
filled her apartment with smoke
and Mrs. Elliott was trying to slide
down a blanket hung from the
window, police said.
Only minor damage to the re-
frigerator was caused by the fire,
according to police.
Evening star., 1951-05-26

lnounced the same reductions to
its dealers.
Shell retailers were undecided
today as to how the cut in the
wholesale price should be passed
on to consumers. Some dealers
decided to maintain present prices
until next week when their stocks
iof gas bought at the highe,
wholesale price will have been
exhausted.
Warren's Shell station, at Penn.
lsylVania avenue and Minnesota
avenue Sc, cut the premium price
from 1913 to 26.9 and the regular
grade price from 25.8 to 23.9. Thi.
brought the regular grade price
down to the same level prevailing
at most Sunoco stations.
The O'Brien-Norwitz Station, al
4140 Georgia avenue NV, cut thu
premium price from 28.5 to 27.s
and the regular grade from 25.5 tc
24.9.
Mobilgas dealers said they would
wait until next week before de-
Gliding whether to cut their prices
In the New York area price
reductions have been announced
by Gulf, Sun Oil, Socony-Vac-
uum, Shell. Texaco and Atlantic
Refining Co.
ESQ Standard Oil Co., largest
marketer in the East, remained
aloof from the developing price
war.
Evening star., 1951-05-26
Allied Tanks and Infantry Swarm
Into Red Korea on 125-MiIe Line
In Hot Pursuit Of F|eeinq Enemy
u. N. Forces Use Loudspeoker
ToWorn Reds of Certain Doom
Leaflets Also Dropped Over Koreo Lines
Before April Drive, Ridewoy Reports

in which thousands upon thou
sands of them would be sacrificed
without purpose except to further
the cause of aggression.
when this attack was launched
late in April. leaflets and loud
speaker broadcasts were used to
tell enemy soldiers of the ex-
orbitant price in lives which
their officers, all along the line,
were expending for every mile of
territory, and to show the enemy
that the alternative to this cer-
tain death was surrender and
humane treatment by the U. N.
forces.
More than 355 million leaflets
have now been disseminated liz
Korea. Radio broadcasts, in con-
junction with leaflets, have kept
the Korean people informed on
the renewed Communist offensive
and it's significance to Korea in
terms of added destruction of life
and property"
Gen. RidgWay also reported that
more than 10000 prisoners of war
now are interned in a new prison
camp on Koje-Do Island. south
lof PuSan.
His report said also that enemy
guerrilla forces now number about
$4,000 and are on the defensive
but that groups up to battalion
size-about 1.000-have been in
Iclashes in South Central Korea
Evening star., 1951-05-26
Girl, S, Found Critically Hurt;
Cause of Injuries Uncertain
Child May Have FoIIen
Out 3d-FIoor Window
Or Been Kidnapped

A 5-year-old girl, found bleed
ing and unconscious near the rear
of her home at 629 Eighth street
NE. was in critical condition at
Children's Hospital today.
Police were uncertain whether
the child. Barbara Ann Quade,
was the victim of a kidnaper or
had fallen from a third-f1oor win
dow of the apartment house. She
was found shortly after midnight
on a seldom-used flight of steps
leading to the cellar of the build
ing after her parents had sought
her frantically for seven hours.
Rushed to the hospital where
she was placed on the danger list,
doctors reported the child was
suffering from a deeply cut chin,
several broken teeth, a possible
jaw fracture, two broken ribs, a
ruptured kidney and cuts on her
Evening star., 1951-05-26
D. c: Gas Dealers Holding Line
Despite East Coast Price War

While retail gasoline dealers in
Washington struggled today to
hold the line against price war
sweeping the Eastern seaboard
motorists in other cities filled their
tanks with fuel reduced as much
as Z cents per gallon.
A third major distributor
lSocony-Vacuum Oil Co.-today
fell in line with the Sun Oil Co.
and Shell Oil Co. in cutting whole
sale prices in the Washington
area. =
Retail price cuts ranged up to
7 cents a gallon in one Newark
IN. j. station. In New York
weekend price reductions aver
aged about 2 cents gallon. In
Greensboro, N. c., the retail price
has been cut from 80 cents a
gallon to % cents. In the WASH
ington area, however, more mod
est cuts were reported.
Sun Oil Co. touched off the
price war early this week when il
reduced it's wholesale price cent
a gallon all along the Eastern
seaboard. Sunoco distributors in
the Washington area promptly
cut the retail price cent.
Shell Oil Co. then cut it's whole
sale price for regular gas / cent
and reduced the premium grade
price u cent. Socony-Vacuum
which distributes Mobilgas, an
Evening star., 1951-05-26
u. 5. Official in Reich
Worms of New Nuzis

HEIDELBERG, Germany, Ma,
|26.-Benjamin j. ButtenWieser
American assistant high commits
sioner, declared today that tn,
new Nazi movement in Western
Germany sis a warning which W.
would ignore at our peril"
The neo-Nazi Socialist Reicl
Party. which pelled II per cent o.
the votes in a state election early
this month, cannot fail to cause
serious misgivings both in Ger
many and throughout the world.
Mr.. Buttenwieser said.
In an address prepared for de.
livery before the annual conven.
ton of German American clubs
Mr.. Buttenwieser called the emer-
gence of this Nazi group an "omi-
nous and alarming spectacle"
Evening star., 1951-05-26
Lottery Raids Yield
7 Million Tickets
BY the Assoeioted Press

PITTSBURGH, May 26.-State
Police Sergt. John Helfenstair
said today his raiders have
smashed one of the largest lot
teries in the country by seizing
l million tickets.
The lottery tickets were confis-
Gated in four widely scattered
raids yesterday. Three. truckloads
OF tickets were hauled away from
two printing shops, a warehouse
and a private home.
Three men, all charged with op-
Grating a lottery. were arrested.
Sergt. Helfenstein identified them
as Mike Winowitch, Peter Bertone
and Albert Tomiano.
Sergt. Helfenstein said a COM
plete lottery production setup was
found in the cellar of Winowitch's S
home. Included were engraved
plates, machinery and several
hundred thousand tickets packed
for shipment, he added.
Evening star., 1951-05-26
Moscow Youngsters
Given Strict Code
OF Public Conduct
BY the Associoted Press

MOSCOW, May 26.-Strict new
rules governing the public behavior
of Moscow's youngsters have been
posted by the city fathers. And
parents can be fined up to 200
rubles ($50 at the official rate)
for negligence if their children
run afoul of the law.
Boys and girls up to Is no
longer can be on the streets after
10 o'clock at night during the
school year unless they are ac-
companied by their parents. Dur
ing the summer the curfew is set
vp to II o'clock.
The rules also prohibit the sale
of liquor and tobacco to youngsters
under Is; forbid the youngsters
to go to public markets alone or
to engage in trade. They also
ban skating and shooter riding
on the streets, and hitching rides
on the backs of streetcars or
buses.
Youngsters can go only to those
movies listed as suitable for chill
dren.
The decree, signed by Moscow's
city chairman, calls on house man.
ayers, militia and all citizens to
help enforce the rules.
Evening star., 1951-05-26
New Arrivals Increase Scouts
Force to 5 900 at Encumpment

More than 1000 Boy Scouts OF
Washington, Maryland and Vir-
|ginia troops, were lively as crickets
today after sleeping on the ground
in their pup tents at Soldiers
Home in the biggest annual en-
|campment to date.
Perfect weather increased the
turnout. There were no instances
|of boys being AWOL and the only
ailments reported at sick call were
one case of measles, a 'sprained
ankle and numerous cases of cuts,
skins and bruises. The boys will
spend tonight in their tents in
the woods and fields of the home
and break camp at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow.
Nearly 1000 Scouts joined the
overnighters' this morning, SWELL
ing the total attendance to nearly
5000.
Most colorful encampment was
Evening star., 1951-05-26
", S. Note Urges Iran
To Negotiate Oil Dispute

TEHERAN, Iran, May Is (P.-
The United States informed Iran
today the Iranian-B British oil
dispute could seriously weaken
the unity of the free world and
strongly urged negotiations aimed
at settlement.
This American advice was given
in an aide memoire delivered by
Ambassador Henry F.. Grady to
Foreign Minister Bagher Kazemi.
1t was the second United States
statement IN recent days on the
oil crisis. which has brought ten
sion near the breaking point in
the Middle East.
Naturalization Held Imperative.
Today''s aide memoire, or note
said the United States "reaffirmeo
lits stand against unilateral can
Icellation Of contractual relation
ships and actions of confiscatory
nature" Trans Premier, DR.. F.
Mohammed Mossadegh, said yes
Iterday it was imperative for Iran
to nationalize the oil industry
i'm order to relieve poverty in the
country.
The note said the United States
lis convinced that through nego-
tiations a settlement can be found
which will satisfy the desires OF
the Iranian people to control their
own resources, will protect legiti-
mate British interests and will
assure uninterrupted flow of Ira
nian oil to it's world markets"
Iran, which has Russia for a
northern neighbor, is one of the
vital sources of oil supply for the
West. particularly for Britain and
her navy.
The Iranian government is ex-
pected to reject formally today OF
tomorrow Britain's latest note
offering to send a top-level diplo-
matte team here to negotiate the
dispute.
Meanwhile. there has been no
answer from the oil company
which has until May 80 to appoint
Representatives to help the Iranian
government plan the takeover.