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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01
BIG PROFIT ON WAR SURPLUS DEAL

!. The people of the country will prob
ably be amazed at the profits made on
deals in surplus war material. While it is
not feasible to attempt to give details OF
individual actions in these columns, one
transaction seems to be worthy Of note.
It seems that two Chicago truck deal
ers made profit of $425,Ooo on the. resale
of s72 surplus trucks, bought from the
Philippine Government. They were Army
trucks sold by the Filipinos for about
$250,000
One man was paid $4,000 for his
services in negotiating the purchase. A
Cleveland law firm got $4,000 to obtain
a release of the trucks for sale in this
country after they had been purchased
for sale in the export market. Another
man got S42, 800 for claim that he had
been instrumental in getting the purchase
deal through. Three men, who did the
buying. drew $340, 000 A company was
paid $125, 900 for finding" buyer.
1t is interesting also to note that the
biggest customer for the surplus trucks
was the Atomic Energy Commission. An
other detail which arouses interest is the
fact that the Philippine Government,
which originally got the trucks from the
United States, acquired ownership in
postwar settlement and got the money
when the trucks were sold. Meanwhile,
the government is making an effort to col
lect an excise tax which was not paid in
this, and similar, transactions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01
DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK

Nearly everybody has heard about
the truth serum" which was supposed to
make those submitting to the test tell the
truth Even those given surreptitious
dose. it was claimed, would reply truth
fully to questions asked.
Now comes a leading authority in
psyehiatric research to warn against the
reliability of sodium. amytal. especially as
evidence for or against the accused in
court cases. DR.. Paul H. Hoch says that,
contrary to popular belief, people taking
the drug do not always tell the truth
Many persons, he says, under the influence
of the drug are able to withhold informa-
ton and others are able to lie effectively
This may be bad news to those who
expected some drug to reform humanity
1t would be nice, of course, if people told
nothing but the truth. There is a way to
attain this high goal but it is through the
spiritual development of individuals and
has nothing much to do with physical
things.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01
Today's Birthdays

Kate Smith. singer, born in
Washington. D. c.. al years ago.
Gen. Joseph LaWton Collins,
army chief of staff. horn in New
Orleans, SO years ago.
Gen. Mark w. Clark, chief of
Army Forces, born in Madison,
N Y, SIS years ago.
Frank r. Kent of Baltimore.
noted political journalist, born
there, "a years ago.
Prof. Henry De Wolf Smyth of
Princeton, famous physician, born
in Clinton, N. Y, 81 yeas ago.
David Lawrence Cole of Pater-
son, N. J., noted lawyer, born
there, 40 years ago.
Thomas. Dudley Cabot, Boston
industriaIist, chairman of the
Commission Of State Dept's Inter
national Security Affairs, bonn in
Cambridge, Mass, 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01
Can Double No.
OF Cancer Cures

Its possible. It's probable. The
big question is. In how many
cases Right now, with present
medical knowledge, the number
of cancer cures could be doubled.
But we need your dollars-to
spread information, to make more
detection program available. to
assist doctors, and to aid, labora-
tory WORKERS in the great fight
to find more cures for cancer.
Many hands are working IN
the tremendous fight against can
Ger, labatoric3, hospitals, in our
town and on your street.
With more tools, more dollars
twice as many lives could be
saved. Perhaps. tomorrow with
these many helping hands they
could shift cancer from its Num-
Der 2 killer to a controlled and
durable disease.
Thousands of lives, maybe even
yours, depend on these thanos.
Give all you can to help them
serve you. Protect you5elf and
your family by giving to the can
Ger crusade.
A contributes addressed to
Cancer" in care of your local
post office will help guard your
self, your family and your COM
munity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01
HAVE you ANY WOOL?

Gotta few acres of lawn to keep now
ed this summer-or some farmland that
will grow grass but not much else? There
you might try keeping some sheep. Sheep
are practically painless to take care of, it
ifs said, ST. the fence is woven, not barb
wire, and they can be shifted to new pas
fure oneasin a while.
Sheep care about as much for barb
wire as .a-restraint as an elephant does for
lengthspf cotton thread across its path.
They waltz on through or under. Only the
tufts ofswool on the barbs tell the tale of
their passage.
The-idea is that those who raise sheep
these days have bonanza on their hands.
The priee-of lamb in market is out of sight,
The price. of wool is more so. There are
not as many sheep in the U. S. A. today as
there we've in 1870, believe it or not. Since
then cattle have had the big play But to-
day even Australia cannot begin to furn-
ish the wool needed for uniforms.
An wcute shortage of wool developed
during the last war, but this did not bring
increased wool production. Despite high
prices fsE fleeces, currently the highest on
record. more and more sheepmen have
shifted "a. cattle. The price of beef proved
irresistillie even in comparison to $3.50
WOOL -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01
Today In History

1780-Louisville, KY. (then in
Virginia) chartered a town.
1847-Cornerstone laid of the
Smithsonian Institution, Washing
ton.
1366-The National Labor IN
on proposes an 8-hour working
lay-an amazing and startling
statement for that day.
1873 - One-cent postal cards
'irst issued.
1884-Chicago starts building
the first American skysc. aper, the
l0-story high Home Insurance
Building.
1886-Beginning of strikes the
country over for an 8-hour work
.ng day, eliminating on May 4
With Chicago's terrible Hay
market riot.
l887-The University Settle
nent House on New York. City's
lower East Side opens coun-
Iy's first settlement house.
1893-Opening of the Column
oian Exposition, Chicago.
l898-Admiral Dewey destroys
.he Spanish fleet in the war with
Spain.
l947-Most of the portal5to-
portal pay suits outlawed by
Congress.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01
VOLUNTARY PRICE
FOR ANTIQUE

DENVER up. Carl Hayes,
Denver grocery manager, who
has been collecting ancient guns
for nine years, says he found one
of his prize firearms in a church.
The minister told him to go ahead
and take the gun and drop into
the collection plate whatever he
thought it was worth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01
LIGHT DIET

ARCADIA, CaIlf. = tFl. = 4
small plight light bulb looked
better than it tasted to 26-month-
old Kenneth Gronenthal,
His parents said he pulled the
bulb from a socket and popped
it into his mouth, It exploded
when he hit it.
Kenneth was pronounced OK.
at an emergency hospital where
they plucked the fragments from
lis mouth and throat - but he
went on a special diet for few
days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01
T0dGy's Horoscope

Today gives indication of
firm, persuasive sort of person,
with domestic Tastes. There IS
quite a strain Of self-indulgencc
which, if allowed full rein, would
lead to a tendency TO neglect i'm
portant matters to satisfy the APP
petites. Be careful that the assoc
Citations are of the best.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01

DR.. Joseph A. McClain, Jr.,
dean of the Duke University Law
School, born at Ringgold, Ga, 4S
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01

lot of subconscious individuals are
woIrying~about the subconscious.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01

The permanent welfare of agricul-
ture is more important than the present
profits oEfarmers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01

If YOU are not proud of Key West, it
is time somebody told you where to go.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01

DESPITE the Denunciation of the de-
valued dollar, the demand seems to con-
tinue.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-01

Select the ServIcc tia: selects
its menus. Marines
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Barse Cites Increased
Court Load
In Asking More Clerks

A plea for additional clerks in
the civil division highlighted the
annual Municipal Court report,
released yesterday by Chief Judge
George P. Barse.
In his report to the Attorney
General for the fiscal year OF
July l, 1949, to June 80. 1850,
Judge Barse pointed out that
1888 cases involving $50 to $4,000
damages were filed. This, he said,
compared to 1854 cases of the
same kind filed during the first
fiscal year the court was in
operation.
The first figure cited, he said,
does not include cases filed in the
Small Claims or the Landlord and
Tenant branches, although cler-
ical workers must also be assigned
to the work of these courts.
Despite the sharp increase in
the civil divisions Workload in the
eight years the court has been in
operation, there has been no in
crease in general clerical person
mel, the chief judge said.
Other Loads Increase.
All branches but the Small
Claims branch of the court re-
ported increases in cases received.
the WORK of the Small Claims
branch, which handles civil cases
involving $50 or less, decreased
6i2 per cent. Legislation calling
for an increase in the courts
jurisdiction to 500 has been in
troduced by Representative Celler,
Democrat, of New York.
Judge Barse reported that, as of
June 80. 1850, there were 886 cases
awaiting a jury trial in the civil
division. There were 283 more on
the backlog, but these were not
yet on the ready" calendar.
screening" Cuts Cases.
A screening" process was set
up by Judge Barse last December
in an effort to weed out cases
that could be settled Immediately
or dismissed. The backlog of civil
jury cases was sharply reduced at
that time.
AS usual, Municipal Court more
than paid Cor itself. Judge Barse
reported the court took in 81 ,463,
514 in fines, fees and forfeitures
during the fiscal year. The con-
gressional appropriation for the
year was $609,859. All receipts
from this court are turned over to
the Federal Government.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Board Ponders Renewal
Of Package Store License

The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board today has under consider
alton the renewal of the liquor
license of Hyman Minkoff. pro-
prietor of the Acme Supply Co.,
a package store at 14O0 North
Capitol street.
The hearings, which lasted two
days. ended with final arguments
yesterday by Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Robert D. Wise for
the Government and F. Joseph
Donohue, attorney for Mr. Mink
off. Mr.. Donohue charged that
Board Chairman Alan w. Payne
was biased against Mr.. Minkoff
and had been from the start.
Mr.. Wise, asking the board to
refuse to renew the license, said
Mr.. Donohue had sought to be-
cloud the issue by saying the sale
of LIQUOR to bootleggers was not
illegal. He said that, although
three North Carolina bootleggers
have testified they bought liquor
in case lots from Acme, the issue
upon which Mr.. Minkof was tried
is that he failed to make entries
in his reports to the Internal
Revenue Bureau as required by
law.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
HiqhIights of 7 Todoy's Programs

1880, WTOP Vaughn Monroe
Northwestern University is saluted
on its centennial celebration.
$3.50, WCFM-A Dissenting Note:
Commentary by DR.. William B.
Ober on Music of the Renaissance
and Baroque.
1000, WEAM, WASH-FM - Chi
cago Theater of the Air: Sigmund
Romberg's "The Blue Paradise" is
tonight's presentation.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Radio Today.

500, WRC-NBC Symphony: The
orchestra, conducted by Arturo
Toscanini, will play Verdi's Re
ouiem" as tribute to Verdi on the
Both anniversary of his death.
7:15, Student Assembly:
Students from the Washington area
high schools present a specially
Droduced variety show.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
TelevisiOn Today.

7:45, WTOP At Home Party:
Doretta Morrow is guest of Earl
Wrightson.
500, WNBW-Jack Carter Show:
Ben Blue substitutes for Jack Carter
and is assisted by Frances Lang
ford, Roberta Lee and Sid Fields.
500, WTOP-Ken Murray Show:
Laraine Day and her husband, Leo
Durocher, are featured guests on
the show.
900, WNBW -Y Your Show Of
Shows: Nanette Fabray, Robert
Merrill and Marguerite Piazza join
Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
Evening star., 1951-01-27
Other AM Stations

MeMs-5Io ke.-6:55 s.m.-5:15 pm.
WPIk-13o kc.-7:30 a.m.-5:l5 pm.
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WGAy-1,050 ke.-7:30 s.m.-5:l5 pm.
WBcc-1,17o ke.-7:3o a.m.-5:l5 pm.
WFAx-1,72o ke.-7:l5 a.m.-5:l5 pm.
Evening star., 1951-09-09
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Evening star., 1951-09-09

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Evening star., 1951-09-09

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Evening star., 1951-09-09

h TOTHNG short of amazing the way these classics written
thousand years agoh many nails squarely the
head today Here the ceaest reasoning all literature
of the greatest scholars of all time tell how live ntelgent
happy lives whether worldly wealth only the riches
in and minds Little escaped the reflections and discus
sions of Plato and Aristotle They mighty in the
field of knowledge and their ideas astonshingy timely
Evening star., 1951-09-09

TW-9-9-5l
Evening star., 1951-06-20

NE, was at clarence "nsht'
Georgetown Hospital in undeter-
mined condition with at least one
bullet wound in the chest.
Pvts. Morton j. Walker and
Charles E. Varney of 7th Precinct
were cruising in a scout Car at
6:56 am. when they received a
call about a shooting. They
reached the scene at z o'clock.
Pvt. Walker said Mrs. Wright
was lying near the corner and the
suspect had snub-nose. .36- cali
ber pistol pointed at his chest. He
Offered no resistance to arrest.
Police found five empty car
ItridgeS in the gun. They expressed
the belief that three Of the bullets
struck Mrs. Wright and two shots
went wild.
Wright said he was planning TO
shoot himself when police arrived,
but there were no more bullets left
in the chamber. II wanted to kill
lher and then myself" he said.
Wright said he had been q cook
at the Mayf1ower for five years.
The timekeeper at the Maylowerr
said there was a man Of that name
employed in the hotel coffee shop.
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Admiral Dyer Takes Over
u. n. Task Force in Orient
BY the Asseeiaied Press

TOKYO, June 20.-Rear Ad-
miral George c. Dyer today sue
ceeded Rear Admiral Allan E
Smith as commander of Task
Force 95, United Nations blockade
and escort force.
Admiral Smith will become
commandant. 18th naval district
Seattle.
In the change Of command
ceremony at Yokosuka, Admiral
Smith said the task force included
ships from nine navies-Australia
Great Britain, Canada, Colombia
the Netherlands, New Zealand
Thailand, South Korea and the
Unitea States.
Evening star., 1951-06-20

| was shot at
Thirty = seventh
and O streets
NV.
G / a r e nc ce
Wright. %, COL
ored, of no fixed
| address, W a S
seized and held
| for investiga-
| ton at No. Z
Precinct. His
wife, Mrs. Juan
ita Wright. 10,
colored, Of 1880
Eighth street
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Soys Mothers
Don't Understand

"Mothers shouldn't 60 out
and leave children alone with
a sitter and a box of JT
LEMON THINS. The sitter
ate more than I did, but /
got the spanking. Mother
doesn't understand these are
not like ordinary cookies
you can't stop eating JJJ
Lemon Thins."
JJVT
GocoNU1 HAcARooNs. COLONIAL CREAMS
CHocoIAIe-PecAN COOKIES
tEMoN THIkS . ORANGE TE4lflS
Evening star., 1951-06-20
Woman Is Found Shot;
Police Say Husband
Attempted Suicide

A Mayflower Hotel cook VIZ" :
rested this morning onl.
minutes after his eStran'
Evening star., 1951-06-20

What luck for you who SIS" under saving generously
sunbock and onepiece fashions by Leslie o For Leslie
Fay makes point of wonderful fit you alteration Of
COOL finely cotton fobcs of such Peecons touches
covered buttons rhinestone buttons self belts and trims of young
imaginative sine In this exciting tissue ginehons, printed
voies smooth broodcohs and printed pques In all the
important coIors Sizes 10 to 20 in the group.
W&Lorh seheacher Chose Stores
Evening star., 1951-03-11
Sunken Treasure

bottle - the kind we serve coffee
cream in - down in the bottom
an fills the big jar nearly full of
water.
"A penny or even a nickel will
60 in the top of the creamer, easy"
Jake says. THE trick is to drop a
penny down through the water an
into the mouth of the creamer
attin' here in the bottom. Try it. "
So I get some pennies out of the
cash register an start in.
Evening star., 1951-03-11

NTow gamblin' is generally
IN looked on as sinful except in
the case of Bingo when played at
church socials. But me an Jake
Bulls, my partner, are convinced
that it is sort of in the blood an
liable to break out any time.
About a week ago Jake sold the
last jawbreaker out of a gallon
candy jar an started to throw the
jar away. Then he gets an idea.
He puts a little miniature milk
Evening star., 1951-03-11

Nine times straight l miss it.
Jake misses every time, too. 1t
takes 45 tries before we get two
pennies in.
Well, we leave the trap there on
the counter an nearly every Gus
toner tries a few pennies an
practically always misses!
How about we should leave it
here but give the pennies all to
the Red Cross?" Jake suggests.
I'll make up a sign"
Tubby Gropper, the cop, do
mates quarter in pennies. Bushy
Barnes from down at the news
stand, figures a dime is smaller
than a penny and it costs him SO
cents to learn it amt any easier to
get one in the cream bottle. The
Red Cross is doin' fine.
FRANK ELLIS, the guy who sells
us our hot dogs an bologna,
finally explains how the water
makes the penny skid sidewise an
miss the target. But he donates
IL cents shown us.
Well, Jake an me. when every
body has gone, dump the water.
Then we try to drop pennies into
the little bottle, dry, in the bot
tom of the jar. It's just as hard.
"Just shows gamblers are suck
ers, wet or dry" l tell Jake.
"Sure does," Jake agrees. "The
Red Cross has made four dollars
and sixty cents out of our dumb
customers today - no, wait a min
ute. You an me must've put in
half of it, We been around here
all day" WAlLY B0REN
Evening star., 1951-12-30
Probe of Alien Property Office Ss Echoes of 1923 Scandal

answer I might give or make. and
the testimony I might give. might
tend to incriminate me-"
Jury Disagreed.
The jury went out, debated sc
hours. and could reach no agree
Iment. After the case ended, Max
ID. Steuer, Daugherty's attorney,
explained that his client had had
no objections to talking of the
Alien-Property case. but felt that
he could not be cross-examined on
"other matters concerning which
he knew, and as to which he never
would make disclosure"
IF the jury" Mr.. Steuer told the
press, knew the real reason for
destroying the ledger sheets (of the
Smith account). they would COM
mend. rather than condemn. Mr..
Daugherty, but he insisted on
silence"
What one of those real reasons"
might have been came out a year
later, in 1927. when Miss Britton
published "The Presidents Daugh-
ter" told of trysts with Mr..
Harding in various places. in
tcluding. on one occasion, the White
House. and described how the
Presidents friends" arranged foi
her own and her daughters sup
port (perhaps out of the ''political
laccount") until Mr.. Harding s
death.
Evening star., 1951-12-30

most partisan Republicans that
the Harding administration-and
perhaps Harding's personal life
could not stand public inspection
Daugherty's statement said:
Having been personal attorney
for Warren G. Harding before he
was Senator from Ohio, and while
he was Senator, and thereafter,
until his death.
"And for Mrs. Harding for a
period of several years, and before
her husband was elected Presi-
dent. and after his death,
"And having been attorney for
the Midland National Bank of
Washington Court House, Ohio,
and for my brother, M. 8. Daugh-
Ierty,
"And having been Attorney
General of the United States dur
ing the time that President Hard
ing served as President,
"And also. for a time, after
President Harding's death, under
President Coolidge,
"And with all those named as
attorney. personal friend and At
torney General, my relations were
Iof the most confidential charac-
ter, as well as professional,
II refuse to testify and answer
Questions put to me, because the