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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24
Fire Chief Warns
Of Hazards OF
Bed Smoking
up Wirephoto

Firechief leroy Torres again
warned Of the hazards of smoking
in bed, citing as example, two fires
which occurred Sunday morning.
The first alarm came at 2:30
am. when a mattress aboard the
shrimp boat Winnie w. II. locked
al the water front at the foot Of
Duval street, burst into flames.
Engines No. ] and No answer
ed the call but found that the
quickest way to stop the flames
from spreading. was to toss the
burning mattress overheard.
The second mattress blaze hap
pened at am. Sunday. at 5l4 Pet
roma street An unidentified color
ed man sleeping in a shack at that
address was uninjured although the
mattress of his bed was DESTROYED.
The fire was extinguished by
booster hose in 20 minutes. Both
engines answered the alarm.
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DEAN SAVED

Continued From Page Onel
appeared on the Communist war
prisoner list
Burchett gave this account Of his
interview with Dean:
Dean was fighting alongside his
men at Taejon. July 20. 1850, when
Russian equipped North Korean
tank columns were sweeping into
South Korea
The husky general, then 81. bat
tied his way out of a road block
in flaming Taejon, after ordering
his men not to surrender. He
helped carry wounded men to
safety
Then. Burchett said. Dean wan
dered for a month in the hills
without food for 20 days. Injured
and sick. he lost so pounds. Dean
was surrounded six times, but each
time eluded the Reds
During those agonizing days, he
saved and carefully polished his
last IL bullets Burchett quoted
him.
II was absolutely determined
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24

had total of ca youngsters taking
part IN four doubles Journeys that
he ran off simultaneously in six
days play
The Boys title ia years and
youngerl went TO Robert Parrot
the BoYs singles kingl and Lee
berg Knowles who foppIed the
heavily favored team Of Tony
Dopp and Johnny Sellers rs. "a.
Mixed Doubles champions are
Eleanor Cato and Leo Carey who
subdUed June Yates and Frank
Roberts 3-6,6.3,6.o.
The Girls finals was the longest
on local records and extended
with intermision--to three hours.
Misses Yates and Villate had all the
better of it in the first hour and
a half and had a So lead in the
second set when the spectators
we're certain victory ives theirs.
Dolores powdered the ball at the
net with deadly kills at the Con-
vents shoe-tops and was by far
the most mobile player OF the four.
The Convent team battled back
with a mountain of patience and
stamina that refused to accept de-
feat.
Leo Carey shone brilliantly in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24
Junior Doubles Championships
Marked By Upseis Last Night

capturing his two titles and he
fulfilled Ralph Hsrsensfine judy
nenf Of him as the most out
standing junior OF fhe year.
Against the Cruz boys he was q
pillar Of attacking force both at
the net and bsek-eovrf. and Frank
Roberts. after a nervous start in
his first truly big match. support.
ed him with real stesdiness off
service returns and with Ieihsl
sliced service.
Iceberg Knowles was the sur
prise package of the Boys event
Known only as a baseball player
with little strong inclination or
genius for tennis. young Knowles
was tiger on court throughout the
week and he more than held his
own against the more seasoned
Dopp and Sellers in the finals, His
strokes and speed showed unex-
pected powers and his confidence
when the chips were down at SIS in
the opening Sc twas good 10 see.
The Doubles Championships con-
firmed the fact that Coach Vans
varsity which will begin the High
Schools first tennis year in the
South Florida Scholastic League on
January S, win place on court a
sextet of surprising prowess for a
first season squad. John Cruz. Don
Cruz, Leo Carey, Frank Roberts.
Tony Dopp, Franklin Hernandez,
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HUNDREDS OF

Continued From Page One) ,
there's simply no space. We've
been sold out for a month. .
In addition to those who de
barked today. $500 veterans had
poured ashore Saturday and Sun
day from three other transports.
Until late Sunday fog stymied OPP
Grafton of 60-plane Air Force
ferry service set up to get the
men home.
Seventeen airmen-one of them
an impatient bridegroonl---Sweated
il out for more than two days in
Oklahoma City. before the Air
Force loaded them on plane to-
day to fly them belatedly to their
homes in the East
The men had booked flights with
non-Scheduled airline that got
them from the West Coast TO Okla
homs City Friday night but which
up to today had failed to take off
for the rest of the journey
Altogether 40 servicemen were
stranded at Oklahoma City Friday
when a pilot of a non-scheduled
airliner landed there and told the
CTS; This is the end Of the line.
He added that somebody
would pick them up in 80 min
uteS. and the 49 waited. They
had purchased bargain round-trip
tickets at $3.50 each from the air
line, TranSc0ntinental, to 90 from
California 10 the East Coast.
Thirty-two Of the airmen became
tired and accepted Red Cross Of
fers Of buS transportation, but the
other II held out for plane trips.
In Los Angeles, {. A. TroXel,
TranSconlinental's traffic mana
ger. said the affair was Just one
Of those things
Several hundred service men
were stranded at Lockheed Air
Terminal in Burbank, Calf, when
non-Scheduled planes on which
they had bought tickets failed to
appear or had no room.
However. terminal spokesman
said most of the els we're due
to be on their way with non-sched.
uled planes now coming through.
The spokesman said the craft has
been delayed by bad weather
At San Francisco and Oakland
airports. some l,500 homeward-
bound Servicemen were delayed
for more than 12 hours by fog.
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Shrine Game To
Be Watched By
Crowd OF 10000

MIAMI RI--North and South col
lege all-StarS planned final light
workouts today for their Shrine
charity football game in the
Orange Bowl Tuesday night,
A crowd Of about 10000 is ex-
pected to watch Yale Coach Her
man Hickman'S Yankees tangle
with Miami Coach Andy Gustaf-
sons Rebels in the fourth annual
game sponsored by Mahi Shrine
Temple for the crippled children S
fund.
The South squad had the day off
Sunday and spent it sight seeing
and swimming but Hickman gave
his north squad a 80 minute
workout in the morning, brushing
up on all phases of the game
Kickoff time for the game is
BIS p. m. (EST.
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Orange Bowl
Festival Opens

MIAMI ~ The Orange Bowl
Festival opened here Sunday night
for a Today run that will carry
over into the new year
Thousands poured into the Great
er Miami area to witness the pag.
eantry that will be climaxed by
the New Years Day football game
between Baylor and Georgia Tech
in the Orange Bowl.
The shrine'S fourth annual col
lege all star charity football
game will be played in the Orange
Bowl Tuesday night.
The Orange Bowl junior tennis
tournament will be held at Miami
Beach, beginning Wednesday and
running through Saturday, with
players from many states, Cuba
and Mexico competing.
The Orange Bowl kickoff lunch
con will be held Thursday, when
rival coaches and other sports fig
ures viii be introduced. Orange
Bowl Queen Ruthie GarSt will
make her debut at that time.
The University of Miami basket
ball team plays Yale Thursday
night and Pennsylvania Saturday
night, while Speedboat trials will
be held at Haulover Beach Park
Friday and the Orange Bowl re.
gatta on Saturday and Sunday.
The Kiig Orange Jamboree will
be held in downtown Miami next
Monday night, to be followed by
the football game at 2 p. m. (EST)
the following afternoon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24

Otl6T heCOTuS,
Most times at bat: Acevedo n.
Most runs scored: Acevedo "a.
Most hits: Lopez q.
Most doubles: Motion 8.
Most triples; Roberts 3.
Most homers: Sterling /;
Shrigley /,
Most stolen bases: Acevedo ID.
Most sacrifice hits; Pazo S.
Most times famed: Casado %.
Most times walked: Pazo 10.
Most times hit by pitched ball:
Brown z.
Most runs batted in: Lopez 81.
Pitchers records for the first
half of the schedule:
V. Vidal (Strand) won and
lost none.
A. Rodriguez (Strand) won two
and lost none.
Baird Naval Air Flyers won
two and lost none.
Hartman Cards won two and
lost none.
Mongolo Sanchez (StrandD won
three and lost one.
Marli tFlyersl won four and
lost two.
A. Macias (Benny's) won S and
lost three.
Greenwood Cards eGulfl won
3 and lost one. ''-'' sH'''--~'''
c. Fernandez (Gulf-Strand)
won 3 and lost three.
Most innings pitched; Marll 81;
Macias 81; c. Fernandez So; K.
Rodriguez 50.
Most strike outs: c. Fernandez
So: Vidal So; MaciaS So: Marll so.
Most walks: c. Fernandez 80;
MaciaS 80; Greenwood q.
Most runs scored off: G. Las
tres AZ; Macias Al; Marll 40: Fer
nandez SO.
Most hits off: Marll so; Macias
81: Fernandez 81; Gabe AS; Kaki
Rodriguez As.
Most times a pitcher has hit a
batsman: Kaki Rodriguez z; Fer
nandez 6.
Most times a pitcher has balk-
ed: Msrll 3; Flohr 2.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24
Snead Will Winter
In Miami, Florida

MIAMI professional Golfers
Association Champion Sammy
Snead plans to spend the winter
in Florida. and will not make the
winter golf tour starting next
month in Los Angeles, he said SUN
day.
Snead is building home in sub
urban Coral Gables and said he
would join the touring professionals
when they return to Florida in the
spring.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24

The Converts Barbara Twiehaus
and Eleanor Cato and High Schools
Leo Carey and Frank Roberts are
the toast Of the juniors today.
They captured the 1851 Junior
Doubles Championships yesterday
in Bayyiew Park. Twiehaus and
Cato emerged at $40, 1910, 6-3
over High School Dolores Villate
and June Yates while Carey and
Roberts upset defending champions
Don and John Cruz 81, 2-6, rs.
Tournament director, Coach Van,
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never to become d prisoner o. war,
I was determined to Kin II North
Koreans. The 18th ballet was for
me-
But near Gilman, some % miles
Of Taeion, Dean was sheltered and
fed by two Koreans They betrayed
him when North Korean soldiers
closed in. Dean drew his gun, but
one Of his friends" grabbed his
arm before he could shoot
Deans left shoulder had been
broken in fab while he was try
ing TO elude the Reds he suffered
back ailment and finally malaria.
Bnrchett said Dean resaIned his
health last September and now
weighed about 1870 pounds The cor
respondent said he and Dean talked
for three hours in twoIoom Gel.
lar in which the general is i'm.
prisoned
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24
Lopez Leads Hiiiers With .4O9
In Island City Baseball League

Batting averages for the first
half of the Island City Baseball
League.
The leader is Lopez of the
Strand with an average of 400.
Although others have a higher
average he is the leader for he
has played in II games of the 10
his club has played. He is fol-
lowed by Bill Gates (.400) and
Vidal (.384)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24
Brooke Team
Arrives For Game

TAMPA R-The Brooke Army
Medical Center squad, about 50
strong, is due here today for the
sixth annual Cigar Bowl football
game
The San Antonio. Tex, team
plays the Camp LeJeune Marines
from North Carolina Saturday
night
LeJeune is scheduled to arrive
Wednesday
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24
Ken Bazo Holds Gables Giant
To 3 Points Before Fouling Out
by Al Palmer
Citizen Sports Editor

hey West High School
Conchs dropped their OPP.
sning cage tilt 1910 to- Cor.
al Gables High School here
Saturday night.
1t was a Misunderstanding
game TO lose. The Conchs
led all through The game
until the closing two min.
utes and 20 seconds when
the Gablers evened the
score and dropped the win
ming basket.
Don Barnes, the Gables
towering center. scored IA
field goal and lOOped a
free throw within 10 sec
onds of closing time. He
was, As predicted here last
week, the man 10 watch.
Barnes, who towers o.
foot. 6-inches, was the out
standing player of the ev-
ening. The lanky, grinning
youngster lived up 10 his
press notices and showed
"a packed house several rea-
sons why he has been offer
ed a couple of scholarships.
Even with his advantage in
height. however. the Conchs Ken
Boza held the Junior grade giant
to three points throughout the first
half. After BazO fouled out Barnes
took off like Scalded cat and pill
ed up points with monotonous re-
gularity
From the sidelines it looked very
much as if Conch Coach Jones was
Juggling his line-ups looking for
that magic five-man combination
that will produce a winning team.
He used all ten men in various
positions and with shuffled team
mates. He was obviously worried
by Gablite Pete Cooks one handed
long shots from the center of the
court.
Cook rang the bell for IL points
and the ConchS never did get his
number.
On the other hand the localities
missed plenty of in-shots. 1t was
a case of getting the bali into en-
envy territory, through series Of
sometimes brilliant plays, only to
floozle a basket that had all the
ear marks of being lead pipe
) ciDcn 10 Slilk.
The ConchS don't look so good
Let's face it. They are gallOping
around at very rapid rate but,
like the Headless HorSeman oil
Sleepy Hollow, they can't see where
! they're going.
, Bob Cooper, the young reliable
! played an outstanding game. He
i netted is points and was by far the
i star eager on the Island City squad
II was hot night and the boys
we're steaming. The play was rough
! around the edges and the game had
all the advance notices of being
! one that will lead up to re-shuffle
Coach Jones has dual job on
his hands. First problem is finding
the right five-man combo. This is
no easy job in Key West where
competition is little and compare
lively mild. The lack Of teams of
Conch caliber 10 play is one of the
biggest setbackS in trying to form
the cage squad
Second off ne must loosen up the
muscles of several of his star men
who made grid history on the foot
ball field but who carried the foot
ball muscles into basketball where
they are a hindrance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24

There have been three tie games
in World Series competition and
the New York Giants have been
involved in two of them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24

The Beyrouth racetrack in Le-
banon has no outside fence and the
grandstand is made of marble.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24

Duke University's sophomore
punting star, Red Smith. led the
Southern Conference Ia kicking
with a 40.7 average on A kicks.
Only one was blocked.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24

Duke University's defensive line
held the Wake Forest gridderS TO
a minus three yards rushing in the
second half of their recent game.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24

Earl Weech. Roy Atwell, Walter
Walterson and half dozen oncom-
ing new faces. he is looking forward
to the big League inaugural that
will take place here in Key West
on January 10 when South Broward
invades the Island.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24

The record for the longest field
goal IN the National Football Lea
cue is So yards kicked by Glenn
PreSnell of Detroit in 1894
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-24
SPORT NOTES

Steve Owen. coach of the New
York grid Giants. once was
wrestler in his home state of Okla,
homa.
Evening star., 1951-08-12

lis giving a garden fete for Capt.
lSanderson and his officers. the
summer cottagers and their house
guests. Mrs. Angel McAlpen is
having a dance, and several pri-
Ivate dinners in honor of the Brit
ish visitors will feature the occa-
sion. Prominent summer residents
at Edgartown will join in feting
the ships officers at the Edgar
town Yacht Club. The selectmen
of both the towns of Vineyard
Haven and Edgartown are arrang-
ing recreational activities too. for
the entire ships company of
some 100 men.
| Capt. John Longden Of the Roy
al Navy. British Naval Attache in
Washington, and Mrs. Longden,
are to be house guests at Wana-
kiwin while the Snipe is anchored
in these waters.
Among the Washington summer
visitors on Martha's Vineyard are
Robert Woods Bliss. Mrs. j. Bor-
den Hartman, Mrs. Francis
Sayre, the dean of the Washing
ton Cathedral and Mrs. Francis
Sayre, jr., and their two children,
Jessie Wilson Sayre and Thomas
Hart Sayre (Mrs. Sayre is the
daughter of Admiral and Mrs.
Thomas c. Hart); Leroy Goff
Henderson Gregory and Mr.. and
Mrs. John S. Flannery and their
family.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
By Jessie Font Evons

Of the Vineyard captured the
British ship Volante in 1776
British Maj. Gen. Sir Charles
Grey, with a feet carrying over
1000 men, landed in September,
1778, for his famous raiding ex-
pedition. This British general
whose son became a prime min
lister, was remarkably successful
forager. The Diligent, Galatea
Raven, Scorpion, Vigilant, Carys-
fort and others sailed away with
10,574 sheep, 315 cattle, milch
cows excepted, and So tons OF
hay, history records.
To this day. amusing stories
persist as to the ingenuity with
which the women Of the Vineyard
foiled the general and kept theil
stock. One drove her pet sheer
and heifers up her attic stairs anc
successfully kept them in hiding
during the four-day pillage. A
grandmother concealed her "prizee
grunter" behind her petticoats ano
successfully warded off six tai
grenadiers with a heavy broom
stick and the wrath of her tongue
Friendship, hospitality and CO.
operation are to be the keynotes
however, in this the 173d yeal
since Gen. Grey and his redcoats
came foraging on Martha's Vine
yard. Mr.. Mccormick -Goodhart
Evening star., 1951-08-12
ST. ANNE'S HALL
ST GEORGE VIRGINIA

Convalescent department Of the Blue
Ridge School. Located in the Blue Ridge
Mountains near Charlottesville. Boys and
4 girls 2-6 years, and convalescents who
may attend the Blue Ridge School
through the twelfth grade. Rates $500
| $3.50. Opens September /. Particulars on
request.
Apply Mrs. Hugh R. Johnson. RN..
Director,
Evening star., 1951-08-12
By Donod H. Mueridee

In the tournament for the
championship of the United States
now in progress at the Hotel En-
pire, New York City. the "a start
ers were reduced by one-half in
the four preliminary sections. The
scores in these sections follow this
paragraph.
The three best scores in each
section earned admission to the
finals. Only in section B was
there an embarrassing tie for 3D.
4th and 5th places. and while the
Sonneborn-Berger system was
sufficient to eliminate Jackson, II
did not help as between Santasiere
and Shipman, for each had drawn
all five of his games. The an
cient expedient of tossing a coir
was therefore resorted to, and
Santasiere scored his first victory
Max Pavey, it will be noted
made the best individual score in
the preliminaries, half a point
ahead of Evans and Seidman, anc
a point ahead of Reshevsky anc
Simonson. All five non-Nev
Yorkers were eliminated; Weaver
Adams nearly made 1t, but lost hi!
fifth-round game to Horowitz
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Star Snapshot Contest Rules

The Stars 1851 Snapshot Con-
test offers amateur photographers
opportunities to share in local and
national prizes totaling more than
$4,000 in cash. These rules must
be observed:
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amateurs. Employees of The Star
and their families, and individ-
uals and members Of families en-
gagged in the manufacture, sale,
commercial finishing or profess
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are barred.
2. Contestants may enter as
many pictures as they wish at as
many different times as they wish
during the contest period. They
may not, however, enter photos
in the contest of any other news
paper participating in the News
paper National Snapshot Awards,
nor may they enter the same or
closely similar pictures in any
other contest.
3. To be eligible for prizes in
The Stars contest, and in the
18th annual Newspaper National
Snapshot Awards to be held later,
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October l, 1850.
4. Any make of camera, film,
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