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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Seventeen Known
Dead In Flood

KANSAS CITY. Mo. July To-
(47).-The costliest flood in the
nations history has passed its de-
structive peak in the Kansas City
area.
The crest of the Missouri river
still packs plenty Of punch aud
is rolling toward Central Missou-
ri where there are no great in
dustrial cities. MEANWHILE both
Kansas Citys. Missouri and kan
sas. are virtually paraIyzed by
the disaster wrought by five con
secutive days of fire and flood
Seventeen persons are known
dead in the gigantic flood which
has driven more than $4,000 per
sons from their homes in both
states. The situation in eastern
I'D central Kansas has eased
considerably because of receding
waters.
However, many Kansas towns
are without power and water Ia
cilities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Truman Will View
Flood Damage

WASHINGTON, July IS. Up.
President Truman plans to have
a look for himself at the destruc-
tive flood in Missouri and Kan
sas He. Mrs. Truman and daugh-
ter Margaret are to fly over the
flood area tomorrow, on their
way to their hometown of Indie
pendence, Missouri, for a brief vi
sit.
This morning. the President
had breakfast with Missouri's
Governor Forrest Smith and
members of the Missouri delega-
ton in congress. The meeting. or
iginally planned as a social af-
fair, turned into an emergency
discussion of the flood situation
Mr. Truman will return to
Washington tomorrow night,
leaving his wife and daughter in
independence for a brief stay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Citizen Staff Photo

"A story? Yes, l can give you
little one. I have just discovered
that rats are good to eat. Delici-
Gus white meat: And ah; such
flavort They can be obtained in
the big swamps near Havana. The
dish is called Jutilla pronounced
'hooteelYa) and in Central Am
erica il is pizote These rats are
not rodents of the house variety.
They are real game and weigh
eight TO fifteen pounds. Squirrels,
are rodents, too, and fhese wild
rats are excellent for food just
as the squirrel is"
SEVERN said that he had been
with the Ross Allen 1851 expedi-
ton to the Zapata swanaps outside
of Havana where they caught 10
foot crocodiles and giant lizards
five feet long for the museum at
Silver Springs. Florida He pro-
missed d detailed account of the
trip to Cienaga de Zapata, COM
pletc with pictures for the future.
While we headed for the Front
street aquarium, where he took
pictures and talked with Bill
Knoll. manager, SEVERN said he
was now in South Miami and had
maintained a base of operations
there for the past two years. He
viii fan out next for Central AM
erica to get finishing touch ma
terial for his next novel.
This novel has been in the pro-
cess for four years. 1t is about a
Tennessee man who became a
Central American president. he
was killed in Honduras by the
British. The details. / save for my
story, but this man named Wilt
am Walker was the first Ameri-
can to become president of a La
tin-American country, He want.
ed to build an American Empire
and annex all of the land south
Of the border TO Panama. That
was about l849, . he said.
SEVERN went on to tell about
how old Commodore Vanderbilt
vowed to get Walker because
Continued On Page Sevenl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Forrest Lamb
COnfers With
Authorities
State Attorney
Lester Would
Make No Comment
On Matter

A shore patrol escort appeared
in the sheriffS office today with a
young sailor reported TO be For
rest Lamb, Navy man who is all
legedly connected with the June
30 case. in which a aneW- hbln
baby was found dead Of Strarfgu-
lation at the Greyhound Post.
He was Immediately whisked
off in the sheriff departments
car in custody of Deputy Sheriff
Tommy Dixon II was learned
that the sailor. a tall, handsome
blond, was to confer with State
Attorney j. Lancelot Lester.
A telephone, cali to Lester
.tnoAght NO co4lptnenr except, that
he was in an Important confer
ence and would rot be able to
make a statement until later to-
day.
Inc Sbcrilfs office and Coron-
er Roy Hamlin both said that all
information at this point was to
come through the State Attorn-
ey's office
Lamb was al sea, the navy dis
closed, when the infant was dis
covered in a trash can at tie Post
restroom. A pregnant woman re-
gistered as Mrs. Forrest Lamb IN
in one Of the cottages during the
night preceding the finding of the
baby's body Marks on the VIC
TINS neck indicated strangling
with a belt
A search was made for thc
mother II is believed that she has
been found and is now in custody
and under doctors care al some
point north OF the Keys She con
tinued the bus trip north accord
ing to q bus driver.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Editor Artman
Is Back On Job

L. P. Artman, Editor and pub
Usher of The Citizen. is back at
work today for the first time since
his illness some months ago.
Though MIR Artnan has been
keeping touch with the newspap-
cr's activities from his home, to-
day is the first tin1e that he
worked IN his office on Greene
street.
MIR. Artman was warmly well
coined by employees who have
been with the newspaper as long
as twenty-five years and By the
newer members of the staff
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Some Progress
Made At Cease
Fire Talks
Communists Have
Fulfilled Agreement
With Respect To
NuIrality Site

TOKYO, July 16.-lPj.-Allied
cease-fire negQtiators today re-
ported that some progress was
made in two 55-minute sessions
held at Kacsong. The meetings
were directed toward organizing
an agenda for the Korea arnis-
ticc talks
The ncnt meeting IS scheduled
for II d. m, Tuesday, Korean
time, or 9 p. m tonight, eastern
daylight time.
After today's sessions, UN ne
gotiat0rs announced
The Communists have fulfilled
their agreement with respect TO
the neutrality Of the conference
site in that no armed personnel
were observed"
The chief UN delegate, Vice
Admiral c. Turner Joy, said: st
is much better now that we are
not surrounded by guards"
KaeSong has taken on a neu-
trail tone as the result Of the
Communist acceptance of UN de-
mands.
Associated Press Correspondent
John Randolph was able to stroll
freely through the city and he
said the Reds appear TO be stand
ing by their agreement
There were no armed guards
along the route from the MunSan
peace camp to Kaesong and there
were none at the conference site
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Settle Damages

Two cars coli!ded at the corner
of Roosevelt boulevard and Palm
avenue with slight damages to
both. on Sunday at $40 p. m.
Police Chief Joseph Kemp an
nounCed today.
Jesse H. Clements Of Stock
Island was driving d 1913 Chev-
rolet station wagon and Willard
Fowler, La Concha Hotel was
driving a 1850 Ford
The men agreed to settle tire
damages between themselves. Pc
lice Officer Robert Garrison did
not tSeue samnl0nS g. either ,0iV-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Two Car Crash
Sunday Afternoon

Two men were given tickets
for reckless driving and having
an accident after they ran into
each other last evening al BAL
O'Clock, Police Chief Joseph Kemp
reported today
jerome F. Conner of 626 Grin
melt street was driving east on
Truman avenue in his Ford. o.
Dell w. Rouse. 202l Siedenbcrg
avenue was driving west on Tru-
man avenue in his Dodge.
The men ran into each other
as they both turned north off
Truman avenue into Duval street,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Three Small Fires
Are EXiingllislled

Key West tircmcu cxtjnguished
three small fires over the week
end, Chief Leroy Torres reported
today.
FIRST alarm sent fuemen to
douse trash fire at the old Cash
home on Duval and Eaton streets
at s.l5, Saturday.
Sunday. firemen put cut a brush
blaze, at Mcachan field at 2:45
p. m.
Later in the afternoon at 40
o'clock, firenen eXtinguished a
lire in the automobile cushions Of
a Ford parked on Duval street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Thousands OF
Dollars In Taxes
Said To Hare
Beer, EUaded

MIAMI, July 16--tAPl--
A federal grand jury today
indicted former Sheriff
James A. Sullivan. his
wife and two other persons
on income tax evasion
charges.
Indicted with the former Dade
County Sheriff and his wife were
Miami Beach City Councilman
William Burbridge and Gordon
Williams of Fort Lauderdale.
Williams was a partner with
the late Sheriff Walter Clark OF
Broward county in company
which the Kefaufver committee
said was engaged in slot machine
and bolita operations. Clark, suS-
pended from office, died recently.
Five members of the S & G
Gambling syndicate were indict-
ed for destroying records in con-
nection with income taxes. They
were Harold Saivey, Jules Levitt,
Samuel P. Cohen, Charles Fried
man and Edward Rosenbaum.
Announcement of the jury's
findings was made by Assistant
U, S. Attorney Ernest Duhaime.
Capiases for the arrest of the
men and Mrs, Sullivan were
sig ed Federal Judge Geatea
w. Whitehurst.
The warrants were taken to Al
L. Gates, Deputy u. S. Marshal
in charge of the Miami office for
service.
Duhaime said he expected those
indicted either surrender or be
arrested by tonight.
According to the indictment on
Sheriff Sullivan he evaded taxes
totaling $l2,O70.69 for the years
l946-47.
A second indictment against
Sullivan and his wife, Ethel. &C
cused them of evading taxes tot
aling S4.863.l0 for the year Of
l948.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
BatemanS Sell
Land For $4,000

Two warranty deeds have been
issued in the office Of Earl Adams,
County Clerk, totalIing $4,000.
One was for land ON Key Vaca
in the Marathon area for Sli.l00
sold by MIR. and Mrs. Brooks
Batcman Of Monroe county to
Lillian T. Martin 1908 Shawnee
Road, Lima, Ohio,
The second property. also ON
Key Vaca was bought by Romer
L. Baucum and James r Ribble
of Marathon from Mr.. and Mrs.
Tracey A. Bader IF Calhoun
county, Illinois.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
King Leopold
Gives Up Throne

BRUSSELS, July l6 -~l4'l.--
King Leopold the Third gave up
his throne at Brussels, to-
day in FAVOR of his elder son, 30
ycar-old Prince Baudouin
The king signed the abdication
document ending his l7-year
reign at 7;l9 a, m.
Tho abdication ceremony was
simple and private and was held
in the ballroom of Brussels royal
palace,
Lcopold's abdtcaton climaXcd
years of bitter Wraugling over his
marriage TO a commoner and his
relations with the Germans dur
ing World War Two.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Twelve Dummy
Mines Hidden

Twelve non-explosive dummy
mines have been planted in so
feet of water south of Sand Key
and north of the submarine OPP
Grating area, the Navy depart
ment announced today.
Submarines from Sub Squad
ron Four are going out to sea to-
day with ships of the Fleet Sonar
School for training exercises in
which they will try to locate the
dummy mines with sonar gear.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Capt. SpdIding
Sends Household
To Fort Myers

The Greyhound. (ClYde
Montgomery. captain) depart
ed this morning from CARR
son Blight with Capt. r. D.
Spaldings' houseboat in tow.
Decentralization Myers and
the drY-docking facilities of
that town.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16

Key West. FlnTfdG, hos the
most equable climate in the
country. with en- 0veroge
range of only IA Fahrenheit
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-11-01
1870 EGGS A DAY
INSTEAD OF %


Mrs. VIM. J. Turvey poultry raiser in the
far north state of Washington, tells an in
teresting story of increased egg production.
She says:
81 have 178 chickens In November, their
appearance was poor. and was getting 10 to
% eggs day. started giving Don Sung in
their feed. Now, in December, I am getting
100 eggs day, and my flock is livelier, and
looks much better. Surprised isn't the word
I'm really amazed at the change in my flock -
VIII you do as well? We don't know. But
we do know that you mustn't expect eggs from
hens that are weak, under-vitalized and lazy.
When flocks are deficient in manganese, Vita
minis, and other essential elements which
laying hens REQUIRE, and which are necessary
to pep-up egg production, Don Sung supplies
these essential supplements. 1t does not force
hurt the hen in any way. Why not try
Don Sung for your flock? Send SOC for a
trial package Cor 81 for large size holding ;
times much) to Burrell-Dugger Co., 229
East South Street, Indianapolis rs, Ind. Don
Sung must show you profit or your money
will be refunded. Start giving Don Sung to
your flock now
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-11-01

moving species, the adult of which
is about " inch long and brownish
in color.
The immature nymphs are some
what smaller and a pale yellowish-
white color. The chicken body louise
reproduces relatively rapidly and is
therefore capable of building up
damaging numbers in a compare
lively short time. AS many as $4,000
chicken body lice have been counted
on one individual bird, and it was
believed that this number repre-
sented less than one-half of the total
number of lice present on the bird.
Chicken Head Louise
The chicken head louise is
generally more noticeable and more
injurious to the younger birds. This
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-11-01

daylight hours.
These mites live in cracks along.
the roosts, floors, walls, ceilings, etc.
They feed exclusively on the blood
of fowl, ranging out during periods
Of darkness to feed and then return
ing to their nests in the presence of
light. A poultry flock may be se-
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-11-01

usually more abund-
ant on areas of the
least feathered cover
ings such as around
the vent and in under
the wings, is probably
the M 0 It common
poultry louise in Mon
tana. There is a rapid
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-11-01
Mites

the poultryman, the
chicken mite is prob
ably the most common
and most important.
It is a very small,
eight : legged, spider
like animal, and is all
most never observed
on the birds during the
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-11-01

species is primarily head louise
of chickens and turkeys, though it.
may occasionally be found on the
neck and elsewhere. This is one spe-
cies which appears capable of exist
ing on the down of younger birds,
whereas many of the other common
poultry lice apparently cannot exist
under this condition.
Chicken head lice are usually
found in a head-down position along
the base of the feathers on top of
the head The adults are dark gray
with a large head rounding in front
and about ITO of an inch long.
Chicken head louise nymphs are
somewhat smaller and paler in color.
Shaft Louise
The shaft louise is another species
commonly found on poultry and it
apparently lives principally on
feathers. This louise may commonly
be seen moving down the feather
shaft to the skin when the feathers
are parted. Presumably because of
the lack of feathers, the shaft louise
does not infest young chicks. This
species is similar to the chicken body
louise in appearance but distinctly
smaller-about 1f16 of an inch long,
and paler in color. On occasions the
shaft louise may be troublesome to
horses when they are stabbed in
close proximity of badly-infested
poultry.
Mites
Mites are not true insects but in
stead belong to the group which in
] cludes spiders, ticks, etc. However,
this does not detract from their abil-
ity to become serious poultry pests.
OF the several species of mites which
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-11-01
Prevention Is Best Approach
To Poultry Bug Problem

AS MANY as 10 different species
of lice have been found on poultry.
All of these lice are non-blood-suck-
ing forms. Poultry lice, instead of
sucking blood, feed on the dry skin
scales, feathers or scabs on the skin.
This Notwithstanding habit does
not detract from their ability to
cause serious losses in poultry and
egg production.
Poultry louise infestations usually
result in nervous condition of the
birds, loss of sleep, loss of appetite,
diarrhea and a weakening of the
birds, making them easy prey for
disease. Irritation caused by the
mouth parts and sharp claws of
many, many lice running over the
bird is conceivably almost unbear-
able.
In general, poultry lice are more
abundant in the summer than in the
cold weather Of winter. However,
they may be a serious problem at
any time. Usually the lice persist,
generation after generation, on a
single bird except when moving
from one bird to another. This bird
to bird movement is for the most
part from an older to younger bird.
Louise Life Cycle
D0iI1fY4xy 1fno owe orafs,.o1xy GLASS
They have six legs, a flattened body
and broad head which is rounded
in front. They range in size from
1i16 to rs of an inch when fully
grown, varying according to species.
The adults attach eggs singly to the
feathers. though masses of singly
laid eggs may be observed, particu-
larly in cases of severe infestations.
Depending on the species, these
eggs hatch within a few days to a
few weeks into lice nymphs. These
nymphs are shaped much like the
adult parent lice, but are smaller
in size and usually paIer in color,
Nymphal lice begin moving around
and feeding shortly after Matching
In the course of a few weeks, the
nymphs shed their skins several
times gradually assuming the size
form and coloration of their paren-
adult lice.
Body Louise
The chicken body louise is con
sidered to be the most serious pes
of adult poultry, though occasion
ally it does occur on younger birds
This species, which j
50. usually more abund
Evening star., 1951-03-16
D. {. Schedules Test
OF Afraid WARNINGS

The Commissioners have sched-
uled a city wide test of the Dis
trict's interim AFRAID warning
system at II am. April 18.
The trial run will include the
sounding of the red" warning
signal by all fire and police de-
partment vehicles and fire sta
tions and any of the other warn
ing apparatus which the city has
installed by that date. The all
clear white" signal will sound
5 minutes later.
The red alert consists of one
3-minute warbling signal, or a
series of short blasts. The all
clear signal is three 1-minute
blasts. spaced 2 minutes apart.
In an entirely separate exercise,
the I'd Army's 5th Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Brigade will set up gun
and radar positions for a mock
air attack on the Washington
Metropolitan Area beginning next
Monday. The exercise will con-
tlnue for 10 days or two weeks.
Similar to last summers mock
raids on the city, when radar and
gun teams set up positions over
the city, the current raids" will
be made by Air Force planes out
of Langley Field, Va.
Evening star., 1951-03-16
Medical Charity
Bi||of 100000
FacesD. 81
Virtual Doubling Of
Funds Depends on
Ruise for Hospitals

Despite expansion of Gallinger
Municipal Hospitals out-patient
clinic, the District faces a medical
charities bill $40o,OOO higher than
the $5o0,O0O contemplated for the
fiscal year 1852.
That much of a Jump, it is esti-
mated, would result from pending
proposals to raise the city's pay
ment for care of INDECENT patients
in voluntary hospitals from 50 to
$3.50 a day, under contracts COW
erlng the same number as was
treated in fiscal 1850.
The estimate allows for absorp-
ton of $1,000 clinic visits by GAL
llnger, which IS expanding it's out
patient program to bring it's quota
up from $4,000 to $4,000 visits a
year, according to Health Officer
Daniel L. Seckinger.
3 Hospitals Off List.
DR.. Seckinger has recommend
ed that the 1850 patient load Of
the voluntary hospitals be restor-
ed, and that the Commissioners
seek an adjustment of the medical
charities appropriation at the
hearings on the 1852 budget es-
Inmates. He said a deduction could
be made, however, for SIS, 900 clinic
visits to be handled at Gallinger.
The city's budget proposal for
care of INDECENT patients at volun-
Evening star., 1951-03-16
Atom Tests Asked
On Lotus Said to Be
so 900 Years Old

Park officials aren't exactly
skeptical of the reputed $4,000
year age of the Indian lotus seeds
recently terminated by National
Capital park .horticulturists. but
they are leaving the final verdict
up to atomic scientists.
Supt. Edward ]. Kelly said to-
day he has asked the Institute of
Nuclear Studies of the University
OF Chicago to make radioactive
carbon tests on the seed coats to
determine the age if possible. He
recently read a report of DR.. w
F, Libby on highly successful tests
il determining the age of archie
illogical materials by nuclear
processes.
The hard-coated lotus seeds
Sprouted less than a week after
park scientists had filed through
some of the crusts to permit the
coats to absorb moisture.
Evening star., 1951-03-16
DR.. Lowell and Wife
Both Mentally Sound,
Psychiatrist States

A psychiatriSt testified in Dis
trict Court today that both the
Rev. c. Stanley Lowell and his
wife are mentally fit to care for
their three children.
DR.. Lowell, Al, pastor of Wesley
Methodist Church. is seeking Gus
tody of the children. while his
Wife's suit for a limited divorce
is in litigation.
Brought into the case at the
request of both parties, Dr. Albert
Marland, a member of the District
Commission on Mental Health,
told the court that While Mrs.
Lowell has suffered psyche
neurotic conditions in the past,
she is not a pSychotic.
The psychiatriSt said The So
year-old wife Of DR.. Lowell is en-
tirely fit to care FOR her children
and added that the same applies
to him"
At the present two Of the chill
dren. Marilyn, 9, and Dean STAN
ley, 8, are living with Mrs. Lowell
at 3407 Morrison street NV. while
DR.. Lowell is keeping the youngest,
Sylvia, 3, at his home, 3738 Jeni-
fer street NV.
Mrs. Lowell, who charges cruel
ty in her divorce petition, has &C
cused the pastor of kicking and
beating the children Dr.. Lowell
retaliated with a charge that Mrs.
Lowell was unfit to care for the
children, that she was follower
of mysterious cults. and that she
received letters from another man
after their marriage.
| Judge Charles F. McLaughlin
was to interview the two eldest
children this afternoon, but did
not plan to rule on the custody
case today,
Evening star., 1951-03-16
Ramspeek Is Sworn In
To Succeed Mitchell
In Civil Service Post

FORMER Representa- tive Robert
Ramspeck of Georgia was sworn
in today as chairman of the Civil
Service Commission to succeed
Harry B. Mitchell.
Chief Justice Vinson admin
istered the oath in brief cere-
mony in the Civil Service Com
mission Building courtyard.
In speech after the swearing
in, Mr Ramspeck declared that
in the present emergency moth
ing will be more critical in the
long run than manpoWer, in and
out of Government. We should
not waste it in the Government
l ask the cooperation of every
official in the United States Gov
eminent and of the staff and
employees of the United States
Civil Service Commission to the
end that we may conserve and
make more use of the men we
have
MISS PERKINS PreSldeS.
UNLESS the executive branch of
government has efficient and ca
pable people and uses them prop
erly, We will not have a successful
operation"
Civil Service Commissioner
Frances Perkins presided at the
ceremony, and Commissioner
James Mitchell welcomed the new
chairman to the department.
Senator Johnson. Democrat, of
South Carolina. chairman of the
Senate Civil Service Committee,
and Representative Miller, Demo-
crat, of California. a member of
the House Civil Service Commit
tee, praised Mr.. RamSpeck's in
tegrlty and high character.
Served II Years in Congress.
Speaker Rayburn of the House
briefly echoed the sentiments of
the previous speakers. Among
those present was former Civil
Service Commissioner Arthur S.
Flemming, now Assistant Mobil-
ization Director.
Mr.. Ramspeck served II years
in Congress before resigning. He
served as Democratic whip in the
House and as chairman of the
House Civil Service Committee.
He is married and has two mar
ried daughters. He lives at 9516
West Stanhope road, Rock Creek
Hills. He is on leave from his
job as executive vice-president of
the Air Transport Association.