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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-13
COSlMOPOLlTAN AUTHOR LIKES
De" L"c'e" B"rmon Perpaiefc NOpcIisi, In Key Vest
TO PORTRAY PROVINCIALS ONLY

The Burman,S leave Key West
today for New York and will fly
10 Germany for the summer.
2urman will lecture there.
Strangely enough, my books
are very popular in that country"
nc said. I'm have difficulty lee
! turing there because my German
just Sufficcs to say wiener schnit-
eel"
Everywhere Burman roams he
carries his pen with him.
Il work ten to II hours a dav
/ when | am deep in novel" he
said. My only requirements are
peace and quiet"
Back in the late tWenties, Bur
man was in No tn Africa.
You know the old saying about
Arabs steal quietly away in the
night, But they make a lot of
noiSe-particularly their music.
grew desperate for onli.eratian
Of thc music. l love it but no.
when I'm writing. So I cont.iv21
buzzing machine which | could
turn en- to drown out the music.
Then to blot out the buzzing /
fllled my ears with beeSWaX
abound cotton. Today / can buy
ear shoppers, but not then"
a meticulous craftsman, Bur
man write his last book seven
times before it satisfied him. His
next cook 'Children Of Noah" a
non-fiction work will come cut
in the fall. Meanwhile he is al
eady working on another one.
Burmaa chooses tides and
themes that he personally be
}icves in.
We're 8il children grouping
for something, Whether its he
Kentucky r1ountainccr who goes
to great troubles to get a Denver
rock for his mantelpiece, or tne
banker who is collecting rare and
exotic stamps, we are all crop
ing"
Burman will never write he
says about the banker. He will
continue to write about he noun
taineer and boatman.
Il still keep mosning >newspa-
pcrS hours even though l haven't
been on one for thirty years.
Il rise at II O'clock and start
work at and keep going until 3
in the morning sometimes" said
Burman.
Burman and his wife have
been the guests of Emmi Cotton
while in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-13

in their faults. Slow to judge our
selves in ours. A Colored Iniris-
ter one day was preaching away
on his sermon. A mule just out
side kept up a constant braYing.
Finally the parson stopped and
said: "Breddern and sistern. is
dere one among you who'll go out
and keep that mule quiet?" Par
son." replied one of Gle deacons
IF you'll tie a stone 10 dat mules
sail. he sho will keep quiet!"
"BreddeTn and sisteEn." replied
de Parson. let him dat is without
sin tie de furst stone"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-13
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pine Liberation ribbon, World
War II Victory medal ribbon, and
the Chinese Service ribbon.
The son Of Mrs. Georgianna
Davidson. Of Morris, Mimi, 1t.
Davidson is married ia the for
mer Miss Lois Roxxlrof Orondo,
Wash They have thEes children,
Robert, age 4, Richard' age 3,
and John, age two months. 1t
Davidson is a member of the
VIM. H. Upton Lodge No. 206,
F. and an, Missouri 'Consistory
No. l MRS, St. Louis, Mo. and
Moolah Temple, AA0NS, ST.
Louis, Mo-. aH }
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-13

over, public interest is aroused
and the Legislature. which must
Ultimately approve the work of
the Commission, or modify it arti-
Gle, by article, has before it the
results Of research, the discus
siops and the recommendations
c.. each article as made by the
Constitutional Commission.
Tnc Offices Of the Citizens Con-
sti.l;.4on &c composed Of the fol-
lowing outstanding men and wo-
men: Dr. J. r. DoVell, Gainesville,
Capitr,4n II. S. Baynard, ST
ao2s 8; Richard H, Simpson,
saa.e it"s. ! Peer Knowles,
Cl-ai Gables Cha les O. An
G.4l.s, Jr., Orlando; Thomas w,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-13

could be authorized to provide a
uniform and simplificd code for
practice and procedure; simple
and cheaper method of handling
small claims would be provided.
Politics Would be virtually elm
mated from the Judiciary by
adoption of the so-called Cali
fornia or Missouri system. This
provides that court commissions
composed equally Of lawyers and
;aymcn nominate a panel of
judges for tue vacancies and the
Judge is then appointed by the
Governor. This system makes a
ijudses legal ability ana faic con-
duc, % The b0nch the criterion
for MS retention rather than mere
Wig getting ability, q t~enen-
C9&s aid ia improving tfe qu.j,y
.t p-;r o".s-.t g., t,reia ). Those
.r- Id " a." ~ ,u lae
Gs Ill., L-..Ua S
..s. is o-js joa.
J..- Co-Bnl.lce also rroFa
Tie crcati0a OF a Constitutional
Commits. ion Of 100 mambe S
which wa Id be required to make
thorough study Of a complete
revision Of the Constitution Tex
capting the Bill of Rights, It's
findings and recommendations TO
be submitted to the 1858 legisla
ture Tor action thereon. It's mem
BEES would have their expenses
paid on the per diem basis the
same as tie members OF the iegiS-
latldc, and the Commission would
be given the research aSsistanca
Of the present Florida Legislative
Reference BurCa
This manner Of going about
constitutional revision is much
more practical and sensible. tran
attempting to do so through The
calling Of 4 costly constitutional
convention. Since 1911 eight
states have employed the Consti-
tutional Commission method in
preference to the convention and
have found it more effective and
much more economical
The advantage is that a Com
mission can give adequate
consideration to constitutional
amendments. Members of the
legislature do not have time
enough for this preparatory work
during a limited session. 1t is
also true that the public is more
fully informed and has an OPP
portunity to express itself be-
cause meetings of the Commits
sion are open to the public, More
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-13

Conely, Okeechobee; c. Farris
Bryant, Ocala; Perry E. Murray,
FroStproof; George G. Taper,
Port st. Joe; Miss Margaret Piper,
Orlando; Carroll Teeter, Winter
Haven and Mrs. John A. Baker,
Miami George L. Sexton, st.
Petersburg, is Executive Director
The Committee has done splen-
did lob and its recommendations
to the legislature deserve care
full consideration and action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-13


evil.
The committee will also recon-
mend revision of Article V, the
Judiciary Article, providing The
STATE with a simplified and intc-
grated court system, ard take the
judiciar out Of politics, reduce
the twelve types of com IS now
existing to four; Supreme Court,
Circuit Courts, County Courts and
Juvenile Courts; the present OBJ
noXious fee system would be
eliminated, floXibi,ity would be
provided b. authorizing the
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court t. Transfer judges lem
poracily from one court to an
other, and Tire Supreme Court
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-13
COW TOWN TURNS
TO DERBIES

DALHART, Tex,-A0-T h S
west Texas town is gong to aban-
don the traditional tcn-gallon hat
and other cow-county styles tenn
porarily. AS a stunt to publicize
Dalhart's golden jubilee party
May 1926, thousand men will
I wear hcadgcar of 80 Gears age
derbicS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-13

V, are @jvon to Judging the other
fcLJT's sins more than we are
or own. How easy it is to see
tire mo in thy brothers eye
when all the time d beam fills
ours. vs. are quick to stone others
Evening star., 1951-01-08
Scone Stone Plaque
Found Near Abbey
By the Asseeioted Press

LONDON. Jan. g. Scotland
Yard officials pored today over a
small oak plaque which may pro-
vide the first tangible evidence
toward unraveling the mystery of
the missing Stone of Scone.
The plaque, which bears the his
tory of the Scottish coronation
stone, was found Saturday by Al
bert Edkins, 29-year-old gardener
on a bombed site. It was near
Westminster Abbey, from which
the relic was stolen Christmas
morning.
The 8-by- 10-inch piece Of oak is
believed to be one which rested at
the foot of the coronation chair.
The inscription reads:
Coronation chair. Made by
Walter, the Kings painter, at COM
mand of Edward I, 1300-1301. to
contain the Stone of Scone,
brought by the King from Scot
land. In this chair every sovereign
has been crowned since King Ed
ward H."
Scottish nationalists are gen.
orally believed to have stolen the
458-pound stone.
Evening star., 1951-01-08

VIldt WOulu udppcA IL w doAl-
ington were attacked today?
Assistant Engineer Commission
er Thomas j. Hayes 3rd presented
this description in answer to that
question yesterday before the cur
rent events class of All Souls
Unitarian Church:
Assume that today a foreign
power sent a fleet of planes to
drop atomic bombs on critical
Israet areas, one of which Is the
District of Columbia. Through
the warning system set up by the
armed forces, which include the
radar installations and the Ground
Observer Corps. the approach of
such planes would be detected.
Warnings would be sent to us,
and others, that an attack was
possible. This first signal would
result in the alerting Of certain
key personnel. In addition, steps
would be taken by the armed
forces to intercept such an attack.
Assume further that a plane
was able to get through our de-
fenses. and that its observed direc-
ton Of flight indicated it would
soon be in a position to attack
Washington.
"The Washington area would
then receive a red alert, meaning
attack is imminent. This alert
would be transmitted to the pub
lie by all means at our command,
including our air raid warning
horns. the police and fire sirens.
If commercial radio facilities were
available to us, and not silenced,
these also would be used to sup
plement the other warning.
"The sirens would blow a rising
and falling signal for three min
utes. That means trouble is at
hand-take cover. But that does
not necessarily mean we will be
attacked. An attacking plane
must fly over many towns to reacl,
a target. and all Of these will be
warned.
"On this public warning, all in
dividuals Immediately would take
certain precautions. such as turn
ing on the radio and putting out
any flames or fires in the house,
and proceed promptly to take
cover. Generally, such cover would
be in Easements or protected in
teriors Of buildings.
Individuals would remain there
for at least 10 seconds after an
explosion, or until debris has
ceased to fall, or until the "all
Evening star., 1951-01-08
Traffic Institute Opens
At American u. Tuesduy

American University's third an.
nual Transportation and Traffic
Management Institute will begir
tomorrow and continue through
January 26. the university an.
nounced yesterday.
The institute will be under the
direction of DR.. Ludwig M. HON.
berger, director of transportation
studies at American University
The institute is being held in CO.
operation with the Army, Navy
and Air Force.
Evening star., 1951-01-08

the damage, but don't lose your
head. Pitch in to help yourself
and your neighbors. Don't let
yourself be trapped by large fires;
but don't run off and let small
one burn out your house. And fol-
low instructions.
with the attack, civil defense
swings into high gear. controlled
from defense headquarters and
the control centers. Information
on the effects and extent of the
damage would be reported by fire,
police and warden services, the
Civil Air Defense Patrol and
others. Civil defense forces would
Evening star., 1951-01-08

start at the perimeter of the dev-
astated area, working In
Col. Hayes went on to describe
the various services which, he said,
would move in predetermined
avenues to save life and property
and to take care of the injured
and homeless"
Evening star., 1951-01-08

clear"-a series Of three one-min-
ute signals.
Nov assume further that a
plane dropped an atomic bomb
which exploded over Washington.
There would be great destruction
of life and property directly un-
derneath, becoming less with dis
tance.
But If you were below ground,
your chances Of escape would be
good, unless you were almost di-
rectly under the bomb when 1t
exploded.
when you come out in the
open, you might be shocked by
Evening star., 1951-01-08
MANY never
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Evening star., 1951-01-08
Hudussuh to Give Musicul

The Hadassail Of the Arlington
Jewish Center will present a musi-
cal comedy at $3.50 pm. Wednes-
day in the center, 1920 Lee boule-
ward. Arlington. Va.
Evening star., 1951-12-16

This smortIy- styled frock is
becoming ond versotile tor
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Snowy white is used for the
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effect: the woist and skirt
ore occented with SHINING
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is janis Corter of the films.
Premiere Pottern No. 3298
is o sew-rite perforated pot
tern in sizes Il. IA, Is. 10.
20. 40. AZ. Size IL requires
35s yords of 3o-inch fob
rie;; 80 yords constrost. Send
25c additional for our Iotest
issue Of STYllST, the COM
plete dressmoker's nnooozine.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-04-19
With Service Men

Harley Steiner, seaman first class,
visited here last week with his wife
and family and his mother, Mrs.
Philip Steiner of West College ave-
nue.. He returned to duty, Thursday
at Charleston, South Carolina, where
he is stationed aboard the U. S. S.
Seer.
Pfc. Robert E. Diller, 3588868
Co. 1st Bn., 7th Cav. Regt.
A. P. o. 201, co P. M.
San Francisco, Calf.
y
Pvt. Theo. H. Diller, US 52-144-341
Co. A, goth A. l. B., 3rd Armd. Div.
Ft. Knox, KY.
News want-ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-04-19
High School Senior
Play April 24-25

Bluffton highschool senior play
Meet Me in st, Louis" will be
staged in a two-night run next Tues
day and Wednesday in the auditor
ium.
This delightful comedy takes place
in 1905. The Smith family, about
which the story centers, is quite ex
cited about the approaching of the
fabulous Worlds Fair which is TAX
ing place in st. Louis.
Everyone is quite happy until
Father announces that he has been
offered new job in New York Of
course, no one is anxious to leave.
Mrs. Smith argues that their daugh-
ters will have to leave their school
and their friends. Rose and Esther
are afraid they will have to live in
an apartment house.
Agnes and Tootie do not like the
idea either, so they try to make their
father lose his job by making Mr..
Dodge think he is irresponsible.
Tootie and Agnes rig up a dummy
and derail trolley. John Sheppard
tries to get Agnes away from the
trolley and home before she does
more damage, but Rose is convinced
that John picked on Agnes and re-
fuses to speak to him.
More complications set in as Lucil-
lie Pentard, sophisticated girl from
the East saunters in and attempts
to attract John, Fred, and Lon.
Mr.. Smith is fired, Mrs. Waughop
threatens them, Rose and Esther are
heartbroken but then well, you
come to see the heartwarming ending.
The cast is as follows:
Mr. Smith, A st. Louis business
man n...-.-.-.......---.--...."..~....f FRED Brunn
Mrs. Smith, his wife ...-....-...-...-....-...
.............-.... Margaret Stratton
Rose, their daughter Barbara Lewis
Esther, their daughter ....-.......-.-.-......~
.....-...-....-...-.. Eilene Mathewson
Agnes, another daughter ....-........-... -..-.
.-..-.......... Mildred Tenney
Tootie, their youngest daughter .-..-....
-..-....-....-.-.-....-...-..-. Jenny Burkholder
Lon, their son ......-. Lynn Carmack
Grandpa Prophater, Mrs. Smiths
father ...-..-... Howard Miller
Katie, the cook ....-... Ruth Anna Lee
Mrs. Waughop, an irate neighbor
.........-.......-.......... Louise Reichenbach
Ida Boothby, sweet on Lon ...-....-.~.-...-
Ann Dunifon
John Sheppard, sweet on Rose .~.-..
| ....-..-..-..... ..-...-..... Don Oates
| Fred Gregory, sweet on Esther ..-.
.......-..... ..-. David Hofstetter
Lucille Pentard, menace" from the
East ....-.-.-...-.-... Margin Holtkamp
Mr.. Dodge, Mr.. Smiths Boss ~...-.~.-..
| ....-.......-.........-.... Bill Augsburger
Mr.. Duffy, who is up to no good -..--.-.
...........-......-..--..-... Richard Jordan
Conductor, very angry man ..-.-,..-.-.
Paul Cramel
The various committees for the
play have been chosen.
Stage committee: John Triplehorn
chairman; Leland Garmatter, Melvin
Marquart, and Dale Riser.
Publicity: Mildred Tenney, chair
man; Tickets, Ruth Anna Lee and
Lynn Carmack; Posters, Barbara
| Lewis.
Costumes and Properties: Jenny
Burkholder, chairman; Louise Reich
enbach, Paul Cramer, and Jim Bader-
fischer.
Ushers: Carol Sechler, head usher;
Joan Montgomery, Dorothy Leiber
Jim Badertscher, Leland Garmatter
and Dale Riser.
Music: Margin Holtkamp.
Lighting: Norman White.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1951-04-19

News want-ads bring results.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
pepco 10 Raise Rates
In Maryland Suburbs
|By4Pct. on April 70
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 29-The
State Public Service Commission
yesterday authorized the Potomac
Electric Power Co. of Washington
to increase its rates in the Mary
land suburbs Of Washington by
about 4 per cent.
The new rates are effective on
meter readings after April 20, the
same date set by the District OF
Columbia Utilities Commission
when it recently granted the COM
pany an increase for service within
the District.
The new schedule also includes
an increase in the rate the COM
pany may charge the Southern
Maryland Electric Cooperative
which buys power wholesale and
distributes it among customers in
the lower counties of the State.
The higher rates are expected to
produce about $412,O00 in addi-
tional revenue for the company
on yearly basis.
This increase includes Sta, 900
from higher residential rates,
$85, 900 from low voltage CONNER
cial service, $4,000 from high
voltage commercial service. $4,000
from street railway power, and
$25,000 from the Southern Mary
land Cooperative.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

resignation, effective April /. was
requested by Secretary of the In
terror Chapman. a release from
the the National Parks Associa-
Ition said. Gin a manner that
Iaroused resentment among con-
Iservationists." He has been ap-
pointed chief Of the Division of
beaches and Parks of the State
Iof California and will be succeed
ed in Office here by Associate Di-
rector A. E. Demaray.
In signing the testimonial the
groups recorded their apprecia-
|tion of Mr.. Drurys services in
the department for 10 "distin-
guished" years.
Mr.. Drury had maintained the
great tradition" of the Park
Service, they said. and had
guarded its treasures with devo-
tion and courage as sacred trust
on behalf of countless genera
tions to come"
Organizations represented at
the gathering and signing the
scroll were American Scenic and
Historic Preservation Society,
American Forestry Association,
American Museum of Natural His
tory, American Nature Associa-
ton, American Planning and Civic
Association, General Federation
of Women's Clubs. Izaak Walton
League of America. National Au-
dubon Society, National Parks
Association, National Wildlife
Federation, Save-the- -Redwoods
League, Smithsonian Institute,
Society of American Foresters,
the Conservation Foundation, the
Nature Conservancy, the Sierra
Club. the Wilderness Society, the
|Wildlife MANAGEMENT Institute.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

With improved roads the land
owners were able to live in the
village and drive out each day to
supervise the Negro share-crop-
Ipers' work on the farm. The
writer saw orchards of peach trees
which apparently were tended as
carefully as Senator Harry F.
IByrd's apple orchards in the
Shenandoah Valley.
In addition the one sizeable in
dustrial plant of the area began
to boom. That industry is the
Leigh Banana Case Co., about
miles outside the town, which
makes fruit and vegetable baskets
and crates from the plant gum
wood that grows in the Savannah
River swamps. 1t began employ
ing from 300 to 500 workers and
its executives built attractive
houses in Ellenton. The tax rolls
went up and it was decided te
pave more streets. There was even
talk of organizing an Ellenton
Chamber of Commerce.
Just before Thanksgiving last
fall the town began to buzz with
rumors that something big was
coming to Ellenton. The Army's
Corps of Engineers had been all
lover the countryside sinking test
Evening star., 1951-03-29

because the Savannah has less of
the elements which have long ra-
dioactivity than other streams in
the South and Southwest.
Ellenton people had a feeling
that their town was just about to
go places when it got the unex-
pected death sentence last Novem-
Der %.
Ellenton. like other Southern
towns more than a century old,
has suffered the Civil War, the
reconstruction and the great de-
preston of the '30s. Some resi-
dents were of the opinion that the
last was the worst of them all.
But in 1888 the town began to
pick up. Federal funds were OBJ
tained, and the high school was
built. Then came the war and
the postwar peak prices for cot
ton. There were other crops. The
farm owners were willing to try
anything. For a time there was
prosperous truck gardening in as
paragus for which the sandy soil
was ideally suited. Later New
Jersey improved its asparagus and
had the advantage of proximity
to the New York market. A lot
Iof peach orchards were raised to
the bearing stage in the Ellenton
area.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
|WeakIey Execution Dafe
Delayed Pending Appeal

The execution date for Luther
R. Weakley, 40, a former sales
man convicted of the first-degree
murder of his former employer
Thomas G. Carnes, 43, today was
postponed by District Court Judge
Edward Curran from April 2 tc
July 81.
The postponement was granted
lpending action on an appea
taken by Weakley from his Dis
trict Court conviction.
| Weakley was found guilty by q
jury last December of fatally
shooting Mr.. Carnes in the vic
TINS Office at 316 F street NE
last May. Mr.. Carnes was Wash
Iington manager of the Blue Plats
Foods, Inc. It was testified tina:
Mr.. Carnes had fired Weakley al
a salesman the night before the
shooting.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Tickets Ready for Last
Neighborhood Concert

Invitations for the 4eth ond finoI
Neishborhood Concert by the No
tionol Symphony Orchestra which will
be held at Woodrow Wilson High
School. Monday, now ore reody for
distribution.
Admission cards, issued free Of
ehoree by The Evening Stor, sponsor
Of the series. may be obtained at
Woodrow Wilson High School, Alice
DeoI Junior High School, Lafayette.
Jonney. Horee Mann, Mureh, Eoton
ond Heorst Elementary Schools;
Friends School. the Recreation De-
portment ot Sixteenth ond Lamont
streets NV. ond at the business
counter Of The Stor Building.
The concert, which will be brood
cost by stotion WMAL, The Evening
sStor Stotion. will begin at 9 pm.
The orchestra is under the direction
Of Dr.. Howerd Mitchell.