davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1951-08-19

LET sleeping dogs lie," seems
to be the theory of the superior
Court in New York State. A few
months ago a woman brought suit
against a dog owner for damage
resulting from a oite by his pet
dog. In court it was shown that
the animal, ordinarily of gentle
and friendly disposition. had Bit
ten the woman after sne had
stepped on it while it was asleep
The court ruled that a dog had
the right to bite a person who
disturbs It's sleep and dismissed
the case.
In the "horse and buggy days
the problem of protecting a dog
from death in traffic was extreme
ly simple. Few were the horse
drawn vehicles which could over
take or harm normal dog He
had little trouble, if any at all
keeping clear of them. True, dogs
occasionally were hit by railroad
locomotives.
Now, all that immunity has dis
appeared. Every dog who ventures
out upon the street or road runs
very real risk of death. Throng,
of motor vehicles whiz everywhere
some of them driven by individ.
uals so irresponsible that they
should not be granted licenses
and thousands of dogs a year lii
screaming under the wheels o.
cars.
Thus, it is up to the owner O.
the dog to see that the animal i
wholly under control and obedien
to his call before allowing him of
the leash on country roads or IL
streets. Carelessness on your part
in not teaching your dog to com,
to you or go back or stand still
instantly at your command, ma,
we'll cost his life.
A law suit over the rightfu
ownership of "a small Englisl
bulldog that went through tn
courts, recently reaching the Pro
bate Court in New York City, cos
both sides over $1,700 for cour
Evening star., 1951-08-19
RoundtubIe Schedule

The Photographic Roundtable
of the USDA Graduate School
has complied its schedule for the
coming season and will hold its
first meeting September IA.
Thereafter. meetings will be held
the first and third Fridays of each
month. A bigger annual salon in
April Is planned by the member
ship.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Bridge Players

the Ms field at Andrews last
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Newton
Carpenter Capt. William Wood
worth bested their E-W opponents.
In runnerup spots were 1t. Col
and Mrs. D. D. Brodie and 1t. and
Mrs. Henry Narr.
Until Mrs. D. E. Stephan returns
from Europe in late September,
Friday night patrons Of the
Stephan Studio will enjoy the hos
pitality of Mrs. Dixie T. Wright
at her studio in the La Sale. First
of these Friday games was held
on August 10 when Frieda Kenyon
and Mrs. Florence Millspaugh
topped the Howell field; seconds
to Mrs. Ida Terrant and Mrs. L.
j. Terry.
Winners at the La Sale Studio
last Monday were Hardee Allen
Frank Hoffman. Mrs. Mildred
Linderman-George Robertson. 1t.
Comdr. and Mrs. r. Van Wolken-
ten shared Mitchell runnerup hon
ors with Mrs. T. M. Boyle -Frieda
Kenyon. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Ka-
lavski led Howell contestants in
the August 6 session. Mrs. j. G..
Seabourne-Lynn Carrier rated
second scores. Tomorrow's con-
test will be master point match
limited to players having no more
than 200 points.
At the Walsh Club last Sat-
urday David Handel Wilson
Satterf1eld were Ms winners, the
Savage brothers, John and Jo-
seph, netting top score E-W. The
preceding night at Arlington
Duplicate Club, the ]. Fred
Stavers and Mrs. Kathryn john
son-George Robertson held high
scores. Mrs. Alma Byrne Mrs.
Gregg Custis and Clara Ster-
necker-David Handel placing.
Last Tuesday evening Chess
Club regulars made up for the
August 2 session. Top scorers
were Charles Lovenberg David
Murray (N-S) and Mr.. and Mrs
Herman Moe (E-W). On August
9. Mrs. T. M. Boyle-Mrs. Mildred
Linderman topped the Howell
field. Kathleen McNutt and Dave
Murray taking seconds. The Chess
Club will hold an additional
match next Tuesday night re-
placing the August 4 session.
Penthouse Bridge League fans
took pot luck" on August 10
drawing for partners. Elaine
Pack-Paul Kalavski proved to be
the best-matched partnership
winning the Howell contest with a
65 per cent game. Claudia Horn
Sadie Myers were second. Miss
Myers presently holds the lead
in the individual cumulative aver
age series, with 60.1 per cent. Mr.
Kalavski is second with 59.4, Mrs
Lucy McConchie third, $50.
] The local bridge world has re-
Gently lost two of it's most promi-
pent and active players. 1t. Col
and Mrs. r. H. Skinner have
moved to Alton Bay, N. H. Both
are life masters, highest lank in
the ACBL hierarchy.
Bridge CoIendor
TONIGHT. Arthur Walker Club. 1911
N. Quincy, Arlington; master point pair
j game (call IA. S-3347 for reservationsl
ToMoRRow--La Sale Studio. 1923 Con-
> necttcut; master point pair game, 8.
lTUESDAY-Andrews Air Force Base Of
NJ ficers Bridge Club. pair game. 7:45
Chess Club, Gordon Hotel; pair game
WEDNESDAY-Washi Bridge League
willard Hotel; master point pair game
: THURsDAY-Penthouse Bridge League
d Federal Security Administration. North
Building; pair game, $50. Chess Club
FRIDAY77ta 3dns97 Sale Studio, pair game
+ sATURDAY-wBL women's Auxiliary
Cayendish Club, 1921 K; master point
pair game topenl. l.. Chess Club. pail
|, game. 7:45 Walsh Club, 1923 Twenty
y second; master point pair game. 7:45
Evening star., 1951-08-19

Brady; service omcer, John Ford;
sergeant at arms, Raymond Was
key. and color guard, Ezra Fowler.
A circular bronze medal about
an inch and a half in diameter on
one side of which is the emblem
Of the United Nations and on the
other the words, For Service in
Defense of the Charter Of the
United Nations" was recently au-
thorized for those who have OF
who now are serving with United
Nations forces in the Korean area
The medal is attached to- a two
inch ribbon with nine blue anc
eight white stripes on which il
also attached a bar clasp bearing
the single word Korea"
The All-American Conference tc
Combat Communism, Of which the
American Legion is a member. ha!
established permanent nationa
headquarters at 1011 Twentieth
street NV. DR.. Daniel A. Polling
a member of the local Clark v
Polling Post, is national chairman
lof the conference.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
By Margaret l. Fisher

The seventh annual Piedmont
Virginia championships this week
end at Natural Bridge have at
tracted a sizable delegation OF
Washington fans. The tourney
ends today with a one-sessior
team match at noon.
The fourth annual Mid-Atlantic
Regional championships are
scheduled to open August 80 al
the Asheville auditorium. Ashe.
vile. N. c. Sponsored by Ameri.
can Contract Bridge League unit.
of Virginia. Maryland. District o.
Columbia, North and South Caro-
line, which comprise the Mid-At.
lantic Bridge Conference, the
tourney promises to break rec
ords established by the regional!
in Washington held last summer
Opening night of the series Of.
fers a special one-session pail
match. following up on August 81
with an individual match, mixed
pairs competing at night. Single
session mems and women's pail
contests will be held concurrently
Saturday afternoon, September /
The stellar three-sessi0n oper
pair event begins Saturday eve
ming. concluding Sunday night
"A team-of-four game, utilizint
board-a match scoring, will b.
held on Labor Day. In accord
Iance with the ACBL formula
"red points" comparable to thos'
won in national competition, will
be awarded.
James G.. Stone is chairman O
the Tournament Committee. Col
r. H. Skinner. president. an
nounceS that the annual meeting
of MABC directors and election O
officers will be held following th'
evening session of the open pal
game on September /.
Washington Bridge Lacquer
turned out in full force last Wed
nesday to compete for the semi
monthly master point quota
Kathleen McNutt- Henry Rau tie,
with Mrs. Stanley Beasley Mrs
Mary Goodstein for Ms top II
Section A, Mrs. Florence Mills
paugh-D. S. Goalwin winning
E-W, followed by Mrs. j. r. Nc
Chez Miller Roberts.
In Section B, E. G. Harris, jr.
Mike Michaels and Richard Free
man-Al White were the winners
DR.. E. M. Short-James G. Ston,
and Gary Arkoian-Charles Loven
berg finished second. E-W award
in Section c also ended in a tie
F.. T. Leahy, jr.-Temple Holl
croft sharing top with Hardee AL
len Robert Stills. Mrs. Leste
Gibson-Mrs. Myrtle Mcmahon
won E-W, Mrs. Mildred Linder
Iman-Henry Sheitelman second.
WBL President Lewis G. Tubb
has called a meeting of the Exec
utive Committee for next Tuesda,
evening to hear reports of tn
summer nationals and make plan
for the season. The meeting viii
be held at the home of James G
Stone, 4211 Forty-third stree
NV.
Only other local clubs holdin
master point games during tn
past week were the Chess Club an
Andrews Air Force Base Officers
Bridge Club. At the Chess Clu
last Saturday, David Murray
Miller Roberts topped Ms con
testants by a wide margin, Mr..
Jack Bennett-J. G. Fletcher takin
second honors. E-W winners wer
Mrs. j. G. Fletcher-Larry Rey
nolds. followed by Mrs. Margare
n. Fisher Charles Lovenberg.
| Maj. and Mrs. r. r. O'Brien le
Evening star., 1951-08-19

1t costs only IA cents an hour
to operate a "a horsepower elec-
trio motor, and it will do the work
OF two men in a lot of jobs.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Bryant 10 Head
VFW Delegates 10
n. Y. Encampment

Department Comdr. Martin A
Bryant and his staff will lead one
of the largest delegations from
the District of Columbia Depart
ment to the national encampment
in New York late this month
Many will leave on the B. & o
Railroad August Is to arrive ir
New York the same evening, and
to be quartered at the Vanderbilt
Hotel. headquarters for the Dis
trict of Columbia Department.
Past Department Comdr. Rob-
ert F. Sutphin of Police-Fire Post
is indorsed as a candidate for ma
tional judge advocate general
Past Comdr. Sutphin has a Law
degree from American University
and practices in the District.
Another and well-known candi.
date for national Office is Quarter
master General Robert B. Handy
Ijr., of Equality Walter Reed Post
He has not lived in Washington
for many years, but maintains hi,
membership in this department.
Clyde w. KERN, president Of
the VFW Bowling League. viii
call a meeting of the league mem
bers within the next week or II
days for the annual election Of
officers, and ironing out details oi
another bowling season. Tht
league will bowl this year at the
Kalorama alleys, but will meet al
$3.50 on Friday evening instead Of
Monday.
Department Comdr. Bryant pre-.
sided over the meeting of the
Council of Administration in the
board room of the District Build.
ing Monday. Admiral Leland P
Lovette. public relations officer fol
the VFW was a guest. The fol.
lowing were given the obligation
of membership in the council By
Comdr. Bryant: Albert M. Arm.
strong. chief of staff; E. F. Nc.
Clees, district commander, Pos
284: E. Rosen, Post 833; E. c
Simmons. Post 284. and M. Par.
shall, Post 2464.
1t. Lawrence Overton, pas
commander of Equality Walter
Reed Post. who had been reported
missing in action in Korea, is nov
reported as alive and a prisonel
Of war.
Meetings this week:
Tuesday-Press Post, 1927 Clag
gett road, University Park, Md.
Bethea-Welch Post. $50 S stree
NV; TINT No. l, moo, 730 Elev
enth street Sc.
Wednesday-Father John F
Gallagher Post. 731 North Capito
street; Police-Fire Post, 180
Rhode Island avenue NE.
Thursday-Potomac Post, 1870
Rhode Island avenue NE: South
west Memorial Post. 729 Mint
street S.W.
Friday-Elbow Benders Pu
Tent No. 2. moo (announce
later): Washington Post, Pythia
Temple, Ninth street NV; Josep
B. Kelliher. 1901 Prospect stree
NV.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Holmun to Preside at Next Executive Meetnq

Dept. Comdr. William j. Holli-
man Of the Department of the
District Of Columbia, American
Legion, will preside for the first
time since election at the monthly
meeting Of the Department Execu-
tive Committee In the Board
Room Of the District Building
Thursday evening.
At this time he is expected to
announce the appointment o1
assistant adjutants, a department,
membership officer, sergeant-at-
arms and a number of assistants
Ias well as committee chairmer
and members.
National Vice Commander Her.
bert j. jacob, chairman of the
new Clubhouse Committee, ac.
Icording to a statement made a
the recent department convention
will also present three proposals
flor action to the Executive Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

Next Friday evening in the Will
lard Hotel Victory Post will well
come it's new officers, who will be
installed at a later date. according
Ito retiring Post Commander
Farley E. Smith, who has been
Evening star., 1951-08-19

On September 13, Denmark
will release new 25-ore red
stamp with a surtax of sore for
the benefit of the national Red
Cross organization. The central
motif Of the design will be view
Of the hospital ship Jutlandia.
Viggo Bang is the artist, Bent Jo-
cobsen engraver.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

The General Services Admins
tration Stamp Club will meet in
Room 6340. GSA Building. Nine
teenth and E streets NV. tomor-
row afternoon at $50. Final plans
for exhibition to be staged in GSA
auditorium September II will be
discussed.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

Harry M. Konwiser. postal his
torian, is seeking information
about P. L. Watson and the P l.
Watson Express, listed in the
Washington city directory for
1858. Send any and all data to
Mr.. Konwiser in care Stamps
Magazine, 153 Waverley place,
New York City.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

John S. Sparks. jr., former
stamp editor of the Fort Worth
Star Telegram, now is associated
with the Independent PETROL
cum Association. ITO Ring Build
ing, and will be making his home
nearby,
Evening star., 1951-08-19

lade distinguishable on film if ship.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

Italy has brought out 20-lire
brown stamp bearing the portrait
of Perugino and a view of the
town of Perugio. the intention
being to mark the 500th anniver-
sary of the birth of the great
religious painter whose real name
was Pietro Vannucci.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-17
RATS ARE COSTING RESIDENTS
Sl25,O 900 YEAR, LANGFORD SAYS
County Health Officer Calls Upon All Citizens To Fight
These Vicious Rodents With All Means In Their Power

Thirty 10 forty thousand rats
arc stalking the city Of Key Vest
today and costing residents here
about s125.00o year. Dr.. Z. K.
Langtord. Director of the Mon.
roe County Health Department
sand today.
Langford based his rat popula-
tlon figures on a current survey
Of food handling establishments
here.
Charging rats with carrying At
least ten diseases Injurious 10
mans health ana rut1lesslv dc
stroylng property, the health de-
partment director called upon all
citizens To fight these vicious
rodents with all means in their
power.
There are no Pied Pipcrs Of
Hamelln today to play flutes TO
rid this town Of rats. It's up 10
the people IN the community.
Dr. LanEford said.
He urged the cooperation Of
every man and woman IN the
city IN removing rat shelters. I'M
erecting rat proof buildings. in
eliminating the rodents sources
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-17

suggested putting food IN glass
or metal containers, and keeping
all food in cloth or paper sacks
at least eighteen inches from the
floor level
And if there are any rats lurk-
ing around after the first three
measures are adopted, xiii them
with polSonS and traps Lang
ford said.
He recommended using the
spring or snap trap with bats Of
bread. bacon. fish. spcles, melons,
fresh coconuts. carrots Or nat
meats. rolled into small balls
about the size Of marbles. Good
locations for the traps are along
walls OF beneath stored mater
sails.
Pointing out that the rat army
in the United States now num-
berS about l25 10 l45 million Dr..
Laneiord concluded his remaE ks
on the rodents with the state
uent that the situation IS so
serious IN Key West he IS Sc
riously considering the advisa-'
bility Of asking the State Board
Of Health 10 assist in lnstituting
q city wide rat control program
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-17
Union Head Is
Dismissed Today

NEW YORK. July Il. -(Ft-
The founder Of the AT Of l. AR
Line Pilots association has been
dismissed as president, d post he
had held for 20 years.
But the board Of directors vot-
cd today to pay him his current
salary Of $4,000 a year for life.
The upheaval came after the
president, David Behnckc, had
dismissed the executive secre-
tary and four other union Off
Gals. All were TcinStated, and
the executive secretary, Clarence
Sayen, was elected president 10
replace Behncke.
A spokesman n Chicago said
there has been opposition to So
called one-n9an rule ~ Behncke
for some time
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-17
$1,000 Permit
Issued Markwells
Up Wirephoto

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mark
well were issued q $4,000 per-
NIT Tor adding SIX apartment
units TO a building at Seminole
ana William street, the Office of
Building Inspector Ralph Russell
announced today
Carl Rom Of lll9 Fleming
street took out g $500 permit
fog general repairs 10 his resi-
dence,- and for moving his house
back shout twenty feel from Us
present location.
0t9er permits issued today and
yesterday were as follows:
Joseph Z Dunno, 1880 Fifth
street $500 for repairing d porch;
George Allen estate. 5ll Caroline
Street SOC for painting the ex-
terror Of * house a III CurTie,
1871 Pine street. $500 for repairs
10 bathroom; Anthony ulchar
79i = Doyal street, permit for
hanging . small sign; 7. jenkins
Curry 7z7 Eaton street, 5000 for
repairs 80 children nursety and
Western AUTO supply SIS Duvsl
street $50 for painting the tront
Of the store
Plumbing Inspector Harry Al
SINS IssU1g pe. rlts 10 Pablo Pc
lcz- 603 DgFa! stree, and Willard
BcU, 1872 TROPICAL ss4 eet
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-17
Dry Tortugas Full Of Birds
Seaplane Flight Takes 10 Minutes From Key Vest
Inhabited By Thirteen People

with Boat Captain Joseph G San
tlnl, 10 greet us
Visitors numbering more than
5000 had stepped on 10 Garden
KEY since last October. Most
scome On their private vessels II
takes seven hours from Key West
TO make the trip by boat
Some came by Penn Edgar S
sea plane. 1t takes forty minutes
De Weese. d red-halred young
Navy veteran has lived with his
wife IN the Overseers House Of
Fort jefferson since 1913
The thousands Of terms on the
nearby Bush Key have lived there
at least since 1873 when Ponce
Dc Leon first spotted Garden Key
and the bird life on Bush Key.
Il WIS Ponce De Leon who named
the seven islands Dry Tortugas.
because OF the large number Of
turtles there.
Three centuries later. IN 1916.
the United States started 10 erect
Fort jefferson as part Of lis coast
al dcfenses that ranged from
Maine to Florida.
Every brick in tho massive fort.
second largest mason structure
in the Western Hemisphere, was
imported from the mainland
Slave labor originally hired al SO
q month to build the Fort. was
replaced IN 1854 by skilled Irish
uasonS
Today the innunerable arches
in the dccaying Fort are a monu-
trent TO tire skill Of workmen
who built our country.
Bricks Of aII sizes are fitted
INTO eeometric curves 70 make
arches reminding pnc Of the best
ia European architecture
SIX uaan5 fIccnt cu~vi0e granite
s'a ssvsys lad from the first deck
Of tho Fort 20 ire tcrraplane
dcck' frou7 which cannon pointed
out ~ sca - defend the Fort
Those cannon never had u be
Used for jas defense. To-Day 10 @:
Them lie on toe grassy top deck
II the foTt--l7sec snd silent re-
nnaers OF the Gays when enemies
from the north and south of Dry
Tcrtusas might attack
il was from Fort Jefferson thai
the BaitlcShlp Maine embarked
Tor Havana one month before she
was blown up. causing the Span
lsh-Auer3csD war
Il was here thst Or Samuel
Mua6 vas lncarccrated for four
years following the Civil War,
Tire invention Of cannon that
could breach the eight foot thick
brick ais Of the Fort. in 1870
made Fort Jefferson obsolete.
lis history however. had Tar
from ended From 1883 until 1890
tConunded On Page Fsvej
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-17
Coroner's Inquest Into Death
OF Newborn Baby Will Be
Conducted Here This Afternoon
FRESH INFORMATION
Is EXPECTED TO
BE BROUGHT UP
AT SESSION

A coroner's inquest into the
death OF new born baby viii be
conducted this afternoon at I p.
N. in the office Of Coroner Roy
Han1lin, SIS Whitehead street
Fresh information IS expected
to be brought Up during the sess-
ION when q six-man jury win
hear new testimony. L is under
stood that Forrest Lamb, a sailor,
win appear
Yesterday. Lamb conferred with
State Attorney J. Lancelot Lcster
after being brought INTO the
sheriifs office by the shore pa
trol.
His connection with the case
occurred Ehcn a pregnant woman
registered under the name % Mrs.
Forrest Lamb az 8 cottage at the
Grey hound Post. June %. A new
born baby dead OF strangulaton.
was found next morning in q
trash can at the Pest rest room.
A bus driver said that . woman
answering the description of the
alleged Mrs. Lamb had c0ntin-
ued return trip II Miami the
morning Of Jgne 30
Investigation Of the case &c
vealed that q sailor nsme5 Far
resi- Lamb was o3t a. ses al the
time and would NOT 6c expect e5
to return TO Key West fer al lcast
2 week
n the Jaly i inq9cst. Coroner
Rov Hardin recessed tbc ju-s
stating that the next session
would be held when Lamb arrived
IN KEY West
Todsy's announces inquest in-
fers that Lamb vii be present.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-17

Of food and in killing the enemy
with poisons and traps
Rats look for shelter where
there is dirt and disorder" Or
Laneford said. Clean up base
ments, attlcs, yards, Materials
stored in these areas provide rats
with place to live
He urged that lumber be stack
ed neatly and kept al least
eighteen inches from the ground,
thst rubbish be kept in covered
galvanized steel cans until it
could be gotten rld Of permanent
~. He SAID all materials stored
anywhere should be arranged IN
such way that rats could no4
get into them
He then pointed out the arg
ency Of rat proofing buildings.
asking that all places where rats
might enter be blocked of All
cracks ana holes one half inch or
larger should be sealed up with
like concrete, hardware
cloth or sheet metal.
The health director then said
that all food stored anywhere in
the city should be kept in places
where rats can't get at IT, He
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-17
BY SUSAN McAV0Y
Part z Of Three Articles

Less than 30 minutes by air
from Key West is the Coliseum Of
the Gulf of Mexico, a gem Of arch
itecture and history that can be
matched in the Mediterranean,
but not IN this hemisphere.
At 7.30 yesterday morning !
was very much part Of the Goth
century
stepped into the shiny one-en-
gI0ed Sea Bee Of Col. Penn Edgar
Al 7,33 Ve were airbornp-zoom-
ing over the waters Of Garrison
Blight Al 7.45 we were Up 1900
feet. The goth century was very
apparent in the modern Navy
destvoyers and other craft leav-
ing for their days exercises. The
red radio towers and the harsh
voice Of the radio in our plane
all made me aware Of the pre-
sent
Forty miles this SIDE of Dry
Tortugas, ! began TO slip back IN
time.
There, rising out OF the biuc
water, Was q faded red brick
ruin. completely solitary az the
early morning Stiffness Of tbs
Gulf
Walls battered by hurricane au5
fire. Of the hcxagonal shaped
building looked from the air like
the Roman coliseum. TIE sea
surrounding the century old fort
seemed old world Mediterranean.
not new world Gulf u Mexico.
A few shrimp boats anchored
away from its shoTcs--thc BLACK
topped $50 foot Loggerhea5 hight
house West OF Garden Key.
brought rne back 20 thc prcsen:
and 20 my country.
Penn Edgar gijdc4 his Sca Bee
down into thc shallow blue water
in q perfect landing 70 Lei out
Supervisory hfcteoroe list Richard
SplaIne Of Bocs Chlcs whose
business was responsible to- the
DRY TortugaS flight
just as perfectly VIC took 81,
ana flew the short distance to
Garden Key
We landed ana Penn Edgar
noorc3 his blue green sea plane
OF the white sand beach
John n. De Weesc. Superin-
tendent oi Fort Jefferson for the
L. s. Park Service, came down