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The Key West citizen., 1952-12-29
Show Business Dead In East
Germany, Carnival Man Says
BY TOM REEDY

bEhLlN WI - GuSLdNG LDGCh
has cracked the Iron Curtain, in
search of joy-uncontrolled.
The 41-year-old carnival man
slipped from the Soviet zone into
West Berlin with his wife, two
children, two wagons full of equip
ment, a comfortably furnished
trailer and a rry-go-round.
"Show business, for the pri-
vate enterprise, is finished in the
Russian zone" Loeck commented
from his trailer step, parked on
a West Berlin lot while he awaits
Athe chance to move to West Ger
many and set up shop again.
Even joy is controlled over
there" he said acidly.
A sort of Mr.. Five-by-Five,
Loeck says he ate well in the
East but things were getting tough
er and tougher. Step by step he
said, the Communist state squeezed
his roadside operations until he
faced the choice of eventually do
ing too little business to survive
or getting out.
The old-fashioned German carni-
val which has excited Hans and
Fritz for generations is looked on
with disfavor in the Soviet area.
'They want what they call 'peo-
pies art now" Loeck said with
q wry grin.
"The kids aren't supposed to
scratch around for a few pfennigs
until they can manage that wonder
ful joy of buying their way onto
a merry-go-round. Now the state
must see to it that the children's
fun is nicely controlled and ar.
ranged, with Stalin's picture at
the end of it"
The steady trend to Matchmaking
everything in the East was creep
ing Up on Locks carnival when
he decided he had belly full.
SHOW people are often refused
permission even to set up their
merry-go-rounds and other amuse-
ment equipment" Loeck declared.
"0ften we were without the chance
to work for months, but we had
to pay taxes anyhow.
Now and then earnivals were
allowed to establish themselves as
part of a peoples art perform
ance. ?
''They had to do ii once In d
while," he said, ito give the peo.
pie some fun. =
The Communist bosses are pret.
" callous about ordering carni-
val men around 10 this or that
party celebration. Loeck and others,
were compelled to put on per.
formances for the blue shirted
Young Pioneers at such reduced
prices that il was waste OF time
and often cost them money. To
turn down such an "offer" would
be to invite disaster.
The state sometimes would ump
IN and declare the carnival "peo.
Pies owned enterprise. The dis.
possessed owner would be lucky
to avoid prison So many of these
road shows were seized In the last
Two years that the East zone or.
ganized a United Peoples Owned
Show Enterprises corporation to
handle them.
Two other factors threaten TO
wreck any private show outfits
Loeck said, One is the police ban
against children visiting 4 carni.
val In the early evening hours
ANY kids on the streets at this
time are supposed 10 be enroute
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-29

to Communist youth meetings. The
second blow is the shortage of
electric power, which has plagued
the economically wobbly Russian
zone for years.
Even the annual squirt that
Christmas provides is being de.
MED this year. The state banned
the yearly Christmas fair and or
dered holiday activity centered in
the state-owned stores and ven
lures.
Loeck, busy now with paintbrush
and tool giving his wagons brand
new faces, expects over period
of months TO ship each part TO
West Germany. There he hopes
TO peddIe Joy again, uncontrolled.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-29
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The Key West citizen., 1952-12-29

He claimed Russia sis interested
in ending it.
Dulles call for concrete propos-
ais" issued in Washington yester.
day, came after he had talked by
telephone with Eisenhower. who
was in New York.
President Truman. in response to
Inewsmen'S requests for comment,
said he would be pleased indeed
|if any agreement can be reached
with Stain which would achieve
world peace" ]"
Evening star., 1952-11-02

of the surly waiter = fortunately
he doesn't crop up too often, but
when he does, it can cause ex-
treme discomfort for all con-
cerned. The worst Of it is that
you can seldom find anything
specifically wrong with him. It's
just that he makes you feel dis
satisfied and uncomfortable.
The smart thing to do in such
a case is to confide in your cap
tain, tell him how you feel.
Probably it will be no surprise to
him he knows his men. And
you'll get good service = maybe
too good. with the captain hover
ing over your table like a mother
hen!
If ALL else fails. of course you
should 60 to the manager
better still. to the proprietor, if
he's available. Believe me, that
will settle everything!
Should you tip a waiter who
may not, to your mind, deserve
it? Strangely enough. I'd say yes
-&nless you have made a def
mite complaint and nothing's been
done about it. Tips are what
walters bring up their families
on, and it's only fair for them to
expect one unless they're given
definite warning. But do. feel
free to suggest that minimum
service deserves a minimum tip
- 10 per cent to the penny.
Conversely, however, extra good
service should receive an extra
reward from the diner.
Your waiter will understand.
q 4 4
ILONA MASSEY, screen and
TT actress, aext speek tells
her ser0tegy on handling
the hostess's sUorst problem
chiId-the se!f-appointed
'De-cf-the-party."
Evening star., 1952-11-02
How TO COMPLAIN
by Sherman Billingsley
OWNER OF NEW Yoak's sToRk eLBB

There's a way to do it so
the waiter won't mind
LIVERY 50 often / have been
IL asked, what is the best
way to deal with bad service in a
restaurant? Once in a while some
thing happens that makes me
want to complain, but l hate to
make scenes"
First off, l think that the very
word complain" is what worries
most patrons. Few diners like to
complain about service, even in
de luxe restaurants where they
pay plenty for it. Most would
rather have a friendly settlement
of misunderstanding or short
comings. Most waiterswoul too.
So when a dish is served to you
and it doesn't seem right, why
not ''confer" with your waiter.
It does wonders = for, after all,
he's on your side. He's inter-
ested in earning a satisfactory
tip and it costs him nothing to
return a dish to the kitchen. But
it's only human nature for him
to bride if he's complained" at
and made to feel small - partic-
ularly when he didn't prepare
the dish in the first place.
A FRIEND of mine ordered a steak
at a famous restaurant in Boston.
1t turned out to be very gristly
and my friend conferred" with
both the waiter and the captain.
The steak was whisked away,
and when the waiter brought
another he said, ''You know, /
argued with the broil chef when l
first saw the cut, but he swore it
would be okay." That waiter
made a firm friend for the res
taurant.
Of course there's the problem
Evening star., 1952-11-02

Be safe, be sure of your charm. Soak
your dental plate in q bath of
Polident to keep it odor free, hy-
CHEMICALLY clean. Soaking, in
Polident, gets into places that
brushing could never reach-leaves
your plates feeling fresh and cool.
It's easy! It's quick! It costs only
about a cent a day to keep your dem
lures sparkling clean and free from
Denture Breath.
Evening star., 1952-06-07
Taft Grabs Indiana Delegation
In Fast Convention Double PIoy
Eisenhower Buckers Charge Steal After
Old Guard Muneuvers Filing Rule Change

wishes Of the Republicans Of In
diana"
In maneuver which appar-
emily caught most of the Eisen-
hover group mapping, party or
ganization leaders ruled that all
delegate candidates must file by
"a fixed deadline yesterday and
put up $500 in fees. They said
any one who didn't qualify
couldn't run.
AT least one Eisenhower candi-
date, Publisher Eugene C. Pulliam
of the Indianapolis Star and the
Indianapolis News, met the dead
line.
So did William Hutcheson, for
mer president of the AFL Brother
hood OF Carpenters. He was re-
garded as neutral by both sides.
The other 80 candidates who
filed were hand picked by the
Taft forces, including the 10 at
large to be finally elected l.'Jay.
With some changes in personnel,
the Taft forces won without oppo-
sition 20 of the % district places
filled last night.
The Taft group was so power
full it dumped overheard Repre-
sentative Charles Halleck, the
States oldest CONGRESSMAN in
point of service and it's 1948 "fa-
vorite son" candidate. Mr.. Hal
leck swung the State delegation
to Gov. Dewey of New York in
1948.
Mr.. Halleck told a reporter he
had tried to file and pay his fees
before the time deadline, but had
found the door locked in the Of
flee of State Chairman Gale j,
Holder.
Evening star., 1952-06-07
House Probers Study Testimony
On War Contract Fraud Cases
Witness Admits He Falsely Implied
Intervention by McGroth and Boyle

Iconvince a court we are entitled
to-" he declared.
Joseph Peters, main stockholder
in the Detroit veterans training
school, testified that he visited Mr.
Clifford at the White House late
in 1949, after Mr.. Clifford had de-
cided to enter private practice. He
was referred to Mr.. Cliford's law
partner, and the former White
House aide never took part ir
conference on the claim case, Mr.
Peters said.
Chairman Chelf said the SUBJ
committee, conducting a broad in
quiry of the Justice Department
will decided later whether to call
more witnesses on the GAO claim
cases. Other sources, however
said there will be no further hear
ingS on cases taken up yesterday
Evening star., 1952-06-07
School Bus Stolen,
Ohio Sightseers
Face Tour Afoot

Twenty-nine high school pupils
from Findlay. Ohio, would like to
get on with their sightseeing.
But until they find their way
ward bus. their tour of the Ma
tion's Capital will be afoot.
Orlo Van link. driver of the bus.
reported theft of the vehicle to
Pvt. Thomas McDermitt of No. /
precinct.
Mr.. Van link said he parked
the bus last night in the 1900
block of I street NV. When he
went to look for it at z am. today,
it was gone.
Evening star., 1952-06-07

elect 10 delegates-at-large COM
mitted to Taft.
Twenty listed by party leaders
as Taft hackers were chosen in
district caucuses last night.
Eisenhower got one and another
was regarded by both sides as
neutral.
This result, accomplished in
what was called by Eisenhower
supporters a change of rules in
the middle of the game, brought
threats of contest at the G. o. P.
national convention next month
in Chicago.
Former Representative Robert
A. Grant, State Eisenhower chair
man, asserted in a statement that
he and others aren't going to ac-
Icept the result as final.
1--WE have seen the Texas steal
duplicated here in Indiana by a
Taft t-dominated machine which
has thrown all caution to the
Winds" Mr.. Grant declared. 1.-THE
delegate slate made by a
group of power-hungry desperate
men does not represent the
Evening star., 1952-06-07
Send a Kid to Comp
Send Kid to Comp
7homoses Give Others a Hand,
But Need Help for Vacation
The Thomas home is snotless

The Thomas home is SpotleSS.
Plaster has fallen from the liv-
ing room wall here and there. An
|overstuffed chair hides the worst
|of the exposed lath.
The place has needed paint for
some time. But there is no dirt.
Mrs. Thomas and the five chill
|dren live on Social Security. Mr..
Thomas died in May. 1851. The
mother would like to take a tipping
course SO she could find work sit
ting down. She had an operation
for varicoSe veins last fall.
The family loves its old upright
piano. Mrs. Thomas likes to have
the neighborhood children in for
music sessions with her own
brood. It takes them off the
streets.
The youngsters are a help to
Evening star., 1952-06-07
Fair and Cooler Weather
Promised Late Today

Dust of the picnic basket: the
Weather Bureau has good news.
Relief from the muggy heat of
yesterday and today was expected
to come late this afternoon in the
form of fair, cooler and less humid
weather.
Yesterdays high temperature of
SO degrees was the highest SO far
this year. It shouldn't go that
high today. The forecast is for
near 80. The record June z tenn
perature is 81, reached in 1899.
Tonight will be clear and cooler
with d low Of 81.
Evening star., 1952-06-07
Other Stories on Koreon War. Poqe A

Other Stories on Koreon War. Pose Al
gas grenades into Compound sc
when POWs refused to retreat
from the vicinity Of engineers
digging for a suspected prisoner
escape tunnel.
No one was reported hurt ir
the prison pen housing 2,700 North
Korean officers and $50 non
commissioned officers.
Five Signs Taken Down.
It was in this same compound
only a few minutes earlier that
prisoners had raised five Com
munist signs but had taken them
down when given an ultimatum.
Mechanical drills failed to un-
cover any tunnels but the search
will continue.
Notorious Compound 76-sym-
Dol of Communist defiance on this
Iriot-torn island-has been singled
out as the first to be dispersed
when operation breakup" get.
under way within the next few
days.
Big. Gen. Hayden L. (Bull)
Boatner, Koje's commander, has
marked Compound rs for specia,
attention. It was learned he plans
to nab the men who seized Brig
Gen. (now COLI Francis T. Dodc
just one month ago. The Reds
held the prison commander cap
tive for Is hours.
Prisoners Now Submissive.
The POWs behind the barbed.
wire Enclosures are now quiet and
submissive after a week of stern
action by Gen. Boatner. They un-
doubtedly know they will soon
be transferred-probably early
next week-into more manageable
compounds holding 500 men each.
AT present most of the II COM
pounds hold from 1000 to 5000
men.
"They know the new compounds
are being built" one officer said.
They must certainly know we
are not going into the chicken
raising business.
Gen. Boatner said he had not
made up his mind whether the
prisoners would be told in ad-
vance about the dispersal or
whether he would send in troops
without warning.
Evening star., 1952-06-07
Ample Potatoes Bring
Low Price al Retail
High at Wholesale
Incoming Shipments
Draw About 81 Above
Ceiling Lifted Thursday

Retail shoppers today enjoyed
the unfamiliar sight of sacks of
potatoes in stores here. They also
enjoyed signs that over-the-
counter prices are staying fairly
low.
Wholesale prices. however, have
shot up since the removal of price
ceilings last Thursday. Dealers
reported that incoming shipments,
mostly from North and South
Carolina and the Virginia Eastern
Shore, cost between 81 and $3.50
a hundred pounds wholesale in
many instances. That was about
So above the old OPS ceiling.
| Those sudden jumps quoted by
wholesalers and distributors here,
as elsewhere throughout the
country, have not been reflected
to any large extent in retail stores
here
Price May Go Up.
Chain store officials reported
new white potatoes were being
sold today in the neighborhood of
EIGHT cents a pound. They said
this price might go up cent or
two if wholesale prices remain
high or rise still more, or if there
is an unusually heavy demand by
retail customers.
But they predicted that the po-
tato prices will land at a normal
wholesale level within the next
week or 10 days.
They cited these related de-
velopmentS for the temperance
of potatoes: Removal of price CELL
IingS, the fact that first shipments
of the new crop had been due in
early June in any event, and a
step-up in harvesting in recent
days. Farmers on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia were reported
to be harvesting their crops a
week or so early because of the
price spurt.
A large wholesaler here said his
concern sold about 1000 100
pound bags of potatoes yesterday
at 81 a bag. He added that an
increasing supply should result in
lowering of the wholesale price
to less than SIS later this month.
Buying Brisk But Not Greedy.
Retailers would not yet desribe
the current supply as plentiful.
But they declared it seemed to be
adequate to meet ordinary de-
mands. Housewives and other
shoppers yesterday showed no dis
position to stock up on potatoes,
although buying was brisk.
Stores apparently have aban-
|doned the shortage-period prac-
tice of limiting sales of potatoes
to pounds to the customer. An
official for an independent mar
ket said he would be in a better
position Monday to determine
whether he will have sufficient
spuds steadily on hand and can
continue to sell them for not more
than 8 cents a pound.
Retail prices varied according to
grade, with some grades selling at
9 cents in various stores.
A countrywide survey showed
today that increases in wholesale
prices ranged roughly between 80
and so per cent higher than the
former ceilings. The rise resulted
Immediately from the OPS re-
moval of ceilings on potatoes after
the Senate voted last Thursday to
take off all price controls on fresh
fruits and vegetables. Prices of
white potatoes had been frozen
since mid-January.
Some Agriculture Department.
officials, while estimating that the
1852 crop will be smaller than
usual, have predicted that the
prices being charged now by grow
ers, WHOLESALERS and distributors
will level off late this month.
BY early July, they said, the new
crop will be coming to market
Evening star., 1952-06-07
Comp Fund Facts
How to send a kid to cannr

How to send a kid to camp
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail to
The Evening Star, Washing
ton 4. D. c.
Or bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost: $3.50 for one
week; $37 for two.
Evening star., 1952-06-07
Thousands of Graduates
At Maryland Today

MARYLAND coMMENceMENT-A
totol Of 1850 University Of Maryland
students receive degrees in graduation
exercises todoy. Many Of them we're
to get special owords. For q story and
pictures Of the event. ond a list Of
oword winners. see poee AIS.
HOUSING cREDIT-Goyenment
housing offieiols don't expect forthcom-
mig new mortgage credit rules to in
crease this years housing volume, Reoi
estote Editor Robert ]. Lewis exploins
in q story on poee B-l.
Evening star., 1952-06-07
Picture on Poee A-3

dent, aided by some good State
management, also got in a highly
Ipublicized plug for his choice in
the heated Missouri Democratic
senatorial primary battle, States
Attorney General j. E. Buck)
Taylor. Mr.. Taylor. backed by the
Kansas City machine headed by
James Pendergast, long time Tru-
man associate, is finding his
toughest opposition of a four-man
race in w. Stuart Symington, one
time Air Secretary and later clean
up head of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. in the Truman ad-
ministration.
Greeted by 10000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor were In
the front wave of some 10000
Greene County people who greeted
the President when the indie
Ipendence nosed down at Spring
field Airport yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Taylor escorted Mr.. Tru-
man down the ramp, and then
prodded by a local reporter fol
comment on the Taylor bid fol
the seat now held by Senator
KEN, Republican, the President
responded:
I'm supporting Buck Taylor
who is one of my best friends in
Missouri. He always has been fol
me. every time ! ran. Now that
he is running, I'm for him.
HE is a good Democrat.
"He has made a great attorney
general and he will make a good
Senator and fine colleague for
my good friend. Tom Hennings."
Opposed Hennings in 1850.
Senator Hennings won the DEM
ocratic nomination in 1850 over
the opposition of President Tru-
man. who backed State Senator
Emery Allison.
A big st. Louis vote put SEN
ator Hennings across, and some
political prophets are saying that
the same thing will happen this
time. Mr.. Symington, former st.
Louis industrialist, repeatedly is
doing all right there. Out in the
rural precincts, he is running with
the guitar accompaniment of his
son Jimmy, who has made name
for himself in New York night
clubs.
Lands at Grandview.
The Presidents arrival here was
delayed as the independence first
landed in Grandview, where Mrs.
Truman and her 89-year-old in
valid mother, Mrs. David w. WAL
lace, said goodbye to the Presi-
dent to go to their home in In
dependence. His brother and
sister, j. Vivian and Mary Jane
Joined him there.
MIR. Truman was through
Springfield in the l948 whistle
stopping" but this was the first
time that he ever came In for
an extended stay and an area
where political preference is never
static, turned out in good style
to welcome him.
/ An honor guard from the World
i War II 35th backed up the well
coming brass, along with members
of old Battery d, 129th Field
Artillery. which Capt. Harry Tru-
man commanded from the Vosges
to the push on Sedan.
| The five-mile route from airport
to downtown Springfield was vel
lined and crowds were held bach
1 by ropes as the President came te
the Colonial Hotel.
Evening star., 1952-06-07
Two Killed in Bomboy

BOMBAY. India. June z R.-
Two persons were stabbed in Bonn
bay today and police stepped up
their patrols against spreading
Hindu-M Moslem communal disturb
ances. Five persons have been
killed since Thursday. Police have
arrested 200.
Evening star., 1952-06-07
BrowneH Defeats Boqort
Tanker Loses Rudder at Sea

ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands,
June Z (P.-Dirkzwager Shipping
Agency reported today it had
picked up a radio message from
the American tanker Shabonee,
which said the vessel had lost her
rudder. The position given indi-
Gated the 9,911-ton tanker was
near the Azores.