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The Key West citizen., 1952-12-13

was the attitude Of the men about
the table. Like hounds long
leashed that suddenly scent their
prey IN the distance, they were
alert and eager, afire with ideas
and suggestions, grudging each
task and obligation that delayed
their departure for Velanto.
All but Sarazan. %.
He was the last TO give his re-
port, and when Clay asked him
for it, he was irritatingly terse
and noncommittal.
They're not in bad shape" he
admitted carelessly. mo regular
discipline, of course. It's going to
take a little time to get them
ready for the trail"
"a little time? How much time,
Captain Sarazan?"
Sarazan looked up at him in
solently, the cigar smoke curling
slowly up from the corners of his
lips.
why, Mr.. Farrar, that's hard
to say. I'll take what steps I can,
of course, but Pm damned if I'll
promise to have them ready to
ride out through the gate at any
certain hour of certain day."
Clay'S eyes narrowed beneath
the frown that furrowed his fore
head and he tapped mipatiently
on the table.
Captain Sarazan," he snapped,
both you and your men are un-
der my orders. I want an under
standing about that, now or later.
If you find yourself unable to dis
charge your duties in a satisfac-
tory manner. I'll be obliged to re-
place you with someone who can.
Is that clear?"
ITS clear enough" he sneered,
but 1t doesn't mean a damned
thing as far as I'm concerned. The
men of my troop chose me as their
captain, just as the men of the
regiment chose you as their COM
mander. They put me where am
and I'll stay as captain until they
tell me to step down. There's not
one damned thing you can do
about it Farrar. Not one damned
thingl"
a BRUPTLY the room was as
4 silent as If every man in il
had suddenly been turned to
stone. Clay could hear Toni, sit
ting beside him, catch her breath
In anger and surprise. He knew
that the captains had become still
unmoving, absorbed in this first
test of the mettle of their new
commander.
And then the rage suddenly
boiling Just below the surface
erupted through his brain and his
arms and the nerves and muscles
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-13
Gt'4te|!..&!!!!!' !. + ..,,.,
By, Homer Hatfen

of his body, 50 that almost beAOao
he knew it he was on his feet
''Goddamn your soul, Sarazang
His chair whirled away behind
him and he threw himself for.
ward across the table 50 that hi0
fist could grapple q handful Of the
broadcloth jacket Sarazan wore.
He jerked Sarazan forward %
that he Sprawled ungfaSefuliy
across the table top, his hands
clawing at Clay's corded arm, his
boots kicking helplessly IN the
air. Clay was back on his feet
now and, with his left hand
braced against the edge Of the
table, he heaved Sarazan forward
again 50 that he sid across the
table and struck, face downward.
on the floor q hah-dozen feet
away.
Sarazan was q little stunned by
the fall. but gathered his body 10
gether and began TO lift himself
to his feet He was swearing h Q
harsh growl.
'Damn you, Farrari Pm teaR
your bloody CUTS out for tnis.
III -
His threats ended m a gaO of
pain and surprise as Clay stepped
forward and ierked him upriRhA
by the back Of his collar. Nov he
was off balance again, and rs hia
feet shifted uncertainty beneath
him Clay spun him around tand
struck him twice IN the face With
his open hand.
Blood spurted out Of Sarazaub
nose and trickled from the torn
corner of his mouth. He raised his
hands IN an Intellectual attempt ak
reprisal and Clay shook him until
his head rolled back and forth
upon his shoulders. He tried 70
pull himself away, and rs he
pulled backward, Clay released
his collar and placed the heel Of
his hand directly below Saraxan's
chin. His shoulder muscles Fipp1ed
and twisted as he threw al his
weight into the stiff -armed shove,
and Sarazan's feet pedaled back
ward frantically for IN instant
before the momentum a. tha -
tack overcame him and II O0l-
lapsed on the floor, his AenA
| jerked back to crack reo0undineY
against the wall
Chest heaving. Clay Ks1eoa
down at him, his feet wide apart
his body still balancing On NJ
toes as If he might l1nEe forward
again. He was breathing heavily
and his lips were drawn back h
snarl that was ns eloquent 90
savage fury as were his hnlf bent
arms, tense and eager 10 strike ut
the slightest provocation.
| But Sarazan was through.
no BE- eentinseal
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-13

Chapter "A

2oRtCK II
THE celebration was brief, for
= once the decision had been
made, Clay moved swiftly into
action. Long before noon he had
gathered his captains around the
council table of Palmentera. 30
demand an accounting of each
troops condition and set the hour
they could be ready to take the
road.
There were eight Of the cap
tains there, fierce-eyed, bearded,
long-haired men who moved like
panthers and whose every word
and look bespoke their instant
readiness to match themselves
against man or beast or devil.
Web Holland, the black-bearded
captain who had known Clay's
father, sat directly across the
table. Odis Nielsen was beside
him, short. square-faced man in
his early thirties, speaking with a
faint Scandinavian accent. There
were Mel Kitsmiller: Patrick
Tyree; and Miguel Garcia, Fran
cisco Hernandez, and Manuel
Herrera, commanding the three
Mexican troops.
Clay frowned a little as he
studied the eighth man, Phillip
Sarazan, as unlike the others as a
Damascus blade is unlike a dou-
ble-bitted AK. Where they were
bearded, he wore only a dark
saber of mustache across his up
per lip. They were in homeSpun
and buckskins, and he was in
broadcloth as fine as any Clay
had ever seen. But it was more
than that. The difference was in
the arrogance of his mouth and
the insolence of his eyes, the
half-scornful expression of his
face and his air of holding him.
self aside, as if he felt that he
occupied a stratum these others
could never hope to reach.
When he'd been introduced to
Clay he'd smiled little, slow,
half-mocking smile, as if he pos
sesSed some secret that Clay and
the others did not know. There'd
been the merest instant of hesita-
ton before he accepted the hand
Clay held out to him.
He was across from Clay now.
and as the others gave their re-
ports, he seemed oddly inatten-
tive.
On the whole, the captains re-
ports were good. There was much
to be done, perhaps a weeks work
in all, before they would be ready
to take the trail. But it was no
more than any garrison force
would require if it were suddenly
ordered into the field. Best of al
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-13
HAL
BOYLE
SAYS

NEW YORK B - Success can
cost too much.
And if men have to start wearing
girdles to achieve it--well, success
has plumb priced itself out of the
market for the average man.,
The idea that the American male
needs a girdle to get ahead in a
woman's world belongs to DR.. Bur-
CESS Gordon, president of the
Women's Medical College in Phil
adelphia. The distinguished medic
says girdles contribute to a gals
sense of well being by elevating
her abdomen, thus allowing her to
get more air into her lungs and
oxygen into her body tissues.
And if men are going to compete
with women successfully, he be-
lieves, they had better start wear
ing this secret success weapon, too.
Well, I have just completed a
poll of Is men on this question,
and they voted 14-to-1 as follows:
eff wearing girdle is to spell
the difference between success and
failure, we'n give up right now
and go fishing. Let women rule
the world"
The only negative vote was from
a middle-aged fellow who pulled
me aside and whispered:
''I've been wearing a girdle for
five years, but it has been ten
years since l got a raise in pay.
Do you think my girdle is too
tight or too loose?"
The surprising thing about the
poll is that the men didn't object
to girdles on the grounds they
were unmanly, or that George
Washington had managed to win
war without the help of a corset.
The chief objection was that gir-
dies for men are basically imprac-
tical.
"My wife looks better In a girdle,
and it IS only reasonable to admit
that / would, too," said one man.
"But here's the problem. 1t takes
all the muscle that both my wife
and I have to pour her into a
girdle now.
"There just isn't enough strength
in our family to get us both into
girdleS. If / started wearing a gir-
die, she would either have to quit
wearing hers or / would have to
keep hired man around just to
help me squirm into mine"
Another man said he felt conf
dent about competing in the bus
mess world against women, be-
cause he was sure their elastic
armor was actually a handicap to
them.
'They have to struggle so hard
getting into their girdleS they ar
rive at the office exhausted, and
it is noon before they have rested
up enough to tackle any real
work." he said. t'By then I've got
most of my days work done"
And a third commented:
"0xygen isn't so scarce a man
has to wear a girdle to get it.
If you need more oxygen, wouldn't
it be simpler just to keep an oxy-
gen mask handy like airplane
pilots do?"
For two generations American
men have forged ahead by follow
ing Horatio Alger's two basic rules
for attaining success:
LIZARD work.
2--Save a bankers child from
being trampled by a runaway
horse.
Both of these rules are hard
enough to follow. If DR.. Gordon is
going to add third formula for
succeSs--"wear a girdle"--the ordi-
nary man is just going to decide
the game isn't worth the candle.
He'll 60 down on the Bowery and
I'll Il
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-13

The Plimsoll line on ships is the
line marking the depth to which
they may sink when they have per-
missible loads and is named for
Samuel Plimsoll who fought for
marine safety measures in the
British Parliament in the 18th
Century.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-13

Utah State and Bringham Youn1
have played two nip and tuck foot
ball games the last two seasons.
State won recently. 27,26, but In
1851 BY scored by 1927.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-01-19
Wind Plays Franks During Big Storm

A boat took to the air, a Jeep to the water. an amphi- bian plane took to the road and a dog was blown into the channel last Saturday as high winds rocked and swayed the town of Kodiak.
 Gusts reaching a recorded velocity of 90 knots blew salt water spray on electric lines and transformers and covered Marine Way with a heavy coating of slush.
 The usual garbage cans, chimneys ard roofs went
Kodiak mirror., 1952-01-19
Vev club Ljguor Store installed

A prefab building. already assembled, was moved onto the lot between the Club Liquor Store and PIMA office and Bryan Thorsheim's Bar Der Shop Wednesday by work men employed by Ralph Shupp.
 The new building will house the Club Liquor Store which is owned by Ray Martin. The old building will be used ex- clusively as a PIMA ticket of- flee and waiting room, Martin said.
 The new building was built at the Shupp, Chase and Tol, bert building on Brooklyn Avenue and moved to the lot on a truck.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-01-19
Weinberg Named
 League Secretary

Prof. Louis Weinberg of the University of Alaska has been named to succeed Arthur Ro- sien as executive secretary of the League of Alaskan Cities.
 Rosien resigned as secre- tary recently.
 Weinberg, a professor of political science, has been studying and gathering ma terial for a proposed constitu- tion if and when Alaska be- comes a state. @
 Lee c. Bettinger was elected president of the league during a convention here in October.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-01-19
q. s. To Pinch Tax EvaderS

Washington (R = TheNsU~ S. Treasury has abandoned & long standing policy of letting tax evaders escape criminal prosecution if they voluntarily confess their fraud and pay up.
 Secretary Snyder announced the policy reversal as part of the new "get tough" drive in the wake of the nationwide tax scandals.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-01-19

batten down all movable Ob- jects. After a temporary Hull If AS hours the wind returned ] Wednesday night for another round with the battered town. l A roof from a cannery work ers' bunk house, owned by Donnelley and Acheson, blew off and ripped down power lines. One section of town was without power for several hours. Workmen from the Kodiak Electric Association braved the wind to repair them.
 At the peak of the blow last Saturday a 12-foot skiff on the beach below the sea wall was picked up by the high swells and wind and tossed to the front door of the Magnusen house at the beach end of South Mill Bay Road.
 U. s. Deputy Marshal Clar- ence Dizney said the skiff, owned by Glenn Randy. sailed up on the wind whipped swell, over the wall and landed in the yard.
 While the sklff was air borne a Jeep, belonging to Dave Henley, which was parked near Acting Police Chief Ovid McKinley's house near the city dock, started moving seaward on a power ful wind gust. It went over the sea wall, cleared a skiff tied nearby, landed in the bay, doated for a little while and sank with only a little of the top showing.
 Mrs. Mckinley witnessed the launching" from a win dow of her home. The Jeep was later removed from its watery parking place by a wrecker from Patterson's Garage.
 Somewhat shaken after sec ing his first flying skiff Mar. shal Dizney went to his home near Dumas beach to be in- formed that a three months old puppy had made a flight from a nearby cliff and had landed in the channel.
 Dizney went down to the beach to find a wet and puz- zled pup. He returned the dog to it's owner. Mrs. Paul Dup Ter, who told Dizney that the pup was picked up by the wind and blown into the water.
 Meanwhile, the capricious wind got under a roof on a building near Pat Lynch's gravel crusher, tossed it into the air and then scattered it along the road leading to the ] Montmartre Inn.
 A plane owned by Bob Hall is reported to have been blown from the beach up into the road leading past his hangar. The plane was not damaged.
 Carpenter crews at Kodiak Naval Station were out during the week repairing wind damage. The Navy declined 1 tn c0nnnnnnt on tho ovtnnf nf
Kodiak mirror., 1952-01-19

Marshall Crutcher, presi- dent of the Bank of Kodiak, was an outgoing PIMA passen- ger Sunday. elf 9
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Spicer
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. George
KnOtts of ClaymOnt last week.
Miss May Thayer was a caller
in Dover last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Warren
and son were guests of Mrs. S.
Jefferson and Miss Myrtle Jeffer-
son of Georgetown, recently.
Miss Gavey of New York City is
visiting Mrs. Alice Gorlich and
family.
Miss Joan Ann White of Kings
ton, Pa, is spending a few weeks
as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
c. Coleman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Webb and
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans Morgan have
returned home from a delightful
trip to Maine.
A military funeral was held at
the Glendale Cemetery on Mon
day, August IL, at two o'clock fol-
Arthur Raspe of Baltimore. His
minister of Baltimore and also the
Rev. ]. B. Pettus officiated.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Jones, Jr.
and family, and Mr.. and Mrs. A
r. Jones, Sr., were callers in Will
mington on Sunday last.
/ Mr.. and Mrs Harvey COverdalt
of Lincoln were Sunday guests Oi
1 Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. COverdale.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Wilson were
callers in Bridgeville last week.
Mrs. Myrtle Morris and sons o.
Wilmington are guests of Mr.. anC
/ Mrs. James L. Webb and family.
| Ellendale Methodist Church
Rev. ]. b. Pettus, Pastor
Sunday, August II
/ Sunday School services at 10 a
M, in charge of F. w. Ireland, su
perintendent.
No other service.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
SneciaI

Special
On Friday evening, September 10,
the New Market WSCS will have a
Silver Candlelight Tea" in the Ell
lendale School Auditorium at eight
o'clock. Special tickets will be
sold.
Special
Glendale WSCS will serve a
chicken and dumpling supper in
the Glendale School Auditorium
on Friday evening, October II.
McCOlley's Methodist Church
Rev. J. B. Pettus, Pastor
Sunday, August II
Sunday School services.
Union Methodist Church
Rev. J. B. Pettus, Pastor
Sunday, August II
No services.
Faith Bible Holiness Church
Rev. Robert B. NailOr, Pastor
Sunday, August II
Sunday School services at 2 p. m
Preaching at p. m.
Everyone welcome.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
GLENDALE
By Mrs. Hazel
D. EIlingsWOrth
Phone
Milford $3.50
Community News

Community News
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Schreck
and daughter Donna of Harring-
ton were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles EllingswOrth last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Derrick
son were Thursday guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Williams Of
ClarksVille.
Mr.. and Mrs. ElwOod Lynch and
daughter, Mrs. GwendOlyn WOOt-
ten, and Mrs. Chester DickersO1
and Miss Phyllis DickersOn motor
ed to Rehoboth Beach on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. ireland and
daughters, Fredetta and Rhea, of
Glendale, and Mrs. w. Sherwood
of Lincoln, had delightful trip
to Maryland on Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. B. Pettus and
daughter mOtOred to Salisbury last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. w. EllingswOrth
were Sunday guests of Sergeant
and Mrs. William o. Holloway OF
Lewes on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Messick
visited in Milford during the week
end.
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Oscar Johnson were James Beide-
man, Mrs. May Wyatt and Miss
Caddie Beideman of Lincoln, FL
wood Tucker and son, and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. d. Cook and Mrs. Nora
Jefferson of Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Ely and
family of Maryland were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jones Ell
lingswOrth.
Miss Bernice Abbott was a guest
of Mrs. Doris Carrigan of LeWes
last Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. DickersOI
and daughter of Wilmington have
returned home after VacatiOning il
this vicinity.
Miss Mary McQuaid of Philadel
phia is visiting relatives this week
Mrs. M. E.. Warren was a calle
in Milford last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ennis ant
daughter spent Sunday evening a
RehOboth Beach.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
Russian Settlers

Beginning about IT'S, crude river
boats crossing the open sea brought
black-bearded Russians to Spits-
bergen. Wintering in darkness and
misery in thousands of huts dotting
coastline and interior, they hunted
Arctic fox, polar bears, walruses,
seals and elder ducks.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
Rector Dislikes
Wedding FriIIs

SYDNEY, Australia - (P) -
ArchdeacOn v. E. Twigg, Church
of England, rector of Griffith, New
South Wales, said he prefers we'd
dings without:
COnfetti-"It makes unnecessary
work"
Ballads - Grooming detracts
from the sOlemnity Of the service" "
Flower girls - "They look be-
wildered and upset the bride"
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
Gulf Stream

Since the days Of the Spanish ex.
plorers, the Gulf Stream has been
the key to navigation along the sea
lanes leading north from the Gulf
Of Mexico. Knowing how to follow
or avoid the great current can still
mean a difference Of hours or days
in ships passage.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
Bird Dog Meet Slated

MARION, III. - up - The 4Sth
National Quail Futurity-a major
bird dog contest-has been sched-
uled at Crab Orchard Lake in
Southern Illinois, starting Novem-
Der 8. At stake will be $4,000 prize
money and trophies.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
Lamn Shade TricI.

Don't throw away that old lamp
shade. You can make it into an at
traetive, new-loolsing shade Cover
the frame with a colored map or
some decorative, colorful paper. For
durability, cover the paper with
two thin coats of fresh. white shell
lac.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
Likes Post Office Pens

RIVERBANK, Calf. ,(P)-Post-
master Julian Bordona says he has
now heard everything.
A woman asked him where she
could buy some post Office pens be-
cause They're the finest pens I've
ever used"
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Eisenhower Barely Misses
All Those Taft Pictures

CHICAGO. - An incident o1
more than passing note occurred
today in the Conrad Hilton Hotel
soon after Gen. Eisenhower ar
rived in town.
At the hotel where both can
didateS have established head
quarters, Taft partisans had taken
over the job of decorating the
lobby. They had strung up huge
banners naming the place as Re-
publican national headquarters,
and over them hung tremendous
photographs Of their man.
Walking from the street, it
looked-as it was supposed to look
like a completely Taft show. No
mention of any other candidate
anywhere, and no place for an
other single photograph.
Rumor has it that the national
committee itself took the matter
in hand. At any rate, workmer
suddenly appeared this afternoon
and took the whole show away.
While Taft admirers stood down.
cast, Eisenhower people whooped
it up and waved banners.
When the general arrived at the
hotel to hold his press conference,
the lobby may have looked kind
Iof bleak for convention head
quarters; but not nearly as bleak
as it would have looked to the
general If he had showed up an
hour earlier.
Evening star., 1952-07-06
AHborne Reunion Demonstrates
Eisenhower's Sincere Emotion

|gray-haired woman standing in
the rear.
The General began softly:
There is every possibility that
I will break down. If I do, the
soldiers here will understand. This
82d went to war for me. ;"
The invitation to speak at the
luncheon, the general said, had
brought me back from a be-
wildering and, at times, I think
almost fruitless work"
"But I'll tell you this" he went
on, when I look into these faces,
I know I'll never give up"
Turning to foreign policy, Gen.
Eisenhower declared that the first
requirement is spiritual strength
"A well-understood objective
for what We want to do in the
world"
This is no time to zig and gag
around the universe in answer
to somebody else's initiative. This
is the time for America to stand
forth-to announce a policy that
will stand every test of the high
est moral standards-that will
convince the entire world. includ-
ing ourselves and our friends that
we are completely honest when
we say we want only peace"
Evening star., 1952-07-06
g. P. Average
Is Four Ballots
Per Convention
BY the Assoeioied Press

If the 25th Republican national
convention starting in Chicago
tomorrow nominates a presidential
candidate on the fourth ballot,
that would hit the average right
on the nose.
And a lot Of people think that
lis just about the number of bal
lots it will take to choose between
Senator Taft and Gen. Eisenhower
If it's to be one or the other.
The Republican Party has hello
"a conventions starting with 1856
It required an aggregate OF 81
ballots to pick its presidential,
standard bearers. or an average oil
four ballots to a convention.
It needed only one ballot to pick
q candidate at IA conventions, two
lat one convention, three at three
conventions, and four, six, seven
eight, 10 and SO at one convention
each.
The last two conventions, which
picked Gov. Thomas E. Dewey OF
New York, nominated on the thirC
(1948l and first tl944).
Evening star., 1952-07-06
Loyal Democrats
In Mississippi Act 10
|Ba|k States Fighters
by The Assccioted Prsss

JACKSON, Miss, July S.
|Mississippi's ''loyal" Democratic
faction. pledged to support the
national party nominee, elected
national convention delegates to-
day to challenge States Fighters
lat Chicago on July 81.
The loyal faction was started
six weeks ago by Mrs. John Clark
Iof Dekalb, national committee
woman and staunch supporter Of
President Truman. The conven-
ton was attended by about 100
delegates and visitors, about one
tenth the number of Mississippi's
States Rights convention last
week.
Will Back Party Nominee.
The loyalist delegates are not
pledged to any candidate but will
back the party's nominee. The
States Fighters demanded that
they be given an acceptable candi-
date and platform before declar-
ing its support of the national
Iparty.
The loyalists convention adopted
sharply worded resolutions brand
ing the States Rights Democrats
as a splinter party. One resolution
declared the States Rights move
mentS are blueprinted by Senator
Mundt, Republican South Dakota,
described as "reactionary Re-
publican"
1914 and '48 Stand Assailed.
1T is apparent to every clear
thinking citizen of this State" q
Loyalist resolution said, that the
Dixiecrat Estates Rights move
ment not only made every effort
to bring about the defeat of the
Democratic nominees in 1914 and
1948. but has consistently con-
demned and denounced the party
and has failed and refused to
speak one word of commendation
or to contribute one dime to the
support Of the party"
Keynote speaker Jimmy Walker,
jackson attorney, shouted that the
States Rights group knowingly
or unknowingly" was working to
deliver the South to the Republi-
can Party.