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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-31
The World
Inside Texas

DALLAS (P)--Can you tom
the world and never leave Tex
as?
IL you want to see America
first, you can visit New York,
population 20. eat baked beans in
Boston. see the sights in Wash
ington and visit Miami and At
lanta.
Going abroad you can travel
in Ireland, Italy, Normandy and
Tunis. You can waltz in Vienna.
population 80, dine on French
pastry in Paris, swing east to
Tokyo and finally visit Moscow.
All are Texas towns.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-31

from scavenger service fees; six
cents from fines and forfeits;
five and one-quarter cents from
sewer service fees: five cents
from other local taxes; three and
one-eigth cents from other reve-
nue.; four and one-half cents
from bank loans; and three
fourths of a cent from interest
and penalties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-31
BIDS FOR FLORIDA'S
STUDENT HALL WILL
BE LET IN MARCH

GAINESVILLE R - Bids for a
new S2,1O6, 900 student hall building
at the University of Florida may
be let in March or April.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
A Lonq-Desired Bay Crossing

The proposed ferry across lower Chesapeake
Bay would provide long desired transportation
link between Marylands Eastern Shore and the
Maryland and Virginia farming and fishing
areas near the mouth of the Potomac River.
Representatives of the region involved have
chosen good time to organize their movement
for such ferry, for Maryland soon will have
to make up its mind what to do with its ferry
system between Sandy Point, near Annapolis,
and Matapeake on Kent Island. That system
will be replaced by the new bay bridge sometime
next summer. If the ferry boats can be used
to good advantage elsewhere on Chesapeake
Bay, it would be folly to sell them for operation
out of the State.
Representatives of Somerset County, on the
Eastern Shore, and of St. Marys County on
the Maryland side of the Potomac and of North
umberland County on the Virginia side of the
river have agreed to press for whatever legisla-
tive action may be required to transfer at least
two of the boats to the proposed ferry line. The
route would be between Crisheld, in Somerset
County, to Point Lookout, in st. Marys
County, and Lewisetta, in Northumberland
County. Point Lookout Is connected by good
roads with Leonardtown and other important
Evening star., 1952-01-18
BETHESDA.

BETHESDA.
"Dear Sir:
1 T got new camera for Christmas.
and have been trying to take some
photos of our cat. also new, but have
not succeeded to date.
How do you keep them still?
Il have tried every method can think
Of. but the moment snap the shutter,
he moves. and do not get the picture
I thought was going to get.
Perhaps you have some way Of doing
it, I would like to know if you have.
II would particularly like to know.
how do you keep them still?"
Sincerely, M. J. G."
How do you keep 'em still?
You don't.
Cats have wills Of their own; they
do as they please. II they had hats,
they might say, with Walt Whitman,
j Il wear my hat as I please, indoors
and out"
Old Walt said that. and he meant it:
he wore. usually. slouched affair. with
a deep brim, turned up; he must have
cut an odd figure in the Government
Offices.
Cats as Photographic subjects are
wonderful If two conditions are met:
One. handsome cat.
Two. II it will pose.
Posing seems necessary, ON account Of
the background.
Nothing distracts from an animal
photo more than the background which
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Equity for Men in Uniform

The principle of equal treatment for all
Government servants, whether in civilian jobs
or in the military services, underes the military
pay increase bill which the House has passed
by an overwhelming vote. Debate on the House
side stressed the point that since Congress saw
fit to grant 10 per cent salary raise for civil
service employees last year, it could not in good
conscience refuse like grant to the Nations
fighting forces. The raise will be costly, of
course, but it cannot well be avoided at time
when maintenance of military morale is very
important
The House showed commendable determi-
nation in rejecting proposals that sliding
formula be applied, SO that the percentage Of
increase would be greater for enlisted men than
for officers. Congress rejected similar plan for
civilian employees on two sound grounds: (D Cost
of living has increased as much for higher paid
employees as for those in the lower brackets.
a. sliding scale favoring one class Of workers
over another would upset the carefully balanced
pay structure which Congress decreed in the
Redistribution Act Similar arguments are valid
in the case of military personnel. The military
equivalent of the Redistribution Act was the
1949 legislation readjuSting armed forces pay to
eliminate inequities which had arisen over long
period of years.. Congress should not knock this
military pay structure out of kilter without good
reason. No such reason is apparent today. The
balance will be maintainedif il the Senate joins the
House IN nsapprDving the Kiday bin, or o reason-
able facsimile Of 1t.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
This and That

may be said to clutter up the scene.
Flash equipment is almost necessity,
though much can be done without it
If the photographer has infinite pa
tience.
The matter of background is i'm
portant. To pose cat or catch one
in the middle of an action without
. thought of background is to run the
risk Of getting very involved pictorial
document.
The better thing to do is to consider
thoroughly beforehand Just what will
appear behind the subject.
In this way not more than one piece
Of furniture or other object will be per-
mitted to appear.
The cat is, after all, what the pho
tographer is taking.
It is interesting to discover that cats
are not afraid Of flash bulbs.
The first one, sometimes, may frighten
them. but not too much, not one-tenth
as much as knock on the side door.
This is an interesting piece of feline
psychology.
just why the knock on the side doors
frightens them more than a similarly
loud knock on the front or back doors
is something Of mystery.
unknown to the human being. Per-
haps in some era thousands Of years
ago their ancestors lived in temples.
or something. and the executioner came
from the side. who knows?
Evening star., 1952-01-18

communities Of Southern Maryland. A ferry
across the bay at that point would save truckers
and tourists many miles in their travels between
the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland The
ferry would be boon to all OF Virginia's North
ern Neck, which now has no way Of reaching
the Eastern Shore except by way OF the Mata-
peake ferry or the Cape Charles ferry to New
port News. Both routes are long and round
about. ~ e
Advocates of the new bay ferry will have
to overcome some resistance to the plan from
the Maryland State Roads Commission, which
runs the Matapeake ferry and which has indi-
Gated desire to get rid of the responsibility Of
operating ferries. If the commission can be
won over to the plan for new ferry, approval
OF the Maryland Assembly would probably follow.
With public sentiment for the project growing
on both sides of the bay the commission should
60 slow In any plans for selling its ferry feet
to the highest bidder. y,sa
Evening star., 1952-01-18
BY Charles E. 7roceweN

The fash bulbs that 60 off successfully
will not even make them blink, or, If
they do, it makes no difference. The
camera eye is faster than the hand. It
is also faster than the cats eyes.
X
Some attempt may be made to keep
the subject still by offering him catnip.
or dragging q string along the rug.
These involve catching the cat just
at the moment Of greatest interest. You
don't keep the cat still, the camera
catches him, that Is all. It is not the
best way, after all, to take the family
pet.
The best was Is to wait until the
animal naturally takes some pose in
which it rests, not Immediately moves
on to something else.
These static poses, as they might be
called, arise from the cat. not from the
photographer.
Efforts to get Mindy to pose resulted
In nothing more than few leaping
pictures with the kitchen stove as
background.
But when large white dishpan hap
pened to be left on the sink. Mindy
went and jumped in, and then sat for
long time with her dark striped up
per halt. her head and her ears above
the rim. perfect cat picture.
Did any one get the photo?
They did not. When the camera was
rushed to the scene. Mindy hoped out.
much pleased at all the attention she
was getting.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Conversation in Birminohom

Mrs. Tuppins. robust and enterprtsino.
Sna'ted across the trolley aisle In Bfr-
nainghGm.
From American" she queried. I nodded
assent.
I'm going for a pisit there" she said.
u hdUe q son aUho raises horses in
Wyoning-
Near Cheyenne?" She glanced erpec-
tantly.
Yes, Tue been there-droue through" I
assured her,
Remembering the statue of win James.
beyond the miles
OF bddlnnds, plains. and mountains to
De trauersed going West.
MY other SON Hpes here IN Birmtnctan.
That's his shop" And sure enough Il
iDas, all labeled TUPPINS,
With hardware and godgets for British
kitchen
Set torthright on the sidewalk. prices
stated. ....
Come to tea tomorrow" she called
brightly.
"I'm Mrs. Tuppins-23 Birdwalk, North"
And suddenly, In the spaytng trouey.
sitting bolt upright,
In neat ttDeed coat. nlended oloues,
and shabby felt,
Mrs. Tuppins gretD to Colossus
One hand 0Der Wyoming, raising horses.
One hand GboDe the mills and stacks OF
Ellen Acton
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Working for Welfare
Reader.

There is an urgent need for all groups
working for human welfare to get out Of
the petty rut they are in and expand
their horizons. There is no such thing
as purely local interests" any more.
The world has become one big unhappy
family, where war in remote Korea in
which hundreds of thousands of our
loved ones are killed and crippled is
just as much local matter as anything
could be.
It is important for all of us to devote
more time to vital matters such as re-
ligion. health. defense, ETC., and much
much less time to personalities and
persiflage, refreshments and entertain
ments.
Speakers could contribute q valuable
Evening star., 1952-01-18

The morale Of the party began to
crack in its first trial. the l5-day cross
ing Of the Wasatch Range not far west
Of Fort Bridger. It suffered further dur
Ing six days of binding heat and de-
celtful mirages Of the great Salt Desert,
promised guide who had made the
western trip once failed to join them:
recriminations and jealousies became
bitter: five died more or less normal
deaths during this period Of the trip but
the minds and bodies of all were being
punished.
It was the end of October when the
shattered party reached Truckee Lake.
just across the California border in the
Sierras. The real mountain barrier
was just ahead. Most of their oxen and
THERE horses were gone-stampeded
dead OF thirst, stolen or shot by Indians.
Their food supply was likewise disas-
trously depleted, game was scarce and
only an emergency ration brought back
from Suffers Fort by one Charles
Stanton, bachelor member who had
crossed the mountain divide and risked
his life to return, kept them in reason
able fare for the immediate period.
On November l., 1886 the vanguard
OF the group attempted to go through
the Sierra Pass that now Bears the
Donner name. There was snow s feet
deep and they returned to the lake
camp. A few days later another small
group tried the pass again, reached
Suffers and organized a relief expedi-
ton to return for their comrades. But
for eight days it showed. driving the
rescuers back to Suffers and forcing
Evening star., 1952-01-18
The Lions Tail inIron

It is a reasonable suspicion that Premier
Mossadegh has ordered the closing of all British
consulates in Iran primarily for domestic political
purposes. His parliamentary opposition has been
growing. National elections are being held And
he is expected to ask for a vote of confidence
later this month. Accordingly, especially be-
cause his dangerous oil dispute with London has
created steadily worsening economic situation
in the country, it is not surprising that he has
resorted once again to the ever-popular pastime
Of twisting the lions tail.
Such tail twisting, in period when Trans pub
lie temper is intensely nationalistic, may help to
distract attention from some of the unpleasant
home-front consequences of the policy that DR..
Mossadegh has been pursuing. It may help, too,
to make a lot of the electorate believe that his
political opponents are nothing but unpatriotic
Anglophiles who have been REASONABLY conspiring
with Britain against the best interests of their
country. In fact he has already accused them
of plotting in that manner in an effort to over
throw him. and the accusation has been backed
up with the charge that the British consulates
have been employed to direct agitation against
him and interfere subversivey with internal
Iranian affairs.
This kind of talk-whch in effect seeks to
make any MoSSadegh opponent look like an
enemy of Iran-may be smart politics from the
standpoint Of helping to shore up the Premier's
domestic position. But from the standpoint OF
calming the atmosphere in an effort to bring
about sound settlement of the oil controversy
a settlement that is sorely needed-the whole
business is highly inhammatory. In itself, given
different circumstances, the order closing the
consulates might be justified on the ground that
the British no longer really need them and that
the Iranians have no such facilities in Britain.
The circumstances being what they are, however,
the action can hardly fail to manufacture addi-
tional i'll will, of which there is much too much
already.
The Premier has made clear that he intends
TO enforce the closing order despite an urgent
British appeal thatahe reconsider and withdraw
it. AS result, there is talk now that the
Churchill government may be forced into sever
ing all diplomatic relations with Teheran. Such
move seems too drastic for the present situation
but it is the sort of thing that may well happen
If Dr. Mossadegh keeps on playing with matches.
As matters stand, his conduct, although it may
win him the support of unthinking 1ranians, is
a boon to the Communists who are all for COM
mitting arson against both Iran and the free
world at large.
Evening star., 1952-01-18

the migrants into improvised shelters
in which they sought either life or
death as their individual spirits die
tated.
1t was late November before another
group Of is. consisting Of the more
physically able and led by Stanton and
one William Eddy, ventured again at
the crossing. For more than a month
they labored through intermittent
blizzards. Death took eight more, the
bodies OF some were butchered for eat
ing, before Eddy and the survivors
reached Johnson's ranch, the first out
post OF settlement at the eastern edge Of
the Sacramento Valley.
Between mid-January and mid March
several relief expeditions battled their
way back to the lake area. Only a
few survivors were found in the scat
tired shelters: without exception, each
little group had eaten of human flesh
as the less hardy had died. MANY had
gone mad in their suffering, and there
was evidence that some had died at
the hands Of others. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. George Donner were among the vic
tirns Of cannibalism.
On April %. 1847. almost q year to
the day since the Donner party had left
Springfield. the last survivor was
brought down the westward side of the
mountains. Without minimizing the
hardships Of the streamliner passengers
who emerged tired but neat" after their
ordeal IN the stormy Sierras. their expe-
rience does seem pale beside the horrors
that overlook the Donner wagon train.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Both Sides of the Street

The Fairfax delegation in the Virginia State
Legislature seems to think that Arlington County
wants to have It's cake and eat it too That
there is some justification for this view can
hardly be denied.
In virtually everything but name, Arlington
is city Over the years its legislative delegation
Tor reasons that are quite understandable has
acquired for the county powers that normally
are granted only to cities The result is that as
OF this time Arlington has about all of the powers
OF city except the right to annex territory, to
grant public utility franchises and to issue bonds
without referendum.
Now the Arlington delegation has taken one
more step in the direction of becoming city in
fact but not in name. Senator Fenwick and
Delegates Magruder and Damn have introduced
legislation which would give the county authority
to annex territory. ANY territory to be annexed,
however, would have to come from Fairfax
County. And State Senator John A. K Donovan,
who represents Fairfax in the Legislature, is
taking very dim view of the proposal He
thinks, and says rather tartly, that if Arlington
wants the powers of city 1t should assume the
responsibilities of CITY,
The chances are that Arlington will not
want to do this. since it receives several hundred
thousand dollars year in State aid for roads
while it retains its legal status as county. AS
city it would not get that assistance. But
there is limit to the extent to which both sides
OF the street can be worked. If Arlington now is
casting covetous eyes in the direction of Fairfax
territory 1t can hardly expect Senator Donovan
TO aid and abet such design.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Footnote to History


I read with great interest Edward
Boyktn's article in The Star con-
corning women in American history
who performed heroic acts in encounters
with the Indians.
Mr.. Boykin Is an eminent historian.
but cannot refrain from taking ex-
ception to his inference that Hannah
Dustin Of Haverhill, Mass, performed
her act Of heroism Hilling and SCALP
ing 10 Indians who captured her In
1880 single handed and alone. If MIR.
Boykin will pursue his research he
will find that Hannah Dustin, hav-
ing just few days previously given
birth to child, was accompanied at
all times by her nurse, Mary Corliss
Netf. Too. it was Samuel Lennardson,
another captive, who played a vital role
IN Hannah DuStin's escape Lennard-
son was taught by the Indians how to
kill and scalp-Which knowledge he put
to good use on his captorS.
These are facts, taken from Mirick's
History Of Haverhill. Hannah Dustin
deserves all sympathy possible, but
the heroism should be shared by Mary
Corliss Nef and Samuel Lennardson.
Mary Nef was the first Corliss born
In this country and from all accounts
q very outstanding woman. This Han
nah Dustin exploit" has been sort of a
sensitive affair among the Corlisses, as
we feel too little credit is given Mary
Corliss Neff.
Priscilla Corliss.
Haverhill, Mass.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Gambling to Blame
Observer.

Considering all that has been said
about the fixing of ball games, it is
strange that no one has put his finger
on the point behind the whole furore.
hold no brief for the player who fall
ters in game and throws the victory to
his opponents. That is disgraceful con-
duct. But is 1t vicious? Is it an offense
to society? Should it be made crime?
What is behind all this fuss2 Just
this: Thousands and thousands of men
want to bet on these games. A fx up
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Donner Pass Was Named for Disaster :
By John c. Henry

THE snow-coated ghosts OF one
Of Americas hardest bands of
pioneers were sitting along the right Of
way where bowling Sierra Nevada bliz-
zard trapped the streamlined train City
Of San Francisco with its 226 passengers
and crew for three and half days.
For it was in this area that the Dom
ner Party. an oddly assorted group Of
both sexes and of virtually all ages,
pushing its way westward by wagon
train during the bitter winter Of 1867,
encountered the final horrible stages Of
a fate that recorded the deaths of a.
BY disease, exhaustion, exposure, starva-
ton. murder and cannibalism. Forty
seven others Of the party came down out
Of those mountains, inAsmall groups or
individually, but all brought upon their
bodies or their minds the scars OF
death during life.
The grim story Of the sDonner Party
has long been favorite Of historians
and novelists. One Of its best account
ings is given by Bernard De Voto in ''The
Year of Decision: 1885,
It is q story that is not truly unique
to the Donner Party; all of its dramatic
horror may be found in fragments of the
experiences Of thousands of other Amer
leans, and foreigners, who for one reason
or another fought their way westward
over the trackleSS deserts and mountains
OF this continent in those earlier years.
Even cannibalism was not mark of the
Donner tragedy only. The hazards of
such an undertaking were part Of the
equipment" packed into every one Of
these migrations; whether the risk was
to be taken successfully or unsuccess-
fully depended on chance, weather, skill.
intelligence and character-all inScru-
table 80.
The Donner Party included several
families and many names but was given
its designation because George Donner
was chosen as captain of the ill-fated
expedition. It's number fiuctuated as
individuals Joined or left the group. but
81 were in the band when it finally left
Fort Bridger. Wyo.. on July 81,
lS46. four months after smaller nu-
cleus had left Springfield, Ill. In
cludeds were, about 80 men, about half
as many women. and children as young
as years. Two of the 42 who died were
Indians attempting to, aid the party:
both were shot and eaten, as was the
case with an undetermined number of
others
In the words Of De voto, the Donners
George and his brother Jacob, their
wives and IL children-were well-to-do
people who had already reached the
happy ending of the American success
story before the spring fret came over
them" It was q fret that was tn lead
most Of the family to their death. !.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Police and Rocketeers

Once more we have the unhappy stu.
: alton OF an ex-public official under fire.
refer to the present Investigation in
volving former Police Chief Barrett.
have long contended that the entire Met.
STopohtan Police Department. should un-
dergo thorough overhauling. According
TO testimony submitted. the former chief
j was involved I'm financial transactions
apparently far above his income.
His admission of gifts seems to ann
pity the belief Of many of us that he
took full advantage of his position.
The Star gave public advance notice
Of Barfett's record, when he was up for
appointment. To this writer it was not
so good-he evidently was in with the.
right people. We read of gamblers ac-
tivities in the newspapers almost daily,
Certainly any one with an ounce of COM
mon sense knows there is protection"
from our so-called law. Why not make
the present investigation thorough one
and once and for all clean up our police
department? It is long overdue.
In reference to Commissioner Dono-
hue's defense OF Police Inspector Covell's
acceptance of gifts from gamblers, I
might say that 1t was Mr.. Truman's de-
fense of Gen. Vaughan's acceptance of
just little deep freeze that has now
grown into ten thousand dollar mink
coats for everybody who knew where and
how to get them, at the expense of the
taxpayer.
Citizens of any community should in
siSt that the powers that be summarily
dismiss any public official who accepts
favors from such characters as Abe
PliSco.
If and when citizens insist and get
such action, then and only then will
public officials think twice before accept
ing such favors and the police will have
regained the respect they had earned
under such chiefs as the late Harvey
Callahan.
Observer.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Lincoln and RELIGION

A number of notices have appeared
in the local press indicating that Abra-
ham Lincoln was a member of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Mr..
Lincoln was never a member of any
church and there is irrefutable proof
that he was not believer in Chris
tianity.
Nevertheless. his moral life was such
that any boy or girl could profitably imi-
'@0e A'' A. L. Hayes.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
President DOING His Duty

Mr.. McGovern should accept the post
humous awards to his sons. Remember
the President is doing his duty, even
II no more than that. No matter what
kind Of man he is. he is doing what
he can to honor men who did more
than their duty.