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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27
Aboard Carrier

Donald E. Smith, airman, U. S.
Navy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John R.
Smith, Smithsburg, recently par
ticipated in training exercises in
the Caribbean Area aboard the at
tack carrier USS Tarawa.
The Tarawa is scheduled to re-
turn to the United States in time for
the Christmas holidays.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27

If you are not kind, you are the
wrong kind.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-11-27

Looking ahead is good way tt
keep from falling behind"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09

from other parts. There is sonae-
thing little renulsive about a hea-
Wy scaly lump Stimulating the end
of shark or a barracuda in Place
of lady's normal underpinnings.
aversion to the mythical creature
because when he said he saw one
in 1914. her eyes were too round.
her finely shaped nose too short,
and her well-formed ears too long.
And then, of course, Mr.. Shay
takes up sea serpents and water.
spouts, witches who can tell the
weather a ship viii meet, and the
omens and superstitoins of the sea.
His section on weather lore is
written mostly in a series of short
maxims and verse easy for the sea-
man to remember. When as much
tiue is seen in the sky as viii make
a Dutchman pair Of pants. the
weather win be clear. Mackerel
sky, mackerel sky, never long wet
and never long dry. And sea gull.
sea gull, sit on the sand, it's never
fair weather while you're on the
land.
He then goes on to describe the
ship itself. its personality. the COM
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09
Urged To Tell
Story OF Group

LAKELAND lR - Co-operatives
should tell All Clubs, FLA mem
bers and others Of the coming
generation more about their part
in the American business system,
the president Of the American In
stitute of Cooperation advised.
Although many people think of
co-operatives in terms of farm
groups, actually they are among
the smallest of co-operatives, said
J. X. Stern. He pointed to certain
big insurance companies as the
giants of u. S. Co-operatives.
Stern spoke at cooperative
conference attended by about $50
coop leaders. The 2-day meeting
ends today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09

Il I1f11 % 1JOZ
For State Representative
BERNIE C. PAPY
For Reelection"
For State Representative
]. Y. PORTER
For Stale Attorney
HELLO (MONI) GOMEZ
For State Attorney
]. LANCELOT LESTER
For Clerk of Circuit Court
EARL II. ADAMS
For County fudge
HILARY u. ALBURY
Fox County Judge
RAYMOND II. LORD
For County Tax Assessor
FRED ]. DION
ron County Tax Asssssor
CLAUDE a. CANDOLFO
For He Election
For County Tax Collector
GEORGE G. GOMEZ
For County Tax Collector
HOWARD E. WILSON
For Re Elecfionj
For Shsriff
LOUIS M. j. EISNER
For Sheriff
JOHN M. SPOTTSWOOD
For Clerk Of the Criminal Court
C. SAM b. CURRY
For Clerk Of Criminal Court
HARRY DONCO
For County Commissioner
JOE ALLEN
First District
For County Commissioner
]. nj. FERNANDEZ, JR.
JOE"
First District
For County Commissioner
CLARENCE s. HICCS
Third District
For County Commissicnsr
Third District
CHARLES w. WELLS
For County Commissioners
Fifth District
HARRY HARRIS
For County Commissioner
Fifth District
MILTON o. PEACOCK
For Juvenile Judge
EVA WARNER GIBSON
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For Member School Board
GERALD III. ADAMS
Second District
For Member Of School Board
VIM. BILLY FREEMAN
Second District
For Member School Board
JULIO CABANAS, JR.
For Reelection
Fourth District
For School Board
HI. EARL DUNCAN
Fourth District
For Justice ii The Peace
IRA F. ALRURY
First District
Fer Reelection
Fer Justice Of tho psaes
JAMES
IICHTBOURN FORT
Second District
Fer Justice Of the Peace
Second District
ROY HAMLIN
For Reelection
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09
Key Books
BY a. de 7. cinsras

CA SAILORS TREASURY Ey
Frank Shay, Collection Of Myths,
Legends, and Other Sea Lore, w.
w. Norton Publishing Co., 1876 pa
ges.l
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09
"A Letter From
BILL LANTAFr
Dear Neighbor:

Dear Neighbor:
The number one question in the
mind Of the American taxpayer
today is. What steps are being
taken to curb needless spending?"
Wen, ! can assure you that steps
are being taken. In fact, commit
tee, Of which ! am a member, re-
Gently completed an investigation
Of the existing facilities and those
programmed for Construction at
Andrews Air Force Base. ten miles
from Washington.
What were our findings? We
found inadequate planning, admin
strative bungling, uneconomical
and unsound construction policies.
We found that a "comkedy of err
rorso had mushroomed an $50, 200
authorization and appropriation for
. bachelor officers quarters into a
SIT, 600 expenditure at this base.
Why? The Army Engineers, who
supervise the construction for the
Air Force, misinterpreted a mem
orandum which resulted in the En-
gineers obtaining bids on build
ing twice the size of the one pro-
gramrned. Although the Air Force
was aware of this mistake before
the contract was awarded they in
structed the Engineers to proceed
with the larger building.
This wasn't the end to the bungl-
ing. The cost was further increased
So, 200 because an underground
stream was encountered while ex-
cavating for the basement. No site
studies had been made by the en-
gineers. Another 81 900 was added
to the cost in order to complete
the building in go days rather than
so.
Now, this is one building at one
base. Multiply that by the thou
sands and you can readily see what
It means to the taxpayer: Unques-
tionably, we must provide sound,
strong national defense, but we
must. also. insure that we get a
dollars worth Of defense for every
tax dollar expended.
What was the result Of our COM
mittee's findings? We recommend
ed that the Congress take away
over four million dollars in funds
already made available to the Air
Force for the construction and adj
monished the Air Force mot to
bite off more than it could chew. .
Sincerely yours,
BILL LANTAFF.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09

10y 1t keeps m It's crew and orn.
GERS. and its customs and tradi.
tons And Mr.. Shay ends his de-
ligltful book with about ferty pa.
ges Of salty speech, including de-
ffnitions for such fascinating word
as barnacle backs, baldheaded
schooners, bluewater men. dandy
funk, .jibher the kibber, mitten mo.
ney, scuttle butt. and swivel.eyeds
which apparently applies to shore
girl with rowing eye.
And just in case any prospective
reader might shunt his hook aside
as a collection of yesterdays sup
erstitions. he has this anonymous
warning to repeat:
When a land forgets its legends,
Sees but faisehoods in the past,
When a nation views its sires
In the light of fools and liars
It's sign of its decline.
And its glories cannot last.
Branches that blight their roost
Yield no sap for lasting roots.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09

". ANO&tou uHiio1itiS W. 400 ia
ges.
Man living on the land has
sought release from the inadequa-
cies of his current existence in
dreams of lush utopias and golden
cities beyond the next hin. The sal
lor has seen his paradise in bles-
sed isles little beyond the ships
bow.
While he is at sea the sailor S
imagination is nourished on hori-
IONS and distances. And on this
fare, his favorite island is the Isle
Of the Amazon Women where all
the inhabitants are young, tall,
beautiful and very loving. and well
come the intimate companionship
of all males, especially sailors. Au-
thor Shay claims even Columbus on
his homeward passage in 1893 in
tended to visit the isle and bring
five or six of the women to his So
vereigns, but the Nina and the Pin
Ia started acting up and he thought
the delay would be dangerous.
st. Brandon's Isle was another
favorite, an island inhabited by
twenty four monks and its chic. al.
traction, heavenly peace. This
according to Mr.. Shay, is one D
the most singular and persistent II
luSions on record.
And out of the storms and tho
bowling winds still other isles werf
Torn. Before they were actual,
seen by sailors, the Bermuda
were called the Isles of the Devils
They were purported to be inha
bited by witches and devils be
cause of the wild thunder storms
and tempests near their coast. And
then there was the island of Sa-
tan's Hand that rose out of the Sea
of Darkness in fogs and dirty
weather and in the night.
And Author Shay has LOT to say
about seeing things at sea. He tells
the familiar legend of the Flying
Dutchman, and about a lot Of spe-
cial American ghost ships which
haunt the harbors of New England
and the Atlantic coast ports. He
then goes on to mermaids, but in
dicates that American seamen new
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09
COMPULSORY AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

Governor Thomas E. Dewey recently signed q bill
which authorizes state Of uninsured drivers in
New York The bill may lead to decision whether the
Dewey Administration in New York will press for enact
ment Of compulsory insurance law for all automobile
owners.
New York State Is not the first, q pioneer,
state take up this serious problem Various states have
variety Of laws and the trend
to be toward greater nssence the part of State
that drivers be either bonded insured against
losses they might infct on other people property.
There Is, of course, much opposition to the proposal
for mandatory driverresponsiblity law Many drivers
say they do want to take out insurance have had
accident and that safe drivers under mandatory laws
will havesto pay premiums for insurance which will
be needed The faacy in this argument is the mount
ing death list every major national highway. Often
those involved most careful drivers.
Is the careless drivers the law is designed to make
responsible In making them responsible the law will pro-
tect the safe drivers well other careless drivers
While 1t may be true that lifelong careful drivers
who have had accident may not need driver-n-
surance much careless drivers, nevertheless
true that all drivers subject to sun and light blind
heart attack and other sudden physical failures and
many other human failures, which mortal man cannot
control Thus there Is good argument for compulsory
automobile insurance among a citizens Some few states
have lead the in this vital modern-day problem but
In too many states there is complete lack of driverre
sponsibility
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09

Slater Martin. pint-sized basket
ball star of the Minneapolis
Lakers in the MIA, prefers to be
called" Dugan" instead of Slater.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09

You can still make many friends by speaking nicely
about people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09

We sometimes think that the world would be better
off II there was q moratorium on advice.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09

There those who expect to get to Heaven by tell
Ing others they are going to He'll
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-09

Isn't,it funny how women spend so much time
beauty treatments?
Evening star., 1952-12-18
By LiIIion Cox Athey

Ipebbles and woodcoals. The Span.
ish Californians also took a gas
tronomic interest in the fruit. The
fruit is cooked in hot water
strained through a sieve, wrapped
in a hot cloth, squeezed dry and
served with sugar. The other name
for the shrub, toyon, is often men
toned when a housewife speaks
of making toyon pudding fol
Christmas.
If you receive gift Of berry
laden branches for Christmas, be
sure to cook the berries and see
what delightful dish you have
Be sure you know the difference
between the Christmas-berry and
the holly-leaf cherry Prunus
ilicifolia), glossy, spiny-leafee
shrub that really resembles the true
holly in its prickly leaves and rec
berries. In California this shrut
really does serve at Christmas. II
lis made into beautiful wreath.
combined with the berries o.
lphotinia. This plant is found or
the chaparral slopes as well as the
valley lands. It's crimson cherrie.
/ Of good size are ripe In lats
autumn. Its leaves remain green
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Natures ChiIdre
Christmas Berry

In California the Christmas
berry is handsome shrub. Friends
back East are delighted to re-
ceive a box Of branches to decorate
their homes at Christmas. The
dark glossy leaves are exceptionally
clean and the abundance of bright
red berries gives the idea of holly,
which the plant is not.
In 1892 Archibald Menzies, in
the vicinity of what is San Fran
cisco, came upon these colorful
shrubs and made his plans to ship
some to Britain. Here they lived
but did not flourish. It is a plant
native only to California.
During the Yule season hun
|dreds troop to the hills to bring
back armloads Of branches. They
are restricted by law to take only SC
much. Pruning. even without clip
ipers, if done with discretion, bene-
Ifits the shrub as the following
|afauent year viii prove.
The rather acid berries are
edible In q way. The bush is re-
lated to the apple, peach and plum
The Indians are very fond Of them
harvesting the fruit, which they
toss about in o basket with hot
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Answer to PoRCINE.

peon. pier, pincer. pine. pore. pone. prone
price, prince, once. open, opine. rein.
rice. ripen. rope. COPPER. coin, corn. core
cope. cone. crop. crone. icer. icon, iron.
nice. epic.
Evening star., 1952-12-18

@. Our class would like to have
the origin and correct pronuncia-
ton Of the word parliament
T. T.
A. First, the pronunciation. We
hear the word on radio and TV
frequently pronounced "PAHR-
lee-uh-m'nt," or "PAHR-luh-m'nt. .
The original word was the old
French parlement, "a speaking
an assemblage for considering and
carrying out royal edicts." Parle-
ment stems in the French verb
parler, ito speak"
Now, when the old French parle-
ment entered Middle English II
retained the French spelling, but
the Anglo Saxon tongues Of the
English were quite incapable OF
giving the word the French pro-
nunciation; therefore they called
lit "PAHR-luh-mn't."
Middle English scholars, how
ever, were eternally tinkering with
English in order to Latinize 1t as
much as possible. They changed
the spelling of parlement, there
fore, to parliament. But they die
not succeed in changing the pro-
nunciation; people kept right or
pronouncing it PAHR- -luh-mn't t
which is the correct English pro-
nunciation to this day.
Now let us return to the origi-
Evening star., 1952-12-18

Iaround the pirates waist and hele
his dagger at the pirates throat
Give up!" cried the Prince. "Ol
Idie!"
He Was Helpless.
The pirate could not strike be.
hind him with the sword. HI
could not duck away. He wa.
helpless. He threw his sword tt
the deck and burst into tears.
How the Santa folk cheered
They bandaged Jonathan's wounds
and called him a hero. Santa
smiled down at the defeated cap.
tain who sat weeping on the deck
why cry?" asked Santa. "Yor
have lived to fight another day.
II shall never fight again,
moaned the captain. For have
lost my bangs and have lost my
hair. Without them I am a joke
and will be laughed at by all the
IpirateS on the seven seas"
Truly he made a sad picture
with his Shorn hair. Never agair
would the mere sight of hin
brighten all who saw him.
THE boy might as we'll have
struck me through the heart" sale
the captain. For I have no othel
way to make my living except by
Ipiracy."
Santa said, eve could use yol
in Santa Land"
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Take Nv Word for 1t n nf'e"t Colt,

NAL word, the French verb parler.
which is pronounced: par-lay.
From parler we have the English
words parley, "a discussion" and
parlor, originally "a room for con-
Iversation." r.
It is interesting to note that.
while such words as conversation,
discourse, discussion, lecture, re-
cite, are from the French, we did
not borrow the French verb par
ley, ito speak," for our speaking
words. Our two words, talk and
speak, are Germanic in origin.
When radio broadcasting began
we borrowed the French word an
nonceur. which became our word
announcer. The French borrowed
our word speaker, and call the
radio announcer le speaker, pro-
nounced: luh spee-ker'.
distributed by McNausht Syndicate. Incl
Evening star., 1952-12-18

| What could I do?" shifted the
captain.
Captain LOnghair Beamed.
"You would be in charge of
pirate boys-pirate stories. pirs,
costumes, pirate flags and pirate
weapons. We get a great many
requests for such things at Christ
mas time"
Capt. Longhair beamed. I'll
do a good job!" he cried.
But the captains men scoffed
Iat such a future. please. your
majesty" they said to the Prince
Wed like to serve you the rest
of our days."
But am not a pirate!" ex-
claimed Jonathan.
Then we will serve you in the
Kings navy, replied the men.
And so it was agreed. But while
men and brownies worked to clean
THE rubber from the reformed pi-
rates, Prince Jonathan stared
mournfully at the spot where the
pirate treasure had fallen to the
bottom of the sea.
He thought, There's be no such
thing as a Kings navy and more
For it's three days until Christmas
and Fairvania is doomed"
Next: Homeward BOund.)
Evening star., 1952-12-18
By Lucrece Hudeins Beole
CHAPTER XIV

Prince Jonathan leaped to the
Geek of the ship. Capt. Longhail
Advanced slowly toward MIN. He
drove his long and deadly sword
again and again at the heart OF
the Prince. But each time the boy
danced away.
The pirates and Santa Land
folk watched the duel with anx-
ious hearts. They knew that the
fate of them all depended on the
winner.
Prince Jonathan darted tire
leSsly around the captain. When
ever the pirate thrust his sword
the Prince leaped aside and lashed
out with his own short dagger at
the pirate.
But it was a hopeless fight. Capt
Longhair had fought hundreds
of duels. This was the first
the Prince had fought. Twice the
captain scratched the boys cheeks
and once his sword ripped the
boys shirt from his back.
He Could Not Escape.
Steadily the pirate pressed for
ward until the Prince was backed
against the mast. He twisted from
side to side but he could not
escape the pirate.
Now 1 have you" cried Capt.
Longhair.
But at this moment a gust of
wind blew across the deck. 1t
swept the pirates long, red hair
across his eyes. He lifted his
hands to brush the hair away. In
that moment Prince Jonathan
lunged forward and with one des-
perate slash cut eight inches from
the pirates long, red bangs.
Capt. Longhair howled with
anger. Prince Jonathan darted
under his arm and raced across
the deck. When he reached the
cabin he turned with his back to
the wall and faced the charging
pirateG
But as the captain gave a
mighty thrust the Prince ducked
and the sword stuck deep in the
wood of the cabin. AS Longhair
struggled to free his sword the
boy reached out and slashed the
long, red hair from the pirates
head.
Longhair freed his sword but at
this moment the Prince leaped on
his back. He wrapped his legs
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Contract Bridge

BY Eosley blockwooo
It wasn't the opening lead, but
the second lead, made by Miss
Brash, which guaranteed the down.
fall of this contract.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mr AbeD
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%A1O9872
Mrs. Keen)
WEST EAST
miss Brash) (Mr. Masters)
A1O975 AKQ32
VA1O8632 VQ7
DJ10 19862
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SOUTH
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%QJ3
The bidding:
South West North East
/ diamond heart clubs Pass
3NT All pass
The opening was the six of
hearts and Mr.. Masters put up
the queen. Mrs. Keen let this hold
on the chance that Miss Brash
had started with six cards in the
suit. Mr.. Masters returned heart
and the jack lost to Miss Brash's
ace.
At this point it was clear to Miss
Brash that another heart lead
would set up the balance of her
suit. But what purpose would that
serve? The closest thing she had
to an entry was the jack Of de
monds.
She decided that if the contract
could be set at all. it would have
to be Mr.. Masters cards that would
do the job. What to lead, then, at
the third trick?
From the looks of dummy's clubs
1t appears that club lead would
only help Mrs. Keen. AS to dia-
monds, Mrs. Keen had bid that suit
and there was a supporting honor
on the board.
That left only the spade suit. If
Mrs. Keen had two of the top
spade honors it was unlikely that
the contract could be defeated. In
any case a spade looked like the
best shot.
So out came the ten of spades
The Jack went on from dummy,
Mr.. Masters played the queen and
was permitted to win. He returned
q low spade and again Mrs. Keen
ducked. She won the spade contin-
uation and now everything de-
pended on the club suit.
Apparently there was an excel
lent chance that the king of clubs
was in Miss BraSh'S hand, as she
had overcalled with no high honors
in spades and diamonds and only
the ace in hearts. But such reason
ing doesn't apply to Miss Brash.
She doesn't need much to overcall.
Mrs. Keen took the club f1nesse
and Mr.. Masters won with the king
and cashed another spade trick
for down two.
Note that if Miss Brash had
woodenly returned a heart at trick
three, Mrs. Keen would have had
plenty of time to set her clubs
while she still had a spade stopper
(Copyright, 1852, General Features corp)
Evening star., 1952-12-18
FootbuII Field Mined

A football club at Molde. Nor
way, which attracts more than
Il 900 people to it's weekly games.
has been informed that its field
lis on an uncharted mineheld Of
the last war. An official Nazi map
has been found which indicates
There are still II live landmines
In that area. A..
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Santa and the Pirates

Synopsis: The pirates in the sea
swim toward the pirate ship. They try
to get on board but Tweedleknees won't
let them. Suddenly the whole pirate
band Chamber over the rail The elves.
who have loaded the pirates cannon
with their rubbery material fire, and
the pirates all stick together, except
Capt. Longhalr. He starts a duel with
Prince Jonathan.
Evening star., 1952-12-18
Come
Find 30 or more words in
PLAYER,

meaning. IAN idler, a gambler" "
Average is 81; limit, Is minutes.
Rules-Words must be of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition of IS" such as bats
cats" are not used. Only one form Of q
word is used. Proper names are not used.
A list will be published tomorrow.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-03-14

for SIS to the Holy Fathers Mis-
sions saved by the husband re-
pairing the plumbing A Ros-
airy is a better cure for insom-
MIA than sleeping pills and cheap
per too, if you send a 81 offer
ing with your request for the
World Mission Rosary which has
enclosed an explanation of the
five missionary continents
Two Sisters of the Sacred Heart
have just flown into the heart
of the Sahara Desert to open a
house of contemplation near
where their founder Pere de
Foucauld was murdered after ten
years of solitude. We believe
the contemplative communities
will do as much to effect the
conversion of the East as the
active missionaries, for the East
already loves contemplation. -.
Our Blessed Mother at Cana in
duced here Divine Son to begin
at that particular time His Royal
Road TO the Cross. May she in
spire you to sacrifices to spread
faith in Him.