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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-23
"Airman Wants Mail"

Editor, The Citizen:
| was just wondering if every
body in Florida has forgotten us
over in Korea? | am just lonely
airman with our Far East Air
Force somewhere in Korea. So, |
am writing this plea to you for
mail. And | am hoping and pray
ing you will print it, for you see, |
have had no mail in six months
because / have no one to write to.
i vas. thinking maybe if you print
this in your newspaper, some
young lady would like to write to
me.
l am % years old, five feet ten
inches tall and weigh about $50
pounds. l have blue-gray eyes and
dark brown hair. | went to No
ire Dame and like all sports.
My address is:
A-2C Fred Massey,
A. F. 1S379O15,
18th Food Service Sqdn.
APO $40, care Postmaster
San Francisco, Calf.
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HOLLYWOOD
NOTES
BY JAMES BACON
(For Vaeafionins BOB THoMASl


easiest jobs in show business un-
doubtedly is understudy to Janet
Blair in the road company of
South Pacific
Janet this week celebrates her
1,OOOth performance without q
miss as Ensign Nellie Forbush.
Considering that she is pneumo-
MIA bait every time she washes
her hair during the show, that's
quite a record.
l asked her how she liked seeing
the country city by city.
God is testing me-" she says.
There's no one who hates travel
more than l. / love visiting the
various cities and meeting the peo-
pie but l detest the constant pack
ing and un-packing.'
She used to travel by train but
now makes it by car.
Believe me, / know every fill
ing station restroom in the ma
ton"
Rodgers and Hammerstein tell
her she can stay with the show
for ten years. They expect it to
tour that long. The road company
makes millions more than the
Broadway version, often playing
auditoriums filled with 5000 peo-
pie. Janet doesn't think she will
play the show that long, though.
She'd like to get back in pictures
and she admits to a few nibbleS
during the run of the show here.
Il gave up pictures " she says,
because | was always getting
parts where Id be the girl who
said oh. Red in a Red Shelton
picture"
She tried for heavier roles but
always got the stock answer. Too
young or too much the All-Ameri-
can girl type. Then she went back
to Broadway to test for the lead
in Irwin Berlin's Miss Liberty"
At the addition the producers did
cartwheelS. They told her she was
set for the leading part of the
French girl.
Il walked out of the theater and
up Broadway like something out
of B movie" she recalls. Then
| got to my hotel room and the
phone ran. They had reconsidered.
/ was great but too much the
All-American girl type. Sorry"
Janet, in a desperation attempt,
yelled into the phone:
But / can wear bangs"
Sorry"
Next came a call from Holly
wood for a Big Crosby movie. Al
though il had only been months
since she had been told she was
too young. she was turned down
for the Crosby part because some
one decreed she was too old for the
part.
At a theatrical crisis in her life,
she gambled her whole bankrOll
and created her nightclub act with
the Blackburn Twins. II went over
and led to her success in South
Pacific"
Does she ever suffer from com.
parlson with Mary Martin who
created the role?
Mary Martin is Nellie For
bush so / was bound to be com
pared with her at first. Then. too.
we are somewhat alike in person
atty But after a few shows /
decided to stamp my own person
alIty on the part Where the Little
Rock Characterization vas q nat
uraI for Mary. il rang phoney for
ne. / gave the role an Altoona
Pa Interpretation and every.
thing has bee9 fine since
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Editor The Citizen
The predominant argument II
favor Of me establishment ot >
dog track o. Stock Island seems to
be based upon tse self-pFoclziEed
algh standard ot honesty. n;egrl-
~. etc. q the promoters q tins
proposed gambling project Mos
nsdames aho conduct 3 certain
Ype q q f.lC1&6.e enterprise are
Fepute4 . be q Ike integrity. etc,
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Peoples Forum

The Citizen welcomes express
aiOns of the views of its read
ers, but the editor reserves the
right to delete any items which
are considered IibelOus or unwar.
ranted. The writers should be
fair and cORsine the letters to
200 words, and write on one side
OF the paper only. Signature OF
the writer must accompany the
letters and will be published I'M
less requeRted otherwise.
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Leftover cooked peas. snap bens.
or corn are delicious added TO a
green salad. Or they may be mixed
together, Narrated in a savoy
French dressing. drained and serv-
Ed
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Peach fish illlets and serve wits
3 cheese sauce. To make the saucr
tae quick way nelt some pr0ceHed
yellow cheese wllh a Little mix.
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Mesquite trees u the American
Southwest, Ca3.e ard Argentina
can send roa;s 40 10 60 feet doaa
to f.nd WAter.
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bg1 such 4 reputation, even Il cor
reCt. fails 70 elevate the moral
Standard of their business.
A Voter
Evening star., 1952-11-24

Council in 1928 and stayed coun-
Gilman until 1884, when the coun-
Gil named him Mayor to complete
an unexpired term. Then he ran
for the Office and was elected three
times, each term lasting two years.
"I thought I'd take a little time
out so I didn't run again." he
said. Now he's serving again as
stand-in. The man elected to
this term, is overseas and Mayor
Mahaffey is handling the job until
the term ends next summer.
"Brentwood's been very fortu-
nate" he said, we've been able
to meet things as they come. We're
progressive-our outlook is good
We've got some fine commercial
property out here"
If the Mayor is an example of
Brentwood's housing turnover, the
community's citizens don't move
around much. Mr.. Mahaffey moved
to 1908 Webster street in 1926,
and he's been there ever since.
This is another in a series
coperino municipalities OF the
Washington area.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Orange Farmers Jerseys:
Get Production Honor
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

ORANGE, Va, Nov. 24.-Two
registered Jersey cows owned by
T. T. Curtis. Orange farmer. have
received special recognition for
their production records made on
herd improvement registry tests
The tests were made under the
supervision of VPI for the Ameri-
can Jersey Cattle Club, which
awarded the recognition.
One of the cows, Cecil Cherry
of Homewood, produced 1851
pounds of milk containing 485
pounds of butterfat at the age of
2 years and II months.
The other COW, Basil Phoenis of
Homewood. produced 7.493 pounds
of milk containing 479 pounds of
butterfat at the age of 2 years
and months.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Bandit Gets $395
In Cottage City Ho|dup

A holdup man got 1895 from .
Cottage City, Md, filing station
owner last night and escaped after
carefully locking him up.
The victim, Charles Ayers, 26.
imprisoned in a closet containing
a light switch, signaled for help
by fiicking the station lights. Il
was in that closet 30 minutes and
i like to wore my arm out" he
said.
The station is at 1902 Bladens-
burg road. Charles Pincus, who
operates a grill across the street.
spotted the blinking lights, in
vestigated, heard Mr.. Ayers
shouting. kicked the glass out OF
the front door-which the robber
had padlocked-and freed Mr..
Ayers.
Mr.. Ayers said he was held up
about 10 pm. as he was closing
the station. He was in the closet
when a man jammed what felt
like a gun against his back, and
said. Don't turn around. This
is a stickup."
He took Mr.. Ayers wallet con-
tanning the 1895 but overlooked
$85 Mr.. Ayres had in another
pocket.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Truman Hits Religious Skeptics
AsHe Lays Church Cornerstone

President Truman laid the cor
nerstone of the new Westminster
Presbyterian Church sanctuary in
Alexandria yesterday and used the
occasion to scoff at those who say
religion is dying in this country.
"They have not consulted the
statistics. The facts are that the
church memberships are growing. -
But he cautioned church men,
bers about too much satisfaction
in the physical growth of their
religious institutions.
Our churches must keep pace
not only with the changes in our
physical development, but also,
and more Importantly, with our
changing social problems. Our
churches must not become a place
to hide from the facts of the world
about us, nor a mere badge of So
cial respectability. Too often our
churches have been blind to their
most important function, which is
to bring about the application of
religious principles in our daily
lives and in our work. We must
all wage a ceaseleSs war against
injustice in our society. The
churches p particular are a force
which S14dld fight for brother
hood, and decency, and better
lives for all the people"
400 Members Attend.
Some 400 members of the
church, at 2701 Cameron Mills
road. crowded inside a roped-of
area around the platform where
the President was seated. Several
hundred more spectators watched
from the nearby street.
It was a memorable occasion for
the 12-year-old congregation and
its pastor, the Rev. Cliff r.
johnson. Not since President
Evening star., 1952-11-24
After Wreckinq
Stolen New Auto on
Prince Georges Road

Car thieves piled up their "hot"
auto Saturday night. 1t had only
50 miles on the speedometer.
Prince Georges County Police
Pvts. o. w. Weekly and Edward
r. GrysZkiewicZ investigated the
wreck on the George Palmer high
way one mile east of Landover
road. The 1852 Oldsmobile four
door sedan had hit a utility pole
and bounced back onto the road.
Witnesses said two. men had
crawled out of the wreck and left
the scene. -.
The officers cruised down the
highway and spotted two men.
The two scrambled up a steep
bank when the cruiser stopped.
One was caught in a clunnp of
bushes and the other was found
hiding in an auto parked nearby.
They were identified as Craig
C. Killgo, II, colored, of the hoo
block of New Hampshire avenue
NV. and Raymond Bynum, %,
colored, of the 900 block of Second
street NE. They were turned
over to District police, who
charged them with grand larceny
The car was stolen from Pohanka
Service, Inc, 1926 Twentieth
street NV.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Nurse Society Aids
Mother of 2 in Fight
Aooinst Cancer

Now Mrs. M. felt defeated.
After her husbands heart
attack, she had gone to work.
She had kept the family fed,
the twins in school. The In
structive Visiting Nurse So
ciety was giving nursing care
to her husband but she had
done the rest herself.
Now the doctor had told
her why she was so tired, why
the pain wouldn't go away.
She had cancer.
But she wasn't defeated.
The IVNS nurse called Fam
lily and Child Services. A
staff worker is arranging her
disqualification through Hos
pital Service Agency. planning
for care of the twins. IVNS
is continuing to nurse her
husband. Three Red Feather
agencies have Joined forces to
keep Mrs. Ms family to-
gether.
Helping families to help
themselves costs money.
That's why the Community
Chest-USO campaign must
reach its goal. When you are
asked to give, remember
Mrs. M.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
W&L Seminar 10 Study
Problems Of PUBLISHING
Special Dispoteh TO The Star

LEXINGTON, Va, Nov. a.
Problems Of newspaper publishing
in face of continually rising costs
will be studied during a two-day
seminar on newspaper manage
ment at Washington and Lee
University beginning tomorrow.
Sponsored by the Lee Memorial
Journalism Foundation, the SEM
mar will bring experts in the field
of management, labor and taxa
ton to meet with students and
young executives on Virginia news
papers.
o. w. Riegel, director of the
Lee journalism school, said the
seminar results from an increasing
interest in management problems
by journalism students. In addi-
tion, he said, many young news
paper executives have requested
special guidance in this field.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
ST. Martin S Church
Marks Anniversary

More than 800 parishioners OF
st. Martins Catholic Church cele-
brated the parish's 5Oth anniver-
Sary yesterday at the church
North Capitol and T streets NV
The anniversary actually was last
year, but the parish postponed the
observance. The first mass in st.
Martins Parish with 81 persons
present was offered September Is,
1901.
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'5oyle. Archbishop of Washing
ton. presided at a solemn high
mass yesterday. Celebrant was the
Rev. Louis F. Miltenberger, pastor
OF st. Martins Church.
The key to the success Of St.
Martins Parish is charity, the
Rev. Anthony Pohle of Catholic
University told the gathering
Father Pohle. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Pohle. was raised in the
parish and is a graduate of the
church school there.
Three persons who attended the
first mass were present yesterday
They are Mrs. Emma Pairo, 80,
widow of DR.. William Pairo, we'll
known Washington physician; her
daughter, Mrs. John w. Oehmann,
wife of Brig. Gen. Oehman, U. S.
A., retired, former District En-
gineer Commissioner and Mrs.
Thomas Crowell.
Archbishop O'Boyle confirmed
173 children of the parish at an
afternoon service. The Rev. Alfred
Neff. of Catholic University. de-
livered the sermon.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Virginia Woman Held
AS Slayer Of Husband;
Domestic Rift Blamed
BY the Assoeiofed Press

SCOTTSVILLE. Va, Nov. a.
An accumulation Of domestic diff
f1culties was given by police today
as the reason for the Staying of
a 48-year- -old insurance agent who
was shot through the heart yes
terday.
Mrs. Ethel r. Carroll, about 48,
was jailed on a murder charge in
the shotgun shooting of her hus-
band, Sizer Eugene Carroll.
Sheriff w. S. Cook of Albemarle
County said she admitted firing
two shots at Carroll, local agent
for the Peoples Life Insurance Co.
of Charlottesville.
She was quoted by Sheriff Cook
as saying the shooting climaxed
several months" of strained re-
lations between the couple, who
are the parents of a 28-year-old
son.
OF the two shots, only one
struck Mr.. Carroll. The other
ripped through a dining room win
dow of the CAROLS two-story
brick house on the outskirts of
Scottsville.
Sheriff Cook said Mrs. Carroll
told him she and her husband had
not quarrelled Immediately before
the shooting.
A preliminary hearing for Mrs.
Carroll was set for Wednesday.
She was detained in the county
jail at Charlottesville.
Evening star., 1952-11-24

from the campaign, will send a
representative to Wednesdays
meeting to receive an award.
Jeffrey Georgeson, 10-year-old
cub scout of 1851 HALEY terrace
Sc, will receive an "Oscarette"
for the work he and fellow scouts
have done in the fund drive.
Under the direction of Mrs. Har-
vey Anderson, who acts as mother
to Cub Scout Den No. of Pack
ga, the boys began their training
in community responsibility by
volunteering to solicit for the
campaign.
Eight other groups who have
aided the work of the Special
Solicitations CResidentiaD unit
will also be given "Oscarettes."
They are American Legion Auxil.
iary, Department of Church Wom-
en- of the Federation of Churches.
Camp Fire Girls, Christ Child
Society, Florence Crittenton Home.
Girl Scouts, the Jewish Com
Council and the Junior
League.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Westinghouse Students
Plan Firefiqhters' Club

Formation of a firefighters' club
for students at Washington Lee
High School in Arlington will be
completed at q meeting Thursday
when officers of the new club will
be elected.
The club has the backing of
County Fire Chief A. c. Scheffel
who has appointed Joseph Glenn
ents, drill master of the fire de-
partment, as an adviser.
. Club members will be given
first aid training this winter in
addition to training in the use of
f1refighting equipment in the
school building. Next spring the
students will undergo the same
training program which all county
volunteer firemen are given. It
was announced that an extra fire
truck, which is held in reserve in
Arlington, will be used in training
the students as well as in county
parades.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Sherwood Signed 70 Write
Nine Plays for Te|evision
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Play-
wright Robert E. Sherwood has
signed a contract with the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. to write
nine original television plays. NBC
said last night.
Mr.. Sherwood, winner of three
Pulitzer prizes for plays and one
for a biography, will receive con-
tract fee in six figures, exclusive
of future royalties, NBC said. He
also will retain movie and stage
rights to the nine plays.
The New York Times described
the five-figures fee per script as
the highest on record in TV and
radio. compared with a compen-
sation in four figures previously
paid for a single script.
The contract, effective January
/, provides that Sherwood produce
one hour-long play each four
months. the first to be broadcast
in the spring.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Arlington Leads
State in Size Of
Median Income
Population Increased
1875 Per Cent Over
1e40, Report Shows

Arlington County, with q 1850
population of 1876, ,449-an increase
of 1878 per cent over 1910
showed the highest median in
come of any Virginia county, the
Census Bureau said today.
Hobert A. Yerkey, the bureaus
district supervisor here, said the
median income in 1949 of fam
lilies and unrelated individuals
was $4.580.
In releasing final 1850 figures
for the county, Mr.. Yerkey ex-
planned its population included
128,780 whites, 6,517 Negroes and
152 persons of other races. The
1910 population was 5000.
Males numbered IS, BAL and fe-
males 69,608. The median age of
the population was 80 years, while
per cent were IS years and over,
the report said. The number of
children under 5 years old was
17,195. Persons 81 and over to-
IaleQ VI 40.
Among the 36,155 married cou-
Piles living together, 34,385 lived
in non-Shared households, while
Ito were sharing the households
Of others, the report showed. The
total number of households was
40,265. and the average number
Of persons per household was 3.19.
The labor force of persons IA
years old and over totaled 64,915
1916 per cent of the males and
40.8 per cent of the females in
this age group. Engaged in manu-
featuring were So per cent of en-
ployed WORKERS.
The report pointed out that of
persons IA to II years of age, Sc
per cent were in school. In the
Z to 13 year group. 97.3 per cent
We're in school. The median years
OF school completed by persons
25 years and over was 1877. the
report asserted.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Policeman Rejects
Bribe Offer, Arrests
Men Dumping Trash

Prince Georges County Police
Pvt. York Flynn, jr., yesterday
passed up a chance to pick up an
easy SIS. Instead he picked up the
man he says offered it to him.
Pvt. Flynn was patroling Sheriff
road extended. about a mile east
of the George Palmer highway,
and saw five men dumping trash
off a truck beside the road. He
stopped and ordered them to put
all of it back on the truck.
Offered Inducement.
"They asked me to give them a
break and forget about it," he
said. He refused. Then their
boss. the officer said, suggested:
Suppose I give you SIS and we
forget the whole thing"
Pvt. Flynn said: Don't you
know that's bribery?" He said the
man told him: Eyes, but can't you
be reasonable? No one would ever
find out about it." and pressed
five ones upon him.
Listed Serial Numbers.
So the policeman took it, he
said. and started listing the bills
serial numbers.
you're not really going to
charge me with bribery, are you?"
the man said.
"Yep," his captor said.
The man, Lloyd S. Lyles, %,
colored, of the 100 block of Quincy
street NV. was booked for at
tempted bribery and also for
dumping trash near a public high
way. His bond cost 100 times what
Pvt. Flynn says the man first Of
fered.
Pvt. Finn also brought in Lyles'
four companions, who were later
released. Since he hauled them
all in, nobody was left to clean
up the trash. It's still on the
highway.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
tobacco Pact Voted
Extension in VIRGINIA
By the Associofed Press

RICHMOND, Nov. "a. - Vir-
ginia's hurley and sun-cured to-
bacco growers have approved
marketing quotas for another
three years.
In referenda among growers OF
both types yesterday, incomplete
returns showed an Overwhelming
victory for the Government
quota program.
The sun-cured vote was 1867
for three-year continuance, 80 fol
one-year continuance and Is
against. . .....
The hurley vote was 2,730 fol
three years, 80 for one year anc
az against.
In order to be effective, the
quota program must be approved
by a two-thirds majority.
The quota program on SUM-
cured tobacco has been in effect
three years.
With the renewal of quotas
farmers will plant their 1858
crop under acreage allotments.
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Penny Arcade Manager
And Bus Driver Robbed

A bandit robbed an amusement
arcade manager of $3.50 last night
wrapped an apron around the vic.
TINS head and then fed.
Harry j. Vlahakis, 63, Of 1897
Park road NV. told police ths
holdup man entered the arcade al
419 Ninth street NV. while Mr.
Vlahakis was in a back room re.
pairing some equipment.
He took a bank envelope con.
tanning $3.50 and then took an
other $50 from the managers
pockets. The bandit then took ar
apron and wrapped it tightly
around Mr.. Vlahakis' head. Mr.
Vlahakis said the holdup man was
of medium size, about Is years old
and wore a light raincoat and light
gray trousers.
In another. stickup last night, q
man took $85 from a Capt.
tai Transit Co. bus driver at Mich
OILS avenue and Joliet street NV
The driver, Raymond F. Tippen
"a, of 315 New Jersey avenue S.E.
said the man pulled a revolver as
the driver started to make change
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Glenn 10 Speak
ToChest-US0
Final Meeting
Leaders Hope New
Donations Will
Put Drive Over

DR.. c. Leslie Glenn. pastor Of
St. Johns Episcopal Church, win
speak at the final meeting of the
Community Chest-USO campaign
at 1920 pm. Wednesday in the
Washington Hotel.
Chest leaders are hoping that
new donations to be reported
Wednesday will carry the drive
over the top. The latest figures,
compiled last Thursday, showed
collections still short of this
years $4.150.000 goal. Total con.
tributions were then $780, .673.34.
Ia little more than IS per cent Of
the goal.
About 250.00O Washington area
residents have not contributed
this year, according to Campaign
Chairman Herbert c. Blunck. He
added that many of these resi-
dents have probably not yet been
contacted.
The Boy Scouts, one of the 102
Red Feather agencies that benefit
Evening star., 1952-11-24
Two Children Die as Stove
ExpIodes and Burns Home
BY the Associoted Press

MART1NSVILLE, Va, Nov.
24.-Two young children died in
an explosion and flash fire that
destroyed their one-story frame
home here yesterday.
They were Diane Charline
Hodges, 20 months, and Barbara
Janice Hodges. 3, daughters of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hodges.
The parents, three sisters and a
brother of the victims, escaped
from the house without injury.
Sheriff Morton Prillaman quoted
Mr.. Hodges as saying he arose
about Z am. and went to the
kitchen to build a fire. While he
put kindling in the stove, Diane
and Barbara entered the room.
Mr.. Hodges then picked up a
can Of oil and poured it into the
stove. When he struck a match
to start the fire, there was a blast
and he was knocked unconscious
momentarily. When he looked
around his two children had be-
come human torches"