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Evening star., 1953-03-20

WAITRESS WANTED
At Del Rio restaurant. Charlotte
Hall. Md. Mechanicsville 1O3-F-1 3.
Experience unnecessary: good sal
cry and tips; room and board free.
Evening star., 1953-03-20
Apply to Mrs. Suttle
CLERK-TYPIST
1921 F ST. NV.

The Evening Star has an opening ir
the classified advertising depart.
ment. An opportunity for an &C.
curate typist, with a good teiephon,
voice, who. is capable and would en-.
Joy rendering service to customers b.
telephone. The hours are 4 dayi
week; | pm. to $3.50 pm. and Sat.
sonnel once, Room sos. Open Mon
Cnrough Fri, $40 am. to 8 pm
ana Sat. am. to / pm.
THE EVENING STAR
1101 Pa. Ave. NV.
Evening star., 1953-03-20
Real Estate Statesmen

Three active men or women for large
Falls Church office with big devel-
opment.. Plenty Of brokerage. Must
have late-model car; work full time.
Experience not necessary.
CROWN REALTY, INC.
Evening star., 1953-03-20

CanVaSSerS-Leadmen
Full or part time, to sell amazing
new Hollywood plastic wall tile
Live wires can make up to $20C
per wk. Do not phone. Apply bet
g and -. Wkdys. PUBLIC SERV.
ICE CONTRACTORS. INC, 4304
GeorRia ave NV -25
Evening star., 1953-03-20
BOOKKEEPER

Experienced bookkeeper for real
estate once; 6-day week; pleasant,
congenial ONCE. Please state expert
ence for last years, age, family and
salary requirements. Box 335-B,
Star %
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-28

Dog Track
! am waiting anxiouSly to see
the Key West Kennel Club hold
its first ract. The track should pro-
vide Key Westers and tourists with
clean entertainment that is much
more decent than other types of
sport. 1t might also tend to cleanse
their minds of blood and gore
which they so often demand in
sporting events.
As a whole, our population is not
too far removed from the old Ro-
man days when gladiatorS murder
ed each other to the delight of
spectators, when captiveS were pit
ted against savage beasts and the
arena had to be constantly sprinkl-
ed with sand to cover puddleS of
blood.
Prize fights, football, auto racing,
etc., have their chief appeal to the
public because of the violence they
display the blood and broken
bones that the public thrillingly
hope to see. Even an air show isn't
attended in order to see good fly
ing or new type planes but with a
secret, probably unknown. hope of
witnessing death or narrow eS-
capeS.
I'm wondering if the people are
willing to accept a clean-cut sport
where dogs are allowed to follow
their natural instinct of chasing a
rabbit? The paying spectator has
become used to the brutalitieS of
other sports and would probably
prefer that a live rabbit be used
so that they would see it torn to
pieces. Or maybe they would like
trap-holes placed around the track
so that unwary dogs would fall
and break leg!
One thing is sure if Sheriff
SpotSwood does his job and keeps
riffraff out of the County, the dog
track should provide us with the
highest type of entertainment we
have ever had : type that doesn't
fill our minds with the subjects of
violence, sex, and crime. Maybe
some of the good people who at
tend murderous cock fights every
Sunday will find pleasure in the
milder dog races, who knows?
Commercial Airlines
Those of us who think the Ko-
rean war is long way off should
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-28
Stun Eradication Recipe Is
Outlined In Baltimore Plan

When Cook joined the health de.
partment II years ago, he was the
lone Inspector in search Of SUBJ
standard housing. Today, his hu-
reau has 40 full-time inspectors, an
educational director, assistant di.
rectors for public information,
housing law enforcement and
others.
Cook began his block-by-block
program in 1945.
Today, some 80 complets
blocks, made up Of 5000 dwelling
units, have been rchabilitated.
Dark, rat-infested back yards
and alleys were turned into sunny
garden and play areas. Houses
once deteriorating for lack Of care
we're cleaned and made structural.
ly sound. New wiring and plumb.
ing was installed.
Schools in the neighborhood CO.
operated by teaching children the
rudiments Of hygiene. sanitation
and nutrition.
Instead Of learning how 10 mako
book ends and magazine racks.
boys In shop classes turned their
saw and hammer techniques 70
building walls and doors.
Outdoor toilets were replaced
with indoor plumbing.
Flower gardens, tables and
chairs sprang up in place Of back
yards crowded with junk and
hemmed in with broken board
fences.
I The budget for the Baltimore
Plan has increased from less than
S., 900 In 1871 10 more than tis0.-
600 this year.
Cook contends the city can BE-
without sIums in 10 years.
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THIS ROCK OF Ours
BY BILL GLIB
BY BILL GLIB

study a polar projection map q
the word for a true perspective.
Northwest Airlines for Instance.
using luxurious double-decked Stra.
tocruisers, flies out of Seattle e
Tokyo in 20la hours. They traYel
what is known as the Great Circle
Route.
Perhaps we don't give enough
credit to the great job Of pioneer.
ing that civilian outfits such az
Northwest Airlines are perform.
ing. During peacetime, they blaze
the trail, opening up new markets
and cources of supply. When war
comes, the information and exper.
fence that they furnish the mill
tary is of inestimable value.
One important phase that is over
looked concerning commercial air
lines is that they help to bring the
lives of various nationalitieS into
a more cohesive unity by furnish.
ing enlightment as to the habits,
thoughts, and action of others :.
even on minor details. And you
can't understand a jig-saw puzzle
unless you can fit the minor as
well as the major pieces.
Still sticking with Northwest Air.
lines since we started with that
name, a passenger to Tokyo would
discover that in a temple cemetery
of that city, there Is a Measles
Stone. Situated near the entrance
of the cemetery, the stone block
has a hold about Is inches ID
diameter. Mother pass their chil.
dren through it three times, mur.
muring 81 hope it win not be ser.
ious," in the belief that this viii
ward off measles or make the case
a light one.
II the same passenger travelled
on to Hong Kong with Northwest
Airlines, he or she would find 1
curbside mending woman in almost
every block. Equipped with threads
of all colors, she quickly mends,
sews on buttons, and makes re-
pairs to rips in clothing for 4 few
coins.
The world win grow closer to
peace when ii learns to know is
neighbors better. We owe our arr
lines a vote of thanks for helping
us to acquire this knowledge By
offering fast, economical service 70
all parts Of the world.
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DEATH IN MEXICO
STILL A MYSTERY

TAMPICo, Mexico Up Police
said Tuesday they still had not
solved the mysterious death Of
Oswald Frank, former German
Panzer division officer whose al
most decomposed body was found
covered with brush near the sugar
mill where be worked
Franks body was found Mon
day. He had been missing for six
days.
His employer said the 42-year-
old World War II veteran was a
strict discipIinarian and had made
many enemies among employees.
Police theorized one Of these might
have done him in.
Frank came To Mexico several
years ago to work as an engineer.
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HUMANE socIETY's THANKS

Editor, The Citizen:
We all know that news coverage
is all important in the promotion
and advancement Of good causes.
The Humane Society from its
start has received a sympathetic
ear from the staff of the Citizen,
and their interest and cooperation
in our work has meant a great
deal in bringing before the public
in feature stories, articles and pic
lures our needs and accomplish
ments. We are very grateful to
you.
We would like TO take this OBJ
portunity 10 express our heartfult
thanks to Dorothy Raymer for her
individual time and effort on the
behalf of our humane cause
throughout the year. and for the
very helpful publicity stories for
the annual benefit dance last FRI
day night. Dorothy has a way with
words and is q real champion Of
our dumb animals.
Sincerely.
Mrs. George Mills White
President
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By WILLIAM HARDWOOD

BALTIMORE TIA recipe for
Stun clearance: Regulatory con-
trolls and public improvements
must be transformed from book
shelf surveys and legal archives
into alley action"
That's the core Of the sBalti-
more Plan" for eradicating slums
and preventing their spread.
A brainchild Of G.. Yates Cook,
director of the Baltimore health
departments housing bureau, the
Baltimore Plan has been pointed
out as a model Of community ac-
ton.
It's most recent praise came yes
terday from the National Munich.
pal League, which named Balti-
more one of IL "All-America CT.
ties" for self-improvement work
through "citizen action
The Baltimore Plan is not a cure.
all.
Cook, who fathered the program,
sees it as an aggressive action
reverse the forces Of neglect that
deteriorate and destroy property
and people"
The plan calls for a house.by.
house, block-by-block, neighbor.
hood STRAIGHTFORWARD recondition.
ing, spurred where necessary by
stiff law enforcement, but based
primarily on the will of the in.
diyidual property owner or tenant
to improve his LOT.
II Is only one prong on a three
prong rake Baltimore is applying
to the blighted areas that com.
prise a stable part Of this city
Of nearly a million.
Public housing and redevelop-
ment programs are the other two.
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PAL CLUB

Editor, the Citizen:
May we have little space in
the Peoples Forum to give the
public a brief resume of the past
years work of the Police Athletic
League, usually known as the
PAL Club?
We have had a nightly average
attendance of 80 plus except Sun
day, when the club is not open.
This makes a total of loops Key
West boys having used the club in
1852. Ages have ranged from 10 to
is years.
We wish to express our thanks
to Key West Housing Authority,
the Navy and all individuals who
help make this work possible.
Sincerely yours,
A. Lucille Calverly
Director PAL
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PROGRESS noTFn
Editor. The Citizen:

Editor. The Citizen.
During the more than three
years ! have been in Key West,
II have watched with interest the
progress that your paper has made
II have been impressed with the
physical additions TO your plant
and the recent expansion Of the
huSiness and editorial offices.
But the thing that has made the
greatest impact upoa me was the
recens additicn 70 the Citifsn II.
SELF - the weekly psge far the use
and bEne4A 0E The eoiored people
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Peoples Forum

The Citizen welcomes express
ai0ns OF the views Of its read
ers, but the editor reserves the
right to delete any items which
ARE considered libel0us or unwar-
ranted. The writer's should he
fair and cOnfine the letters to
ZOO words and write ON one side
Of the paper only. Signature of
the writer must accompany the
letters and will be published un-
less requested 01herwise.
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THE CONCH OBSERVES
| tree" So let's pass on to Siggy and
BY SID McpHID

tree" So let's pass on to Siggy and
Begley.
This morning, while was watch
ing Pete feed his tame pelicans,
somebody tapped me on the
shoulder, and / turned about and
saw Begley.
HAS Siggy seen you lately?" I
asked.
HE sure has. He told me this
here Pete" ---Begley thumbed to-
ward Pete, who was throwing a
shad to pelican 49, accused me
of saying Siggy looks like Wingy
Willie's twin Brother, and / told
Siggy, ''See here, Sig. I don't deal
in cherry trees, as Pete and Jeff
do, but when l give you anything,
] give it to you straight. Pete said
you are so darned much worse
looking than Wingy Willie that, if
all other men were as ugly as you,
Wingy Willie would be the most
handsome man in the world. Be-
sides, Pete said that lovie-dovie
you think is in love with you is
giving you the runaround to get
her mitts on your money. If you
don't think that's true, I can prove
it by Sid McPhid, who was pre-
sent when Pete said it. LOCKER
herel The froth came out of his
mouth faster than he could wipe
it off with two handkerchiefs.
HE said, so Pete said that
about my gorgeous Elsie! Wait till
l see that champion fish-scaler of
the worlds I'll throw him up on
his stall and scale him."
"Ho, no! Here comes Siggy
now" / said.
BEG, hide behind that hill of
marl," Pete said. "The older a
man gets, the bigger fool he is
about the ladies, and Siggy's 81.
All you got to do to calm him
down is to dish out CUFF to him"
Begley hid behind the hill, and
Siggy strobe up to the stall, ram
med his fists into his waistline and
growled:
pete, I'm about to 60 into the
scaling business. Begley said il
was you who siad look like Wingy
Willie's twin brother"
"Just a minute, Siggy, before
you begin operations. You don't
tell me you believe your rival, Beg
ley Filler? Don't you know Begley
shot that at you because he's try
ing to cut you out of Elsie. He's
says Elsie is sweeter on him than
sugar is in a custard, and that it
won't be long before he and Elsie
win give you the grand ha-ha
when they elope. And he wound up
by saying. Pete what does she
want with an old WORKOUT gent like
Siggy when she can hitch on to a
young Buck like me'?"
I'm off to see Elsie. Pete, and
IL she denies she said that, you
won't have to wait to hear an
ambulance siren, because they
don't take dead me to q hospital
In an ambulance"
Siggy whizzed down Front Street,
and when he turned the Coca Cola
corner, called out. The coasts
clear. Begley."
When be joined US. he said. ''Fel-
lers, it's easy 70 handle any man
who feeds On CUFF as easily as
Siggy does. An We got to do. Pete.
Is not to let him catch US together.
II he does Wow, wcwls
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sovfhernmoss Flower Show

Sovfhernmost Flower Show
Editor, The Citizen:
After reading in the National
Geographic about your Tropical
Flower Show, some of us would
like to attend. Could you inform
me as to the dates?
H. l.. ROBBINS
5110 Preston Ave. So.
Gulfport, Fla.
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Charge Truce Violation

CAIRO. Egpty IA government
spokesman charged here that q
Jewish armed force violated the
Egyptian Israeli trrse near GAIA
Saturday. killing FIVE Arab rstz-
gees, including three children
lie said the Jews tired zainna-
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"scENIc SOUTH"

Editor, the Citizen:
1t was with pleasure that we
read your plug for our Scenic
South in the January 10th issue of
The Key West Citizen. We think
that Scenic South is a worthwhile
publication that gives due credit to
the Southland and appreciate hear
ing of comments made about it.
Very truly yours,
C. T. AIDE, Division Manager
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Of the community. To me that -
a shining example CT genuine pub
lie service for which ] bearby coz
graduate you.
While | am writing ] wish 70
again express my appreciation for
your gracious generosity toward
my own Church. ! am sure the
other Churches of TIE community
would iosn me Ia this respect. /
have never seen daily paper that
was as generous lcward the church
ex as Is The Key West Citizen.
Sincerely yoarss
Eld0a Ssmm0ns. Pastor
Ley Memorial Methodist Church
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tic weapons 90 inhabitants cf the
village Of MagAan before with
drawing.
Egypt IS fling . strOng protest
and demanding an immediate
meeting Of the Truce c0nnissi0n
20 investigate, he SPOKESMAN
added.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-28
HAL
BOYLE
SAYS

NEW YORK IL The optimist
gets too much credit in this
woodland the crouch doesn't get
enough.
When the going gets really
rough, who wants as companion
There's a bright side to every
thing"
He's downright depressing. Give
me the guy who insists no cloud
ever had a silver lining. He's more
fun to be with in a long haul.
Nobody really trusts a man who
has a smile that won't rub off,
no matter how bad his troubles.
You begin to feel that he just
doesn't have common sense. He
is like a punch-drunk fighter Jump
ing up and down in a braln-fog
saying, Look, Ma, he didn't hurt
me-"
It is foolish to praise these pseu-
do-optimists who greet every dis
aster with a CHEEKY, swell, every
thing happens for the best" They
are actually not optimists at all.
They are stupid fatalists wearing
a death s-head grin.
Far better is the man who re-
fuses to take everything in stride.
It is the true-blue crouch who pro-
vides the saving touch of sanity
in our time of woe. He gives us
sense of perspective in our most
dismal moments.
To the true-blue crouch nothing
ever can be right. God, nature
and the hand of man are ever
raised against him and those with
him. The entire universe is in
gigantic and endless conspiracy to
defeat him and his buddies.
Such chronic gripers serve
wholesome purpose. In an Army
outfit often the most popular sol
der is ''the artful complainer. I"
He is sure that everything is alb
solutely wrong--the food, the am
munition, the officers, the COM
bat mission, and the scoundrel in
the rear zone who is holding up
his mail so he can open it and
read it himself.
If a cloud even shadows the
horizon, he announces dolefully,
when it rains, it pours." His ia
vorite phrase is a gloomy, 81 knew
this would happen"
The artful complainer is a SAT-
ETY. valve. He is the articulate
spokesman of the self-pity every
one secretly feels. There is a ma
jestic poetry in the way in which
he grumbles the smallest molehill
into big mountain of injustice.
His boot strap snaps, and he
holds it aloft, muttering disgusted-
ly:
That's the army for you. They
expect a man to win a war with
a broken boot strap"
The troops break out in belly
laugh. The artful complainer has
done something for them no ever.
ready optimist ever could--given
them a comic insight into their
own self-pity. They know that, bad
as their plight is, it couldn't be
as bad as the chronic griper des-
cribeS it.
In civilian life the true-blue
crouch plays the same healthy
role. His vast sense of personal
injury over trifles lets us laugh al
ourselves. His acid attitude is a
needed tonic against the hyper.
optimists who would have us be.
lieve against all reason that Life
can always be sugary sweet, sweet
sweet.
Whenever l feel depressed / 60
to an old friend and ask:
"Tell US, do you see any reas.
ons for general OPTIMISM"
why, Of course not" he says,
scowling. There never were any
reasons-there never win be-"
As he is a happy and balanced
man, this lifts my spirits immed.
lately. And / leave him feeling
sure the world is better than
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-28
PETE PROTESTS

L. P. Artman, editor of The Citi-
zen, has passed on to me the
following letter from a 6O-year
subscriber to The Citizen
Editor, The Citizen:
l wish to make a mild protest,
as mild as our record low tenn
perature of al in 1884, about Sid
McPhid's version Of my swiping
'dillies from Uncle Tom Adams.
Sid said l lived in a house with
my aunt next to Uncle Toms. That
is true. He said that half an hour
before deybreak / hoped the fence
to look for 'dillies that fell from
two trees in Uncle Toms back
yard during the night. That is true.
He said one morning, just as / be-
gan to crawl, feeling for 'dillieS, a
rock whizzed by my face and the
wind from the rock felt like gust
from a hurricane. That is true.
Sid said l jumped to my feet
and hoped the fence into my yard,
and that, as soon as / landed,
Uncle Tom plunked down beside
me and began to spank me. That
is NOT true. Sid said / yelled,
and that, when my aunt asked me
what was the matter, ] told her
Uncle Tom was spanking me, and
she replied to tell Uncle Tom to
keep on spanking me because 1
deserved it. That is NOT true.
Here's the rest of the truth:
After / had hoped back to my
yard, sneaked noiselessly into my
home, went to my bedroom, threw
my conchhat under the bed, got
into bed, with shoes and clothes
on and put a blanket over me up
to my chin.
A couple of minutes later,
heard knocking on my front door
and my aunt called from her
room, who's that?" Back came
an answer in tone that stiffened
me with fear, tom Adams"
Gust a minute, Mr.. Adams, till
I light lamp" my aunt said.
II was nearer five minutes thar
one when | heard her walking To-
ward the door and then opening it.
why this honor of so early a
call, Uncle Tom?" my aunt said,
and he said, Honor? It's that
rascal Peter. He was in my yard
stealing 'dillies."
My aunt said, "JuSt a minute,
Uncle Tom" She opened the hall
door to my room and then said,
why, Uncle Tom, the innocent
angel is sound asleep. Come here
a minute. "
heard him walking toward the
door, and then stop. The sight Of
me lying abed and pretending to
be asleep must have astounded
him, for he exclaimed:
Blessed Redeemerl I must have
seen his ghost. I'm sorry | wrong.
ly accused him. When he gets up,
tell him 10 come to the store and
I'll give him all the 'dillieS be
wants"
Peter Brownen Roberts,
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sIeeY Round REcLEY

Pete. four years ago. got q limb
Of JEFF knights cherry tree, a
direct descendant Of the one George
Washington cut down. so that. II
I say his version Of the Uncle Tom
story is untrue. hen spout. Go
up 10 my yard and see ny cherry
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DULLES AND sTAssEN TO EUROPE

Only few days after it had been announced that the
new Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles would visit
India this spring. well other Asian countries the
news leaked out that he departing almost Immediate
y for Europe The purpose of his Asian trip was generally
reported to be effort to how Asian countries
such as India ready go joining an anti
munist 'front.'
The Administration of General Dwight d. Eisen-
hover is in favor of Asian anti Communist bloc sch
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Europe and
the Middle East But before the Secretary of State
could get to work this the alarming reports from E
rope, particularly France and Germany, took the play
away from ASIA
It is thought that the President is alarmed over
the reluctance of the French and the Germans to get toge
Their on European Army plan and he his Secretary
of State and Harold Stassenthe Mutual Security Di
rectorto get frshand impression of the real situation
in Western Europe today and idea of what can be ex
pected.
Thus the Eisenhower Administration hardly gets off
to smooth start in the international field since the
NATO organization to be stumbling and the fight
ing in the Far East continues in several theaters
Mr.. Eisenhower however, taking positive steps and
moving fast he to remedy the defects in U.s. and
Allied policy in both The results of this action can
not be accurately judged for at least several months
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-28

Too many news stories are written by writer
anchored to desk chairs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-28

The miscalculaon of the Indians to have been
their assumption that the Chinese really wanted peace
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-28

Why do people say such nice things about us after we
dead?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-28

There are some people in every community who are
organizing something, or somebody, all the time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-28

The~churches remain our most beneficial organiza-
TONS despite your complaint that they are imperfect
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-28

WhEn Ven1s Is elcsSEs 70 tie
earth Il Is ahgEa = ElL4e1 m8sss
away.