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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-19
BY RELMAN NORM
For Hal Bowel

NEW YORK R-Did you ever 60
back to your hometown, long
years after?
Never go back, people say, nor
hope to find it as it was. Every
thing will look smaller, the hills
and trees and homes and churches.
Even the river, the beautiful and
secret river, viii have narrowed
to niggling stream. That's ma
tural, they say, because you were
seeing those things through the
eyes Of a child And, too, the
freshness and wonder have long
since gone, vanished like q hazy
Indian summer, and nothing is left
but ghosts and the thin, sharp pain
of some half-forgotten dream.
So they tell you, in warning.
Never try to 90 back. -.
It was pure chance that the
route led through our town. Being
there was like looking at a double
exposed film and seeing two
images at once. It was hard, even
after all these years, to keep past
and present separated.
There was the courthouse, where
the salesman demonstrated STAN
ly Steamer by driving it up the
steps. And further on, the cigar
store with the wooden Indian in
front, holding a handful of stogies.
The sports would gather there
Of Saturday night, in white pants
and blue coats, and tip their straw
hat to the girls, strolling past
arm-in.arm.
1.-THE Birth Of q Nation" had
been shown in the opera house,
across the way. Before 1t began, !
sat there with a thudding heart,
afraid the battle scenes would
scare me, and even more afraid
that someone would see. eff it gets
too bad" / thought, 81 can cross
my eyes" / often did that when
something made it necessary to
shut out the world.
Then down the street to the spot
where the saloon had stood. This
was a place of sheer fascination
with Sawdust on the floor, free
lunch - 'but not for the likes Of
you" ~ and an ivory-hued nude
over the mirror. As a feature, how
ever, she ran a poor second to the
painting of Clusters last stand that
stood in the window.
The school has been turned into
a library now, and there Is fence
around the park across the street.
In the tribal customs of that
school, you had to have a fight on
the first day, otherwise you
couldn't get In on the one-o'.cat
game at recess. Ny brother offered
to arrange mine, but ! said ! would
rather do 1t myself. That's how ]
met my best friend, Collin.
81 don't feel much like fighting
anybody, do YOU" he said.
'Not much,9' / said. II guess
some of these guys are pretty
tough, too"
We stood for a moment, scuffing
the dust in the schoolyard. Then
Collin said, II tell you what !.
we can fight each other, only wen
just pretend we're sore"
Collin lived in big house on q
hill, with a wide sweep of lawn
stretching down to the street. A
great flower-box, shaped like a
whale boat, stood in the center Of
the lawn. BY the standards Of those
days, / suppose, his family was
''well off," BY any standards, ours
was not.
But such Is America that neither
Of us was ever conscious Of diff.
ference between Us. When Collin
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-19
PILOT RETURNS KITE

DALLAS M-Braniff Always
pilot Lewis Wilson was coming In
to land at the Dallas Airport at
dusk yesterday when--at about 500
feet-he saw something off his left
wingtip.
II was . white box kite he said
was big enough to foul an airplane
engine.
After he landed Wilson combed
the airfield area until he found a
boy, I, and girl, 5. at the other
end Of 1,i50 feet Of string. He
helped them bring down their kite.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-19

To the best of scientific know
ledge, all North American and Eu-
ropean freshwater wells spawn
near Bermuda in the Atlantic
Ocean.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-19

Senate and number of his fer
mer Cabinet members. He also
is scheduled to have lunch with
officials of the Truman Memorial
Library Association.
Present plans call for the TruE
mans to travel to Philadelphia
from the capital, then to New
York where their daughter, Mar
garet, is living.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-19

There is about Is cents worth Of
nylon in a pair of stockings.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
South Koreans Reqref
Van Fleets Retirement
BY the A.soeiessd Press

Seoul. Sunday. Jan. 25.-The
retirement of Gen. James A. Van
Fleet as 9th Army commander
sent a surge of regret through
the Republic Of Korea govern
ment yesterday but President
Syngman Rhee pledged warm
hearted cooperation to his sue
cessor. 1t. Gen. Maxwell D.
Taylor.
Il am sure" said Mr.. Rhee,
that President Eisenhower who
has the right and speedy settle
ment of the Korean war In his
heart, must have q plan which
Is better than we know"
There was no inkling Of what
that plan may be, but high
Army men who may be called to
execute it were heading for
Tokyo and Korea.
Gen. j. Lawton Collins, Army
chief of staff. was on his way
from Washington and Gen.
Taylor will leave Monday.
There were reports Gen. Van
Fleet may be In line for . high
post possibly in the United Ma
tions or as an ambassador fol-
lowing completion Of his Army
career.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Tax Credit Indicated
By Virginia Receipts
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, Jan. 24.-Indi-
Vidual Virginia income taxpayers
contributed more than $13 million
last month to the States general
fund to bolster possibility for
another automatic tax credit.
In December, a boom month
for individual and fiduciary in
come taxes, the State collected
$13.126,813 from those sources as
total general fund revenues
reached $47,815, ,989 for the first
six months of the fiscal year.
A report today from State
Comptroller Henry G. Gilmer
said this placed the general fund
81, ,601 ,695 ahead of the total at
the same time last year.
The general fund for the en-
tire fiscal year ending next June
80 must exceed sis, ,485 500 by
at least S per cent before any
credit takes effect.
For the 1951-52 fiscal year,
general fund collections of $107,-
785,000 were sufficient for a
per cent credit on tax bills pay
able last December 5.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
By Robert Eunson
nief Of Associated Press Bureau

TOKYO, Sunday, Jan. 25.-
Russian and United States air
men are glaring at each other
through gunSights across one
minute of space.
One incident after another
has brought tension to the
swapping point in the air from
tiers high over Northern Japan,
the islands Russia occupies close
to Japan and Communist China.
It would seem that efforts to
conf1ne the air war to Korea
are failing, bit by bit. Fighting
in the skies could break out
anywhere in the Far East where
Communist and United Nations
air patrols meet.
In the recent past, Russian
fighter plane shot down one
United States Superfort in the
waters off northern Japan. The
fighter came from the Kuriles
or Sakhalin, both but a minutes
flying time away.
Planes Shot Down.
Last week a Navy Neptune pa
troll bomber was brought down
by Chinese Communist shore
batteries in Formosa Strait.
The Communists announced
on the heels of this incident that
they had shot down B-29 Su-
perfort out of the skies over
Manchuria. The United States
Air Force said its bomber was
over Korea.
Japan and the United States
have warned Russia that any of
her planes caught inside Japa-
nese territory would be shot
down.
Peiping, rejecting Russian pol
icy, long has shown a great deal
of interest and nervousness
about Japanese rearmament and
American defense efforts in the
imperial islands, particularly the
northernmost island of Hokkaido.
One Peiping broadcast styled
Japan's stern warning on un-
authorized flights over the coun-
try "crudely camouf1aged war
provocation designed in the
U. S. A."
SkirmisheS at Hand.
What is the significance be-
hind these events?
Has the preliminary sparring
actually begun for World War
III?
A look at the record shows
the best Communist planes out
here are RuSSian-made and GER
tainly Russiano-flown when they
fly from Soviet bases. The best
United Nations planes are United
States made and piloted.
Thus a sort Of bootleg air skir-
mish between Russian and Amer
lean pilots already has begun just
north of Japan.
The fact that Russia has bases
on Sakhalin Island, one minute
by jet from northern Japan,
where United States Air Force
planes are based, means an in
ternational incident could occur
at almost any moment.
Both Russian and American
Air Forces obviously have orders
to shoot, provided the other side
invades their territory.
This sparring could very well
be the jabbing which usually
takes place before the main bout
Evening star., 1953-01-25
|S8 in 65th Regiment
Guilty Of Refusing
To Fight in Korea
By mo Assoeiasss pr.ss

SEOUL, Sunday, Jan. 26.-T1e
Army disclosed yesterday that 80
men including one ofncer Of the
United States 65th Regiment. Sd
Division, were convicted of re-
fusing to counterattack Chinese
Reds last October in an action on
the Korean front.
Four others were acquitted Of
the charge and the trial Of one
other is still pending before q
general courtmartial.
The 65th Regiment, composed
largely Of Puerto. Rican troops,
was pulled out Of the line after
the incident. tut has since been
returned after "retraining," !" said
Mai. Walter B. McMullen, Sd
Division public information Of
ficer.
win be Reviewed.
Maj. McMullen said the cases
involved men who either refused
to advance or left the battle
without orders.
Most Of the 80 were given dis
honorable discharges. Others
were given bad conduct dis
charges and two soldiers were
sentenced to prison terms with
out discharge.
Prison sentences ranged from
six months to 10 years at hard
labor, but only one man re-
ceived q full 1O-year sentence.
The Judge advocate generals
section In Washington will re-
view the trial records and sem
tenceS.
Gave mp Patrol.
| Mai. McMullen said one case
involved patrol action in which
men returned to their lines with
out the patrol leaders knowl-
edge.
The remaining charges in
volved unauthorized withdrawal
Of men when two companies
were ordered to counterattack a
Chinese position. The companies
reached their objective.
The 65th Regiment has fought
in Korea since November, 1850,
and has q long and creditable
fighting record. the Sd Division
noted
Evening star., 1953-01-25
BY the Assoeiassd Prsss

YOKoSUKA NAVAL BASE.
Japan. Sunday. Jan. 25.-The
United States Navy is ready to
slap IAN almost 100 per cent
blockade on the Red China coast
at short notice II President Eisen-
hover gives the signal, the top
naval commander in the Far
East said today.
Vice Admiral Robert p. Bris-
coe. commander Of naval forces
Far East made the statement In
answer to a series of questions
submitted by the Associated
Press.
THE Navy is prepared to
execute any such order on short
notice to the limit of forces avail
able" Admiral Briscoe said.
There was no indication here
such q presidential order was In
preparation.
Would Need Reinforcements.
The only requirement, he
added, would be quick reinforce
ment Of the United States 7th
Fleet to give It enough warShips
for the blockade and the Korean
war. Admiral Briscoe continued:
There are various kinds and
degrees of blockades. If the 7th
Fleet were ordered to establish n
close blockade without diminish
ing its present efforts in the
Korean war, more. naval vessels
Of various types would be re-
quired.
with sufficient naval craft,
plus carrier and patrol planes,
the, Navy could establish an al
most 100 per cent effective block
ade against ocean borne traf1ic.
Costly to Run Blockade.
"Of course. there is always the
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Bus Earnings Hold Up
Despite Fewer Riders

RICHMOND. Jan. "a tR.-The
Virginia Transit Co. has reported
that despite a 10 per cent drop
in passengers last year. the line
earned as much in it's Richmond
operations in 1852 as it did in
1851.
The firm was granted a fare
increase last March 20. Straight
fares went up three cents for a
per-ride cost Of Is cents. Tokens
went up to four for so cents in
stead Of three for a quarter.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Ground Action Flares
In Korea After Day
Of Aerial Combat
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

SEOUL, Sunday, Jan. 25.-
Sharp bloody ground action
fiared on the Western Korean
front early today. Allied troops
clashed with Reds in the dark
ness of no-man's-land.
U. N. tanks continued to blast
Red positions in the central sec
tor. The tanks killed an esti-
mated 4S Reds and destroyed
about 100 Communist positions
and installations.
American SuperfortS new to
within 80 miles of North Korea's
Yalu River border and dropped
100 tons of bombs on Cholsan.
Although the target area was
only a few minutes flying time
from the Manchurian MIG bases
at Antung. only one Communist
fighter appeared. The Air Force
said Reds had about 800 single
story buildings at Cholsan, a
troop billeting area that has
shown increasing activity in the
last few days.
Rail Bridge Bombed.
Fifth Air Force fighter bomberS
yesterday dumped high explo-
sives on a Red rail bridge over
the Taeryong River near Sinanju
on the main Red supply route
from Manchuria.
The ground action on the vest
ern front started as pre-mid-
night brawl and carried on into
the early morning hours.
An Allied patrol barged into
q Red company and both
sides called for reinforcementS.
Chinese reinforcements made the
mistake of reporting to the
wrong outfit, and about 20
Chinese we're wiped out as they
joined a group of U. N. reinforce
ments.
In the same area. an Allied
raiding party Saturday, slipped
into Red bunkers near Little
Gibraltar, killed nine Reds with
hand grenades. and demolished
the enemy outpoStS with explo-
sives.
Allied infantrymen also threw
back three light Communist
probing attacks along the front,
driving of Chinese squads south
east of Kumsong, and against
Capitol Hill in the same area and
smashing a North Korean pla-
toon west of Punchbowl on the
eastern front.
The Air Force reported that
in the week ended Friday mid
night Sabre jets downed Is MICS
and lost one Sabre in air COM
bat for the best record in two
months. Three other allied
planes were lost to other causes
during the week, including a
Shooting Star jet, a Navy Cor
sair and a Panther jet for q
total Of four lost.
The 9th Army reported 2,202
casualties were inflicted on the
Reds during the week, includ-
ing 1921 killed, 670 wounded
and II prisoners. It was the
highest casualty claim in more
than a month.
Evening star., 1953-01-25

chance than an occasional vessel
would slip through in bad
weather and the junk trafic
would always be q problem.
However, the loss Of costly
steamships. weighed against the
commercial profit Of running the
blockade. would be most dis
couraging to the owners Of
merchant shipping. even those Of
satellite countries. .
The admiral said the technical
problems would be few. even If
q full-scale close blockade we're
ordered.
The China coast does not
have many deep water harbors." !"
Admiral Briscoe pointed out,
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Soviet and American Flyers
Only Minute From Incident

gets under way. Similar brushes
over the Berlin corridor, how
ever. have been fought without
touching off the main event.
Situation Always Tense.
Mai. Gen. Delmar Spivey. for
mer commander of the Japan ali
defense force. told William C.
Barnard of the Associated Press
last week:
II think everything in the Far
East is explosive. We are fight
ing a hot war against the Com
munists and Japan is a base
that supports that war. The sit
uation is always tense"
There have been no reports
of Soviet flights over Japan since
mid-December. That was when
the Japan air defense force an
nounced it had F-94 all-weather
jet interceptors in service.
Russian MICS are fast. but
they are not equipped for all
weather flying The F-94, q two
place. radar equipped, streak Of
silver. is yet to be tested in COM
bat.
Swift Sabre jets, scourge Of the
Russian-built MICS, have been
patrolling the northern Japan
skies since December Is. Their
addition to the defense force Of
F-84 Thunderjets and F-94 In
terceptor jets was disclosed only
yesterday.
Russians Keep Distance.
when violations by the Rus
slams continued" explained Mai.
James L. Stewart. commander Of
the Sabre jet unit. lit was de-
cided that q unit, capable of
fighting MICS on their own
terms, should be moved into
northern Japan.
Offlcers in northern Japan say
the Russians-since the Sabres
showed up-now are staying 80
to 40 miles away from the
boundary instead of carrying
their gunnery and bombing
training right up to the line.
The Sabre pilots are on a.
hour alert. Their sleek, swift
jet fighters are kept warmed
up and waiting.
There doesn't seem to be much
doubt in military minds out here
that it won't be too long before
a Russian plane, either off course
or on reconnaissance. finds itself
in the gunsights of a United
States plane over Jajan.
Reconnaissance FLIGHTS.
Russian flights over Japan
have been recorded up to 40 in
a single month. It is believed
these planes were on reconnais-
sance flights and taking photo
graphs of United States install
lations on Hokkaido Island. ;
Still officially unexplained are
the green f1reballs sighted over
northern Japan. At least one
authority, DR.. Lincoln La Paz,
head OF the University Of New
Mexico institute of meteoritics,
suggests they may be strange
new guided missiles used by
Russia to scout strategic areas.
The fact that Chou En-lai.
premier and foreign minister of
Red China chose to comment
Thursday on claims that a
United States B-29 had been
downed over Manchuria empha-
sized again how delicate the stu
alton Is right now.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Navy Ready for Quick Blockade on Chino

"and it IS almost impossible for
a vessel Of any size to hide at
sea. A
"Carrier-based and shore
based aircraft could provide an
effective patrol for sighting these
vessels destroyers and other
patrol craft could then be dis
patched to the scene to stop and
interrogate them"
The United States 7th Fleet
has been patrolling the FormoSa
Strait on presidential orders since
the outbreak Of the Korean war
to neutralize ForHhosa and guard
against possible Red invasion Of
that Chinese Nationalist strong
hold.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Mine Kills Nine in BruziI

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Jan.
"a (P.-Nine students of the
army reserve officer training CEN
ter were killed and 81 persons
were injured by an exploding
mine today. -Four of the injured
were in serious condition, in
cluding a captain-instructor who
was demonstrating the prepara-
ton Of q hole for the mine when
it blew up.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-08-14

West GermanY's eventual partici-
patton in the European Defense
Community"
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles explained to the British
and French governments that he
wanted them to join in the Glenn
ency move to relieve the pressure
by neo-Nazis and German veter-
ans groups on DR.. Adenauer, to
obtain release of jailed Nazis. Mr..
Dulles said it would be desirable
maneuver that might help the
chancellor win the forthcoming
election. The British and French
did not share Mr.. Dulles enthusi-
aSm. But they went along never
theless.
"At the request of the Federal
Chancellor the governments of
France. the United Kingdom and
the United States have considered
proposals relating to future pro-
cedures for clemencY with respect
to or the parole of war criminals"
the Allies announcement said.
LAS a result it has been decided
to provide for participation of
persons nominated by the Federal
(Bonn) Government in consulta-
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stein told neo-Nabis that Ger
many's true friends in the U. S.
were Senators Joseph Mccarthy,
Pat McCarran,. Everett Dirksen
and William E. Jenner, He de-
nounced democracy as "a glorifi-
cation of mediocrity." He said
that Germany must have a gov
eminent that would know how to
make demands on the United
States.
Another gathering in West Ger
many heard freed war criminal.
former S. S. General Ramcke &C.
cuse the allies of committing the
real war crimes. He was warmly
applauded. There were shouts Of
"schweinehund Eisenhower" (pig-
dog Eisenhower.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-08-14

tive boards in each Of the three
zones to make recommendations
for clemencY or parole to appro-
pirate authorities in that zone"
Last month at Hanover there
took place a rally of $4,000 Nazi
veterans, including a large per-
centage of former members of the
Waffen S. S. notorious for afro
cities against Jews and others).
Bands played martial tunes. Ped
oilers sold souvenir ashtrays bear
ing the old S. S. slogans. Hermann
Ehlers, president of the Budestag
and leader of Chancellor Aden-
auer's party, and Franz Bluecher,
Vice Chancellor and leader of the
Free Democratic Party, shared the
platform with a number of Hit
ler's generals and admirals, in
Guiding Herbert Gille, former
general of the Waffen S. S.
Herr Ehlers and DR.. Bluecher
heard Herr Gille extol the virtues
of the S. S. Herr Gille said the
concept of European indignation
and unity against Communism
was born in the S. S. His assertion
was a variation of a story circu-
lating in Germany that the first
European army was the anti
Semitic conglomeration Of Ro-
manian. Hungarian. Italian and
Spanish fascist volunteers which
served Hitler against the Soviet
Union. The S. S. was again ready.
said Herr Gille. and they want TO
volunteer for the IL German divi-
sions recently authorized by Pres
ident Eisenhower.
At Mannheim 80 Nazi splinter
groups heard an American citizen
denounce the Nuremberg trials.
He was identified by the New
York Times as Edward A. Fleck-
enstein, a Weehawken, N. ]. law
yer. The Times said Mr.. Flecken-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-08-14

Mr.. Eisenhower considers the
reelection of the Adenauer coali-
ton to be indispensable for estab-
1ishment of the European Defense
Community. The decision to in
vite the Bonn Government to par
ticipate in consultative boards re-
viewing the cases of imprisoned
Nazis was made here specifically
to appease neo-Nazi agitation.
This was done despite Mr.. Eisen-
hower'S awareness that the few
hundred Gestapo and S. S. muir
derers remaining in custody were
the very worst offenders. Accord
ing to U. S. Army records, they
include the actual perpetrators of
mass cruelties" at Dachau, Mon
thausen, Flossenberg. Dora, Nord-
hansen, Buchenwald, and Muehl-
dorf concentration camps.
The decision was negotiated by
Theodor Blank. West German De-
tense Minister. when he visited
Washington recently with mill
tarY mission TO discuss Bonn's fu.
ture role in the European Defense
Community. A spokesman for
Herr Blank said the problem of
war criminals us of great psY-
Geological significance in view of
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-08-14
GRAPE CROP INCREASE
SENDS 1900 WORKERS INTO
FIELDS

REHOVOT, QIP) = An esti-
mated $500 workers, including
women, are expected to find en-
ployment with the start of what
agricultural experts described as
one of the biggest grape harvests
in the recent history of the South,
Augmented by new groves
planted with Israel Bond invest
the grape crop this sum-
mer was judged Is to 800 greater
than last season.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-08-14
ISRAEL ALLOCATES $4,000
POUNDS TO EASE
UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG
ARABS

JERUSALEM, (JTA) = The Is
rael Government allocated 10000
pounds to ease unemployment in
the country, it was announced
this week by Minister of Labor
Coda Myerson. The money will
be spent on public works to be
carried out in Arab-populated sec
tons of Israel.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-08-14
NAZ| WAR CRIMINALS
ON THE LOOSE?
BY MILTON FRIEDMAN

Copyright 1858, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc)
WASHINGTON
President Eisenhower has the freeing Of Nazi
criminals he capture. He his
consent in the hope getting neoNz splinter national
sc veterans organizations in West Germany support Chancellor
Konrad Adenauers coalition in the Sept general election