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he is always so very busy. There
are q lot more people in the world
today than there were when was
your age
Sometimes pictures get US all
mixed up. One picture shows
Santa In q big airplane. Another
one shows him driving his rein.
deer. and We begin to wonder
which picture is right. The truth
Is that they are both right. Several
years ago Santa bought the big
gest and fastest airplane in the
world; but he often carries his
sleigh and his reindeer inside II for
short side-trips.
~ 4ACT. Santa often carries Q
canoe along. to reach some Of the
nice CAsan kids-<way down south.
In the Bayou country. He also has
q lot more special ways to travel
which he has to use In extra spe-
cial places--like in Switzerland
where he uses skis TO reach lots
of the fine Swiss boys and girls.
know because I've seen him lots
OF times: but wen talk about that
later
Santa's job has grown to be such
a very big one that he has to use
just coolies and coolies OF helpers
Or he never would get clear around
% everybody Why he even has tc
aress q lot Of his helpers up In
Janta Claus suits=-just to make
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-19

Texas has 254 counties. Georgia
159, Kentucky 100, Missouri ia,
Kansas los, Illinois 102 and North
Carolina an even 100 while at the
other extreme is Rhode Island
which is not divided into counties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-19

HOLLYWOOD u - Two young
actors. one ! night club comic and
the other q specialist in film VII.
lains, are now filling the cele-
hrated shoes Of Abbott and Cos
telIo.
The lucky players are Buddy
Hacked, 2s-year-old graduate Of
the borscht circuit, and Hugh
'0'Brian, Is, an actor who is known
as the eager beaver Of the Uniyer-
sal. international lot. He is so anx.
.ious for film roles that he even
allowed MS head to be shaved for
"A part as a treaeherous Indian
chief.
The pair fell into their good for,
tune as the result Of some bad luck
for the veteran comics, Abbott and
Costello. A couple of weeks ago
Lou Costello was about to board
a plane for a dinner for Sen. Nc
Carthy in Arizona. The rotund co
median collapsed.
The strain of doing movies, live
and filmed TV, benefits ana othel
appearances finally struck Lou
who .onfy a few years abck was
in bed for a year with rheumatic
fever. Doctors now say his hear
win not allow any activity for three
TO six months.
This threw U-In into a sizzy. The
studio was all set to start Fire.
man Save My Child" At first the
picture was indefinitely postponed
Then studio officials mulled do
ling the film with another team
OsRrian and Uackntf were tested
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o the earth's total of Sc, 4s0 mil
lion land acres, about $500 million
acres might be arabic says
Twentieth Century Fund estimate.
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CHAPTER FOUR

through
out the world
have speeded up
. lot since I was
. little boy. and
many Of my lit
tie friends ind
IL rather hard to
understand all
about santa
c ! q U .. This
- =
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all the personal appearances folk
sP-range for him.
That Is the reason you can see
one Santa. ringing a bell on a
street corner. and another one in
big shiny store window. You
may see four or fve--or maybe
20 more Santas--on one trip down
town TO see all the toys and thirgs.
Just think OF all the wor. he
has 70 do for each family. suppose
your Aunt and Uncle live way of
in a distant city. or out in the
country on a farm. Suppose you
have more relations in other places.
Just to handle things for your own
family. Santa would have 10 go
digging and tagging back and
forth-bctween all these different
homes in many different places.
You can see that he never would
get clear around TO everybody at
Christmastime. II he didn't call In
all the mailmen and expressmen--
and borrow thousands and thou.
sands OF trucks from the stores.
for local deliveries alone.
1
THE RAILROADS have TO put
on extra trains and the airlines
have to bring out lots Of extra
planes to handle the CHRISTMAS
rush Long strings of heavily-load-
ed trucks crowd the main high
ways between all the cities and
towns.
Today. Santa Claus job has be-
come the busiest business in the
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Santa Maqiic
Mail Box

Dear Santa Claus,
] want train and a game too
/ want a jack-in-a-box.
Love from
FRANKLIN CURRY,
32l Peacon Lane.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-19

THIS FoRTY-FooT Christmas
tree has been erected and dec
Grated in Bayview Park by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
for use of civic organizations
throughout the Christmas sea-
son. Various Christmas parties
viii be held around the tree
Citizen Staff Photo, Finch.
The Arizona post., 1953-10-02
Personals
SociuIs and

Hoping to meet friends from
Michigan and Grand Rapids IN
particular are two new arrivals,
Miss Clara Paul and Mrs. Rose
Rappaport. They have taken an
apartment at 9 S. Euclid and plan
to remain for the season.
Bruce and Sydelle (GlaZer)
Green expect to come to Tucson
in December when Bruce will be
on vacation from the University
of Denver and look forward to
seeing their friends.
Mrs. Abraham ListeneS is max
ing her home with a daughter IN
Detroit, following the death OF
MIR. Listenes here a few months
ago.
Mrs. Esther Heron, New York,
rs spending several weeks here in
anticipation of a blessed event"
TO her son and daughter-in-laW,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Heron.
Following busy summer with
Mrs. Jack H. Glazer ION the go"
continuously, she returned IN
time to greet her brothers and
their families, DR.. and Mrs. Nor
ris Peterson and children, DR.. and
Mrs. David Peterson and their
children, all of Chicago. They
were visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Max Peterson, N. Saw
telle.
The Arizona post., 1953-10-02

On furIOugh these next several
DAYS is Terry Block, son of Mr..
and Mrs. AL Block, E. Adams. He
attends a radio-telephone school
at Camp Fl. Lewis near Tacoma.
AS a hobby he has been doing the
murals in the mess hall there.
Last month the Blocks visited him
and were delighted with the motor
trip to the northwest. Last week
the Al Blocks celebrated their
22nd wedding anniversary and
their children, the Ronnie Blocks,
their second, with family dinner
at a night club.
Mrs. Lillian Chernik, New York,
is the guest of old friends, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Giamakos. She
was here several years ago and
this time is making a tour OF the
states scenic points.
Corp. Samuel TeISOn, husband
of Beverly Broder Telson, is eX-
pected to return from Korea the
end of the month. He is a staff
member of the American Forces
Korea network, serving in various
capacities including that of special
events announcer and disc jockey.
The network has produced shows
of such merit that they have been
rebroadcast to other parts OF the
world to the military
Seen at Las Vegas last weekend
were Bernard Bloch, AL Gelb, Nor
ris Towbin.
LeanOre Levy flew in last week
to Tucson from New York anC
left Sunday to enter Stanford Uni
versity at Palo Alto as a Junior
Incidently her grandmother, Mrs
Jake Levy, Santa Rita Hotel, Is
in New York until November, as
is her usual custom. Leanore Is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Aaron Levy.
New Arrivals from New York
in recent months are three bro
theirs and the wife of one. They
are Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Gins
burg, living on N. Belvedere, Mat
ty and son, Stephen 10, and Ed
ward Ginsburg, reside at 1883 E
Burns. They conduct a business
on E. Speedway.
Also completing his army duty
is Marvin Fortman, who spent the
Hast two years with the occupa
ton force in Germany, as a mem
Der of the fourth division band
He is the son of Herman Fort
man and the brother of Tiny.
The Arizona post., 1953-10-02

Now making their home here
following his discharge from the
airforce are Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Kaplan Deborah Levy. They
live at 1929 E. North and he IS
associated in bushes with Joseph
H. Levy, his father-in-law.
Camille Bersu came back this
week after spending an interest
ing summer at the coast and with
other persons interested in diet,
foods and health work.
Rose Nuremberg writes that she
will return home from Los Ang-
eles in early October.
Some one hundred fifty guests
greeted Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Tan
nenbaum at their open house IN
their attractive new home at 2164
N. Juanita on Sunday. Well
wishes hidden included Rabbi and
Mrs. Bilgray, Rabbi and Mrs. Bre-
ger, Messrs. and Mines. Ray Ash,
Sam Amber, Joe Becker, Morris
Becker, 1. Buchanan, Sam Bern
stein, Charles Broder, Hyman
Bassuk, Jerome Chase, Meyer Co
hen, Harry Cohn, Elmer Court
land, Lewis Davis, Ray Dunn,
Jack Erny, Meyer Epstein, Horace
Ferry, Louis Farber, John Gekas,
Arthur Goss, Herbert Goldberg.
Messrs. and Mines. David Gins
burg, Jack Gawsner, Doug. Hols-
claw, Jack Klensin, Charles Kali
err, Leon Kalish, Sid Kaderlan,
Mvron Jacobs, Toby LaVetter,
Sam Leiberman, Philip Levin,
Ralph Mangels, Sam Mikell, Dale
Nichols, Al Oshrin, Ben O'Neil,
Martin Oppman, Jack Podret,
Jack Posner, Mat Poliakoff,
Bernie Rosenbaum, Phil RuhI,
Morris Rosenbaum, Martin Rosen-
blum, John Ross, Andy Roth, Joe
Rubin, Kal Rubin, Bernie Roth,
Sam Rich, Morris Remer, Bruce
Remer, I. Sadawsky, Abe Simon,
Sam Smith.
Messrs. & Mines. Sidney Szerlip,
Sam Sneller, Charles Suarez, Ed
Smotkin, Max Schapira, Vennie
Schwartz, Kenneth Tannenbaum,
Morris Towbin, Fred Tregaskes,
Marvin Volk, Mac Waldman,
Leonard Wohlgemuth, Ed We'll,
Jack Wylie. Also present were;
DR.. M. B. Cohen, Mrs. Marie de
Saro, Carl Fehr, DR.. E. Green
Mrs. Fannie Lampner, Tom Law
Their, DR.. Meyer Mandel, Herman
Stern, Sam Sloan, Tess Stern.
The Arizona post., 1953-10-02

AL Sherman left for TT. Lewis
following an extended furlough
and expects to get an overseas as
signment in a few months, prob
ably to Japan.
MIR. and Mrs. William Silver
man and children, E. Helen, are
living in Beverly Hills.
The Arizona post., 1953-10-02

Mrs. Joseph Fade was called to
Cincinnati by the serious illness
of her father, Max Waldman.
Mrs. william Messing is the
proud wearer of an elegant dia-
mond-studded watch bracelet Civ
en- to her as birthday present on
Rosh Hashonah by her husband.
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Hal Boyle
Says

so many jokes that even Milton
Berle can't remember them all,
feels that staff government come.
dams would be particularly useful
right now in the United Nations
and to settle major labor disputes.
Look how many strikes you
might prevent" he said, IF the
guys barking at each other across
a table would stop and share Q
belly laugh"
Henry, who says he hasn't both
cred to copyright his idea, offered
to guinea pig the experiment him
self and become the first US.
f G d eral government comedian,
provided the pay is right, and
naturally l get q free hand in pick
ing my staff-and top billing. Of
course.
Il even got few hundred jokes
ready. No, / won't give you any
samples. l don't want to tip my
mitt."
Like most professional comedi-
ans today, Youngman, Brooklyn's
gift to the world Of japery, feels
the nation has let q lot of moss
cover its funnybone in recent
years.
people are hungry for a chance
to laugh he said. ''but now tbey
feel they have to have a reason.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
Clear Trail

DENVER uR - Butter-fingered
thieves left an expensive trail for
police in a $4,000 burglary.
Clothing, guns and iewelry, in
GLIDING 120 watches, were reported
stolen. Harold Kal, operator of a
war surplus store, Tuesday point.
ed out to police a block trail
Of footprints in Denver's new snow.
along which was distributed g
good share of the loot.
At the end of the trail was a
stalled car, registered to Richard
Duran, 81. Police said more loot
was in the car. Duran and his
t hre e brothers, Daniel, 10,
Ambrose. Is, and Anthony. 80,
were arrested and held for investi.
CATION.
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Today's
Business
Mirror

NEW YORK R-Christmas cheer
expressed in dollars and cents
is beginning to flow.
American business firms are re.
ported planning to hand out just
about as much cash this year as
Last in the form OF Christmas
bonuses to employees, both of the
white-collared and the blue.collar
variety.
Year-end dividends to stockhold.
erS also are running ahead of pay.
mentS last year. Dividend checks
for the first 10 months of the year
averaged per cent larger than in
1852. With the current burst of
specials for Christmas, dividend
payments this year are expected
to reach a CHEEKY ga billion dollar
total.
Regular wage and salary pay.
mentS for the nation as a whole
this fall were running, at an an.
nual rate, s per cent above a year
ago-but the trend is Slanting down
from the peak.
The boss isn't doing too bad,
either, although the American
Management Assn. stresses today
that the average of the total com.
penSation of high ranking business
executives has been rising only
slightly of late.
Surveying some $4,000 executives
In 1858 companies, the ANA re
ports that bonus payments are
equal to % per cent Of salaries
paid, and retirement compensation
contributions equal 10 per cent Of
salaries. At this level of industry
bonuses are usually tied to profits
and sales, and have only a nodding
acquaintance with the Christmas
spirit.
Workers chances of a Christmas
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10

NEW YORK R-Politics always
has produced some of the nation 5
greatest unconscious comedians.
But Kenny Youngman, THE
Comics Comic" has a new idea.
On the theory that a good pro can
always beat an amateur, he thinks
it's time to bring a few conscious
career comedians into government.
The people can't help but bene-
fit" he said. "And they'll at least
get something new to laugh at.
What l have in mind is that
these comedians will be something
like the Kings jester in the old
days. When the regular govern
ment jokers-or the appointed dip.
lomats-get their skulls all heated
up in debate, you call l5-minute
break and bring in a professional
comic to cool both sides off.
Amy comic who can't make a
crowd laugh in Is minutes is in the
wrong business-or maybe needs
couple Of new writer's. Anyway,
the diplomats get a few laughs
while they are resting their brains
during this time out, and maybe
when they start arguing again
they'll make more sense because
they've got less steam in their
heads"
Youngman, who has originated
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Chapter Is

Chapter IS
MARTIN dlned in gloomy soIi-
A'A tude al q lunch counter, hav-
ing failed 20 reach Dexter by tele-
phone at the Margrave. When be
reached the hotel shortly before
, o'clock Dexter had not yet re-
turned. but he had left a note at
tbs desk. II said:
told you I'd pry yots loose. Call
D0rdn at the Office aad leaue tcoTd
tohere ean meet the t.co of yoa
later. ID.
Martin phoned Doran from the
suite.
Doran asked, did you hear
from the boSs?-
Ennis? No"
Hes been Fostering me for
hours wanting 10 seE hold Of you.
Where are you now"
in Dexter's diggingS"
stay there. He'll call and try
to make Up. Don't let me influence
you, but IL you fail TO rejoin the
staff life will be less complicated
for me. Where can we meet after
tent"
"Rossettfs in carmine Street.
Know it,"
We've got il in our story as
part of your abb I'll find my
way there"
Martin hung up and lit a ciga-
rette. He stood at a window OF
the living room and looked mo-
rosely down into the pulsing
midst OF light that overlooked
Times Square. The phone rang
and he made a mental bet on En-
mis- before he took it up and heard
Ennis voice. precise and neatly
rounded like the man himself.
Hello. Martin. This is George
Ennis. Are you free this EVENING""
Il have a date in an hour"
That's too bad. I'd hoped we
could get together for a little
talk. 1t has occurred TO me that
perhaps we were both a bit hasty
the last time we met"
Martin winked at his reflection
in the mirror above the dresser.
He said, "A lot of things have
come up, as you must know. So
far they've taken up all my time"
You wouldn't have 10 start
work Immediately. Your name
would 60 back on the payroll as
OF the date it was-ah-removed
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Don't Se swsyed for . momant By
any such personal feeling"
IN OTHER words, thought Mar
tn. he was being not too sub
tly reminded that there was . gulf
between him and Barbara Ennis
~Is's settled. ehf- Ennis said.
Wen count on your
~rn think Il over
What is there to think abousfs
There are other eonsidera-
tons
Not another iobi III meet any
reasonable offer you may have
had elsewhere"
For a while today il looked a.
il wouldn't be in . position 10
take any job"
Nonsense. Everything will
work out xplendidiy.
Someone raped sharply On the
door Of the living room. Martin
frowned. I'm get word TO you
around the hrst Of the week" be
said.
Ennis, too, was impatient. -rd
prefer 10 settle il now, Martin"
There's someone at the door.
For all I know, it may be the po-
lice again" He raised his voice
and called. Come in" The door
knob ratified but the door re-
NAMED closed; Martin remem-
bered locking IL.
Ennis voice was cautious. Is Il
-them7"
7 don't know. The doors
locked"
viii you call me tomorrow or
Monday at the latest. Martini
Without failf"
He said. Yes" and 'Good-bye.s
He Graded the phone and went 70
the door. He was not happy about
Ennis call: il had seemed some
thing OF a triumph for him at the
beginning. but not now. There
might be a gulf between the Kings
and the Ennises, he was thinking.
but il could not be wider or deep
er than the gulf between Barbara
and her father. The one was AZ
this moment everything he want
ed and admired: the other every
thing he detested.
He unlocked the door and
opened it. Howard Morrissey stood
there. Martin said without sur
prise. Hello. Morrie. You look
hot and bothered. Come IN and
relax"
fre b eeztlnue4
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Two Senators
Stand Pat On
Debt Limit
By JOE HALL

WASHINGTON IA Democrat.
lie and Republican senator who
helped shelve President Eisen-
hower'S plan for a hike in the
national debt limit last August
said today they are standing firm.
Senator'S Malone (R-Nev) and
Edwin c. johnson (D-Colo) said
In separate interviews they are
still against any increase.
Both are on the Finance Com
mittee, which voted la to table
the debt limit boost despite strong
pleas from Secretary of the Treas
Jury Humphrey and Budget Dir
.eetor Joseph M. Dodge.
There have been strong hints
from the Treasury that a renewed
request for an increase from 275
to 200 billion dollars will be made
to the Senate soon after Congress
comes back Jan. 6. The House
okayed such a hike last summer
and, if the amount were not
changed, would not have to act
again.
The issue could become one OF
the first to embroil the Senate
in 1854. The Treasury has argued
lit viii be difficult and perhaps
impossible to finance operations
of the government next year with
out raising the debt ceiling. In
dications are the administration
still faces an uphill fight in the
Senate finance Committee.
Sen. Byrd (D-Va), a leader in
the fight against the boost last
summer, said recently he was a.
determined as ever to block it.
Malone said today he felt the
present debt limit was a safe.
guard against further tax boosts
and he added: Il didn't come here
to destroy the taxpayers of Amer.
lea"
johnson said he remains "un.
alterably opposed" to the boost.
He said he regards the ceiling as
the last opportunity for Congress
to keep some control of efderaI
spending.
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Young Amputee Walks

BOSTON R-Doctors and nurses
at Carney Hospital cheered Tues
day when 19-month-old Constance
|di Stasi walked a few steps for the
first time in her life.
The child has an artificial left
leg. an artificial right foot and an
artificial right hand.
Her limbs were amputated II
months ago to save her life after ii
was discovered she suffered from
"a rare condition which affected
blood circulation and caused gan
creme.
Doctors said she is one of the few
triple amputeeS of her age and
perhaps the youngest child to be
fitted with artificial limbs.
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By Sam Dawson

bonus are fairly bright In those
industries which have that pleas
ant habit, although the National
Foremen's Institute of New London,
Conn.,, reports today that the total
of cash handed out may be no
larger than last year, despite the
business boom of 1858. This is the
first year since 1850 that salaries
have been free of government con-
trolls.
Polling 1896 companies in all
parts of the nation on their Christ
mas plans, the institute finds that
Sc per cent plan to give bonuses.
Last year So per cent did.
! Bonus checks this Christmas will
be fatter for employees of 80 per
cent of the firms paying them.
Payments no larger than last year
are in sight for employees Of So
per cent of the firms. And man
agements of II per cent are still
making up their minds how much
to pass around. Widespread caution
about 1854 prospects may color
their decisions.
| Wage earnerS usually get bonus
if the salaried workers do, the
institute says. Only one firm in IL
favors the white-collared and pass,
es over the hourly paid.
But the salaried worker usually
gets more-with the average for
the white collared coming in the
$50 to 500 range, while the blue.
collared average SIS to $50. And :
per cent of the firms queried said
they give bonuses to foremen and
similar supervisory employees even
though they pass over the hourly
and other salaried workers.
Since many of the big corpora.
tons are expecting earnings to be
up this year over last, it could be
a very merry Christmas indeed
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The True Btoru Of Santa CLAUS

DEAR CHILDREN. You kMo,s
aud ! knotD aud the editor OF this
newspaper kaotcs that Santa Claus
Is reGl.for.surs Just like Friday
THAT'S Ohen Christmas happens
this year, Is Friday. You can't
see Friday. you can't feel Friday
but We kmo0 Friday happens.
However. lately I've heard that
some Of the People Who-Are-Pdst"
Sabotage didn't believe In Santa
Claus. So ! decided TO Investigate
for your sake aud mine. What
I found out is revealed in my story
beloic.-THE AUTHOR
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and your severance pSy would be
written of as a bonus. but YOU
could resume your duties when
tins unfortunate affair 5 cleaned
up"
That's generous os you.'
81 like 20 think that generosity
IS = standing feature OF the Nora
ing Record. Martin. | intended 10
save u a. surprise that Doran
recommended a substantial in
crease IN salary for you not long
ago. and had il under eonSidera-
ton az the time Of our--ah-6if-
ference Of opinion. But you may
as well know that | have decided
II your favor. which shows that
minor ciSagreementS have not az
fected my sense OF 's-lueS."
Three months had gone by since
Doran recommended that raise,
Martin recalled; and il had taken
murder that threatened serious
Inconvenience 10 Ennis 10 bring
about action
let me ask one thing before
we so any further. Mr., Ennis ]
presume you've seen your daugh-
ter this EVENING""
Barbara? We met az dinner, as
usual Why do you ask?"
Does she know you're calling
me7"
you surprise me. Martin. Why
should she's"
IF you talked 10 her. | think 1t
likely that my name was men
toned"
She told me Of meeting you
this afternoon az - an ~ down
town. She said you were very
thoughtful IN trying to spare her
any - ah - Embarrassment. Nat
urally I'm grateful, but that has
nothing 10 do with my proposal
except to add TO my pleasure in
making It,"
Then you aren't calling me at
her suggestion"
Absolutely not"
Il didn't mean 10 be intrusive.
It happens that Miss Ennis APP
peared downtown just in time 10
do me an important favor, which
puts me under an obligation TO
her. ] simply want to keep the
record straight"
I'm sure she'd prefer that you
didn't feel any obligation, Martin.
She did what she thought was
best, and she'd have done the
same if you had been anyone else.