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The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03

LONDON Up - Rain came down
on London town and Showered a
merry-faced elderly lady sitting
knitting patiently on the pavement
of Trafalgar Square as she waited
to see her queen.
AS the queen herself is the sym
boil of empire, Mrs. Hugo Harper
was the symbol of all the voiceleSs
millions who have served the Brit
ish crown in places high and low
across the centuries.
mo, don't mind the rain," she
said placidly. ''I've known rain be-
fore"
She has known sacrifice in her
life, too. So has her family. For
200 years the men of her family
and her husbands family had, as
she said, "given unbroken service
to the crown, mostly in the army,
and half of them were lost in ac-
ton"
"Oh, yes, we've paid the price, -
she said with quiet pride. "But you
expect to pay the price if that's
your job"
Mrs. Harper, widowed by the
First World War, is now a lee,
turer in history at Cambridge Uni.
versity, and is studying for Doc:
tor of Philosophy degree despite
her years. She wore a blue Red
Cross uniform and on the blouse
cleaned medal given her for her
work as a volunteer nurse in the
last war.
Sandwiched In a crowd of pave.
men squatters between . house,
wife from Devon and another
housewife from Lincolnshire, who
had brought along five young chill.
dren, Mrs. Harper had no com.
plant because she had no seat for
the coronation. Nor did she seem
to mind sleeping on the pavement
during her S3.hour wait to see the
queen.
II waited q hours in the rain
to see her father crowned" she
said, "and | waited II hours in the
rain and snow to see his funeral
cortege pass.
"These ceremonies are the cen.
ter Of our lives, the tokens Of our
empire and the continuity of a
thousand years of history. When
everything seems changing all over
the world. it is comforting to have
stabilized realm.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03
Nationwide Net
For Sex
Slayer In London

LONDON. R-poiIce and U. s
military authorities spread 4 na.
tionwide net today for ! knife
welding sex slayer who killed one
teen-aged girl and possibly ! sec
ond. They feared be might strike
again.
Detectives gril,cd more than
1000 z S. sirmen az nearby Bush
ey Park camp after TIE battered
body of is-year-oid Barbara Song.
hurst was pulled from the Thames
River. The girl had been missing
since Sunday when ahe wezt ca .
date with sn is.year-eld friend,
Christine Reed.
Police wsTe Convinced that chFsa-
tire was killed. ico Her shoes
we're found On the Fsser bark rear
sigzs q ) bsooziy strngzss ard her
hscyels Vas dragged from ne rly.
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Navy divers 70 sezFeh tks FlYtT
tar her bo4y.
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The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03
Safety
Notes
By BILL cfsB
is a safe speed2"

what Is SaIe speedI
safety Notes." which is cor.
Quoting q June traffic safety pro-
gram IN cooperation with the Ma.
tional Safety Council, asked this
question of Chief Joseph o. Kemp.
head Of the Key West Police Dept.
"The average person, when he
asks What is q safe speeds ex.
poets the answer to be given as
certain number of miles per
hour" Chief Kemp said. Actual
ly, no definite speed always can
be labeled as safe
"a safe speed can be determin.
ed only after consideration of four
highly variable factors. These fac
tors are weather, the condition Of
the road and traffic, the mechani.
cal condition Of the car, and the
drivers own physical and mental
condition"
Everyone realizes that rain re.
duees visibility. and wet roads
make cars harder to control, Chief
Kemp pointed out. But not every
driver takes these factors into &C.
count when his foot is on the
throttle.
Heavy motor or pedestrian traf.
fic tends by its very nature to
slow down drivers, yet those wh0
haven't slowed down have been
responsible for many fatal acci.
dents, Kemp explained. And too
often the car with under.par lights
or brakes is driven as though Il
were in first class condition.
Probably the singe factor least
generally considered IN dstermin-
ing safe speed Is the drivers ply
sical and mental condition. - he
said. ''The driver who is suffering
from q ban headache or extreme
fatigue cannit react as rapidly TO
unexpected highway hazards as can
healthy and well.rested man"
Likewise, Kemp continued, the
worried, nervous, emotiOnally up
set driver should not travel at the
same speed as when he Is care
free. Part of this drivers atten-
ton is on the road, the rest may
be on his troubles.
Posted speed limits are helpful
in telling drivers the maximum
speed certain road can be travel.
ed safely. but these posted limits
are based on favorable conditions
and cannot be relied upon when
hazards are present.
Even though the sign may
say as miles per hour" Kemp
said, s'that doesn't mean IS al
ways Is = safe speed In that zone.
Speed depends on actual conditions
that exist at any given moment"
This Is the idea that Safety
Notes is trying to pot across IA
its June pr gram Tor usftis safe.
u.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03
HAL BOYLE SAYS

why do you think these people
are here? At the bottom of it is
the simple desire to show their
| loyalty and support for the crown. "
A sound truck passed by then,
hlaring the tune, "Oh, We Amt Got
A Barrel OF Money" and the pave
ment squatters stood up on their
blanket seats and laughed. Il know
l 'aven't," said one.
81 was born on the high seas
under the British flag, somewhere
between India and Canada" con-
tinued Mrs. Harper. "Just where
don't remember - / was quite
young at the time.
my father was doctor, a par
son and an army officer. I've lived
in India, Bermuda. the West Indies,
British Guiana, and Canada. My
father went to Canada to help the
North American Indians during an
epidemic in 1914. He's up in the
Arctic somewhere now, treating the
Eskimos. 80
81 married and had three sons in
three years, and then my husband
was a missing officer, killed in
France in 1918. / had two sons in
the last war, and both were badly
wounded.
my third soma pause, a
caught breath, and then more soft,
ly: HE was killed by a bomb dur.
ing Zeppelin raid over Kent ir
1916. There were Is of us in the
house at the time. and II killed"
Pain darkened her bright blue
eyes, as passing cloud dullS the
surface of lake, and then the
light of pride came into them.
"The only point in all this. she
said firmly, is that the more you
serve the more intense becomes
your loyalty--the more you have
suffered in the empires cause, the
more you believe In It."
She stood at the foot of the tow.
ering monument to Lord Nelson
who won Britain'S greatest naval
victory at Trafalgar. And as
looked up at the statue Of the ia
nous sea hero he seemed no high.
er TO me than the proud little lady
waiting patiently on the pavement
Mrs. Harper, heart of empire,
loyal servant Of the crown.
1
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03
Eisenhower Is
Expected To Urge
Economy Tonight
By DOUGLAS 3. CORNELL


WASHINGTON R - President
Eisenhower makes his first tele-
vision report to the people tonight,
apparently to bear down on the
idea that in such perilous times
spending must come down, but not
too much and taxes remain up.
Four Cabinet members will be
on the program, too, taking their
cues from the President and from
big printed cards outside camera
range.
The broadcast is scheduled for
$3.50 p. m, Eastern Standard
Time.
Reports were there might be
some word on a new goldfish
bowl policy" of publicity for tax
enforcement cases, perhaps to
emphasize that the administration
is trying to clean up what Eisen-
hover has called 1.-THE mess in
Washington"
But there were no advance signs
the half-hour TV show would pro.
duce any major announcements.
The White House says the program
is intended largely to tell the
people what the administration
has done, and why, in its first
four months.
1t Is expected to touch also, in
more informal over.the.coffee.cups
fashion, some of the high spots of
Eisenhower'S radio address TO the
nation May 10. In that broadcast,
he defended his military budget
and called for temporary main
ienance Of present tax levels.
All four TV networks will carry
the program. Along with the Pres
ident, it viii star Atty. Gen.
Brownell, Secretary of Agriculture
Benson. Secretary Of the Treasury
Humphrey and Secretary Of Health,
Education and Welfare Hobby.
A test run yesterday ran seven
minutes over time. That meant
condensing or cutting out nearly a
fourth of the half-hour program.
Another rehearsal was set this
morning.
If present plans 60 through,
what people VIII see on their TV
screens is picture of the Presi-
dent seated at q big desk in a
conference room few steps from
his White House office. The Cabi-
net members win occupy a brown
leather divan nearby.
Eisenhower probably viii start
off with q general statement Of
subjects and ask the Cabinet mem.
bers TO fill in details.
In one version that remained
some sort. then bring up specific
subject 70 change, the Chief
Executive took up his tax program
then tapped Humphrey TO give his
own views on that and on financial
problems the President says were
inherited largely from the Truman
administration.
The two talk back ard forth. and
Humphrey SAYS the Presidents tar
program is e&sentiaI to checking
imitation ard keeping . strona
defense. he assures Elsenhower
that 4 knox yoa never promised
tax cuts as eE any gwen time .
Failure Ok the tax program 70 90
thFongh C0ngreS1, be says. gill
meas mere inf1asi1n--higher coats
Of food, ci0thing and shelter.
Aad tie Prexl6ers says he thinks
the people and CongrsSs I'LL szp.
pert hia tar Plan. wAaeA wvaaa
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say al Gee pafnt sAat ths hnages
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The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03
No Chance To
Beat ke's
New Measure
BY 3. [. LIVINGSTONE

W ASf1lkNG 1ON VI PRESIDENT
EiSenhower'S plan for reorganiza-
ton of the Agriculture Department
was called up for House action
today, and Rep. Hoffman (R-Mich) }
said there was mo chance" ii
would be defeated.
Barring an unexpected upset, the
plan takes effect at midnight to-
night, permitting Secretary Benson
to tighten the reinS of authority
over the diversified functions of
his department.
The reorganization plan wasn't
called up for House vote on the
last day of the 6O-day period al
lowed either the House or Senate
to veto presidential reorganization
proposals before they automatically
take effect.
Backed by some farm state
members who say they fear effects
of the plan on agricultural pro-
grams, Rep. Fountain (d-NC) gave
notice he would call up a resolution
of disapproval which has been
pigeonholed in the House Govern
ment Operations Committee. Hoff-
man heads the committee.
A majority of the full House
membership-21S members-muSt
vote against a reorganization plan
to veto it. A resolution of disap-
proval fell 20 short of the required
40 Senate votes last week.
The Agriculture reorganization in
the main provides:
/. Three new assistant secre-
taries.
2. Capitalization of the seere-
tary's authority over certain de-
partment functions not now direct
ly vested in his office. This in.
eludes jurisdiction over six agen-
cies now holding a degree Of
statutory responsibility for their
own functions.
This proposal has attracted the
sharpest opposition. Rep. Cooley
(D-NC), senior Democrat on the
House Agriculture Committee,
called it a power grab" and an
attack on existing farm programs.
Of 20 agencies in the Agriculture
Department, the functions of 10
already arc under direct jurisdic.
ton of the secretary.
The reorganization plan would
permit Benson to take full auth.
ority over six Of the remaining 10
the Rural Electrification Admin
istration. Farmers Home Admins.
tration, Soil Conservation Service,
the Forest Service, Bureau Of
Agricultural Economics, and the
office of the solicitor.
Cooley, attacking the plan in the
House yesterday, said Il "calls for
more power than any good man
should want, and more than any
bad man should have"
''No one questions the character
Of Secretary Benson" he said.
"But everyone seems to question
his competency. | don't question
his purity. but ! do question his
purpose | am inclined 10 say, here
comes = pious prince riding a Tro-
jan horse. .
Cooley said Benson didn't know
why he wanted il or what he would
do with Il when he got 1t. Benson
has said be does not know what
shifts he viii make.
Il have an idea, Cooley De.
eiared. "A great number Of people
win be discharged, and then ai a
later date greater number will
be employed. And | have an idea
they wIll be Of another political
faith.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03
AshmOre Elected

GREENvILLE, S. c. R-Robsst
T. AshmcFe, -, . state solicitor
lproseeutorl since 1885, is South
Cardinals new Fourth District
u. s. representative.
Ashmore. Democrat from
GreenviIle. defeated five other can.
didaiex. He win finish the unex.
pired term Of the late Joseph n.
Bryson. also Of Greenvilis. Bryson
died March 10 during his eighth
term.
State Sen. Charles c. Moore,
spartanburg lawyer. tfalled Ash.
more. l0.es0 10 i2.iaI with ouly
few precincts in tie four county
district unreported.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03
WHEN THE KEY WEST DOLLAR WAS WORTH
FIVE OF TODAY'S DOLLARS

Let us paraphrase Listen to the mockingbrd" to
"Llsten to auction bells" Though Susan McAvoy in her
excellent articles about odtime Key West does not men,
ton the BELLS oldmer hear them ringing when he
reads what she has say about the 1880s Key West
Her articles have struck a responsive chord among
Key Westers generally because their interest culver
in our town when it the largest in Florida and when
its per capita wealth said to be the largest in the
world Our chief industries in those days. as Miss McAvoy
stated cigar manufacturing and sponging but the
auction the life blood in citys business
Front Street. between Duval and Simonton Streets
was lined with auction both Sides except for
shop at the souheasery of Ann and Front
and coffee shop at the norhwesery of Front and
Smonton. From 10 to noon every day, except Sunday
hundreds of Key Weses crowded the block going from
auction to auction room, seeking the things they
wished to buy And what could they buy? Anything from
package of pins to three-masted schooner.
Key West has Wall Street, named after one of its
early settlers but that block of Front Street was to Key
West what the Wall Street Stock Market in New York
to the country. had anthing to SELL you could sell
it at the auction rooms and buy anything you needed
Cargoes from ships wrecked the Florida Reef in
cudng bolts of satin silk cloths of all other kinds the
best aces perfumes everything that entered into the
commerce of the world, auctioned Front Street
Auction bells began ring 1854 am and five minutes
later selling began and for hours the cumulative
of the auctoneers could be heard for blocks around
Listen to the auction bells" Though they rang day
after day, yet their ringing reused the ageod trading
spirit in Coupled with the ringing this question
Wonder what they selling today?" As nobody knew
what to be offered for sale even auctoneer did
not know what another had to el the block crowd
ed day by prospective buyers before the bells stop
ped ringing.
What were the prices for foOdstuffs? They were so
low Key West housewives may cape wishfuy when they
hear them Coffee 10 cents pound green coffee beans
sold and parehed and ground in practically
householdl turkeys the 'hoof shipped here from
Galveston averaged from 10 to 15 cents pound for
and IL to Is for hens bananas 10 to % cents bunch
and other fruits proportonatey low and to corned
beef which sold cheap enough auction for grocers
20 retail ii at three for quarter
Listen to the auction bells" and while you listen
let this thought flicker in your mind the dollar in Key
West in the ISS0s worth five of today's dollars.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03

A plant is = chemical factory
which takes oxygen and hydrogen
from water, carbon from the car.
bon dloxide Ia the air and various
other chemicals from the sol 70
produce the substances which make
up the plans.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03
Airline Strike

RIO De JANEfR0. Brazil ia
strike Of 81 flight mechanics forced
cancellations today of all flights
BY Panalr DO Brasil airline. The
mechanics are d emandIng IN
creased pay for night work and
overtime.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03

Newspapers advertising set q new record in 1852, and
proved number 4 seller Of commodities.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03

World tension has eased somewhat since Joe Stain
died and if the trend is temporary deceptive We
sAould be grateful.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03

Baseball managers beginning TO realize that
their optimistic predictions might have been optimistic.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03

Is anybody doing anything for the boys returning
from Korea?
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03

Dollars and sense lay the foundation for big fortunes
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03

Everything you hear church is necessarily the
aospel
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03

Cows were known in the earliest
dynasties Of ancient Egypt.
The Key West citizen., 1953-06-03

Those who lose their tempers at games should stick
10 other pursuits.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-09-24
Movie Time
Again At Library
Wednesday Nights

The East Cleveland Public Lii
brary will resume its series of
movie programs, held each We'd
nesday evening at 8 p. M, in the
library auditorium. All East
Clevelanders are welcome to at
tend. The first program, on Sep
tember 30th, will present: Heart
Of The Inca Empire" showing
Latin Americas best record of the
highly cultured acient Inca civili-
zation, the ruins of the famous Inca
city of Machu Picchu in Peru.
"Day Is New" pictures a day in the
life of the people in Mexico City,
with their varied activities from
dawn to night. wings To Mexico
and Guatemala" will take US by
air to these countries to see their
market places, native ceremonials,
famous buildings and other tourist
attractions.
These films are shown through
the courtesy of the Film Bureau of
the Cleveland Public Library,
which lends films to many groups
and organizations.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-09-24
Begin Discussions
On World Politics

A new World Politics Discus.
sion Group will have it's first
meeting at the East Cleveland
Library Wednesday evening, Sep
tember 30th, at 7:45 o'clock and
will hold ten weekly sessions. Mr..
w. Parker Craig and Mr.. Sidney
E. Bernard will lead the discus
sions.
The advanced course, American
Foreign Policy, will start on We'd
nesday evening, October 7th, led
by Mr.. Hamilton Beatty and Mr..
Sidney S. Friedman, both veteran
leaders in the organization.
These groups have been received
with great enthusiasm throughout
Greater Cleveland. The discussions
are timely and stimulating.
East Cleveland members Of the
World Politics Planning Commit
tee since it's organization in 1852
are Mr.. Hamilton Beatty of the
Austin Company, Mr.. John Culver,
Associate Professor of History at
Case Institute, and Miss Sarah E.
head of the East Cleveland
Library.
For further information about
the course call the World Politics
Office Of Western Reserve Univer-
sity, CE. 1-7700.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-09-24

Mrs. Harriet S. Harris, 1884
lakewood ave-, has been named
chairman of the Cuyahoga County
section of the Ohio Music Teachers
Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gibson,
1916 Potomac ave-, announce the
birth of Mitchell Wade, born Sep
tember goth at Huron Road Hos
pital. Mrs. Gibson is the former
Joan Hershberger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Zukas, 1945
Taylor rd., are visiting in Los An
geles, Cal.
Mrs. J. D. Ewald and two sons
of Chicago are visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Deason,
1910 Elderwood ave. They came
at this time to join in the quiet
observance of the Deason's 39th
wedding anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Vanderlipp,
sr., held Open House at their home,
2004 Noble rd., Sunday, Septem-
Der goth for their son, Lee. Lee,
who finished Sixth Grade at Gale
donia Elementary School in June,
is entering the Ohio Military In
stitute in Cincinnati this fall.
Among the guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. w. J. c. Vanderlipp, jr., and
daughter, Dawn of Highland Park,
III. They are moving to Atlanta,
Ga, Mr.. Vanderlipp having been
transferred there by his company
after a year in the Chicago office.
Friends of Earl Croucher of
14724 Strathmore ave. will be glad
to know that he is improving. Mr..
Croucher underwent surgery re-
Gently at Huron Road Hospital.
A coterie of girls from Shaw
High School gave a pre-nuptial
shower for Mary Hoffman who
was married to Roland Krizan
Friday evening, September 18th.
The Revere shower was held in the
home of Terry Tucker.
The rehearsal dinner was given
by the groom's parents.
After the bride returns to Kent
State University, her bridesmaids
who also attend KSU, will be host
esses at linen shower to be given
in the home of the brides sister,
Mrs. VIM. A. Howell who resides
in Kent.
Elizabeth VonDerau, 1881 Lake
view rd., was one of the SO gradu-
ates to receive certificates and pins !
for completion of the years prac-
tical nurse course co-sponsored by |
the Cleveland Board of Education
and the Cleveland Hospital Coun-
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-09-24
PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS the citizens of East Cleveland vitaly interested
youth and recognize the Importance of adult participation in
pertaining to the welfare of children.
WHEREAS the principal tasks facing nation and
community today the building of youth into useful and honor
able citizens,
WHEREAS it is fitting that every effort keep
children from being form of delinquency foster
all good proper aimed helping youth achieve
the benefits offered by the American of life,
WHEREAS through the joint efforts of Kwan International
The National Kids Day Foundation by the East
Cleveland Kwns Club day has been set aside to focus attention
forty eight at both national and community level
WHEREAS the of the day provide wherever possible
underpriveged children of
normally accruing boys and girls fortunate
circumstances,
NOW THEREFORE, Charles A. Carran by virtue of the
City Manager the City of Cleveland
hereby designate Saturday September 26h Kids Day in
of their abilities in making the event
WITNESS WHEREOF, l have hereunto hand nc
day of September year Lord
Fifty three.
Isl Charles A. Carran,
City Manager
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-09-24
Personals.

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Carson have
returned from Cambridge, Mass.
and are in their new quarters at
3616 Ingleside rd., Shaker Heights.
Bob, son of the P. A. Carsons,
2O48 Hanover dr., East Cleveland,
received his MBA from the Har-
ward Graduate School of Business
Administration and is now associ-
ated with the Cayce Corporation
in Cleveland.
Bob is a Shaw graduate as is
his wife the former Marilyn
Hartman.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-09-24

Gil. The exercises were held We'd
nesday, September 23rd at the
Board of Education Auditorium.
Mrs. Jennie Burris and Mrs.
Anna Farrell, two long time men,
bers of Trinity Evangelical United
Brethren Church and residents of
East Cleveland, were honored to-
day at a luncheon at the home of
Mrs. Albert Orr, Highland dr.,
Brecksville, with number of their
close church friends present to
share the occasion. Mrs. Farrell,
who left the community one year
ago to make her home in New
York City where her son is a
Presbyterian Minister, is visiting
her many friends here and will
return to New York for the winter.
Mrs. Burris, who recently has
lived at 1912 Hayden ave., is leav-
ing soon to live with her sister in
Massillon.