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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-14

TOKYO R-This 10 me text 81
he lssssr received to-day by MRS.
PsFfis dswe frsm her sen Pfc.
Richard Z. Tsnnesen. ere Of the
American P0Ws vino has refused
TepsfTistion:
Dear mother:
Received your wire today and
was very glad to get it. You say
you would like TO talk with me-
well that would not be too hard to
do. know you believe me when
/ say that ! would like 10 talk
to you, however, there really isn't
too much you could accomplish
by il.
81 know that YOU want to take
me home with you but have made
up my mind and / am not going.
During my life / have witnessed
both peace and war in the United
States. love peace, l love man
kind, love them enough TO fight
for them-that is what ] am doing
right now-that is why am not
going home. Don't misunderstood
me. | still love my family, my
people and my country, and wheth-
ler you are able to understand II
now or not, believe me when
say that it is for them that I am
fighting and it is impossible for
me to live in the United States
because ! want to live as | wish.
Actually thought / don't believe
the United States authorities viii
allow you to speak TO me, they
are afraid. They have probably
told you that / was forced, doped,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-14

Monday. December II. 1859
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-14

LIMA, Peru R-The Peruvian
city of Tumbes, on the Ecuadorean
border, counted at least six dead
and many injured today following
a severe three-minute earthquake.
The tremors Saturday, which
were not felt In Lima, destroyed
three churches and badly damaged
a hospital and an army barracks
in Tumbes, q city Of 5000.
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P0NCA CITY. Okla. LR-Ponca
City police believe bottle Of pur-
pie ink, kept in a grocery safe
which was robbed. may lead TO
the capture of the burglars. Police
said the ink was spilled ali over
the floor, and probably on the
thieves too during the $1,000 haul.
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py TON MAsTERsoN

PARIS R-Freneh Foreign Min
lister Georges Bidsult told the open
session Of the NAT0 ministerial
meeting today that President Ii
senh0wer's plan for an atomic pool
foi peace would divert an inl-
mese material power from a
deathIy destruction toward the
peaceful progress Of mankind.
BIdault, chairman OF the meet.
ing. declared to the nearly so for
eign, defense and finance minis.
tcrs from the IA North Atlantic
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NOT MUCH FIR

SANTA FE. n. n. E-Repuh-
liean Gov. Ed Meehem says it's
okay with him if his department,
heads want to SO after the iob
he's leaving next year. But. he
adds YEARLY:
Apparently they haven't had
their heads examined lately or
they wouldn't want 10 run. They'll
find out there's more fun in run.
ming than in getting elected"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-14
Ship Nears Safety

OSLO, Norway 1.-THE rudder-
less Norwegian liner Stavenger-
ford headed into ealmer Atlantic
seas today with good prospects
that her Ga passengers win reach
Norway wen before Christmas.
The 13,344-ton ship, whose rudder
broke Wednesday, rode out week
end gale and rough seas and was
reported still plugging along on her
own power, steering only by her
twin screw propellers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-14

A Scottish law passed In i2Ss de-
creed that any man who rejected
an offer Of marriage from = girl
during Leap Year could be fined
as much as q pound.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-14

No other car at any price offers
such advanced Six engine fea-
lures as Ford's high-compres-
sion Mileage Maker. Take, for
example, Ford's nearly equal
bore-stroke ratio which shortsns
piston travel, reduces friction
and gives longer engine life.
Take Ford's free turning over
head valves and Power-Con-
toured combustion chambers
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-14
FoRD'S MILEAGE MAKER SIX IS
AMERIcA'S MOST MODERN SKI

which let gas burn more evenly
and completely. And Ford's
Automatic Power Pilot squeezes
the last ounce of power out of
every drop of gasl
These are but a few of the
many modern advances which
make Ford's Six worth more
when you buy it, worth more
when you sell it!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-14

When the Sudan held an election
recently it required five weeks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-24

Western Germany's Chancellor
Adenauer agreed.
But France backed away from
even that kind Of setup. And the
single European army idea has
been losing ground. Now as a re-
suit of the riots Germans, East and
West. renew their demands for
unification.
This makes tougher going for
the U. s., which supported and
urged the single European army
plan when II became plain reuni.
fication was long way off.
To quiet the East Germans,
whose uprising displayed their
attitude toward Moscow, the Rus.
SLAMS may talk more about permit
ting unification. II Is difficult TO
see their agreeing TO II.
But by talking unification. hold.
ing out bait 10 the Germans. the
Russians can try 10 mess up any
u S. efforts to push for the single
European army az this time.
So while American problems get
complicated in Korea they get com.
plicated in Western Europe too.
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ne World Today
BY JAMES MARROW

WASHINGTON Rs-Rioting East
Germans have dealt their Russian
Communist masters major damage
if only in the field of propaganda.
At the same time they have com.
phcated matters for the Western
Allies.
Shifting tactics after Stalin's
death, the Russians talked Of peace
and indicated they might relax
their iron-handed grip here and
there.
They even appeared to be NOV
ing in that direction by shifting
their occupation control in East
Germany from military to civilian
hands. But the discomfort of the
East Germans had long been
plain.
The steady flow of refugees into
West Germany was proof of that,
And, with less publicity. the Rus
slams held the screws tight on the
East Germans.
Last weeks rebels demanded
lower work quotas, lower consum-
er goods prices. freedom for polit-
zeal prisoners, free elections. and
identification Of East and West
Germany.
Since Russian suppression Of the
revolt with troops, tanks and fir.
ing squads was testimony only to
/ their power and not TO their per.
suasiVeness. the cause of the revolt
remains: fierce hatred in East
. Germany Of the Russians.
And it was the greatest demon
strati0n against Russian controi III
the satellites since the war. II $
enc0ura cement 30 other saf
peoples TO do the same. II ting
dared.
This break for the Allies. ma's-
ine hash Of Russian claims for
wonders Of communism. neeert o.
less created . serious problem Ter
the Western Allies on thu question
Of reunifying Germany.
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hole in the pavement. SBut iuSti
how long your liberty will last is
something ! can't guarantee. So
don't feel too badly If you're
picked up again as soon as the
Department hears from Washing
ton"
mo, sir"
Attorney Ebbling leaned back
against the upholstery. Nov,
just between the two Of us, your
statement is the truth? You aren't
withholding guilty knowledge OF
either buSineSS?" He laid his
hand on Mandell's knee. 'sAnd
I'm speaking as your lawyer now,
Bernard, not as your father-in-
law"
''Yes, sir" Mandell said. II I'M
derStand And as far as I know,
I've told the truth"
you had nothing to do with
Cherry Marvin"
Il talked to her in JOhnny's
Bar"
But yoa didn't take her 10
your hotel room2"
mo, sir"
you're telling me the truth,
now, Bernardo"
Eyes, sir"
Attorney Ebbling closed his
eyes and blew smoke at the CELL
ing of the car. Il saw the pictures
of her. Not a very pretty sight"
Mandell realized he was crack
ing his knuckles and folded his
hands in his lap. mo, ST.. Finding
her like that in my bathroom
scared me half to DEATH
EbbIing opened his eyes. why
should it,"
Mandell said earnestly, BE
cause ! thought maybe was still
walking on my heels, see? Il
thought maybe I'd hit her, like
Inspector Carlton said, and I
didn't remember il, because was
still crazy"
Ebbling nodded in understand
ing. II see. That was a natural
reaction for man who had just
spent two years in an asylum.
And there was a man in your
rooml A man did hold you up2"
''Yes, sir"
'Then how about your wallet
with the six hundred dollars in
tact that Lieutenant Rose found
in between the mattress and the
spring of your bed?"
Ito be eontinuedl
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This was haunting question
ever since the war, when Russia
held East Germany and the United
States, France and Britain occupied
three zones which make up West
Germany.
Eventually the Western Allies set
up the West German Republic; the
Russians created a puppet East
German government. On both sides
Of the line, millions of Germans
longed for a single, reunited Ger
many.
But new, free, independent and
united Germany-liaked in with the
West-would be the greatest eco
nomic and military barrier to any
Russian moves sgains. Western
Europe.
II is no wonder the Reds have
stalled on agreements 10 let the
Germans. East and West. have
free elections TO sci up their own.
single government. The public dis.
play of how the East Germans
feel about them will probably
make them now even more relue-
tani 10 permit Identification.
The West Germans. or many Of
them, felt a need for some mill
tary defense against Russian am.
billions In the West. The French
wanted no part If . new German
army on their frontiers.
When the groundwork was laid
for setting Up a single Western
European army-uniting under one
command troops ron various West
ern countries, including Germany
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Chapter IA

Chapter IA
THERE was the same blue haze
L of cigar smoke, the same
stencil of disinfectant. With the
exception of MIR. Ebbling, even
the faces had been the same. It
had been like sitting through a
movie he had seen before.
Mandell stood very still and
meek in front of the elevator
bank on the top floor of the De-
tective Bureau, waiting for his
father-in-law to finish his per-
sonal conversation with Judge
Clay and States Attorney Gil
more.
He was glad Mr.. Ebbling had
flown down from Eagle River.
Mr.. Ebbling was Class with a
capital c. Tall, slim, white haired,
custom tailored in imported
tweeds. Mr.. Ebbling was as IA
.miliar with criminal law as he
was with the branch that had
made him a millionaire. More, he
knew the right people.
Finished with the conversation,
Ebbllng shook hands with Judge
Clay. Nice to have seen you
again, Hiram"
1t was nice to have seen you,
John" Judge Clay said.
Ebbling slapped States Attor-
ney Gilmore's back. "And why
don't you give me a ring some
day. Bill? Call the club and we'll
have lunch together"
Gilmore was pleased. I'm do
that, John"
The sun was brighter now, but
it gave no heat. Mandell was cold
without his hat or topcoat. He felt
embarrassed to go to Gale with
out either a coat or hat and with
a bandage on his head. But at
least he wouldn't have to explain
the bloodstains or the bullet
holes.
Attorney Ebbiing's car, with a
uniformed chauffeur behind the
wheel, was parked in a no-park-
ing zone in front of the Bureau.
The chauffeur got out and opened
the door as Ebbling crossed the
walk.
Ebbling motioned Mandell to
precede him into the car. "Just
drive for few minutes, Andre.
Then wen drop Mr.. Mandell at
his hotel and you can take me to
the club"
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TO KISS, OR KILL
~ A. s--..s.... BY Doy Keene 80

The chauffeur touched the brim
of his cap. "YeS, sir"
Mandell rode, sitting on the
edge of his seat with his big
hands between his knees. He al
ways felt slightly uncomfortable
in the presence of his diStin-
guiShed father-in-law. He felt as
though he should stand with his
hat in his hand or touch his fore
lock or something. He was always
conscious of his size and lack of
formal education. With Gale it
was different. Gale was a woman.
He was man. They had their
love. But whenever he was with
Gales father, he didn't quite
know what TO do with his hands
or what to talk about.
D FLAX" Ebbling said. "Sit
N back. Everything is going to
be all right. Bernard"
Mandell sat back on the seat,
remembering he hadn't thanked
Mr.. Ebbling. Eyes, sir. Thank
you, sir. And thanks a lot for fly
ing down from Eagle River"
Ebbling smiled thinly. you're
perfectly welcome, Bernard. Bad
as the long-distance connection
was, knew as soon as heard
your voice that something was
radically wrong"
"YeS, sir" Mandell rubbed the
knuckleS of one hand with the
palm of the other. I guess I'd
have been in a mess if you hadn't
been waiting at the Bureau when
those two prov! cops brought me
in"
Attorney Ebbling mouthed his
dead cigar. Now that he'd turned
off his charm, he looked white
and tired and older than Man
dell remembered him. You're
still in a mess, an ungodly one.
"Yes, sir" Mandell said meek
ly.
Ebbling dropped his dead cigar
in the ash tray attached to the
rear of the front seat and put a
fresh one in his mouth. AS you
know, Inspector Carlton was in
sistent that you be held on the
basis of the new evidence he and
Lieutenant Rose have uncovered
in the Marvin matter. Judge Clay
refrained from revoking your
bail as a personal favor to me.
Ebbling lighted his fresh cigar.
wincing as the car jolted over 3
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ANY cor THE HEAvE

DENVER (lRl - Manager Andy
Cohen Of the Denver Bears has
been In baseball since 1925. includ.
ing a hitch for the New York
Giants under John MeGraw. But
this is the first time il ever hap
pened to him.
He was. thumbed out Of . game
this year for iawing with the
plate umpire and his Western
League club hadn't even come 10
BAT.
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II Is estimated that rubber tires
last FIVE times as long and eost
hall as much today as in 1920.
Evening star., 1953-11-01


would try to cloud that picture
with countercharges of germ war
fare, killing of civilians in bombing
raids-particularly through use of
jellied gasoline fire bombS-and
rape and murder. The United
States could point out, however,
that germ-warfare charges had
long been discredited (the Com
muniSt countries blocked a U. N.
investigation into the charges) and
that any sufferings of the innocent
were due to unavoidable military
action or were misdeeds by individ-
ual soldiers who were punished
when caught.
The fundamental difference be-
tween the Communist and the
U. N. side was that brutality was
an official Red policy.
It would be difficult from now
on for decent men anywhere to
forget that the suave beings across
the conference table at present
and future Panmunjoms-and in
the U. N. itSelf-were the spiritual
kin of those who had perpetrated
these blood-chilling atrocities in
Korea.
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Politics

~ NE OF THE ShorteSt-l Lived
" resolutions in political his
tory was buried deep last week by
the man who had made it only
eight days before. President Eisen-
hover, confronted by the near
unanimous dismay of Republican
leaders over his statement. that he
would not participate in the con-
greSSional election campaign next
year, reversed his field completely.
His original position had been
one OF high idealiSm: He was Pres
ident of all the people; he would
not use the presidency as a parti-
san political agency; he would try
to establish a good record for his
administration and let that serve
as an umbrella" for Republican
candidates. A week of frantic Wis
its, phone calls, wires and letters
from worried G.. o. P. brass all
, over the country changed the high
idealiSm to something much more
practical.
Of course, he told his press con-
ference on Thursday, he couldn't
be expected to go into the coun-
try's 435 congressional districts,
know all their problems, and in
dorse all their Republican candi-
dates. But to say that he has no
interest in these things is like say
ing he has no interest in draUin0
the nert breath. OF course he has.
And once again he said he hopes
to create Sheltering umbrella
with his administrations record.
This change of heart was reaf-
firmed by Presidential Press Sec
retary James c. Hagerty at his
regular daily conference the next
morning. The President, he said,
favors the Republican guberna-
torial candidates in Virginia and
New Jersey and the House candi-
dates in New Jersey and Califor-
mia (See Estate Races" below.
And in case anybody had any
misunderstanding about the
spread Of that umbrella" "that
applies likewise to other candi-
dates who are running for Office
on the Republican ticket.
"The Republican ticket any
where?" a reporter asked.
eyes," said Mr.. Hagerty.
With these White House state
ments the Presidents brief at
tempt to remain above the polit-
ical battle seemed to have come
to an abrupt end.
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Atrocities

Medical men are held in high
esteem all over the world, and no
individual doctor is more respected
than Charles w. Mayo of Roch-
ester, MINI. The Mayo Clinic,
founded by his father and uncle,
is we'll known to educated persons
everywhere.
So DR.. Mayo was the ideal choice
for the diStaSteful but necessary
chore of telling the United Nations
the full story of organized brutality
by Communist forces in Korea.
DR.. Mayo's unimpeachable stature
made him, more than any other
individual, suited to the job of
convincing foreign skeptics that
the Communists can be as deliber-
ately cruel as the many reports
from Korea have indicated they
have been.
President Eisenhower appointed
DR.. Mayo to be a delegate to the
United Nations in August though
not, the State Department said,
specifically for the job of reporting
on Korean atrocities.
Last week, DR.. Mayo took the
floor of the General Assembly Po-
litical Committee and soberly gave
the following facts:
. The Communists in Korea had
deliberately adopted a policy of
diScrediting the United States, and
were willing to use "any means,
any deceit, any brutality" which
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Their Mojesties

The King of the Hellenes, big,
plain, likable and down to earth,
came to town with his attractive
little wife last week. King Paul
and Queen Frederika were in
America to renew friendship for
their impoverished but strategic
Mediterranean country, and both
went about 1t like the craftsmen
they are.
In the whirlwind schedule which
is royalty's standard routine in
Washington, the Greek sovereign
and his consort got the customary
treatment which begins with the
carefully timed afternoon parade
and the formal entry under the
triumphal arch formed by District
Fire Department ladders. After
that came the overnight stop at
the White House, the wreath-lay-
Evening star., 1953-11-01

ing at Mount Vernon and the one
at Arlington, the luncheon address
to members Of press, television
and radio, the state dinner for
the President at the Embassy, the
reception for fellow -countrymen.
Through it all the big smiling
King and his little smiling Queen
moved with Sure-footed skill, pay
ing tribute to Americas spiritual
leadership and thanking "the or
binary American taxpayer" for the
millions in aid which have per-
mitted Greece to beat back Com
munist attack and infiltration and
establish a sound democracy.
After Washington, Paul and
Frederika started across country
for an official tour which will last
until November "a. They will re-
turn home on December 8, after
another 10 days of unofficial"
touring. BY that time the Queen,
who once expressed an interest in
hot dogs and chocolate ice cream
Sodas, will have had her fill, and
the King will be able to consider
his friendship mission well COM
pleted.
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Nobel Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize for 1853
went last week to a man who has
been out of active public life for
two years and out of international
diplomacy for four: General of
the Army George Catlett Marshall
OF Leesburg, Va, Secretary of De-
tense in the Truman administra-
ton from September, 1850, to Sep
tember, 1851; Secretary of State
from January, l947, to January,
1949.
At the same time, the Nobel
Institute in Oslo announced its
selection of Philosopher Albert
Schweitzer to receive the 1852 peace
prize hitherto unconferred.
The Nobel Committee, as is its
custom, made no explanation of its
award to Gen. Marshall. But in
awarding the honor and the $685.
600 that goes with it, the commit
tee helped the United States get
back its sense of values. For IL
days preceding the award, the
name Leesburg was synonymous
in most American minds, not with
the name Of an eminent soldier
statesman who fought for peace,
but with that of a broadcasting
performer who fired a singer on q
morning radio show.
Evening star., 1953-11-01

THE WORLD was shown again
l. last week that the United Ma
tions sometimes can be used as
an effective instrument for peace.
Before the U. N. went into action,
increasingly serious border clashes
between Israel and the Arab states
had threatened to spark another
Middle Eastern war. But after last
week the outlook for peace was
good, even though several basic
problems remained unsolved.
The U. N. was brought auto
matically into the picture through
its Palestine Truce Supervision
Organization, group set up after
the ISrael-Arab truce of 1949. Re-
cent TSO reports on border Incl
dents gave the world an unbiased
picture of what happened and per-
mitted other countries to take a
stand based on neutral" infor-
nation rather than on national
prejudiceS.
When Israel refused to stop
work on a Jordan River power
project, as ordered by the U. N.
group after Syria complained,
Britain and the United States were
able with clear consciences to put
pressure on Israel to give in to the
U. N. Both countries censured the
little state in public statements,
and the United States announced
that $50 million earmarked for
Israeli aid would be held up.
U. N. Inquiry
At the same time the U. N.
Security Council voted to investi-
gate the Arab-Israel dispute.
Maj. Gen. Vagn Bennike, chief
of the U. N. supervision organi-
cation, reported to the Security
Council last week. He said tension
between Israel and Jordan had
increased to the breaking point"
There was a real danger, he said,
that the temptation to resort to
force may prevail over wise coun-
sci and restraint"
He told of the attack on the
Jordan village OF Kibya, where, he
said, $50 to. 800 Israeli soldiers
killed some so Arabs. In other
fiare-ups, he reported, both Arabs
and Israeli violated the border and
burned crops, stole cattle and
killed civilians.
The Security Council continued
Evening star., 1953-11-01
BiqFour

Even optimistic Sir Winston
Churchill was beginning to realize
last week that an informal top
level conference with President
Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Ma
lenkov and French Premier Laniel
just isn't in the cards at the pres
ent time. Neither Washington nor
Moscow was enthusiastic about
the idea, and in the face of this
formidable -disapproval the British
Prime Minister was reluctantly
shelving his pet project.
In Washington, the President
stated the official United States
position at his weekly press con-
ference: 1t is perfectly hopeless
to do this thing until aCe Enoao
that there is an honest purpose
behind it. He added that he
wouldn't attempt to define what
this country needs to convince it
of Russia's honest purpose. 1t
might be any one of hundred
things, he should think, but that
De haze got to kno1D.
The Soviet position, as usual,
was neatly confused by conflicting
comments. In Moscow, Pravda
came out with a bitter editorial
attacking Churchill's proposal. At
the United Nations, Delegate
Andrei ViShinsky remarked with
diSarming innocence that his coun-
try sees no world problems which
can't be solved, and then pro-
ceeded to attack the United States
demand that the Soviets offer
proof Of good intentions. Those
who put preliminary tests do not
want settlements" he said.
These separate buckets of cold
water speedily convinced the