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Evening star., 1953-12-27
Department Stores
Report YuIe Buying
Above 1852 Record
By DonoId B. HodIey

A laSt-minute Christmas buy
ing rush raised department store
sales in the Washington Metro
politan Area slightly ahead Of
record levels Of year ago. q sur
vey Of six leading organizations
disclosed yesterday.
Three Of the companies re-
ported sales slightly ahead, while
the other three estimated volume
at about even with last year.
Included in the survey were Ju-
Illus Garf1nckel & Co.. Woodward
& Lothrop, The Hecht Co., S.
Kann Sons Co., Lansburgh's, and
the Goldenberg Co.
Because of one more pre-
Christmas shopping day than a
year ago. sales for the week
ended yesterday are expected to
show q substantial rise from a
year ago and result In a gain
In four weeks ended the same
date.
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond yesterday reported
area sales in the week ended De-
cember 10 were 4 per cent above
a year ago and 8 per cent ahead
OF the previous year. Sales in
four weeks ended December 10
were 2 per cent behind a year
ago.
Downtown department store
sales for the week and four weeks
ended yesterday also are expect
ed to show gains from a year
earlier. The bank reported they
were 2 per cent above 1858 In
the week ended December 10, but
down 8 per cent in the four weeks
ended that date.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Promoted by U. S. Rubber

Douglas K. Bonn has been
named head of the government
department of United States
Rubber Co, with HEADQUARTERS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31

for all age groups win begin at
$50 A. NJ. and each department
will give all children individual at
tention. Their aim is to make the
school attractive as well as educa-
tional. The public, especially
strangers and service people win
find a hearty welcome.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
Special Notice

THERE WILL BE NO YOUTH
FOR CHRIST RALLY TONIGHT
Friends OF Youth Tor Chris,
ere invited % offend the Youth
Night Revived Service cs the
First Baptist Church. 7:s0 PM.
Our Friend Cczics GruheY
Is In Charge
THIS anneonesmana 10 In ax.
eoraanee win Ysush fsv chrisa
1alisY 81 eeepeFsaisa with EexaI
Ehsgghes-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31

viii discuss the important subject:
Key West Under Communism. f"
This should be of vital interest to
every citizen and visitor of Key
West.
Having lived under Communism
himself, the speaker can speak
with authority and give a warning
that American people should heed.
At the end of his message, an open
forum with questions from the au.
dience VIII be conducted. Sunday
night at 1880 Carlos Gruber's sub
iect will be: Gods Golden Day.
Break" Ia message on the Second
Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Revival will continue
through Wednesday night, Febru-
airy 4th; services nightly at 7:30 D.
m. Reverend Harold H. Link pas.
tor Of the church, is extending a
most Cordial invitation to the peo.
pie and visitors of this community
10 come and hear this Latvian Bra
lillian evangelist-muyician play his
violin, Ssing, and preach Gods
word.
Reverend Carlos Gruber is going
to address the Key West MiniSte-
rial Association Monday morning
al 1000 o'clock al the First Metho-
dist Church Subject: Gods Ser.
wants in Iron Curtain Countries -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
Ley Memorial
To Mark Faith
Festival SUNDAY

Sunday activities at Ley Mem
orial Church, 1904 Truman Avenue,
get under way with Sunday School
at Gas in the morning. The Sun
day School offers an opportunity
for worship. fellowship, and study
under the leadership Of the very
best faculty available TO the
Church.
The Mornins Worship Service
Is SET for 1850. The theme FOR
mis- service is donated by The
sermon topic We Believe In
The Bible" and IL in keeping
with me national Festival o.
Faith which Is being sponsored
BY sha General Beard ef Evan
qslism Of The Meshodisf Church.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
win meet at 500 O'Clock in the
afternoon for their song-fest and
supper. to be followed BY their re
guar Sunday Evening session al
$50. The Church'S Evening Wor.
ship hour is T:so, a. which time
the program viii be built around
the observance Of Holy Commun-
ion.
During the week the sChedals
leails for mid.week worship al
IT.se On Wednesday evening. and
both choir rehearsal an3 tie meath
~ official beard meeting At So
the sane evening. Lev Memorial
Methodist Men viii gsers At 7.A
EFa1ay evening.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
Communion To Be Marked Sun.
At First congregational Church

The sacrament of Communion
will be observed at the Sunday
morning service of the First Con-
gregational Church at HOO. Gerald
Saunders and Merrill Baker viii
sing as a duet "Have Thine Own
Way" by StebbinS more Than
Human Resources" will be the
subject of the Communion medi.
tation by the minister, the Rev.
Chas. H. Meeker. Mrs. w. R. Dean
will be at the organ.
The Sunday School will begin at
GAS and young and older people
will find a place of learning ar
ranged for each age group. Joseph
Boza will be in charge.
The evening service begins at
1880. The Choir under the direc-
zion of Gerald Saunders will
sing an anthem, abide with Ne"
by Monk. Mrs. Paul Archer
viii De ar fhe organ. The minis.
ter will base his thoughts on an.
other Of the Stories Told by
Jesus" called THE Story Of q
Pardon"
A special ''Fun-Night committee
has been appointed and will meet
Monday night at the Fellowship
Center at 7:3O to make plans for
series of Fun Nights" especial
ly designed for youth.
The Adult Bible Class viii meet
for business and social fellowship
Monday night at 7:45 at the home
of Mrs. Janet Cormack, 1923 Flag
Ter Ave.
''The Woes of Revelation will
be the subject of the Bible study
at the midweek Prayer Meeting,
Wednesday night at 7:3O.
At a recent election Joseph b.
"a was made chairman of the
Church Official Board and Bradley
Sweeting of the Board of Trustees.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
1--WE Believe In The Bible"
Is T0mcbt0m5 Theme Sum-

The services in the Festival of
Faith viii be continued this Sun
day at the First Methodist Church,
]. Paul Touchton, the minister has
announced. In the morning Mr..
Touchton will speak on the topic
We Believe In The Bible. Though
the Bible Is a vital part Of our
heritage many Of our people know
little of the righteous purpose of
God that Is revealed in and through
the Holy Scriptures.
This book Of books which is the
greatest collection of books ever
complied contains all that is neces-
sary for anyone to find life here
and hereafter. It has stood and
now stands out against all threats
who would have destroyed it if
they could have. Perhaps the
worst threat is in the neglect of
supposed friends.
In the evening service Mr..
Tonchton's communion meditation
will be We Believe In The Sacra.
ments.
At the morning worship service
Mrs. Walter Price viii play Shep-
herds Morning Song Davis for
her prelude and Offertory Saint :
Saens for the offertory.
The choir will sing Seek Ye The
Lord DR.. ]. v. Roberts with the
solo par being sung by Mr.. Willis
Walker. In the evening Mrs. Price
will play for her prelude A Song
of Faith Muller and Fantastic :
ImprOmptu Chopin. The anthem
by the choir will be The Ninety
and Nine Wilson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
Revival Is Set
At LIST Baptist
Church Here

The revival at the First Baptist
Church that started last Sunday
has been growing in interest and
attendance nightly. Tonight, Satur-
day, great youth ralley has been
planned. The emphasis will be put
upon the young people. The evan
gelist-musician, Carlos Gruber, is
to speak on the subject: "What will
You Do with Your Life?".
An all-time high attendance in
Sunday School is expected for this
coming Lords Day. At the morn
ing worship hour, the visiting evan
geliSt win bring a message from
John 3:16 on the subject: "God
Loves You"
A communicable mass meet
ing viii take place at 800 pm.
Sunday afternoon under the leader
ship of the visiting evangelist. He
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31
Rogers Starts
New Series OF
Sermons Here

Beginning Sunday morning at the
First Presbyterian Church, the
Pastor, the Rev. Ralph Rogers, will
begin q series Of sermons on the
Shepherd Psalm. The service at
White and Washington Streets will
begin at IL o'clock.
This Psalm Is expressive Of the
Kings gratitude for guidance and
protection as be pictured such pro-
lection he gave his flock when he
himself was q shepherd leading
his sheep. The beautiful imagery
is most natural on the lips of David
since he fully understood the les.
son he tried to sing. This Psalm
has been quoted more often than
any other psalm and has brought
more comfort to people in distress
and sorrow than any other passage
from the Old Testament. Christian
people never tire Of its comforting
message.
Miss Martha Morris will Be a.
Ire organ and play for her pre-.
Ivds Meditation by Morrison.
Mrs. Dean MCGOWAN will sing
solo Peace ! Leave With You"
BY Speaks. The Choir will sing
for their anthem "FoIlow Ne" by
Holfon.
The evening service viii begin
at 7:30 at which time the Pastor
viii speak on an Old Testament
passage from Isaiah. This prophet
thinks Of God as strength and with
such strength a follower can
Mount up with wings like eagles"
lisa l0:31l The higher altitude
enables the Christian to get a
broad view Of the world and takes
him out of his narrow limited habi-
tation Of cynicism and despair into
the radiance Of Gods love. The
rapture Of this spiritual renewal
Is invigorating and strengthening.
The Sunday School with classes
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-31

Among recent parsonage visitors
we're Mrs. Ruby Kiefer and Mrs.
Leah Hodson from South Bend,
Ind, Mr. and Mrs. Albert thinner
man and son Ray from Miami, the
Rev. Charles and Mrs. Wicks from
Wise, and her brother Mr.. Grit
fin from la.
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Possessions and the Kingdom
Matthew lo:I6.26
n. RAa Aaa AAA~

Possessions and the Kingdom
Matthew l9:I6.26
BY RALPH ROGERS
This lesson is frequently mis-.
understood. Many read into it the
conclusion that the rich should be
condemned and the poor flattered.
The word poor is relative term
and so long as one has food and
clothing and shelter and health and
friends-he is rich. If one does not
have the necessities it is generally
due to mans sin and laundering.
We all know men of wealth who
are deeply religious and are con-
scientiously trying to be faithful
stewards. The lesson carries a
deeper and more significant
thought.
Generally we think of this man
as being ''rich young man." APP
parently he was not SO young for
he admits that he had observed the
Commandments from his youth
up but he was somewhat juvenile
in his thinking and showed signs of
selfishness in his behavior. He did
recognize that there was some
thing better in life than the bare
observance of the law and ii was
for that perfection that he aspired.
He began with a sort of flattery.
He called the Master good" and
Jesus did not like it. Mark 1917
The young man was trying also to
be genial and yet there was every
sign that he did not know that per-
feet goodness is in God only. The
Revised version puts it this way,
"Why do you ask me about what is
good?" When one surrenders him
self completely to God, not to be-
ing q legal conformist only, he can
understand what is good. He
doesn't have to be told. But Jesus
gave the answer. If you would be
perfect, Ego sell that which thou
hast" This young man must over
come this lust for wealth, this self
ishness, and replace it with love
for God, or else forfeit his privi-
Iege of heaven here on earth or in
the world to come. Some men are
so busy earning a living that they
haven't time for Christian living.
DIR. CASTOR Foote says, "Ameri-
ca is undoubtedly the richest nation
on earth. She does not appear to be
the happiest one. We have better
homes and more divorces; larger
bank accounts and more economic
unrest; greater security and more
mental anxiety than any ather ma
lion on earth. =. 1t Is estimated
that among our $50 million people
there are n million neurotics and
that mental patients lie in half the
beds in our overcrowded hospitals.
No, prosperity and happiness are
not synonymous. There must be
something good beyond.
II is said the "young man went
away sorrowful." Jesus no doubt
loved this man but there was the
high wall of riches which closed
him of from God, that which is
good. Jesus did not ask for the
money for himself, but that he
give il to the poor. This is a speci-
iic case and it does not mean that
we all give up our money to the
poor. It does mean that we give up
money or anything else which
keeps us from close communion
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Air Attuche
Coming for
A Visit

Col. Pierre Four, Air Attache
of the French Embassy in OF
tawa and Nine. Four are ex-
pected to arrive today to
spend a week with Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Monro MacCloskey in
their home on Lowell street. Gen.
MacCloSkey and Col. Four have
been friends since the general
was serving as air attache of the
United States Embassy in Paris
in 1949. Col. Four then was at
the Deuxiem Bureau of the
French Air Force.
Another friend made by Gen.
MacCloskey while in Paris was
Maj. Gen. Pierre L. Bodet, now
deputy chief of staff for plans
policies and operations at the
Supreme Headquarters of Allied
Powers in Europe.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Going to Florida

Mr.. and Mrs. John William
Clemens and son, Bill, of Lees
burg plan to leave tomorrow for
Lakeland, Fla, for a vacation.
Miss Kitty Clemens, student at
Randolph-Macon Woman's Col
lege, Lynchburg, will join her
parents in Florida for spring
vacation. The Clemens family
will return to their home after
the Easter holidays.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Political Study Club to Meet

Ellen S. Woodward, director Of
international relations, Federal
Security Agency; Mrs. Joel T.
Boone, wife of Vice Admiral
Boone. medical director Of the
Veterans Administration; Mrs.
George D. Nelson, wife of Judge
Nelson of Municipal Court; Mrs.
Louis H. Renfrow. wife of the
deputy director of Selective Serv-
ice; Mrs. Gardiner Luce, chair
man of the Washington Opera
Guild; Mrs. James G. McMana-
way, president of the Chevy
Chase Woman's Club, and Mrs.
William Disque, national regis
trar Of the Children of the Amer
lean Revolution.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Ordered to Panama

Capt. and Mrs. Louis Fuerst
and their three children have
moved from their attractive
home in Manassas on Sudley
road. Capt. Fuerst has been
ordered to Panama and Mrs.
Fuerst and the children have
gone to Milwaukee to stay with
relatives until they can join him
at his new post.
Evening star., 1953-03-15

Mrs. Carol G. Arth, chairman
Of the Young Republican Nation
al Federation. will be the guest
speaker at a meeting and tea of
the Political Study Club to be
held at 2:30 pm Saturday at the
Willard Hotel. Her topic will be,
what Lies Ahead for American
Youth"
Nine. Nykopp, wife of the Min
lister Of Finland will be the guest
Of honor
Annie Laurie Martin, daugh-
ter of the club president, Mrs.
BENJAMIN Yancey Martin, will
give piano selections.
Among those who will pour tea
following the program are: Mrs.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Lou Ungar Photo

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Schilt an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter, Glenda Barbara. tc
Mr.. Allen M. Fielder. son Of Mr.
and Mrs. John FEEDER of Buffalo
The wedding will take place on
April 16.
Miss Schilt is a student al
George Washington University
Her f1ance was graduated from
the University of Buffalo and is
now associated with the Office
of Naval Intelligence in Wash
ington,
Evening star., 1953-03-15

MIR. Norman e. SchuetZe.
The engagement of Miss Phyllis
Geraldine Powers to Mr.. Norman
E. Schuetze, son of Mrs. Irma j.
Schuetze, is announced by her
parents, Mr.. Paul E. Powers of
Takoma Park and Mrs. Thelma
K. Powers of Charlottesville, Va.
A fall wedding is being planned.
Miss Powers attended Strayer's
Business College and is now with
the United States Government.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
On Michigan Trip

Mrs. Stephen Matthews and
children of Damascus are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. James Kelly in
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Evening star., 1953-03-15

Bradford Bachrach hoto.
MISS SUZANNE LEPPART
Engaged to
Mr.. Ralph c. Kemp.
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Leppart
of Baltimore announce the en-
gagement of their daughter
Suzanne, to Mr.. Ralph c. Kemp
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard
C. Kemp.
Miss Leppart is graduate OF
Ogontz Junior College and the
University of Maryland where
she was a member Of Kappa
Delta sorority. Her f1ance was
graduated from the Baltimore
Polytechnic Institute and is now
attending Maryland University
where he is a member of Kappa
Alpha fraternity.
Evening star., 1953-03-15

"a hour.a.day phone order service Just
dial District 7.53OO %.
your order will be promptly filled and
delivered. Our TELEPHONE SERVICE is
ready to toke'your orders any hour of the
day or night, any day Of the year.
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Whispering Campaign
On Ridgway Reported
By the Assoeioied Press

PARIS, Mar. 18.-American
authorities have become so con-
cerned over a European "whis-
pering campaign" against Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway that they've
even discussed the matter with
President Eisenhower.
A high-level authority here
said no decision had been reached
yet on direct steps to meet the
partly undercover barrage against
Gen. Eisenhower'S successor as
supreme military commander for
the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization.
The whispering campaign
first appeared publicly in Paris
newspapers which said certain
British officers at Gen. Ridgway's
headquarters were so unhappy
about the subordinate jobs they
were given that they were asking
to be returned to duty with Brit
ish troops.
Part of the criticism, the
sources here said, seems to come
from the changed nature of Gen.
Ridgway's job. Gen. Eisenhower
was chosen as first SHAPE COM
mander to be an inspirational
leader, able to get quick agree
ment on a central organization.
Gen. Ridgway was expected, the
sources said, to take over the
going concern and whip its loose
Evening star., 1953-03-18
Double Life Sentence
Given Boston Murderer
BY the Associated Press

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Mar. 18.
An unemployed printer who
led a double life of Sunday school
teacher and sneak thief began a
double life sentence yesterday for
the murder of a wealthy couple
during a houSebreak last No
vember.
Murdock Macdonald, 26,
of Boston's Roxbury district,
pleaded guilty Monday to two
counts of murder in the second
degree in the pistol shooting Of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Stanley Porter
in their Reading. home.
Superior Court Judge Francis
G. Good ordered Macdonald to
serve the two life sentences con-
Secutively, thus foreStalling any
chance of parole.
Macdonald had signed state
ment saying he fired two shots
into Mrs. Porter, 81, and then
emptied his pistol into her hus-
band, 81, an executive Of a shoe
machine manufacturing corpora
ton, after he broke into their
darkened home and found them
in bed.
Evening star., 1953-03-18

divisions into disciplined and CO.
ordinated defense forces.
This job called for sitter re-
lationships with associates and
subordlnates than were neces-
sary for Gen. Eisenhower, sources
here said.
Evening star., 1953-03-22
Evolution Of tin,
rfIE EVOLUTION Of the

TFIE EVOLUTION Of the
Il tank to It's present
deadly form has been, until
comparatively recent years,
an erratic one.
There's nothing erratic,
however, about today's killer
types like the MATS and T48S,
both with Comm. guns, and
a heavy tank, the T4S, with
a 120-mm. gun, called by
Army Ordnance the most
powerful tank ever to go into
production for the Army.
But between these behe-
moths and the first tanks Of
mans imagination are vast
differences in design concept,
appearance, operation and
f1re-power.
The best picture Of what
has happened in the last few
decades, at least, can be seen
at Aberdeen (Md.) Proving
Ground. There you will see
a T48 destroy a house with
one shot. And only a short
distance away, in the tank
park, you will see rusting
models that literally defy the
imagination in some cases, so
himsy was their construction
and so doubtful their capabil-
tiles. Yet each one was an
experimental stepping stone
in the evolution of the mod
ern tank, as explained by Col.
G. B. Jarrett, one Of the
worlds recognized authorities
on tanks and ordnance.
AS an instrument of war,
the tank is said to have had
an ancestor in the AsSyrian
war chariot, which was used
as early as $500 BIC. In the
Far East, the Chinese, under
Emperor Sun Use, are known
to have fought from armored
war carts in the 18th century
BIC.
Evolution was slow during
Evening star., 1953-03-22
By Harry Lever

the Middle Ages. A device
which looked like an enclosed
moving van and was powered
by horses or men hidden in
side, was developed during
the 14th century. Sometimes,
it carried a small cannon.
Another variation occurred
about halfway through the
18th century, when four
wheeled landcartS, carried
sails and were moved by the
wind.
The 18th century brought
with it the birth of steam
power and a new era for the
tank. The Frenchman, Cug-
not, developed a vehicle COM
posed of q steam boiler on a
wagon frame, the whole thing
intended to be a self pro-
PEELED vehicle Of war.
Edgeworth, an Englishman,
seems to have made extraor-
dinary progress a bit later.
He developed a portable
railway" which appears to
have been the earliest ap-
proach to the present track
laying" design. It was COM
posed Of several sections of
wood. These automatically
moved into place, one after
another, as the vehicle moved
forward, so that a piece OF
railway" always was in posi-
ton as the wheels moved on.
Then, 81 years later, Thomas
German produced an endless
chain which went one step
further. An engine with
footed" wheels followed in
1846.
The internal combustion
engine, in the last half Of the
10th century, gave the tank a
major boost toward practical
use in war. Then an Ameri-
can tractor company began
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-09
Miners Returning to Nome Meet Beauty on Bush Plane

The crew of the Casa De Paga Mining Co. at Utica, near Deer ing, which has closed down oper- ations for the winter, were picked up and brought to Nome last Sat urday 7 by Wien Airlines. They were pleasantly surprised to find an attractive stewardess aboard the bush plane, who in turn was equally surprised to find that spe- cial cargo included not only real miners but large cleanup in two heavy gold pokes, containing thousands of dollars.
 The attractive young lady was Alice Ellquist, IVA stewardess from Los Angeles, who was taking a busman's holiday by flying to the Arctic and seeing Nome, a spot which she had always wanted to visit.
The Nome nugget., 1953-11-09
AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK

Throughout the nation teachers parents and in- terested citizens are observing American Education Week from November to A.
 The theme for this year is Good Schools Are Your Responsibility"
 The people of Nome have shown their interest in obtaining the best facilities possible for the school children with their overwhelming support for the struction of adequate classroorns for the school
 This is not enough, however. More parents should take active interest in what the children are learn ing in school and cooperate with the teaching staff, not only with the progress of their children in school but with the exracurrcular activities which par tcularly important in a community such as m e where outdoor athletics cannot be engaged in during most of the school year.
 you have not visited school and talked to your childs teacher urge you to do so.