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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02
BY JOE RElcHLER

/ ATLANTA, Ga. 1.-THE minor
leagues. trying desperately to save
themselves from financial ruin, to.
day faced the worst dilemma in
their S2-yesr history.
I As the convention moved into is
third day. the minors found them,
selves torn with inner strife, re,
bellion, charges OF pirating and
open dissention in the ranks. There
also remained that ever.present
ogre, major league radio and tele,
vision inyasions of their territory
/ Unable to get help from the ma,
jorS and apparently unable to heir
themselves. the little fellows are
being ground deeper and deeper
/ into the financial swamp.
! In an unprecedented action,
Frank Shaughnessy. the highly re,
spected president OF the Interna.
tional League, was forced to de.
fend himself against the charge
that he was trying to steal Pied,
mont League territory (Richmond,
Va.) as a new strut for his OWE
weakened loop. .
ShaughneSSy faced an accusing
Frank Summers, president of the
Piedmont League, before minor
league car George NJ. Trautman.
Summers charged that Shaugh-
messy. in an attempt to replace
the faltering Springfield, Mass.
franchise, has tried TO WOO Rich,
mond into the triple A interna.
tional, thereby causing untold dam.
age to the class B Piedmont.
Shaughnessy denied the charge,
saying he simply is trying to az.
feet the salvation of his own
league.
After hearing both sides, Traut.
man said, he felt no real wrong
had been done and was confident
that things can be worked out.
Owner Eddie Mooers OF the Rich,
mond club, however, announced
after the meetings that he had re-
jected a $500. 900 offer for his fran.
ehise and real estate property. The
offer was made o. Harry Seibold,
Richmond indus.rialIst, who had
intended to move the club into the
international.
Springfield, a Chicago cub farm
club, is demanding $4,000 to re.
llinquish its franchise. 1t has until
Dec. IL to make up It's mind wheth.
er it desires to continue in the
league.
The Pacific Coast League met
last night to decide the validity OF
ownership of the San Francisco
club. After purchasing the Seals
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02
John Lattner Is
A Modest Man

SOUTH REND, Ind. R--If John.
ny LattneF gets on his feet to I'D.
dress his hosts at the Maxwell and
Heisman awards dinners those
present may witness q neat Bit al
sidestepping.
Notre Danes brilliant 2o.yaar.
old halfback, voted both awards
yesterday, is just as hard to corner
IN conversation - he is on the
football field.
That's especially true when the
subject is Johnny Lattner.
Asked by = reporter for his re.
action to being chosen for college
footballs top two individual hon.
Drs, the boyish All America hest.
tated, then said Il was "sure q
thrill"
However. he hastenad 10 turn
The talk to the Irish team. Said
John:
'I'm sorry the team missed get.
ting the top ranking in the national
poll. We were all doing our best
Saturday against Southern Califor-
MIA, shooting for il. I seem to be
getting all the honoEs and the team
missed the big one"
Lattner had perhaps his finest
day OF the season, scoring four
touehdowns and running ISL yards
nom serimmage as the Irish beat
use Ss-il.
How about that performance
well, We were al trying hard.
That Neil Wcrden IL great. (FuIl--
back Wordea averaged nearly 10
yards In Is smashes against USc).
You know, he practically carried
the whole offenSe In our opening
games. l hurt my ankle"
Lattnsr played both ways--on Of.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02
Navy And Marine Football Teams
Due Here Thursday; Parade Set

The Camp Lejeune Marines and
the Pensacola Goshawks viii ar
rive In this city tomorrow after
noon and Immediately 90 into drills
for their clash Friday night in the
second version Of the annual Conch
Bowl classic.
The clubs will ns al rep strength
fer the battle which will mark
fheir first meeting.
Lions Club officials report a
brisk advance ticket sale for the
game which has attracted interest
throughout the south.
The proceedings will be kicked
OF tomeFFew nlshs with q gala
parade slated 70 starr at S:Ss
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02
Minor Leagues Face Toughest
Problems OF 52.Year History

from Paul Pagan, the Pei rssold
them TO Damon Miller, q former
employe Of the club. The selling
price was 500 200. Il which MIllar
paid $40, 90. President Carenca
Rowland Of The Pei emerged
from the meeting with the an
nouneement that Miller would Be
given more time to pay The bal
anee. It was rumcred In other cir.
eles, however, that control Of the
club might SO to someone else.
Trouble also was brewing In the
Southwest, where Dick Burnett,
multimillionaire GILMAN who owns
Dallas. threatened 10 upset the bas.
nc structure Of the minor leagI1s.
Burnett demanded that the minors
receive some protection against
major league radio and ~. He
also advocated substituting the
the majority vote for the three.
quarter needed now to adopt new
legislation.
While the minors were trying 10
figure out methods Of fighting the
menace of major league Tv and
radio in their territories, the biz
leaguers were formulating a game
of the week telsvision deal that
figures to cripple the already
meager drawing power Of ths
minors.
The game Of the week Idea, I'd.
vanesd by Commissioner Ford
Prick, is expected to bring a rev.
enue of some two million dollars
for the 1854 season, the program
consisting Of Is Saturday teleeasts
OF major league games through,
out the country. The money would
be divided on = $3.50 basis between
the majors and minors.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02

p. N. and move down DuvsI ST..
fFem South Street 10 Front Street.
Miss Ernie Valdez, who was
selected as this years Conch
Bowl Queen viii rule over the pro-
esedings. Three bands, a host of
marching units and floats viii be
in the line Of march.
A crowd of 5000 is seen for the
football game at the Wickers field
Stadium Friday night. Tickets are
on sale at LOUIS Radio and Appli-
anee Store, sher's Jeweiry Store
and Evans Sport Shop.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02

Tense and defense-even before
this years revision of the substitu.
ton rule made it mandatory,
Which does he like best?
Il like both"
Does he think he'll play profes
sional foothall9
I'D like to but I'm in the Ail
Force RoTC and may have to IL
into service after graduation 50
] haven't he1n thinking about il
too mHeAs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02

There is one brother combina.
ton in the National Hockey League
this season. Each plays on a diff,
terent squad. Johnny Wilson is 4
member of Detroit Red Wings.
Larry Wilson plays for the Chica,
so Black Hawks,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02
Big CrO,Cd
Sees Pinedn.
Cruz Shine
At Stadium

An inspired group of Key
West High School seniors
served notice last night that
they viii be sorely missed
come next season when they
pounded out q 1877 decision
over the undergraduate
members Of the squad at the
Wickers Field Stadium.
More than q thousand fans
witnessed the clash which
proved one thing - the
Conchs have some good ma
terial 10 build around for
next year.
But the Key West football
fortunes certainly won't look
as bright next September
with the loss of Joe Pineda;
Ralph White, and Don Cruz.
That trio teamed up last
night in a display of aerial
might that had the fans wish
ing it could have happened
against South Broward. Pin
eda was throwing them oil
over the field and he was
hitting his receivers.
It was q pass 10 Ralph White In
the first period that put the seniors
into the lead. He had earlier hit
Cruz with . 81 yard aerial down
to the eight yard line. Pineda
danced off right tackle for the
point.
PInadas ssssF ne Seniors he'd
been driven deep In their swp
territory eoanssied with sneshsr
pass 10 Den crba st midfisId.
Cruz. G fast hey, ioek Ell like .
rabbit ard was oil ahs way down
10 The ona-yaFd-llns before fIeet.
footed NeFmsn Allen hit him
from behind.
The Seniors hit pay dirt on the
next play when Dick Salgado bull
ed over. Near the end Of the half,
Pineda completed another toss to
Cruz from the IS yard line down
to the Undergraduate IL.
Plneda carried the ball on q 70.
verse down to the eight and then
hit Ralph White with . pass for
their final score. The try for the
point was smothered.
Red Stiekney took the kickoff and
broke away only to trip over one
Of his own men. He then filled the
air with desperation passes as the
clock ran out at the half.
The Undergraduates frightened up
At the start Of the second half.
They blocked Plneda's quick kick
IN the third quarter and then
Stickney went of right tackle, cut
10 the left and scored standing up
but q penalty brought II back.
But three plays later Stickney
again went over and this time it
was for keeps. They ran the point
10 make Il 1877.
They filled TIE air with passes in
tAe waning moments Of the game.
Big Julio HenriqueE kept them in
the contest with a pair of pass In
perceptions but as the game ended
Pineda had completed q 40 yard
pass to George Lastres down 70
the 30 yard line.
The game was marked by q
brilliant" halftime show featuring
Che introduction of the "Queen Of
the High School Chorus" Milo Ace
vedo was chosen for that honor.
He Tor she) was driven out on the
field In John caFhonell's "JaEuAr."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02

Oil Capitol is the only horse tc
win Hialeah's Big Two--the Fla
mingo and the Widener. As a three
year old he won the Flamingo.
Last winter he COPIED the 500, 600
Widener Handicap.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02
Signs "SmOgged" Out

PASADENA, Calf. R-Mrs. 10
Schwartz showed the traffic court
several photographs TO prove that
smog almost completely hid park
ing signs. The pictures got the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02

junior college student a suspended
sentence yesterday for overpark.
ing in a two-hour zone.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-02

Old Sheepshead Bay, N. Y, race
track is now a housing project call.
ed American Park"
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Heart Valve Operation
Improved at GEORGETOWN

Georgetown University Medical
Center officials today disclosed
an improvement in the widely
publicized new plastic heart
valve operation.
The surgical procedures in
wolves putting plastic valve into
the aorta, the main bloodline
from the heart. The improve
ment consists Of using a new
material which reduces an au-
dible clicking sound when the
artificial valve works.
Normally. the aortic valve
keeps blood flowing away from
the hsart. If the valve becomes
defective. the blood is permitted
to back up. In the first patients
who underwent the operation,
the pronounced clicking sound
was made by a tiny plastic ball
which-shunted back and forth
by the heart action-substituted
for the natural valve action.
The sound has been consid-
erably reduced, officials said, by
use Of more resilient, but just
as durable" form Of plastic.
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Your Income Tux-z
New Capital Gain Regulations
Ease Burden in Many Cases

ductible If long form 1040 is used.
Younger taxpayers are permitted
to deduct only such medical ex-
penses as exceed per cent of
their income.
A man over 65 also gets to
deduct fully for all Of his wife's
medical expenses, even If she is
not yet IS. He can deduct his
own in full if she is over IS and
he is younger. But he can deduct
only that part Of a dependents
medical expense which exceeds
5 per cent Of the taxpayers in
come.
There Is a strict overall limit,
however, on the total amount
that can be deducted for medical
expenses. The limit is $3.50 a
person. The very most that can
be deducted on behalf of any one
family is $1,000, regardless of
age. The maximums are $4,000
and $3.50 for some taxpayers.
For complete details. check with
your district revenue director.
Some Consolation for Fire.
There's a limited amount of
cheer for taxpayers who suffer
losses of property due to fire,
storm, or other natural causes, or
by theft.
If the loss exceeds 1852 income,
the excess may be carried back as
a net operating loss to Offset
taxable income in 1851. and any
remaining excess may be carried
over to apply to the years 1853
1857 inclusive. This applies to a
salaried person as well as one in
business, but can be allowed only
if the taxpayer makes his return
on long form 1040.
A non-married person who
qualities as the, head of a house.
hold gets special treatment de-
signed to give him Cor herr about
half the tax benefits accruing to
married persons who file joint re-
turns and take advantage of the
income splitting privilege.
Tomorrow: Uncle Sam helps
many with tax arithmetic).
Evening star., 1953-01-20


proceeds in another house. Also.
the parents Of some income-pro-
ducing children. unmarried tax
payers who qualify as head Of
household and all elderly per-
sons with heavy medical ex-
penSeS.
It used to be that a taxpayer
could not claim an exemption for
a dependent if the dependent re-
received $500 or more income
during the year. Now he or she Is
eligible if the income is anything
less than $600-Same as the ex-
emption.
If you sell your home at a
profit, none of the gain now is
taxable provided that within a
year before or after the sale you
buy a new home costing as much
as the former place sold for.
How This Works Out.
AS an example, suppose you
bought a home several years ago
for $4,000, sold it last year for
$4,000, bought a new one for
$4,000. The $4,000 gain DIFFER
ence between original cost and
sale price, would not be taxable.
If your new house cost only
$4,000. then $1,000 of the profit
would be subject to tax.
There are so many special
rules Involving such capital gains
that the Treasury puts out q
Schedule D to supplement regu-
lar long-term income tax form
1040. Better confer with, your
district revenue directors Office
if you sell your home at a profit
and buy another.
If you lose money selling your
house, no tax adjustment is
available.
Relief For Aged.
Taxpayers over 65 years of
age get special consideration on
their medical and hospital ex-
penses. In their case, all such
expenses-subject to limitations
explained below-are fully de-
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Your Income Tux-2
By Froncis J. Kelly
Asxoe;osed Press Sfoff Writer

Although tax collections are
running now at a record high.
some income taxpayers get a
better break under the laws than
they did a couple Of years ago.
The group which benefits in
cludes persons who sell their
homes at a profit and invest the
Evening star., 1953-01-20

Il Yes. the United Stotes of America is q
X Nation Of Real Gods :. Therefore
We ShoII Always Allow Ourselves to Re-
main Unimpeochoby LoyoI to Eoch Real
God thot Soney Exercises the Just Equol-
ocy of this Normal Rite Without Any
Political or Religious Tyranny and Without
- The UsuoI Subversive Recourse to Literory
- insanity Alone.
The United Stotes Academy Of Culture
Spiritual Adm. 1902 Euds ST.. Apt 4o Arlington. Va
Evening star., 1953-01-20

then Republican
Dmoca makes is
and the
I'm QU00 BKe'S DO -ndm nion o fAmercan
fehe the public life today who And
this when and confidence than ever before
background character an
others the world His popularity
or drae.H ter high
blessing best wishes millions throughout this and elsewhere.
He carries hopes and happy and and
world dominated by
I'm 91oo 1BEe'S 1n o and
wisdom, when faced with the heaviest responsibilities
history The grateful of the free world will not
military who led
victory through hours u peril.
ometo n Of
world which will be guided
But most Of all. I'm glad lke's in because he bring.
with him the life
that has andr
tons that chance in free
Within few wasa nromhun
beginnings position leadership n Iamr
hmi
him
to and
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Evening star., 1953-01-20

Second Of Six Articles.
Evening star., 1953-01-20
One Mems Thoughts
on Inauguration Day
In, gIad II<e's in

This thought should be the minds American today Republican
Democrat makes difference You and what BEST for America
and the world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-26

very foundations of our legislative
system"
At one point, Reed voiced a yelled
threat to resign from the House,
in which he has served 35 years.
But Republican Leader Halleck
of Indiana argued that Reed was
frustrating the will of the Presi-
dent, the will of the House and the
will of the people by calling off
all ways and means committee
meetings to block action.
The admittedly dr&sti maneuver
to bypass the tax committee was
the only way left to get action,
Halleck insisted.
It was not clear Immediately
when the showdown in the House
would come. Speaker Joseph W.
Martin (R-MasS) indicated it might
be Monday. The administration
braced for storm Of hot protests,
even more against the procedure
involved than against the tax it.
self.
The first vote IF the House viii
come on approving the procedure.
Should the administration lose, the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-26
Safety
Notes
By BILL GIBB
Key West Police Officer

Dick Splaine, meteorologist at
Boca Chica, was discussing Safety
problems. He used one exception
ally graphic term when, in de.
scribing how people liked speed,
he said, 50. the lust for speed. :"
Glance at your dictionary and
you'll see that ''luSt" is described
as being a passionate or over
mastering desire" Could there be
any better way of describing the
emotions of reckless SpeederS who
disregard the rights of all other
humans simply because they can
not resist the temptation to push
their cars accelerator to the floor
board?
Modern society is gradually be-
ginning to recognize that the lust
for speed can be placed in the
same category as its counterpartS;
the lust for murder, the sexual
lust that leads to depraved acts of
violence, the lust for power that
ignores the rights OF others. In
every case the end result is the
same - death or INJURY to innocent
folks with seldom any remorse on
the part of the perpetrator.
Something must be done about
the horrible and terrible tragedies
that are daily part of the traffic
scene! 1t is a travesty on justice
that a man may be jailed for car
rying a concealed weapon but tens
of thousands of people may reck-
leSSly WELD a murder object such
as an automobile with little or no
fear for the consequences.
AS Officer "Tim" James, KWPD,
says: "Stressing the 3 Els of traf-
fic safety engineering, education,
and enforcement of law =. is neceS-
Sary. But the ultimate solution to
traffic safety lies with the driver.
''It is the driver who must be
made to realize that staying with.
in proper speed limits isn't mat.
ter of legal procedure but one OF
self preservation. 1t is the driver
who is driving too fast who must
just as deliberately slow down.
Somehow, Someway we must i'm.
press reckless drivers that SPEED
Frs LOSE"
So once again, this column runs
its slogan for the month;
SPEED KILLS. TAKE IT
EASY"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-26
Administration To Continue EPT Extension Tilt

bill again would be blocked. House
COP leaders said they were conf
dent that when the chips were
down, they would win. Reed said
he would not concede that a major
ity of the House Evil endorse this
unprecedented grab for power on
the part of the rules committee.
Normally, the rules committee
clears bill for House action only
after it has been approved by a
legislative committee. Halleck in
sisted there were precedents for
the bypaSsing, but this was sharply
disputed by ways and means men,
berS.
Reed said that since 1906 every
revenue bill by law has mad to be
cleared and started through Con-
greSs by the committee he now
heads. Rep. jenkins (R-Ohio) told
the rules committee that, under
the procedure now adopted, I'VE
won't need anybody else but you"
Speaker Martin told reporters he
still hoped the ways and means
committee would decide itself to
turn out a tax extension bill. He
added he would he willing to wait
until as late as Wednesday before
forcing floor test. if there were
any signs the tax committee might
act.
One influential Republican ways
and means member said he saw
little chance now of cooperation be-
tween the committee and the House
leadership or the Eisenhower ad-
miniStration-on this or other is
sues.
Reed has shown increasing irri-
tation over the refusal, since Feb
ruary, of the COP leadership to
clear his bill to cut personal in
come taxes by 10 ncr cent on July
1. The rules committee had mere
ly been sitting on If, but yester-
day it voted to kill the measure.
The move to override the ways
and means committee, one of the
oldest and proudest groups ir. Con-
gress, obviously lett wounds which
would take long time to heal.
AS the hearings opened, informed
COP sources said two Republican
rules committee Memberships.
Clarence Brown (Ohio) and Reece
(Tenn) were baking at the adj
ministration move
During the hearings, it was re-
ported, Reece was called to a tele-
phone conference with the White
House. Later, Republican National
Chairman Leonard w. Hall was
said to have sent word to Rules
Committee Chairman Leo Allen
(R-IlD that Reece lad agreed with
the administrations position.
Apparently he was the man who
swung the scale. Brown repeatedly
did not vote. But the final decision
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-26
First Hurdle Cleared
BY CHARLES r. BARRETT

WASHINGTON LHf - The Eisen-
lower administration headed today
into a bruising House floor battle
ever extension of the excess prof
10 tax--after triumphantly smash
ing committee blockade against
The bill.
Under strongest administration
Dressure, the House Rules Commit
tee decided last night to bypass the
tax writing House Ways and Means
Committee and force an extension
bill directly to the House floor.
The voice vote was reported to
have been Z to 4, with Democrats
S0lidly opposing the move. It was
the first victory in a long, bitter
night by the administration to ex-
tend the tax-now due to expire
next Tuesday -- for six more
months.
The rules committee acted iH the
face of cries from Chairman Dan
lei Reed (R-NY) Of the ways and
means committee that the move
was unconstitutional and unprece-
denied and was destroying "the