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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Dr.. Strine Cleared
In Malpractice Suit

The second of three physi-
clans named in a $225,O00 civil
damage suit charging malprac-
tice was cleared yesterday by a
Federal Court jury.
He is DR.. Howard H. Strine,
ir., of the Farragut Medical
Building, the only one of the
three defendants whose case
reached a jury in the U. S. Dis
trict Court for the District of
Columbia.
The action was brought by
Mrs. Rebecca Whitley, 38. of
Rockville. Md, who commended
she agreed to undergo surgery
for q minor cause, but instead
had her reproductive organs re-
moved.
Defense Attorney John Daily
produced a signed statement in
which Mrs. Whitley had agreed
to submit to any operation nee
essary to restore her health.
DR.. Strine said the woman had
a fibrous tumor. He said he OPP
Grated on her in Suburban Hos
pital in 1947 in order to save her
life.
Earlier, the case against DR..
Strine's father ended in a di-
rected verdict in the elder
Strine's favor.
A third physician did not sub
nit to service of a subpoena.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Potomac PresbyferY
Votes 10 LiberaIize
Remarriage Curbs

The Potomac Presbytery of the
Presbyterian Church in the U. s.
yesterday approved a minority
report broadening the church'S
grounds for remarrying divorced
persons. The result will be sub
mitted to the national body's
General Assembly in June at
Montreal, N. C.
The vote upset a majority re-
port supporting the denomina-
TONS present law recognizing
adultery and willful desertion"
as the only two grounds for di-
vorce.
Weighs Evils.
Emphasizing that divorce is
not a part of the Divine plan
for marriage" the statement said
divorce should be countenanced
by the church only when the
evils resulting to the partners
and their children from prolong-
ing the marriage relationship
would be clearly greater than the
evils resulting from divorce"
Divorced persons may be re-
married by the church only when
there is genuine repentance" for
any guilt in a previous marriage
and a desire to make the new
marriage thoroughly Christian"
according to the statement.
Plans Announced for Home.
Plans for building a $4,000
home for the aged at Nassau
eta, Va, were announced at the
meeting in Central Presbyterian
Church yesterday.
The home, ground for which
will be broken this spring, will
accommodate 68 old men and
women. 1t will have IS single
rooms, a dining room, chapel,
sick ward, dispensary and two
lounges The new structure will
take the place of the present
home. which accommodates %
women. at Danville, Va.
The Rev. Richmond Farley,
minister of Bethany Presbyterian
Church and presbytery moder-
ator presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Jackson to Speak at GU

Justice jackson Of the Su-
preme Court will speak to men,
bers of the Student Bar Associa-
ton of the Georgetown Univer-
sity at 1880 o'clock tonight in the
John Carroll Auditorium, Fifth
and E streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
Center League to Meet

The Center League Of the
Washington Jewish Community
Center will meet at $3.50 o'clock
tonight in the lodge room of the
center, Sixteenth and @ streets
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
PTA Federation to Meet

The Federation Of Parent
Teacher Associations will OBJ
serve Founders day at 8 pm. to-
morrow in Garnet Patterson
Junior High School, Tenth and
u streets NV.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07

Most people can write good column. but few
them can net it published.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07

Each one Of our allies has different plan to end
enrld tension. which i creating more tension
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07

President Dwight D. Eisenhower defended Ills dome,.
TIC and international policies firm and dignified man
nsr On his recent fveday trip into the upper Middle West
Though the President did not mention any naes some 81
bic answers obviously replies to the arguments put
forward by Senator Robert Taft General Hoyt Vanden-
berg and South Korean President Syngman Rhee.
There y no such thing Is partial unity the Presi-
dent told Minnesota group IN praing the efforts Of the
United Nations He warned that would Be wrong for the
United States % attempt to make the peace organization
over u pattern suitable to nation The President
struck an interesting note when he expressed the opinion
that perhaps the greatest value O the Us Nas is unc
ton as = mirror II which the world could see is true
troubled self"
Seemingly replying 70 Air Force arguments that !
cut = Sir power win cripple u s dsfenaes the President
cautioned that adequate defense could not 81 obtained BY
Juggling magic figures" IN planes ships or divisions He
repeated his earlier assertions that with the defense
cuts proposed the Administration would Be spending six
cents ont Of every defense dollar for form Of air
power.
Eisenhower declared that the war against Connmu-
nsm was total war; Ia which al free nations must stand
together He noted that no free nation was 50 small Of IN
significant to be overlooked BY the major democraces
And, Ii note which must have been aimed for South
Kcrean he reminded the free world that unless al
nations stand together. they win fall separately.
The President IS ii his television appearance defend.
ed his policies capahy and undoubtedly Il the most Ell
fectve prepayment Of hts domestic and international
policies
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07
TitO's Army Heads
Are Fired In Move
To Bolster Morale
Dy ALEX 4. sIM0L EToM

BELGRADE CD = Communist
YugOsIavia has fired its Army POI
litical commissars, formerly the
real bosses Of Yugoslav troops.
The move i DESIGNED to bolster
morale and promote efficiency.
The action peeled of from the
Army I dual control system which,
while perhaps providing I close
checlup on the loyalty Of the troops
to the government, went q long
way IN breeding dislrnst and sus-
picion within the ranks.
Under the old system, the Army
political commissars were scat
tered through the ranks usuaIIv
On . uniformed, commissioned
basis with ! direct pipeline to the
party.
Their control of TIE Army, In
most cases, was absolute. They
held the power % make O. break
1 regular Army officer. Their re-
ports gOt top priority. They as
stunned the privileges az com.
mfsyioned rank but not necessar-
|ily the responsibilities cf building
the Army. It proved 70 Be an ex-
pensive operation, even for the
Balkan luxury u security.
The system was patterned after
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07
Truman Warned

PITTSBURGH RA state police
man stopped former President
Truman on the Pennsylvania Turn
pike Sunday, told him he was
driving improperly and asked him
to please be more careful
Pvt. Manleyl Stamplor said he
halted the ex.President's car near
Bedford, about 100 miles from
here, when the Truman auto twice
cut ii front Of vehicles that were
attempting 70 pass.
Truman and his wife are DRIVING
% their home In Independence.
Mo-, after Z vacation ii the East.
Sampler said, III wasn't { IA.
grant violation and just warned
him not 70 do Il again" He added:l
He was very nice about 4 and
promised TO be more careful.
The policeman said he didn't
know It was the Truman car until
after he waved to the ex-Preaidsnt
70 pull to the side Of The super-
highway.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07
Janboree City Is
Ready For Scout
Invasion Julyl7
~ CARRIER DAVIDSON

JAMBoREE CITY, Calf. ~
Everything Is relatively cam and
peaceful today ID this sOooaers
campsite located On an old South
ern California rancho overlooking
the Pacific.
But next week 5000 Boy Scouts
nom hamlets and cities across
the nation win arrive n special
trains, buses and autos and take
over Jamboree City for tAsir na-
tional get.together.
Thirty Thousand tents WIN hlos-
som On The dry Hills. Boys who
have never seen al ocean win
dive into The nearby Pacific. Char.
coal fires win dot the landscape
n the evenings.
For Z week here win Be fan.
pageants, campcrais. songs, Holly
wood stars, hikes. rodeos and g0Od
eats with no dishes % wash. The
Scouts win eat from paper piatas.
The wide-open spaces q Jam.
boree City were chosen b. the
Boy Scouts Of America for their
third national jamhJree. Tue site
Is Just I small section IL ne 100.
900 acre Spanish.erant Irvine
Ranch.
There WIN be three doctors a
each Of the jamhOree's IS Sec
tons. There win be mobile dental
units and first aid stations, &c wen
as helicopter ambulance.
All the boys win have physical
exams before leaving home and
after their arrival here.
4 mile Of shoreline has been ses
aside for swimming at nearby
Huntington Beach. Eleven boats
win patrol the coast. masntaininR
radio contact with q shore base.
4 rigid food inspection system
has been set up. All perishahles
WIN be kept n big l50-eublc foot
Navy refrigerasors.
The jamboree officially opens
July II. The first Of more than
% special trains win start arriving
July IL.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07
PRISON hospital
ATTRACTIVE

RICHMOND, Va. a - Some
yirginians have deliberately had
themselves convicted Of mIsde-
meaEors to find ! bed Ia . ward
for treatment Of tuberculosis.
DR.. william ]. West, state pri.
son farm surgeon. said eltht per-
sons. unable to get treatment IN
over crowded tuberculosis sanitcrs
Il, are now receiving 4 Is the pri.
son farm. They consented 70 50 70
court and Be convicted q violat-
Ing communicable disease health
ordinances Ia order to get the
treatment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07
The Grid Toduy
CT lAlAR9 MARLoW

| WAsHHlGTOef a. When TIE
forelgn nlnibterS IL ne United
Stoieu, D0llain and France meet
hers Thursday, ttey win - . sub
slilnGe crew h : boat with an
eRrAtie eompass ana no weather
repoEt.
lt.a only 81 accIdent thev are
meeting u 81. Hritish Prime MIN
lister Chnrehlll suggested they get
together when Ne became too IA
tigued and had n delay i Ber-
mpda meeting with President III.
asnhOwer and French Premier
Joseph Isaniel
And al no fIIfeo FOREIGN min
listers, Secfetary cf State Dulles
b TIE only eAa VINO II either full
nedgsd ,cr haa ! sense 81 perman-
ne Marquis 81 SaiishnFy i III
| ing n fOr The aillng Anth0ny Eden,
BFlsish forelsn secretary. The
Froneh SokelKn minister. Georges
Bidanlt. eAnnot be too sure that
whateyar ~ says win have his
new goYerpment's backing d that
his eovlEnment WIN be II power
lon
IN s1neraI way, ne three min.
listers know where they want 70
60. toward world peace But their
compass needle tIutiefs under the
Impact % eventS. And they can't
ten what storms lie ahead because
they are meeting Ct 1 moment OG
confusion and uncertainty.
AZ they prepared for the meet
ing, n0ue ~ them could predict
what he score might Be ii Korea
hy Thursday: i final agreement
o. m aEmiSsiee BY Korea's OBJ
stinate President, SyngInan Rhee.
or 1 new explosion.
They would like TO think the
riots Ii Eastern Germany, Poland
and Czeeh0fl0valia. the change d
Communist leaders IN Hungary,
The sudden dicision IL Moscow "a
eslI home iEs ambassadors for con
terrence al meant ! weakening d
Russian control over Is satellites
and confusion about its foreign
policy.
And maybe those events meant
Just that. But none of the three
ministers could g,le8e what move
Moscow might make next: 4 new,
hnrd, iron fist1d policy, such "a
Stain used. q real concessions "a
~ West.
But they knnM & might Be only
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07

SUBScuTBE 70 TI1E c'T'vvls
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07
sEcReTARY IS AuTNoR

OTTAWA tAl - a pretty OEta-
va secretary took I'VE years "a
write > book. but il has netted her
IS, 600 and she considers her e.
|forts wen worth while.
Suzanne Buffers book '.My
Pride. Ny Folly" Is SET IN 18th
Century Canada. For two years
while she was writing her book,
Miss Butler worked Is i teacher
It . girls school IN Montreal; for
three, she was secretary Of the
Association 81 Canadian Clubs il
Ottawa.
She did her research at nieht ii
MeGiII University.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07


HAMILTON, Bermuda ULast
mates nom : Bermuda seraphoOk:
One Of the worlds most unusual
husbands lives In the warm sea
waters here be doesn't know
whether be Is the father Or the
mother IN the family.
This confused fellow Is the male
sea horse. After mating he re-
ceiyes the eggs from the lady sea
horse In . special pouch. He In
eubates them himself. goes through
complex labor pains, and then gives
birth 70 some 200 baby sea horses.
each 4 tiny swimming replica 81
himself.
''Well. dear, what do y0u think
OF that?" giggied : young honey
moon wife who heard this story d
sea horse family life during : tour
of Ne aquarium here.
81 don't think" replied her hus.
band. '.the arrangement win ever
become popular on dry land .
Bermuda, d pleasure resort Is
actually ! vast grayeyard--a ma
rine cemetery made from billions
Of caIeareous skeletons of little sea
creatures called coral.
Most people think coral Is . form
81 plant life but Il Is m animal.
And Bermuda owes its existence to
an odd facts baby coral doesn't
leave its home. Il builds upon its
parents head, and It's offspring
build on top Of il.
Beneath the ocean surface lies
Z 1S,000-fOot volcano that died 1
million years ago. II was the action
q billions Of coral, budding upon
each other through the ages. that
raised above the ocean waves the
lS9 islands that make up Bermuda,
and gave it It's famous pink sands.
The caicified coral remains also
are used 70 make Bermuda's
houses. The material can be sawed
like wood. But once exposed to the
weather Il srays and turns stone
hard.
Death feeds on life, life feeds
On death. And nothing seems to me
to show this Relationship more than
4 tourist here lclling at ease on b
beach made through cons BY myr-
lads of sea mites. He stretches out
comfortably on these legiOns Of
infinitesimal forgotten bones, sits
them through his fingers. and
thinks:
''Wonder what IN DO tonight"
And out beneath the blue water
the descendants d the skeleton
sands he lies on are stiil build
ing. building. building. When
he u dead and gone, when his
Joys, and griefs and skeleton are
long hidden ii dust, the little
coral win SO on building, as they
have through AL time.
Editors note: Boyle. II you
think you are making Us feel sorry
for you, lying there on warm
Bermuda beach, you'd better try
another tack. What il the hotel
charging you'll
(BOyle's note: For twO$Sl .
day. And that amt coral. Now
you rot me feeling blne.l
Bermuda fact sheet: The islands
import 80 per cent Of their food
supply, including Bermuda onions,
which now come from Texas. !.
The largest crop here Is tourists,
followed By lilies, bananas, fish
and fresh vegetables. MIX u
high because COW feed has 70 be
brought over from the mainland. !.
Anybody who leaves 3 shower tap
running Is public enemy number
one: Fresh water often must be
imported from New York. Water
il ii such short supply that house
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07

courage he symbolised the British
character.
More than that he symbolized
the indestructihle and unterrOrixed
human character which rises to liz
fullest development IN q free 80.
ciety, for which Churchill fought
against the enslaving tyranny d
right and LEFT.
He was . genius, born IN an
island which has produced more
than its share Of geniuses who had
l-character and courage and eIO-
quence. But the vitality az any
nation is not unlimited. History 3
full Of nations which lost theirs.
II Is possible that I great man,
by sheer force Of win and leader.
ship, can pun Z whole people, even
tired people, up to q height,
unity and determination they could
not have achieved without him.
II i also possible that ! man
who appeared to be providing
supreme leadership, like Churchill.
was only rejecting the tremendous
win Of his people who gave him
popular support because be 50 truly
represented them.
How much Of Britain's achieve.
ments these past II years was due
TO Churchill and how mach TO the
British people themselves may
remain one Of the unanswered
questions Of history.
The answer may be found n
Churchill cannot return to his old
position Of leadership. For that
would be ! test Of the British PEG.
pie. He was such ! towering fig.
ure no one Of his stature Il ID sight
to take his place.
The British people must find
rom among themselves new and
younger Leadership. r. they stiIl
have tlSNf' great and ancient vital.
| lily undim .aished Il win prove Itself
In their ability. under new leader
ship, to retain their stability II 1
fast-changing world and even pros
per through the changes.
ID Churchill,s lifetime the British
fought two world wars, saw their
empire fall apart and themselves
descend from a-tsuly No. / world
power 70 4 power second 10 that
Of The United States and Russia.
SIN, Is z people, they remained
intact, avoided chaos and cOnfu-
sion, and stood firm against the
| two powers, Germany and Russia.
which they knew would have de-
strOyed the freedom they had spent
centuries obtaining.
The posi-. Churchill leadership, 60
Be successful 1t al, must have
popular support. But what direction
wiz II take: Let or right9 Church
m il leader Of the Conservative
party, which had been beaten By
the Labor party after the war and
ever since ChurchiII's Conserve.
tives beat them the last time, the
LabOrites have considered them
selves out Of power only tempOrar.
lily. The Labor party Itself Il split
into factions, one wanting Britain
linked to the U. s., the other less
friendly ii this direction.
If Churchill should not return to
his place at the head Of tie gov
eminent, his Conservatives wiz
run the country. Perhaps the fIrst
test of where the people want ID
80 VIII Be At the next British eIec-
tons.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07
Hal BOYLE SAYS


Iroofs are hunt pyramid shape %
catch and channel the rain into
tanks
he Population Is nearing 81, Ooo,
about . third white, two thirds
cOiOred. There Is no such thing
as Z native Bermudian. The Is
lands were uninhahlfed when dis.
covered. Mixed into the general
population Is the blood stream 81
North American Indians, numbers
q whom once were brought here
IS slaves.
Like ireland and Hawaii. Der.
mada has 10 snakes. Some 4
varieties Of sharks cruise Is
waters The reefs keep them
away from the bathers (sharks de.
test people anyway. but unfortu-
nately don't keep the fishermen
from getting 1t the sharks.
Some older residents tel the
weather BY shark Oh baron.
eters. BY checking the degree
ct clearness or clOudinegs n 1
sealed bottle Of shark oil they
predict whether tOmorrow's sky
WIN shine or shower.
Moonlight swimming i popular
and safe. but Il has 1 special
hazard. .Unwary tourists on the
way to the water sometimes twist
their ankles tripping over dreaming
honeymooners on the darkened
beaches. However, nobody but 1
cad would Try to sue anybody under
those circumstances.
NEW YORK LA-Are you suffer.
ing from holiday sfatigue?n
The price Of independence Day
on blue Monday Is 4 dependent
feeling-a desire to forget yester.
day and lean upon the promise
Of tomorrow.
Perhaps Z third of the American
people today are suffering from
! brief, recufrent ailment more
prevalent than the common cold.
this epidemic known Is holiday
fatigue
Millions Of households have sick
bed casualties. Most offices and
factories are really hospital wards
for the glaze.eyed disabled.
Here i the picture Ia ! typical
home:
Father creeps off to work ! phys
ical wreck. Mother Il exhausted.
too. Junior q moaning from sun.
burn. Sister Is In bed with an
upset stomach caused by the
onions IN the picnic potato salad.
The baby Is crying from mosquito
bites that make It look Is II Il
had the chicken pox.i
The family car has Z dented
fender. The family piggy bank Is
looted. The family aspirin bottle
Is empty.
The human spirit d hOrs de com
bat. The holiday survivors yearn
only for the comfort Of nightfall
and bed. The week end freedom
from the daily task Il . hollow
memory, and all desire again the
security 81 the commonplace.
The rut Of ordinary lie we ran.
Cd against last week Is what We
most want TO get back to now.
We'd even ike i roof over our
rut-tD make It seem more shelter.
ed.
II IL, perhaps, 1 day when no
body anywhere ID the United States
win dare ask his boss for : raise.
II Is day when most people are
grateful to have Q job to 90 to,
something to return ID. And many
would appreciate Il Il the boss
stayed home, so Ne wouldn't count
the number Of trips they make to
the office water cooler, murmur.
ing each time, Never again.
What hope can be given to vic.
Tins d holiday fatigue7" The on.
ly sure treatment Is rest. but I'M
III rest Is possible Il sometimes
helps to keep the mind fixed 90
three thoughts:
!. "This too win pass.
2. Forget IT."
3. Tomorrow Il another DAY.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07

The sudden labor-management agreement between
the eounys steel producers and the United Steel Work
q America CO. eliminates the possibility az hassle
n which the union and steel companies engaged HI 1852
The willingness Of the companies provide general pay
Increase Of eight and half cents hour to oil workers
indicates the companies expect good business and pro
able operations in the next year.
The agreement between the steel companies and the
union follows agreement in the antomotive field which
prevented shudowns and work loss. While manufac-
turers have not increased the prices Of cara II i widely
believed that increase IN the price Of STEEL per ton
might be result Of the wage increases granted BY the
steel companies
The result Of the latest labOrmanagement agreement
is encouraging to the administration especially since
the present has been deeply involved ii inter
national matters IN recent weeks The delicate issue which
would have been raised By another steel strike with t.
effects rearmament would have added major problem
At difficult inc. Thus the first critical lab0rmanagemen
negotiations Of 1868 have been amicaby resolved without
embarrassment to the administration loss Of pay to
union workers
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07

Il is always nice to come back from your vacatiOl
alive. You might remember that II driving.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07

President Eisenhower now has no doubt that III
honeymoon. even in che G. D. p s over.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-07

We are waiting to see the three-dimension curve.
Hollywood Is now talking about