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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29
Rhee Wins Personal Acclaim
But Little Support In Plea
Hy SPENCER DAVIS

WASHINGTON Up - Syngman
Rhee neared the end of his White
House talks today after winning
personal acclaim but a cool re-
ception for his plea to Congress
for war against Red China now.
After laying a wreath at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the
South Korean President was to
have his fourth and perhaps last
session with President Eisenhower
since arriving in Washington
Monday.
So far neither American nor
Korean sources have given out
word on how the conferences are
progressing. Rhee is said to seek
more military and economic help
for his war-ravaged country and
us. backing of his ambition to
unity it by driving the Communists
out of North Korea. Eisenhower
repeatedly wants Rhee to go easy
on his unite orea-by-force plans
and to adopt a more friendly policy
toward neighboring Japan. A joint
statement is expected at the end
Of the talks.
The White House did not make
known Eisenhower views yester-
day on the South Koreans fight
ing talk before a joint session of
Congress, although the speech con-
flicted with Eisenhower's previous
ly stated views against the concept
of a preventive war.
Addressing senators and con-
gressmen in a soft, emotion-packed
voice, the 79-year-old Asian patriot
urged that American warships
blockade China, that US. Air
Force bombers hit its productive
centers and that an Asian anti
Communist army of two million
South Koreans and Chinese Ma
tionalists - equipped by the Unit
ed States - strike out and destroy
the Red regime. He also declared
that the one-year-old Korean ar
mistice should be scrapped.
"UnlesS we win China back" he
declared can ultimate victory for
the free world is unthinkable.
There was generous applause,
with every member on his feet, at
Rhee's entrance and departure.
And six times applause interrupted
his speech.
But there was silence when he
declared "the American Air Force
as well as the Navy would be need
ed to insure the success of the
counter-attack on the Red Chinese
regime" He said that mo Ameri-
can foot soldier" would be needed.
Afterwards, congressional feel
ing seemed warm for Rhee as
venerable patriot and representa-
tive of a brave people. But most
Legislators appeared cool or at
least noncommittal on his war
proposal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29
Sergeant Is
Cleared OF
Cruelty Charge

FIT. DIXI, NJ. Up - A wiry, one
eyed non commissioned officer
with six years Of Army service
behind him yesterday was cleared
of charges that he kept 225 recruits
at bone-taut attention for an hour
in 92-degree heat.
Sgt. &c. Richard J. Witbeck, "A,
of Wellington, Ohio, breathed a
sigh of relief as a three-man, spe-
cial court-martial board Of three
of his superior officers acquitted
him after celebrating 40 minutes.
81 feel very good" Witbeck said
outside the pine-paneled hearing
room. "I'm glad it's all over"
The verdict thus wiped clean the
states of the two principals brought
up on charges as q result Of the
June 81 punishment formation dur
ing which men were said to have
passed out in the broiling sun,
been revived with pals Of water
and forced back into line.
First 1t. Robert s. Morgan, q,
of Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Witbeck's
immediate superior and comman-
der of Company "L," 272 Infantry
Regiment, which stood the forma-
ton, was cleared of "dereliction of
duty" charges last Friday.
Witbeck, who wears a patch over
his left eye, lost in a training mis-
hap while on occupation duty in
Austria, pleaded innocent to ale
cations of maltreatment of person
mel. He did not take the stand in
his own defense and did not ex-
ercise his right to have other en-
listed men sit on the court.
His counsel, Capt. Norman Tup-
per of Winter Pakr, Fla, contend
ed that Witbeck merely acted on
orders of his superiorS.
Upper made light of the
trainees' ordeal of standing at at
tention, saying, GIVE done it many
times. I've seen men passing
out all around me-"
Pvt. william Brooks, 70, Of
Hampstead, NY, testified he
tainted twice while on the forma-
ton. He said the first time he was
revived by water in the face and
the second time by smelling salts
administered by Witbeck.
Asked if he thought he was NAL
treated by Witbeck, Brooks replied,
''No, sir"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29
FAWTU Cites
Recipient OF
1OOOth Card

The Fleet All Weather Training
Unit, Atlantic, at a cake cutting
ceremony, recently issued its
1O0Oth instrument card to Com
mander E. H. English, USN, cur
rently attached to FAWTU as the
Operations Officer. Cdr. English
qualified for Special instrument
rating, which is the highest instru-
ment rating a pilot may receive.
Instrument cards are of two types.
The Standard instrument rating
(white card) requires a high de-
gree of skill in the technique of
planning and flying an aircraft
through inclement weather condi-
tons and making a safe landing
at an airport by the use of air.
craft flight instruments alone.
The Special instrument rating
(green card) requirements are
complex and exacting. Briefly, to
attain this rating, a pilot must dis
play exceptional skill, judgment
and instrument flying proficiency
in the "soup" and must have at
least 1900 hours Of flight time in
rigid wing aircraft.
At the presentation, made by
Commander O. B. Stanley, USN,
Executive Officer, FAWTULant,
Cdr. English thanked all hands for
their part in making the presenta-
ton possible, for putting him in
the air with reliable aircraft with
the good work they have been do
ing as plane captains, ground
crews and maintenance personnel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29
SMALL RETURN
ON INVESTMENT

TOKYO IA pair Of verT ef-
ficient Japanese burglars must be
wondering today if all their plan
ming was worth 1t.
The two broke into q home in
daylight, after carefully cutting
telephone wires and making GER
tain only the servant was home.
They locked the servant in q closet
and ranSacked the house.
All they found was 800 yen "a
little more than ST.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29

TomoTrow's Almanac
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29
CHILLY SUMNER
LAID TO H.BOMB

TOKYO IA Japanese scientist
is blaming the H-bomb tests last
spring for still another develop
ment-chilly summer weather.
DR.. Hidetoshi Arakawa said that
because of the lower temperatures
record low rice crop is in pros
pect this year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29
The
Weatlernlan
Say

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy to cloudy today thru Fri
day; scattered showers and thun-
dershowerS. Low temperature to-
night rs : Is. High Friday So 80.
Gentle to moderate easterly winds
freshening in and near thunder
showers areas.
Florida: Fair extreme north por-
ton, isolated thundershowers Fri
day afternoon. Considerable cloud
mess and scattered showers and
thundershowers mostly in the after
moons elsewhere thru Friday. Lit
tie change in temperature.
Jacksonville thru the Florida
Straits and East Gulf: Light to
moderate variable mostly easterly
winds thru Friday. Fair extreme
north portion and partly cloudy to
cloudy with scattered showers and
thundershowers elsewhere.
Western Caribbean: Light to
moderate easterly winds thru Fri
day. Partly cloudy weather with
widely scattered showers.
Weather summary for the East
Gulf of Mexico; Tropical Atlantic
and Caribbean Sea areas: Refer
to latest New Orleans Weather Bu-
reau advisory for information on
storm Barbara. Conditions else
where In the area remain settled
except for 4 very weak easterly
wave moving through the Lesser
Antilles with no signs of intensifi-
cation.
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Advisory. Bulletin Z a. m. est.
July q, 1854. Tropical storm Bar
bara moved inland between Yer
million Bay and Cameron, La, and
at z q. m. was conferred about 20
miles southeast of Lake Charles
moving north-northwest 5mph and
decreasing in intensity. Highest
winds estimated so mph in squalls.
Heavy rains in southern Louisiana.
Observation Taken at Post Office
Building. Zoo AN. EST.
Key West, Fla, July 20, 1854
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29

A coat made of muskrat fur sells
for about a sixth the cost Of a
mink coss. ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29

Most of the asteroids (minor
planets) have orbits between Mars
Aad Jupiter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-29

Relative Humidity. ? AN.
800
Barometer tSea Lsvsl). 7 AN.
29.96 ins.-1014.2 mbS.
Evening star., 1954-08-29
Lou WoIfson Rides Aooin

We in Washington who have seen Lou
Wolfson in action are fascinated by the
news that the irrepressible Florsdian is off
on another roundup-this time of shares
In the Montgomery Ward mail-order en-
pire. The stories out of New York about
the Wolfson press conference are somehow
reminiscent of Mr.. Wolfson's descent on
Washington in general and the Capital
Transit Company in particular Only the
names of the companies involved are diff
ferent
Here, at pleasant social meeting some
years ago with members of the press the
plain-spoken young industrial magnate
made it clear that in taking over control
OF the local transit company he intended
to give paramount consideration to the
interests of the stockholders, with service
to the public an incidental objective. And
he lost no time in giving the investors a
crack at the company's long-accumulating
earned surplus, which since then has just
about disappeared. Management was
"modernized," Improbable lines curtailed
or dropped and other reforms instituted.
The stockholders are happy, but the GUS
toners are still grumbling and patronage
continues to decline at an alarming rate.
At his New York conference Mr. Wolf
look after the interests of the stockholders
including himself and his associates who
now claim that they own the largest block
of stock outstanding. He implied that the
big cash balance of Montgomery Ward had
attracted hin-no doubt just as Capital
Transit's big surplus had caught his fancy
few years back.
So Lou Wolfson and his high-riding
group of family and friends will wage a
formidable fight for control of Montgomery
Ward-and those who know how effectively
he operates have little doubt that he will
come out on top. Then, of course, Mont
gomery Ward may expect spate of re-
forms of one sort or another. Dividends
will increase. Some improbable lines will
be curtailed or dropped. The catalog will
have to pay its way if it wants to survive.
The investors will be happy if Mr.. Wolfson
has anything to do with it. AS for the
customers-that remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1954-08-29
Letters to The Stor.
Pen-n1neS may be used If letters carry
1Driters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation

over q long period of time, is highly
dangerous. allowing for variable in.
dividual susceptibility, and that the
physical effects on the human system
may be tragic. Like lead poisoning,
which is recognized as deadly, although
slow acting, taking sometimes 20 years
to do its work, fuorine is also deadly,
although slow acting, and the very fact
that it is "odorless. colorless and taste
less" takes away all possible defense
from its victims and makes its use.
without their specific knowledge and
consent unjustified and inexcusable on
the part of responsible officials, and.
under the Constitution and Bill Of
Rights. a rightful subject for legal ac-
ton on the part Of those upon whom
it is involuntarily imposed.
The Public, Health Service now boasts
that there are 1000 communities drink
ing fuoridated water. These ballooned
statistics are attained by counting ev-
cry subsidiary user of a central water
supply as unit, which Is hardly fair
and honest calculation. BY the same
method we might well claim similar
number which have rejected fluorida-
ton in one way or another, or are now
fighting it. BY uninf1ated calculation
there are now well over 400 cities, towns
and communities defluoridated. We
wonder how many of these are in
cluded in the 1000 which at one time
installed the system, and how many of
those now fiuoridated are merely vic
Tins of coercion and deception. with no
actual knowledge of the facts, and no
opportunity to express themselves in
telligently pro or con.
Vera e. Adams,
President, National Committee Against
EfIi10ridation Inc
Evening star., 1954-08-29

that date. Hisf health had been impaired
by his tight for the ratincation Of the YER
sailles Treaty, with the League Of Nations.
But gradually It was apparent that his
career was ending.
His widow has remained In occupancy
ever since, serving his memory with unfal-
tering devotion Now the residence proper
passes into public possession It viii be an
object Of pilgrimage during the centennial
Of Mr.. Wilson'S birth next year. Mean
while, its generous donor deserves popular
appreciation for what she has done.
Evening star., 1954-08-29
BY Frank z. Kent

way disturbance and possibly serious
damage to a'party OF tourists travelling
in their carriage on the Brunig pass, he
found the government of Switzerland
was not to be bulldozed by an American
automobilist. If it had not been for the
timely intercession Of another young
American, Howard COPELAND, who owns
chalet at the foot of the Jungfrau
and knows the local dialect, Mr.. Thaw
would doubtless have been kept under
arrest much longer than three hours
and his bail, at first fixed at 200 francs,
would have been raised to 1,000'"
The 18th annual agricultural exhibi-
ton OF the Southern Maryland Fair
Association opened
Upper Marlboro at Upper Marlboro
Fair. CDens half q century ago,
August Is, and The
Star for the next day contained an ac-
count Of the proceedings. Thomas j.
Grant was in charge OF the displays in
the exhibit hall. and zone Of the prin-
cipal features In this department Is an
exhibition Of ceramic art by Jesse Ash
Of Cedarville, Prince Georges County"
James H.. Kyner displayed rugs and
mounted elk. deer and antelope heads
suitable for library and dining room
decorations" Cattle were shown by
Nihil Stock Farm, Franklin Weems and
John H. Traband: horses by H. w.
Bowling. A. T. Brooke. George A. Brady.
Henry w. Clagett. j. F. Goldsboro. J. q.
Larrimor. ]. B. Pyles. p. J. Steubener.
Henry Skrientny. A. B. Slye. Robert l..
Wells and Or. John E. Sansbury. VIM
ners in the trotting races were: Glad
stone, owned by n. w. Bowling; Delma.
owned by Mr.. Dallam of Laurel, and
Lady Bess. owned by Col. T. B. Davis.
Evening star., 1954-08-29

ticle of July 30 by Frank Sartwell, ]
was very clear and he could not see no
I could have miSinterpreted 1t. He fur
s thed stated that the clubs records show
that DR.. Rauterberg resigned from the
club prior to 1904 i construe that as
an innuendo why DR.. Rauterberg has
not been invited to attend any Of the
aclub's outings in recent years.
Mr. Carney appears not to have
searched the clubs records far enough.
In 1928, DR.. Rauterberg was about to
/ leave washington and take up his resi-
dence elsewhere. He so informed the
club. Thereupon he received from R. S
Doyle, then secretary treasurer, letter
dated April 13. 1928. which reads as
follows: I'm response to your letter of
the 4th, beg to advise you that pre-
sented the letter at the club meeting
last evening, and the club passed a
unanimous resolution placing your
name on the nonresident list. We re-
gret the understanding and assure
you that we desire to retain the men,
bership of person who is one of the
original founders of the club and who
has been SO kindly interested as to take
one of the building ng-fund bonds"
Soon after that letter was written
DR.. Rauterberg moved to Florida ane
he has never since been a resident O.
the District of Columbia.
I have letter from DR.. Rauterbere
dated August IA. 1854, in which he
states that during its early years. 'the
very existence of the club hung in the
balance and had it not been for the
assistance of few earnest members
including my father. DR.. L. E. Rauter-
berg, who was at one time commodore
of the, club, the Capital Yacht Club
would have passed out many years ago" I"
I had no intention in my letter to
The Star Of casting any aspersion on
the three members of the club who were
honored at the clubs outing at Gales
vile, August IL. I feel that they were
entitled to it. did think, however, that
it would have been only gracious on
the part of the club II 1t had extended
an invitation to DR.. Rauterberg, the
clubs only surviving charter member
/. to attend that affair. And he would
have attended had he been invited.
Daniel M. Greene.
Evening star., 1954-08-29

A dispatch from Boston to The Star
of August 13, 1904. said: "Five thousand
one hundred counter
Counterfeiter felt So bills were found
Couoht today by Secret Service
agents in the house of
a prominent Roxbury physician, after
Chez had been arrested by the city po-
lice on a charge of having passed a
bogus bill upon a street fruit vender.
A. complete outfit for manufacturing
spurious bank notes was also found" !"
The accused doctor has lived in Rox-
bury for II years and has wife and
two daughters. His family has been
socially prominent in Boston and along
the South Shore, where they mad a
summer home. The Secret Service
agents had been working ON the case
for some time, prompted by the COM
plant made by banks that the city was
filled with counterfeit 50 notes."
~
On August l8, 1904, The Star <re-
ported: Secretary James Wilson made
an ann ounc e m mt
TO Sove which is among the
The Forests most interesting that
has ever emanated from
the Department Of Agriculture. Plans
are in progress looking to the establish
ment of a wireless telegraph system of
fire alarms in every one of the forest re-
serves under control of the United
States Government. In detailing his
plan /. Secretary Wilson said he be-
lieved this would prove to be one Of the
most valuable suggestions ever made
~. -
greatest enemy IN the forests is hre',
said the secretary. Fire is the mischief
maker, and it has always been prob
lem with us. During my recent
Western trip the suggestion was made
Evening star., 1954-08-29
The College Blacksmith

The colleges have gone into the busi-
ness Of teaching the techniques of the
blacksmith, but we doubt that they can ever
reproduce the flavor of the village smithy
The hammer weld-it does not take the
Drawn one might be led to believe from the
stories about the blacksmith's feats Of
strength-requireS practice, but 1t can be
learned, with the proper diligence, in the
college laboratory The student can learn
the very real necessity of striking while the
iron is hot, the need for swift and rhythmic
strokes and the proper way to build hot
cored. fire.
But the cluttered shop, with its SEEM
ingly haphazard arrangement Of tools, its
dirt floor, its begrimed windows, its mingled
aroma of hot iron and sulfur and its almost
loving display Of horSeShoeS, singletree
trappings and bar iron, will never be part
of the college shop. It took years to build
such an atmosphere, just as 1t took years
to build the accomplished, black-aprcned,
seamy-f faced smith.
One recalls the Smithy across the alley,
where the smiths early morning presence
was announced by the peculiar double ring
Of the hammer striking the anvil following
the more subdued crunch Of hammer on hot
iron. as he fastened new points to miners
picks. His door was as open to curious
youngsters as 1t was to customers. He was
small leathery man with fierce face be-
lied by kindly eyes and a soft voice. His
changing set the pattern for the neighbor-
hood. When his hammer was still, other
noises in the neighborhood seemed more
muted.
The village smithy was a good place to
spend a few hours when one was young and
inquisitive. One suspects, however, that If
one were to wander into the college snnithy,
he would find only cleaning new equip-
ment, Solid and spotlesS floors; and a met
allurgy textbook lying beside each forge.
It wouldn't be the same.
Evening star., 1954-08-29

to me to investigate the practicability
of establishing system Of wireless
telegraphy in all our forests, for the
purpose of announcing fire and calling
all the rangers and squatters to the
scene of the conflagration at once. =.
While the plans are only tentative as
yet, the general idea is to construct
an automatic service, which will give
the alarm when contact is made with
the flames or excessive heat" Mr..
Wilson really had worthwhile idea.
Inquiry of Carl Gustafson of the Fire
Control Division Of the Forest Service
last week established that some 5000
radio sets now are being used in the
drive to keep America green.
Under date of August az, 1904, The
Star announced that "One Of the few
sentences of death rec
Deserter commended to be inn
And Troitor posed on an American
soldier growing out OF
service in the Philippines is found in
the proceedings of the court-martial
trying Private Fred II. Scow Of Com
pany M, goth q. s. Infantry. There are
several charges against Scow. the prin-
cipal ones of which are desertion and
going over to the enemy, and the court
in its findings recommended death as
the punishment. The papers have been
received at the War Department and
final action viii have to be taken on
them by the President before any part
of the sentence is executed. It appears
from the records that Scow deserted
~. while serving in Luzon in July. 1900.
and was recaptured the same month. In
August of the same year. however, he
again succeeded in making his escape.
He joined the insurgent forces in Min
duro under the name Of Frederico De
Evening star., 1954-08-29
In Support of Merit

President Eisenhower's emphatic reit-
Grafton of his belief in and support of the
merit system is very timely There have
been diSquieting open or behind the-scene
moves lately that seemed to indicate an ad-
ministration trend toward patronage and
away from competitive civil service stand
ards. AS Chairman Philip Young of the
Civil Service Commission put it in frank
comment to Federal personnel officers, there
are "a few extremists in the Government
who are not in sympathy with aims of the
civil service system. The President has
made it plain that the extremists are out
Of step with the administration.
The most recent "out-of-step" state
ment on the subject of appointments, as
matter of fact came from the White House
itself. It was memorandum, signed by
presidential aide, instructing all depart
yments to clear appointments and promo
Dtions in Grade GS-14 through the Republi-
can National Committee. When the order
seame to the attention of the Civil Service
Commission there was an immediate "they
@ can't do that" reaction. For most of these
$4,000 jobs are held by career civil service
employees, whose work is not of policy
making or influencing nature. The Presi-
dent cancelled the order as soon as the CSC
protested it.
In his letter to Chairman Young, Gen
eral Eisenhower commended the commits
sion for it's efforts to maintain the integrity
Of the merit system, saying that "a strong
and competent career civil service is the
most important single factor in achieving
sound and efficient management in Gov
ernment." He pledged to the commission his
support in its determined stand against
political encroachments tending to under
mine the civil service. It is to be hoped that
the "few extremists" in the Federal estab-
lishment having different idea on this
subject will take due note of the presiden-
tial pronouncement.