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The Key West citizen., 1954-11-01

A son. weighing seven pounds,
four and a fourth ounces was horn
to Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lee Beh-
rsnds. $40 Duval St, on October
Is at the Naval Hospital, William
Lee is the name which has been
chosen for the baby.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-01

A baby boy, who weighed seven
pounds, three ounces. was born
TO Mr.. and Mrs. Noal Amos Bailey
N3-A Poineiana, on October II.
The infant. who has been named
William Jeffrey, was born at the
Naval Hospital.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Noble Glenn Nof-
singer, 2i0s Seidenberg Ave, an
nounce the birth of a baby boy,
weighing seven pounds, seven oun-
ces at the Naval Hospital on Oct
Der 27. The baby has been named
Mark Lee.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-01
eurneffs hasa Girl

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wesley
Burnett. ll2-B Poineiana. are the
parents Of q daughter. cindy 10
anne. who was born on October p
AZ the Naval Hospital. The baby
weighed five pounds. Is ounces.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Lee Cox,
lol-C Poinciana. are the parents
of a brand new son. Robert Lee.
The baby weighed seven pounds.
II ounces at this birth at the Ma
val Hospital on October q.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-01

A son. weighing 10 pounds, six
end oae-fcurth ounces, was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. William Carl KlSt.
hg. S. SsSsbee Road. at the Naval
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-01

The 500 canal carried 1854. AS
tons of iron ore in 1853.
Evening star., 1954-05-02
Science Calendar for Week

Science and technical society
meetings haze been announced
stor this Deek By the Joint
Committee on Press Relations
sof the District Council OF
Engineering and Architectural
5SocietieS and the Washington
Academy of Sciences. All meet
7ipgs listed are open to the
public unless otherwise listed.
Many physicists who attended
last weeks conventions here will
remain for the meetings and re-
ports of the American Geo
physical Union, to be held tomor-
row through Wednesday. The
meetings will be held in the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences, 21O1
Constitution avenue NV.
Other meetings of the week
include:
Tuesday.
American Institute of Mining
EngineerS-5:45 pm. cocktails
$50 pm. dinner meeting, Ma
tional Press Club. Turkish Oil
Situation" by Max w. Ball.
National Sociological Society
q pm. meeting, public library
Wisconsin avenue and r street
NV. w. E. Davies, United States
Geological Survey, will give ar
Illustrated talk on the C&C
Canal and Alaska.
Evening star., 1954-05-02
Wednesday.

Washington Safety Society
$50 pm. meeting, Z pm. dinner,
Officers Club, Naval Gun Fac
tory. "The Art of Communica-
ton" by Walter w. Belson. di-
rector of public relations, Amer
ican Trucking Association.
Institute of Radio Engineers
8 pm. meeting, Potomac Electric
Power Co. auditorium, Tenth
and E streets NV. Jack Rabi-
now, consulting engineer, will
lecture on Reading Machines" !"
Thursday.
American Society of Refriger-
ating Engineers-6::30 pm. meet
ing. Continental Hotel.
chronological Society of Wash
ingtOn-8 pm. meeting, Room
43, National Museum, Tenth and
Constitution avenue NV. I'm
sect Collecting on the Island of
Kusaie" by j. F. Gates Clarke,
Agricultural Research Service.
Evening star., 1954-05-02
Frunkel to Speak

Morris Frankel of the Frankel
Color Laboratories will address
the National Capital Forge,
American Public Relations Asso-
citation, at 1915 pm. tomorrow
in the Hotel Burlington, 1920
Vermont avenue NV.
Evening star., 1954-04-30
House Passes Defense Bill
Without Coudert Amendment

acted on toward the close of two
days Of debate on the big bill
would remove the limitation on
the flying time that an Air Force
officer must have to maintain a
proficiency standard. The bill
set a limit of 100 hour a year.
This was stricken out on a 95-
to-93 vote. Representative Will
liams, Democrat. of Mississippi,
offered the amendment.
Representative Roosevelt. Dem
ocrat, of New York. proposed an
amendment providing for trans
fer Of 10 per cent of Govern
ment-held surplus fluid milk so
that it could be used by the
armed forces. The amendment
was ruled out as not germane' to
the appropriation bill. Mr.. Roose-
welt announced later he was in
Producing a separate bill on the
subject.
Evening star., 1954-04-30
By Robert K. Welsh


The Eisenhower administra-
ton counted an important policy
as well as fiscal victory in q
House-approved Defense Depart
ment appropriation bill. Only one
money item was added. and the
Coudert amendment was de-
feated.
The bill, carrying a cash total
Of $28.684. .25O,486 for the armed
services during the fiscal year
beginning July /, went through
the House late yesterday on a
377-to-0 roll call vote. It now
goes to the Senate.
The overall amount was S.
543,986 above the total recon-
mended by the House Appropria-
tions Committee which had
trimmed the Eisenhower requests
by about $1.2 billion. The addi-
tional sum, backed by the entire
Massachusetts, delegation and
approved on a $3.50 standing
vote. would continue operation
Of the Murphy General Hospital
at Waltham. Mass.
Administration supporters
overcame a major hurdle by de-
feating, 214 to 81, a proposal to
prevent use of American troops
in certain combat areas such as
Indo-China without express con-
sent of Congress.
Representative Coudert, Re-
publican, of New York, sponsored
the amendment. 1t provoked
sharp debate. Most Republican
leaders and many Democrats at
tackled the proposed restriction
as being dangerous, unnecessary
and perhaps unconstitutional.
The only other amendment
Evening star., 1954-04-30
U. 5. Traffic Deaths Dip
In First 81 Quarter
By the Asseeioted Press

CHICAGO, April 30.-There
were fewer deaths from traffic
accidents in March and in the
first three months of this year
than in comparative periods in
1858, the National Safety Coun-
Gil said yesterday.
The death toll in March was
1850, or 8 per cent under March,
1858.
During the first quarter of 1854
there were 1920 deaths, down 4
per cent from the 1920 total for
the period last year.
Ned Dearborn, council presi-
Evening star., 1954-04-30
President or Nixon to Toss Out
First Ball at Congress Game

of Arkansas who represented the
Democrats at the White House.
Harris remarked that he was
pinch-hitting for Representative
Herlong of Florida, manager of
the Democratic squad.
Mr.. Harris quoted the Presi-
dent as saying he had a wonder
full time at last years ball game,
which the Democrats won, 3-2.
Mr.. Bishop chimed in, how
Evening star., 1954-04-30
ey the Associoted Press

President Eisenhower promised
yesterday that either he or Vice
President Nixon will throw out
the first ball at the June Is base
ball game between the Repub-
lican and Democratic members
Of the House.
: 1t will be night game at Grit
fifth Stadium here and proceeds
will go to The Stars summer
camp fund.
The President made the PROM
Use to Representative Bishop of
Illinois, manager of the COP
team, and Representative Harris
Evening star., 1954-04-30
Reorganization Plans
For War Claims, RFC
Go Before Congress
By Gornett D. Horner

President EiSenhower's first
two reorganization plans Of this
year, one setting up q new
agency to take the place of two
old ones and the other modifying
plans for liquidation of the Re-
construction Finance Corpora
tion. were before Congress today
The two plans will become.
effective in go days unless either
the Senate of House votes dis
approval within that time. They
were sent to Capitol Hill by the
President late yesterday.
The number one plan estab-
fishes a new agency, the Foreign
Claims Settlement Commission
of the United States to take over
the functions of the War Claims
Commission and of the Inter-
national Claims Commissions.
It abolishes the two old commits
SiOnS.
Transferred Duties.
Plan number 2 transfers re-
sponsibility for liquidation of
certain affairs of the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. due to expire
June 80, to other agencies
already carrying on similar pro-
grams. 1t transfers:
l. To the Export Import Bank
the RIGS foreign loans.
2. To the Small Business Ad-
ministration RFC loans to vic
Tins of floods or other catas-
trophies.
3. To the Federal National
Mortgage Association in the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency real estate mortgages
made or acquired under authority
Of the RFC mortgage company
and its Defense Homes Corp.
The new Foreign Claims Set
Gement Commission will be
composed of three members to
be nominated by the President
and confirmed by the Senate.
Gen. Eisenhower said. in submit
ting the reorganization plan to
Congress, that the new commits
sion will be able to administer
any new claims programs fl
nanced by funds derived from
foreign governments without
the delay which has often char
acteriZed the initiation of past
programs"
Korean Claims.
He suggested that a proposed
program pending before the
Senate with administration in
dorSement to pay benefits for
losses resulting from hostilities
in Korea similar to those paid to
World War II victims be assigned
to the new commission
The War Claims Commission,
to be abolished under the re-
organization plan, was created in
1948 to settle certain claims of
Americans who were prisoners
of war during World War II and
civilians interned on certain Pa
cif1c Ocean islands. The Presi-
Evening star., 1954-04-30
BuIqors Honor Robson

Bulgaria recently celebrated
the birthday of Paul Robson,
American singer, with a 20-min-
ute national broadcast. The
program included recordings by
Mr.. Robson and an account of
an alleged assassination attempt
against him while he was sing
ing in New York,
Evening star., 1954-04-30

dent reported that up to April l
it has paid approximately $134
million to claimants. OF about
100000 claims filed, some $4,000
still are in process of settlement.
The International Claims Com
mission was established in the
State Department in 1949 and
has handled claims against
YugoslaVia and Panama by
American citizens. It has set
tied 531 claims out of a total of
1922 filed.
Evening star., 1954-04-30

dent, said: 'If this improvement
should continue for the entire
year. the 1854 death toll would
be the smallest since 1880" Be-
cause vacation travel soon gets
under way, Mr.. Dearborn said,
Evening star., 1954-04-30

the next four months will tell
the story"
Vermont's death toll the first
quarter of 1854 was Al per cent
under last year, the best of all
States reporting. n
Evening star., 1954-04-30

ever, that the Republicans
whipped the Democrats, 7-3, in a
recent practice game in Florida,
and predicted another victory for
the COP on June Is.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
IT'S Just Not Safe

IT'S JUST NOT Safe
Editor, The Citizen:
/ can easily explain to your col
umnist, Bill Spillman, why people
should never sign their names to
articles for publication.
Bill is disgruntled because folks
sign their initials. So without re-
vealing any persons names or the
organizations to which they be-
long, I will endeavor to make
myself understood.
Not too long ago someone who
is family to my wife came to our
house and simply raved over a
certain meeting she had attended
- given by the organization to
which she belongs.
She was especially demonstra-
tive about an address rendered by
a young chap in the community
whom we all know.
In fact she told it so pictures
quely that we were able to picture
the whole performance as though
we had been present.
My wife was especially thrilled
because the lads mother was an
old playmate of hers - way back
when. So she proceeded to write
what we both considered a pretty
good article, telling all about this
accomplished young man. She men,
toned the others whom she was
told deserved recognition, also. Not
stopping at that, she threw few
verbal bouquets at the mothers,
and 1t is obvious that there is
where she made her fatal error.
This article was sent to a news
paper for publication.
What happened the day after this
article was published? Listen my
children, and you shall hear, and
if you are wise you'll never attach
your signature to an article, good
or bad.
My wife's dear relative came
bright and early next morning to
the place where I am employed.
She glared at me and then said,
Whatever possessed you to allow
your wife to write such a CHASTITY
piece and sign her own name to
it? You ought to be ashamed of
YOURSELF"
When l got home from work that
night, my wife met me at the door
with tears in her eyes. 1t seems
another fine christian" had at.
tackled her in much the same way.
Bill Spillman is correct when he
says this is a small town and things
get around, for ever since my
wite'S name came out in the news
paper beneath a we'll meant ar.
ticle, we've been hearing by way
of the malicious old grape vine
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
Shelton Stars In
Hilarious Film
At The islander

There are plenty of laughs in Red
Skeletons new M-G-M starrer, "The
Great Diamond Robbery" opening
tomorrow at the Islander Theatre,
but along with the hilarity is a
wistful, appealing portrait of the
central character, the eager, cred
ulous, easily-foxed jewelry shop
apprentice who has two over
whelming ambitions - the first, to
cut his firms fabulous $4,000, 900
Blue Goddess diamond; the second
to find the parents who left him
on a park bench when he was an
infant.
In an attempt to realize both
these ambitions, Ambrose C. Park
(Skelton) gets himself into a heap
of trouble. An ambulance chas-
ing shyster lawyer finds him an
easy mark and digs up a Family"
for him. And what a family it is
- a couple of ne'er-do-wells pos
ing as his mother and father, a
hard-boiled night club entertainer
forced to play the role of his inno-
cent and sheltered sister!
But it is a pair of impromptu
"uncles" who really prove the vii
lains of the piece when they dis
cover Ambrose's connection with
the Blue Goddess diamond and
contrive to have him cut it. They
almost get away with the perfect
ly matched halves, too, but in the
action-filled pell-mell climax. Am
brose reveals an unsupported acu-
men and courage and manages not
only to outwit his crooked "uncles''
but to win over his family" and
gain sweetheart into the bargain.
The role of Ambrose is a made.
to order one for Shelton, containing
as it does, the popular comedians
typical tomfoolery in his charac.
terization as the gullible victim Of
sharpsters, and yet pervaded with
a sympathetic appeal in the por-
trait of the lonesome apprentice
yearning for the love and devotion
of family. It is one of his most
satisfying film portrayals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
By jim COBB

kept Carbonell on his back all
afternoon.
Remind us to get Carbonell's
side of the story.
X Il 4
The stage is set for the worlds
greatest annual sporting event, the
World Series.
Millions of baseball fans, includ-
ing large Sprinkling of Americans
who don't give boot for base
ball until the Series fever starts,
are on tenterhookS waiting for the
battle between the Giants and the
Indians.
And in Key West, where baseball
is of more than passing interest,
the arguments are waxing hot over
the relative merits of fellows like
Willie Mays and Larry Dolby or
the pitching prowess of Bob Teller
and Sal Maglie.
Of the people we talked to on
Duval st. Friday, it seemed that
Cleveland is something of a
favorite with local fandom.
Here are some of their comments:
Cliff Kerr thinks the Giants have
good chance. "They've got the
better team," says Cliff. Dewey
Riggs goes along with the Tribe
for the same reason. High School
Athletic Director Win Jones goes
for the Indians. "Rosen's ills and
their weak hitting will hurt them,
but they'll come through in five
games" he opined Norman
Artman, while he admits to be-
ing National League fan, figures
it will be Cleveland. They've
got the pitching" he holds. +.
Harold Allen, of the high school
coaching staff is Giant booster
Their superior hitting will turn
the trick" Allen commented. .
Ray Gavilan says: "Any team that
wins as many games as Cleveland
did is sure to be a good bet to
come through" Ira Albury,
''The Indians. Joe Russell goe.
along with the Tribe. Reason: 81
like them" Bill Gates, all-time
great Key West High School per
former and former pro star says:
1T may so seven games, but
think Cleveland has a better
chance. The writer is backing
the Giants. Maglie and Durcchel
will make the difference.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
More Smog In
Store For LA.

LOS ANGELES R-Los Angeles
citizens faced another smoggy
time today after an attack of the
eye-irritating stuff yesterday was
termed the worst of the year.
One superior judge adjourned his
court in the Civic Center yesterday
because of the discomfort, and
citizens were coughing and wiping
their eyes most of the day. The
smOg clouds rolled in early and
then spread to foothill communi-
ties.
Smog and fog cut visibility at
the Los Angeles International Air
port and no planes were allowed to
land until II am.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25

that other members of this I'm.
mentioned organization took of
tense, their leader included
The irony of the whole thing is
this: The praise was bestowed nm.
on one of their own narrow.mind
ed group, the informant being one
of them.
To use an old time expression
tc outsiders this looks like DOG
eat dog"
To quote your very able col
umnist Bill Glib, There is an
parent lack of sincerity among
some who cell themselves Chris.
tians."
They prefer tearing down instead
of uplifting.
Today shall attach nv John
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25

Local Coast Guardsmen establish
ed what must be some kind Of
record Thursday for speedy rescue
of an i'll seaman, but their COM
manding officer 1t. John Hayes
isn't happy about it.
The rescue interrupted what
promised to be one of his best golf
games in a long time.
Hayes, the only officer attached
to the local station, is on "a hour
call. Normally, he takes off on
Wednesday afternoon to play golf.
This week. he took Thursday off in
stead.
He started off with tours on the
first three holes, 1.-TWO under par)
on the Key West Golf Club course.
His seven iron shot was on the
apron of the green on the fourth
hole, which runs along the road.
He was preparing to chip to the
cup when Mrs. Hayes drove up in
the family car bearing news that
the Coast Guard had received an
emergency call from a shrimp
boat bearing very ILL fisherman.
1t. Hayes rushed to his Office
and supervised the rescue.
The call was received shortly
before one o'clock, and the man,
hemorrhaging badly, was in a
navy ambulance less than two
hours later.
But Hayes was unhappy over not
being able to finish that golf game
after such a promising start.
He was very happy, however,
over the efficient performance of
the men who serve under him.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
|AF Recruiter
Here Monday

Monroe County's Air Force Re.
cruiter. S-Sgt. Charles A. Kaniew-
ski, has scheduled a visit 10 Kew
West on next Monday and will be
available from 10 a. m. until 3
p. m. at the Selective Service office
in the Post Office Building.
Local young men and women de-
string first hand information about
Air Force enlistment, aviation ca
Diet training or the Women's Air
Force are urged TO Intact the
Sergeant during his visit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25

Bill Neblett recalls the last game
Of football he played.
1t was in Key West on Thanks
giving day, 1929.
Neblett, 100 pound STRIPPING
was stationed here with the Marine
Corps. He was a substitute left
end on the Marine team which
was playing the Key West ALI
Stars.
Neblett didn't expect to get into
the ball game, but when the first
string end got chewed up, he got
his chance. He found himself
facing big, burly lineman known
as John Carboneli, whose son,
John, Jr. is making a name for
himself as high school performer
now.
Neblett said that he teamed up
with another lineman and they
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions views Of II. Rad
bot the editor the right any items hrh
considered ibsovs writer's shoud ~
fair and eonne the letters 200 and write on 80
Of The paper only. Signature Of must az
letters and will be published unless Otherwise "
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25

Henry, but hereafter when either
OF us wish to express our opin-
ions, we'll use initials only.
Mrs. E. Currie'S "Old Man"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
Metric System Stamp

PARIS, Sept IS tR-The French
postoffice is issuing a stamp Oct. 4
honoring the metric system. in
augurated by France in 1871.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-20
BILLF1sH BL1Tz

Late August and September
are billed as billfish blitz time
along the entire North Carolina
coast. Sensational catches in late
July and early August in south
eastern North Carolina heralded
record season. Increased cat
ches of sails are being reported
off Southport, Will min G on,
Morehead City, Hatteras and
Oregon Inlet. Aycock Brown of
Manteo, veteran coastal sports
observer, says more sail and
other big game fish are being
taken off the North Carolina
coast than ever before because
sportsmen are now fishing for
the big ones in the edge of the
Gulf Stream, which swings with
in IL miles of Cape Hatteras,
rather than being content with
dolphin, amberjack, king mack
erel and other fighting, but
fish. 1t takes different
technique, but fishermen
are catching on fast with the re-
suit that Mort tn Cardinals
"Gamefish Junction" is making
more big fish headlines.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-20

Gibbs, Frederick S. Roper,
James M. Watson, Tomas Bal
lance, Lewis Eastwood and
David w. Jones, to the first eight
trustees of Amity Methodist
Church, Dixon Swindell, Samuel
C. Watson, Benjamin Gibbs,
John Midgette, James w. Swim
dell, Tolbert Selby, Allen Bur-
rus, Robert Jennette and Benja-
min B. Fulford on December 80,
1913, on which to build a church
The two academies were prob
ably organized on the same lines
and taught the same subjects.
They were privately owned and
operated and, although only
those who could pay attended,
those who did received an edu-
cation credited by some to be
far superior to that provided by
our present day public schools.
Prior to the Civil War the
schools were operated on a
twelve months basis with two
week vacation at Christmas and
during the summer. The Misses
Watsons quote their mother as
saying that Shakespearean Plays
were regularly presented at the
Mattamuskeet Academy.
They recall hearing of an old
slave, Aunt Violet, who enter
tanned the children by repeating
the Greek Alphabet which she
had picked up from hearing stu
dents studying their lessons. The
excellence of penmanship on old
records Miss Magic Watson cites
as evidence of the good training
provided by the old Hyde
County Academies. Young men
were given excellent preparation
for college in them, she says, and
gives as evidence, Dr. Oliver
Gibbs, who graduated from
Hydes Academy and went away
to receive a medical degree and
was back in Hyde practicing
medicine before he was twenty
one. Discounting the sketchiness
of medical training in those days
this remains remarkable ach-
ievement.
Literary Societies which stag
ed debates, acted as avenues for
circulating literature, and gene
raj cultural benefit were of great
Importance in pre-Civil War,
Hyde social life.
Teachers in the Hyde acade-
mics, according to Miss Watson,
were mostly Irishmen. Expelled
from their country for religious
or political reasons, these men,
graduates of Irish Universities,
formed the nucleus of educators
in this area.
Despite the high level of edu-
cation among the few, the num-
bers of the illiterate ranked lar
ger and those who would return