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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-25

it. I wasn't able to see his
reaction. ...
elm four years, I have never had
a visitor between acts of the show
except Mr.. DeMille. There are
only TIA minutes between acts.
But he started talking and I was
impressed by the tremendous
amount of research that had been
done on his picture. BY the time I
had to 60 on-stage again, had not
only agreed to do The 10 Com
mandments' with him, but another
picture following it."
Brynner, formerly a TV and
stage director, has done only one
previous picture. That was a 1949
quickie made by the now defunct
Eagle-Lion, Port of New York"
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temala quoted longtime American
residents of that country as saying
they could not recall a similar
strained atmosphere. There were
reports of workers shouting eco
Home, Grlnga (Yankee)" to North
American women.
Developments have piled one
upon another since the State De.
partment last week announced the
arrival of a freighterlload of arms
at Guatemalan port. The depart.
ment said they were loaded al
/ Stettm in Communist Poland.
That shipment reputedly was the
equivalent of 70 freight cars and
worth 10 million dollars.
More arms were said to be on
the high seas bound for Guatemala,
which this country has charged
with following the Communist line.
Guatemala's foreign minister de-
MED this emphatically.
VI the original shipment, Toriel-
10 said: "The equipment Guate-
mala has bought will never be
used for anything else than to
maintain internal peace"
Toriello said he had had friendly
talks on many questions with Am
bassador Peurifoy in the course OF
a conference yesterday. And Tori.
clio left the impression he was
optimistic that Guatemala's rela.
tons with the United States might
improve. He indicated this might
have some connection with what
he said he had suggested as a
new approach to the problem Of
United Fruit Co. properties, some
of which have been appropriated.
He gave no details. Peurifoy de.
clined comment.
With unusual speed, Moscow
radio leaped to the attack less than
six hours after the State Depart.
ment'S announcement of arms ship.
ments to friendly Nicaragua and
Honduras. It said these govern.
ments are under US. domination
and declared: .
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He had never heard of the actor,
whose name indeed sounds like a
Christmas log or something.
The director strobe backstage,
spoke to Brynner for few min
utes and assigned him the role of
the Pharaoh. They shook hands on
the deal. "Then we turned the de-
tails over to his agents and to
Paramount and we both ran," said
DeMille.
Brynner told the story from his
side: 81 had been warned that
DeMille was in the theater. That
merely added to the nervousness
I get every time the half-hour
warning is given before a perform
ance. But after the show started,
I was too busy to think about
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~ FRED S. HOFFMAN

WASHINGTON TIN a move
counter the Communist armine
leftist Guatemala, the United
States is ferrying rifles, machine
runs and other light combat geal
to two friendly nations in Contra
America.
The State Department an
nounced late yesterday that arms
are being airlifted as rapidly as
possible" to Nicaragua and Hon
duras, Guatemala's neighbors tc
the south. Moscow radio immedi
for can attack against Qua
temala."
But Guatemala's foreign minis
ter, Guillermo Toriello, told news
men, 1--WE do not believe the arms
shipment has anything to do with
us"
He pointedly sidestepped any
mention of Nicaragua, which has
recalled its envoy from Guatemala.
But he said Honduras is a good
friend.
However, the Chicago Tribune
said last night that war seemed
imminent between Honduras and
Guatemala. Tribune staff writer
Jules Dubois wrote from Teguci.
galpa, Honduras, that Honduran
border guards captured five armed
Guatemalan Communists inside
Honduran territory Sunday. He
also told of reported troop and
military air activity in both coun'
tries.
u. S. Ambassador John E. Peuri
foy said he had heard of no such
border incidents.
In; Washington, Lincoln White
State Department press officer
said the department had no infor
nation that war was impending
but he added that us. diplomatic
officials knew there was consider
able'tension between the two cOun
tries.
Meanwhile, dispatches from Qua
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-25
Nurse Describes
Experiences In
Fallen Fortress
BY LARRY ALLEN

HANOI, Indochina N-Genevieve
de Galard Terraube declared to-
day that tending French wounded
in forty terror-filled nights and
days in the fortress of Diem Bien
Phu was the "most formidable
experience of my life.'
''It opened new horizons to me
of courage and devotion to duty
while French soldiers and officers
were so brilliantly fighting and
dying"
Facing a battery of 50 newsmen
from nine countries, photographers
and American television represen-
tatives, the heroic nurse in her
first mass interview calmly and
simply said:
81 only did my duty"
She asserted the most danger.
Gus and dramatic moment" of the
long, savage battle for the French
Union fortress in northwestern In
dochina's jungles came on the
night of March 30-31.
1T was then that the Vietminh
hurled over thousands of mortars
and heavy artillery projectiles and
there were hundreds Of French
wounded and so many dying.
''To me it was so dramatic and
tragic, for so many Of the wounded
had to wait for so many hours in
line in the underground bunkers
in terrible pain before I could help
them"
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Guatemala
Rejects us.
Payment Bid

GUATEMALA Up - Guatemala
has rejected as Intervention in its
internal affairs u. S. note de-
handing compensation for ex-
propriated United Fruit Co. prop.
erty in this country.
This position was outlined in a
Foreign Ministry memorandum re-
plying to a State Department note
delivered In February. The mem
orandum was made public last
night.
The U. S. note demanded pay.
ment of Is million dollars for the
appropriated property or submis.
sion of the matter to international
arbitration.
Guatemala's reply said ''there
has been no denial or delay Of
justice" to justify the State De-
partment demand Gin favor of the
United Fruit Co. and the Guatem.
alan Agricultural Co. since they
have had access to protection pro-
vided under the new agrarian
law" (The Guatemalan Agricul-
tural Co. is q United Fruit sub.
sidiary.)
The note said:
IF the United States continues
acting in support of the illegiti-
mate pretensions of these compan.
les, the government of Guatemala
cannot but consider this attitude
as a persistence in the interven-
ton Of the internal affairs of Guat.
emala, contrary to the most firm.
ly established principles of inter-
American unity"
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The picture starred Scott Brady
and Brynner played the heavy.
t'I never did find out what tb>
picture was about" he said .sI'd
just report to the set every day.
and they'd give me some pink
sheets OF paper with my lines on
them.
II never saw the picture when
it came out. When I was playing
The King and r in Cincinnati. I
asked the Paramount man there
if he could find me a print. He
did. The picture wasn't bad"
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couldn't. I was seeing a rare
theatrical experience - perform.
ance OF dramatic integrity"
When the curtain went down,
DeMnle wanted to know who play.
ca tne King. When told it was Yul
brynner, he said "What is that?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-25

In 1900, about 200 children out
of every 1000 live births died be-
fore they were year old, COM
pared to today's rate of around
20 per 1000 in several countries
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
Rice Students Dance for the May Queer

A colorful May Day program,
a dance to the Queens con-
Guided the annual Patrons Day
celebration at Rice School Tues
day assrooms We're open
throughout the day, with colorful
displays Of student work decort-
lng the school
Queen Dorothy Cassell, escort
ed by King Denny Gates. and
preceded by her maid Of honor
and court, watched as students
from each grade performed lit
ing folk dances. In special re-
cOgnition Of the queenly pres
ence Betty Andrews Vivian
Bradshaw, Sarah Gillian and
Carolyn Gates performed special
ity dancing numbers.
In the queens court were Eva
Ellington, maid of honor, Della
Garrison, Jdanita Bates. Lucy
Davis, Peggy Jenkins, Shirley
Vaughan, Nancy, Judy Thorpe,
Gloria Barley and June Lang.
The queen was chosen by vote
among students of the fifth. six
Ath and seventh grades.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
POwhatan Finals
Speaker Announced

Father Anthony #. Lachowsky,
of St Emma's Military Academy,
Bellemead, will deliver the bacca-
laureate sermon to the graduating
class Of PoWhatan High School
on Sunday. May 30, in the school
auditorium There will be no com
mencement speaker, that program
to consist of student participa-
ton
A Herald announcement last
week stated enormously that DR..
Adams, of Richmond, would give
the baccaiaureate sermon and
that II L. Firebaugh, a former
principal. would be the gradual
zion speaker
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21

James Bailey as narrator, in
troduced each speciality perfor-
mer and each grade group num-
Der, in clear. deliberate phrases.
Harry Simpson assisted dancers
with precise operation of the re-
cording machine which furnished
the accompaniment.
Little Ann Frank, as flower
girl, and Nancy Farley, the crown
bearer completed the colorful
court.
Grade dances were learned by
students in their physical educa-
ton classes taught by Miss Mild
red Parker student teacher at
Longwood College
The Social committee of the
P-I'A served refreshments during
the day. Mrs. Grace Bradshaw
Rice principal, said students and
parents alike were delighted with
the days results. Even the clouds
and rain drops couldn't dampen
the gayiety of the occasion
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
Challenge to Parents,
Teachers Issued AS
Prospect P-TA Meets

The Rev. Harold Anderson's
address on "A Child's Point of
View" which was followed by an
informative open discussion,
featured the Prospect P-TA pro-
gram Monday evening. The presi-
dent. Rev. j c. Weaver, presided.
Rev Mr.. Anderson, Pamplin
pastor, also conducted the open
ing devotional period, wnlcn took
the form of challenge" to par
ents and teachers to strive to ade-
quately develop the highest form
Of Gods creation, young boys and
girls, and help them prepare to
meet the problems of these cru
cial and uncertain times.
The speaker with we'll illus
trated examples of childhood eX-
periences, showed that children
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
Rice Serviceman On /.
Exercise Spearhead .

Pvt. Howard II. Hicks, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Branch Hicks. Ht
l, Rice. is taking part in Exercise
Spearhead. large scale Army
training maneuver being held this
month at Fort Hood Tex.
Private Hicks. a tank repair
man in Company B of the 1870
Armored Ordnance Battalion. en-
tered the Army last August
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hillsman
and daughters were guests of MI
and Mrs A f. Hillsman, Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Fish spent
Sunday with their parents. Mr..
and Mrs j p. Mason Nancy Fitz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Fitz and
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
SayIers Greek

We are glad to hear Mrs. Ar
thur Ellineton is home from the
hospital
A. II Hillsman has been sick.
Mrs, C. M. Cilliland is spending
this week with her mother. Mrs.
p. Burner, Of Luray.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Franck
visited Mrs Francks mother.
Mrs. Jones, of Halifax, recently.
must be carefully guided and in
fluence during their formative
years. Incidents then. it was
shown, can drasticayy influence
their personalities in later life
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-05-21
James visited them also.

James visited them also.
Pvt. Herbert Newcomb is home
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest NeWcomb, for few days.
Rev. and Mrs. Walter Thomas
were visitors in the community
Tuesday evening.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Night Wings Tops Hunters
In Corinthiun Horse Show

spring. and this was his first
championship.
Martha Sterbak made q clean
sweep Of the pony and junior
classes with her pony Northlite.
Miss Sterbak won the large pony
championship and the junior
grand championship. Northlite
was behind in both divisions for
the State championships, but
after yesterdays performance
she went to the top for both
awards.
The top green hunter Of the
show was Mrs. Henry Obre's
Come Back, who was ridden by
her son Michael to win the green
hunters and place second in the
green working hunters. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carroll Herbert's Edge
wood, ridden by Mrs. Herbert.
was the winner Of the green
working hunters.
Also scoring well were Frank
Imperatore's Sir Possom, ridden
by Vince Dugan to a f1rst, third
and fourth; George Di Paula's
Tonto, ridden by Linky Smith:
w. H. O'Dell's Our Sister. Alta
Vista FARMS Blue Ridge and
Billy Diehlmann's Play Boy.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
BieIsH Gains in ACC Scoring;
GWStor Tied for Second in sc
By The A,seeiafsd Pra,a

The top five places in the At
lantic Coast Conference indi-
vidual scoring race remained un-
changed this week with Jim
Coleman of Clemson still on top
with "a points.
None of the leaders who saw
action Saturday was able to
score. but nobody else scored
enough to catch them.
Dick Bielski of Maryland
moved into sixth place with II
points. He scored once in Mary
lands $50 rout of North Caro-
lima.
Coleman didn't see action as
Clemson had an open date. But
Bryant Aldridge. Dukes plung-
ing string fullback, wasn't
able to score as Army whipped
the Blue Devils, 28-14. He held
second with 20 points.
Tied at third with 18 points
each are Charlie Boxold, Mary
land quarterback; Carl Brazell,
South Carolina halfback. and
Herbert Hartwell, Virginia full
back. Brazell's team also had an
open date.
Both Coleman and Brazell
could improve their positions
Thursday when their teams meet
in Columbia in the traditional
game featuring the South Caro-
lima State Fair.
This weeks schedule:
Thursday-Clemson VS.. South Caro-
lima at Columbia
Friday-Maryland at Miami (nisht,
Saturday-Duke at North Carolina
State (night) Wake Forest at North
Carolina; virginia VS.. virsinia Tech at
Roanoke.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
College Football
Continued From Page A-190

Throw the Uclan game out and
they shouldn't have any trouble
Oklahoma, the No. l team in
the country in the Associated
Press poll, heads the Big Seven,
as usual. After a $50 rout of
Kansas, the Sooners meet
Kansas State. Colorado, prob
ably the only club capable of
giving the Sooners a healthy
workout, looks like the confer
ence's Orange Bowl team, since
Oklahoma isn't eligible this year.
Colorado beat Iowa State, 300.
In the Atlantic Coast Confer
ence, which furnishes the other
team for the Orange Bowl,
Maryland, a $50 winner over
North Carolina, still has a good
chance, although it was tied by
Wake Forest. The Deacons and
Duke are still in the running.
While Maryland plays at Miami,
Duke meets North Carolina
State and Wake Forest plays
North Carolina.
Mississippi has a good chance
for the Southeastern Conference
title. In this league Alabama,
which routed Tennessee. 27-0.
takes on Mississippi State and
Georgia tackles Tulane and
Florida plays Louisiana State.
Irish Get Open Date.
Notre Dame is the standout
among the Independents. The
Irish, struggling to recoup from
the early defeat by Purdue,
STAYED off Michigan State. 20-13,
and do not play again until they
meet Navy, a 21-19 loser to Pitt,
at Baltimore October 80. After
Evening star., 1954-10-18
AK Defeats Marlboro
Twice in Season Finale

The Atchison & Keller Plumb
ers. District sandlot champions,
hung up their baseball gloves
today after an 8O-game season.
The Plumbers won twice in
their 10th and 80th games yes
terday at Marlboro in sweeping
the tail-end Of a best-of three
series with the Southern Mary
land League winners.
Jack Pope struck out II bat
ters and Bubba Kallas banged
a grand-slam home run that led
to a 6-2 victory in the opener
Third -baseman Kallas hit q
sacrifice fly in the fifth inning
of the second game to provide
the winning margin Of a 80 de-
cision over Marlboro. Kallas
tripled with the bases loaded in
the next inning but darkness
halted play in the bottom half
Evening star., 1954-10-18
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

Johnny Popson, a fast shifty
halfback from Furman. scored
three touchdowns Saturday to
take over the individual point
making lead in the Southern
Conference with ~ points.
The 195-pound junior from
Sawyerville, Pa. collected his
touchdowns in Furman's 31-20
triumph over The Citadel. One
came on a l03-yard return of the
second-half kickoff. Popson
made the other touchdown on
8 and yard plunges.
Four players were tied for Sec
ond behind Popson. including
Quarterback Johnny Dean of
Virginia Tech, Halfback Len
Ciemniecki of George Washing
ton and Halfbacks Louis Wacker
and George Riggs, both of Rich
mona.
Dean ran 80 yards for one of
his teams three touchdowns Sat-
urday night when Virginia Tech,
the Nations 16th-rated team,
kept its record clean by whip
ping Richmond, 1912. Wacker
also crossed the goal line, MAX
ing Richmond's first touchdown
that tied the game at 6-6 with a
3-yard drive. A few minutes
later. Dean fractured his ankle,
Ciemniecki, a track star from
Elizabeth, N. j.. ran 81 yards for
what proved to be the winning
touchdown In George Washing
tons 1927 victory over Penn
sylyania.
Scoring IenA nAera
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Johnny Dean Lost
To VPI for Season
BY the Assoeiofed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 18.-
Johnny Dean. star quarterback
for Virginia Techs undefeated
football team, who suffered a
fractured ankle in Saturday
nights Tech-Richmond game
here, was still in the hospital
last night.
Dean and Howie Wright, VPI
halfback who is the Southern
Conferences leading ground
gamer, both received ankle in
juries in the first quarter of the
game which the Gobblers won,
1912. Wright merely twisted his
ankle, however, and will play
next Saturday.
Frank Moseley. Virginia Tech
coach. said he expects Dean to
be lost to the team for the rest
of the season.
Its a big blow to US" MoSeley
said. The VPI coach added that
Bill Cranwell. Deans understudy
who directed the Gobblers most
Of the way against Richmond,
would fall heir to the starting
job and that an attempt would
be made to tutor Fullback Leo
Burke for the quarterback sub
stitute role.
Deans leg has been put in a
heavy cast and attendants at
Medical College of Virginia Hos
pital here said they did not know
how soon he could be released.
Evening star., 1954-10-18

pinners of all time-EiiZabeth
Barger of Baltimore. currently
ranked No. ! and holding the top
spot for the sixth time. Miss
Gull held it nine times and Ida
Simmons Slack Of Norfolk. Va,
seven.
Mrs. Barger last night won the
Recreation Inaugural in Balti-
more for the fourth time and in
doing so shattered the tourna-
ment record set five years ago by
Miss GULL. For nine games,
rolled in sets of four and five,
Mrs. Barger totaled 1905, an
average of exactly 1874. Miss
Gulli's mark was 1,189, an aver
age of 1921.
With games ranging from 1l9
to 154, Mrs. Barger shot Sill for
the first four and SOS for the last
five. Her prize was $3.50. The
runnerup was Jean Robinson of
Baltimore with 1925, worth SIS.
and Mrs. Ann Habercom of
Washington was third with l,1O4
for $45. Mrs. Habercom was the
only District area entrant in the
field of Al to land in the payoff.
Her sets were 496 and 615.
X y 4 y
1t remained for Bob Lockhart,
a member of the Chevy Chase
Chevrolet team in the District
Major League. to get Washington
an even break with Baltimore in
competition last night. Lock
hart won the Baltimore Rec
reation Inaugural, an affair
which annually brings together
many of the top duckpinners o1
the two cities.
Lockhart, a comparative new
conner to District bowling ranks
who used to star in Front Royal
Va, rolled 1913 for seven games
an average of 144.5. He wor
$3.50. His scores were 152, 143
112, 165, 158, 1874 and 149.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Country Dude Takes
Fox Den Jumper Title

Bert Lytle's Country Dude and
Bon Ton. owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred J. Hughes. shared the spot
light yesterday in the Fox Den
Horse Show at Potomac. Md.
Country Dude was the lone
finisher in the go-as-you-please
event. placed in the warm-up
jumpers and walked of with the
jumper championship.
Bon Ton, showing fine form
after recovering from an in
jury. carried his mistress to VIC
tories in the working hunter and
ladies' hunter for the hunter
championship.
Boginod Farm had the pony
champion in Mischief Maker and
the reserve winner in Dono.
Reserve to Country Dude was
Wally Holly's Gin Ricky. Hunter
reserve went to Mrs. Steadman
Teller's Tellermark.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
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But for a mediocre third game.
Lockhart might have cracked the
tournament record Of Loaf set
by Dave Volk Of Baltimore in
1851.
A strong finish enabled him TO-
beat out Augie Schroll Of Balti-
more. who finished second with
995. After five games, in which
he totaled 759, Schroll looked to
be winner. But he tailed or in
the stretch with 100 andll6. He
came to the last two boxes need
ing marks to top Lockhart, but
cut a deuce In the ninth frame.
then spared.
Lockhart, a stocky young man
with backup hook ball. aver
ages about 1875 in league play. He
was the only District bowler in
the money in the Recreation
event.
Bob Mayhem, q l9-year-ol0
up-and coming bowler. whipped
q field of so in the Fort Davis
Handicap with five-game score
of GOTTA. His actual average
was 1924.
But Fosco Fattorini. who was
the tournaments sensation last
year, once again was the SEN
sation last night, so to speak,
Fattorini. a short powerful man
who rolls cannonball, shot 729
from scratch last year to win the
; tournament hands down with q
gross 1853.
For the first three games last
night he totaled 438. and ap-
peared a cinch for victory. At
times. Mayhem was far back
with 365.
In the fourth game, Fattorini.
ordinarily a tough competitor, in
rough going. began to misfire.
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a 1872. In the final game, he drew
break after break, one and two
pinners, and muffed six.
In the same game. Mayhem
came on with a rush, knocking
off mark after mark in the same
cadence that Fattorini missed.
The youngster wrapped up the
first award of $100 with a game
of 166. Fattorini, with 2l-693.
wound up fourth behind Tony
Chancey, 1921. whose 688 was
high scratch, and Preston Craw-
ford, 54-717. Chancey missed
only one break in the five games.
Others in the payoff were:
Henry George. 60-686; Bernie
Schools, 51-686; John McKim,
42-684, and Ed Pugh, 42-678.
Consolation prizes went to Bill
Bursey, $50 set, and John
Onuska, 1853 game.