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The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29

Urges
Early Mailing
For Christmas
Business Firms
Requested To Aid
In Mail Problem

Acting Postmaster Clyde
P. Stickney today stressed
the Importance of mailing
Christmas cards and parcels
early this year.
"The handling of the Christmas
mails is big job," said Stickney
"and in order for it to be accom-.
plished successfully the coopera.
ton of the public is necessary. /"
The local post office is prepar.
ing to meet the rush of the com.
ing holiday season. Plans are be.
ing made to provide for the addi.
tional services which will be need.
ed.
Help Asked
Business firms are requested Ia
mail their regular correspondence
before 3 p. m. throughout the
Christmas season.
They can help even more by
withholding all circular and cata-
logue mail until after the critical
period, Dec. Is Is.
Patrons are requested to careful
ly prepare and correctly address
their cards and parcels.
Gifts should be mailed early in
December in order to insure de-
livery for Christmas.
Early mailing will prevent dis
appointment. Don't delay. Mail
early!
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-29

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Use CLASSIFIED Adsl You'll
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tenants or workers lust
DIAL 2-566l or 2-5662 Todoy
Evening star., 1954-10-31

Give them delicious fruit that tastes if you'd just
picked it in Hawaii a few minutes before serving!
You see, Ibby's Pineapple actually is picked in
Hawaii where it's grown on Lbby's own plantations
then quckpacked SO it's the freshesttasting ever.
Those big juicy slices are SO good for dessert =
and always ready! That golden juice is so bright for
breakfast! Serve both often. Beginning today.
libby MeNlei & libby. Honolulu. Howoi
Evening star., 1954-01-09
French Open Attack
As Wet Mimi Mass
BY fhe Associated Press

HANOI. Indo-C China, Jan. g.
French Union forces with mas
sive air support have launched a
counterattack from Seno in an
effort to disorganize Communist
led Wet Mini troops regrouping
for another attack on that Cen
trail o-Chinese Strongpoint, a
French Army spokesman said
tonight.
Hard fighting continued for a
second day and into the night
in the jungle between French
Union and Wet Mimi troops north
Of Dong Hene, IS miles north
east of Seno. Earlier today the
French disclosed that new Red
rebel forces had been sent into
this area of Central Laos to boil
ster the Wet Mimi troops who
recently cut Indo-China in two
across its narrow waist.
The French spokesman said
Wet Mini troops had launched
several violent attacks in the
Dong Hene region without dent
ing the French defense positions.
The Wet Mimi buildup is re-
garded as a threat to Vientiane.
governmental seat Of Laos. one
Of the three Indo- Chinese states
associated with France in the
French Union.
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Virginia Arsenal Projects
Postponed by Engineers
BY Inc Associuted Press

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 9.-The
multi-million dollar development
projects at the Radford arsenal
and the New River powder bag
ging facility are being postponed.
the Norfolk District Office of the
Army Engineers reported yester-
Gay
An administration re-study
apparently is behind the move.
The district Office has received
orders from the Army Engineers
headquarters in Washington to
return any unobligated funds
for preliminary work on the
two projects.
This means, a district Office
spokesman said. that two archi-
tect-engineer awards totalina
$522,500 will be withdrawn.
Evening star., 1954-01-09

it was time to go out and milk
the cows"
What do you think of his
proposal to take away the citi-
zenship of any American con-
spring to overthrow the Gov
ernment by force and violence
or, rather, as he put it. con-
spring to advocate the over
throw?"
II guess that's something for
the constitutional lawyers and
they are already talking two
ways about it. Some of the
best in Congress, Republicans
and Democrats. say you'd have
to change the Constitution to
do that. Some. probably just
as good. say there already is
plenty of law if we want to
use it."
How account then for the
big applause he got when he
said what he Said?"
II don't know unless it was
because up to that time he
hadn't said much that every
body could applaud. The
Democrats had been applaud
ing the New Deal parts of his
speech and the Republicans
the anti-New Deal parts
neither, / might say. blister
ing their hands in the process.
But when he slammed that one
over about the Communists
everybody could let go. Every
body's against Communists.
But today you'll find a good
many of those who clapped
their hands are asking just
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Constantine Brown
The Unchanged Trieste Issue
italian Government Seen Falling Into the Clutches
Of Extremists Unless West Carries Out Pledge

hours after this spectacular
decision which electrified the
Italian masses, preparations
were made by the American
and British garrison to evacu-
ate the city and hand it over
to the government Of the
Italian republic.
The dependents Of the mill
tary occupation personnel were
shipped out Of Trieste within
a few days to the Italian MAIN
land on their way home. They
are still there living In the
utmost discomfort in a few
crowded cities near the western
shore of the Adriatic.
But something went wrong.
Despite the alleged promise
given by Yugoslavia's Presi-
dent Tito to Britain's Foreign
Secretary Eden that he would
agree to the Western diplo-
matte maneuver, after a short
make-believe opposition. Tito
could not or would not live up
to his promise. His resistance
which was expected to last
only "a hours became pro-
tracted.
In an enthusiastic mood,
Premier Pella. without con-
sulting the NATO commander
at Naples, moved three Italian
divisions to Venezia Giulia.
Tito reinforced his own troops
and for a short time it looked
as If the two armieS-both
equipped with the latest Amer
lean material-would jump at
each others throats. The
situation eventually quieted
down. The Italians Withdrew
their troops and so did the
YugoslavS. But the status of
Trieste is still the same as it
was before october 8. Our
diplomatic maneuver merely
switched the Pella government
from the fire to the frying pan.
Political truces are never
long Lasting. The patriotic en-
thusiasm of the Italian Par
lament which enabled Pella to
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Congress applauds Ikes proposal give to 49,
yearods Both parties figure they have fighting chance
win the intelligent youthand always fall back the
juvenile delinquent vote
Harry Truman he never made the famous red herring
remark about Communist Investigations Harry keeps
busy these days-forgetting things for his memoirs.
Ikes plan to deny citizenship to convicted Reds pretty
good start-now if he'd figure way get
us denied our taxmanship.
Secretary of State Dulles Ambassador Zaroubn
to atomcpoo talks The Reds
atomic pool 1t sounds like place where dive in and
come out dripping with somebody else's uranium.
Senate committee says the Truman administration failed
to FIRE Communist from the payroll after 16
ings The fellow reminded Of the old saying:
and never been Kissed"
The CIO there's unemployment than the
mnisration admits But another depreS-
son Every time employment drops 1000 jobs they 900
economists to work trying to 1t really only 500
Former President says putting Communists
in Jail before Joe Mccarthy heard them
have changed their tune They claim they kept the
so full OF Redsthere wasn't left Jail the crooked
tax collectors
Evening star., 1954-01-09

corded on intricate measuring
instruments, many of them of
automatic radio sending design,
while observers stayed far away.
Test structures, such as those
used during the 1946 blasts Of
two A-bombs at Bikini, probably
would be unable to survive an H
bomb explosion.
Those two 1916 bombs-each
with an energy output of 10000
tons of TNT-sank some ships.
crushed others and set fire to
still others.
But neither marred the islands
around the lagoon. 1t looks to-
day much as it has for centuries.
This country already has fired
43 test bombs dating back to the
historic shot at Alamogordo,
N. Mex, in July, 1945. 1t has
used two in actual war-at Hiro-
Shima and NagaSaki.
The Russians, unofficial rec
ords show, have set of five
blasts, including one involving
"thermonuclear reactions" "a
term often used by scientists
to describe a hydrogen explo-
sion.
The British carried out their
third major atomic explosion
last October in the South Aus
tralian desert.
The Aces latest announce
ment came just three days be-
fore preliminary talks between
Secretary of State Dulles and
Soviet Ambassador Georgi N.
zarubin on President Eisen-
hower's proposal to pool some
of the worlds atomic materials
and information for peaceful
purpOSeS. They Open Monday
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Housewife Sentenced
For Narcotics Possession

An Alexandria housewife yes
terday pleaded guilty in Munich
pal Court to violating the Dis
trict narcotics law.
Mrs. Ruth G. Jarvey. ~, of
the 600 block of Northview ter
race. Alexandria. was sent to the
United States Public Health
Hospital at Lexington, KY, for
addicts for year by Judge An
drew j. Howard. jr.
Mrs. Jarvey was arrested last
December % in the 5000 block of
RittenhouSe street NV. and
charged with possessing a large
quantity of morphine.
Also arrested were Ruth Lane,
81, of the 1400 block of Fair
mont street NV, and Viginia
E. Carrier, 81. of the 1900 block
of Monroe street NV. who have
been held for the action of the
grand jury on charges of violat-
ing the Harrison Narcotics Act.
Evening star., 1954-01-09

stay In ONCE somewhat longer
than expected began to Wane.
The Communists and their So
cialist associates. who at first
had to keep quiet because the
allied proposals appealed to all
the Italians regardless Of party
affiliation, said that the West
ern powers were too weak and
insincere to keep their pledges.
In the meantime major do
mestic problems such as the
agrarian reforms were being
neglected by Pella and his fol-
lowers. The Italian Premier
lost face because he went all
out to guarantee his fellow
countrymen the return Of
Trieste on the basis of the
formal assurances given him
by the Western allies.
Ambassador Claire Luce,
who sensed throughout the
crisis the risks We were taking
if we did not return Trieste
physically to the Italians. was
in Washington when Pella re-
signed. She Is rushing back to
Rome to watch developments
and examine ways and means
to keep. Italy out Of Comrnu-
mist clutches.
Our State Department off,
cials fear that if another cab
met cannot be formed within
a week or so a new general
election will be unavoidable.
And unless Trieste is returned
by the time the Italians go to
the polls the electorate is likely
to return to the Assembly only
extremists at the expense of
the democratic parties.
All that we can do for the
time being, since we seem un-
able to keep our pledge about
Trieste, is to offer the Italians
more economic and financial
assistance. But it is highly
doubtful that this will appeal
to the masses which in the last
seven years have derived only
limited benefits from the
American bonanza.
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Presbyterian Union
Steps Win Praise
BY the Asseeictsd Press

NATCHEZ, Miss, Jan. "a
greater witness for Christ"
would result from a proposed
union Of the Nations three larg-
est Presbyterian churches, in the
opinion of their moderat0rs.
The Rev. John c. Mckay Of
the Presbyterian Church in the
U. S. A. (Northern). DR.. Frank
w. Price Of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States
(Southern), and DR.. Samuel c.
Weir of the United Presbyterian
Church spoke here last night on
the proposed consolidation.
DIR. Mackay, representing the
largest group. said the trend in
his church was toward a de-
Capitalization of control. He
said the proposed plan provided
for certain natural regions and
each region would be responsible
for solving it's own problems.
DR.. Weir said there would be
no racial problem for the south
ern church if the merger was eff
fected.
I'VE of the Northern church
have some very distinct racial
problems ourselves" he said.
do not think that any one of
the Northern church would try
to come down here and tell you
how to run your business"
DR.. Price concurred with DR..
Mackay and said the proposed
union provided for regional ad-
ministrative control.
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Lowell MeNett-

what did you think Of the
state-of the Union message,
Old-Timer?"
well, I think it leaves the
Union in about the same state
that it was-in pretty good
shape. OF course, business is
Tightening up, jobs are getting
scarcer, more people are being
laid of, farmers are complain
ing, we still got high taxes and
it still costs too much to live.
But at that. I guess we're in
better state than any other
country we know Of"
1T was the message I asked
about, the Presidents speech
to Congress. not your own
views on the state Of the
Union
1T sounded real good as he
delivered it. dynamic and pro-
gressive and everything. just
as he promised. I expect if the
whole country had been listen
ing and then had gone right
out to vote, Eisenhower would
have been elected all over
again. Trouble is, we don't vote
for about 10 months, and a lot
can happen in that time. Like
wise. a lot can fail to happen.
including the larger part of
the Presidents program, judg-
ing by the reaction of the Con-
gressmen. Did you notice the
response to his farm policy
suggestions? They all acted
like they'd been wakened on a
cold winter morning and t0ld
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Blindness Prevention
Group Elects Beach

DR.. w. Edwards Beach was
elected president of the Preven-
ton Of Blindness Society of Met
ropolitan Washington yesterday
at a meeting of its board of
trustees.
Vice president of the society
for three years. DR.. Beach sue
ceeds Robert E. Lohr, who has
served as president since 1851.
Other officers elected were
Gerson Nordlinger. jr. and Mrs.
Carol Williston, vice presidents;
Arthur B. Brown, reelected
treasurer; Mrs. Alfred Osgood,
chairman of the nominating
committee, and Mrs. Leo Ray
wild. secretary.
DR.. Beach is director of the
Trading and Exports Division,
Commodity and Exchange Au-
thority. Agriculture Department,
and resides at 671o Chevy Chase
parkway.
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Mccarthy Will Open
Major Investigation
Of Fraud in Alaska
By Cecil Holland

Senator Mccarthy, who has
fatty denied that he will aban-
don Red-hunting. has an
nounced a major investigation
into charges of fraud. corrup-
ton and waste in Government
financed projects in Alaska.
The Wisconsin Republican
said yesterday the investigation
will include allegations of
false claims. bribery, misappli-
cation of Government funds
and waste of millions Of dollars
in various development projects
financed directly or indirectly
by the Federal Government"
Senator Mccarthy said there
is mo significance at all" in
making the inquiry at this time.
He added that this case just
happens to be ready" and his
Investigations into communism
will continue in several areas.
Won't Involve Communism.
He told reporters a prelimi-
nary investigation did not indi-
cate the Alaskan inquiry would
involve communism.
The inquiry by the Senate
Investigations subcommittee will
get under way with closed hear
ings starting at 10:30 am. next
Wednesday.
Senator Mccarthy set no date
for public hearings on the al
legged waste and corruption, ex-
planning that he first wanted if
possible to complete an investi-
CATION of suspected Communist
espionage at the Army's Fort
Monmouth IN. j. radar labora-
tories and elsewhere.
Working on Another Probe.
The Senator told reporters the
Alaskan inquiry was not the
major investigation he referred
to earlier in the week as one
his staff has been working on
for several months. He refused
to say when asked if that in
vestigation involved the Govern
ment's super-secret Central In
telligence Agency.
Senator Mccarthy said the in
Vestigation of Alaskan projects
involved mining, housing and
a number of other. things" He
declined. however, to give any
further details. A subcommittee
auditor and investigator have
been in Alaska for two months
on the preliminary inquiry.
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Atomic
Continued From First Page.)

Islands tests-to be held at some
unannounced date-will involve
highly important developments
in the atomic weapons field that
this country is not yet ready to
show even to its allies.
The last time foreign observers
were allowed at a major atomic
test was in 1946-before the cold
war set in. Then two Soviet
representatives were among sew
eral hundred American and for
eign watchers and newsmen who
saw a feet of warships atom
bombed in the Bikini atoll in the
Marshalls.
Fist Hint Last July.
First indications that the new
tests were on the way came in
the Aces semiannual report last
July. The commission said then
that it was pleased with it's
spring series of Nevada tests,
which it said had opened some
very profitable avenues to new
and improved weapons.
Testing of standard atomic
fission explosions needed to trig-
ger an H-bomb presumably were
included in those tests.
1t also was reported unofficial-
ly at that time that Acc had
begun large-Scale production of
materials for H-bombs.
And the July Acc report noted
that its Pacific proving grounds
were being enlarged with the re-
opening of the Bikini atoll, 180
miles east of Eniwetok, where
most recent A-bomb tests in that
area have been held. The Bikini
Island cluster vas used last for
the 1916 experiments with naval
vessels.
Aces announcement last
night did not say whether the
upcoming tests would involve
Eniwetok, Bikini--or both.
Island May Have Vanished.
There have ben reports that an
entire island vanished at Eniwe-
tok during a 1852 test detona-
ton Of a relatively small hydro
gen device. These reports have
gone unchallenged by Acc.
What may happen if a force
equivalent to two million tons
Of TINT is unleaShed?
Some experts think it possible
that several islands fringing the
20-mile wide Bikini lagoon could
be atomized.
The results Of such Q blast
would probably have to be re-
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Lite in the u. S.
Woman Wed
Al Years to
Wrong Man
sy the As.ee;e.sd Pres,

SHAWNEE, Okla, Jan. g.
After Al years marriage to the
wrong man." Mrs. Pearl D.
Stowell OF Tulsa can finally
prove she is really welded to
her husband.
The certificate recited that she
was married to her husbands
brother.
The mixup came to light when
Mrs. Stowell, formerly of nearby
McCloud. wrote the county court
clerk for a certified copy of her
marriage certificate.
She frantically rounded up
witnesses who testified yesterday
it was George Stowell. not Wall
ter. whom she married October
8, 1912. County Judge William
E, Dougherty ordered the record
corrected.
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Two Paraplegic Veterans
Elected by VA Hospital
By the Assoeioied Press

MEMPHIS, Jan. 9.-Two vet
Grams. both paralyzed from the
waist down. have been elected
from a veterans hospital here
and must shift for themselves
for &C days.
DR.. Hugh Prather, Kennedy
Veterans Hospital manager, said
the paraplegic vets were turned
out yesterday because they left
the veterans hospital in Cleve-
land, Ohio, earlier this week
without permission.
The 90-day exile from veter-
ans hospitals is the regulation
punishment for such action, he
said. although the men may visit
the hospital for treatment and
will be readmitted should they
become emergency cases.
Charles Somerville, 81, Point
Pleasant, w. Va, and John Mer-
shon, %, Otway, Ohio. said they
went AWOL" to come here be-
cause they were dissatisfied with
the treatment at the Cleveland
hospital.
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Reds Roll Out Carpet
For West at Talks
About Berlin ParIey
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

BERLIN, Jan. g. The four
Berlin commandants reopened
their negotiations on site for
the Foreign Ministers confer
ence today. meeting in mid
morning at Soviet headquarters
in Karlshorst.
The Russians rolled out the
proverbial red carpet for the
talks in an atmosphere of friend
illness that hasn't been seen
here in many years.
Gates to the big barbed wire
compound in Karlshorst were
swung high and manned by nat
tily uniformed Red Army honor
guard troops as the American,
British and French commanders
and their deputies arrived.
Each Allied vehicle drew a
sharp present arms rifle salute
from the fur-capped sentries.
Compromise Expected Today.
Western delegates hinted they
expected a day-long meeting.
The bone of contention is the
exact location for the parley,
which is scheduled to start jan
uary Is. The West wants to
use the old Allied Control Au-
thority Building in the American
sector. The Russians are repre-
sented as reluctant to use that
as permanent headquarters. Un-
officially it was reported they
want some of the meetings in
their sector, possibly even the
first one.
Most. quarters believed some
compromise agreement is more
than likely by tonight.
Details of setting up the Sec
retariat. providing the security
measures and the administration
corps are regarded as time-tak-
ing but easily solved.
Soviet Commandant Cordial.
AS the second meeting opened
today, Soviet Commandant Sers
gel Dengin. greeted the Western
commandants cordially in the
conference room of his head
quarters. The first meeting was
held in the British headquarters
Thursday.
At Bonn, the three Western
high commissioners met to re-
view a report from their COM
mandants in Berlin on the nego-
tiations for a conference site.
United States High Commits
sioner James B. Conant and
French High Commissioner An
DIRE Francois-Poncet have just
returned to Bonn from inspec-
ton of preliminary work on the
conference in Berlin.
Evening star., 1954-01-09
DR.. Butcher Urges Speed
In EquaIizinq Of Schools

DR.. Margaret Just Butcher a
member of the District Board of
Education, yesterday urged that
the schools be equalized as
rapidly as possible" while wait
ing for the Supreme Court de-
ciSion on school segregation.
I'VE can't sit down and wait
for the Supreme Court decision, .
she declared. Until the schools
here are de-segregated, we've
got a job to do. We must con-
tinue to work to get the sch oois
equalized as rapidly as possible. "
DR.. Butcher spoke to members
of the Capital Press Club at a
luncheon in the New Dunbar
Hotel. She was introduced by
Mrs. Constance Daniel, chair
man of the clubs speakers hu-
reau.
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Watch It! Inventor
Finds Time to Build
Clock for Mortions
By the Assocroted Press

LANCASTER. Pa, Jan. g.
Planning a trip to Mars? A
timepiece has been invented to
give you the correct Mars stand
ard time.
The new clock, unveiled yes
terday by the Hamilton Watch
Co.. tells simultaneously the
time, month and year on both
Earth and its sister planet of
Mars.
Hamilton said the immediate
use for the solar timepiece is
uncertain. Designed for future
space travellers, the clock has
four dials and is electrically
operated.
The clock was designed by
pr. /. NJ. Levitt. director of the
Fels Planetarium at Franklin
Institute in Philadelphia. DR..
Levitt. who has been writing on
space travel for two years, said
the integrating of time would
be necessary to travel from
Earth to Mars and return.
Evening star., 1954-01-09
Assures Red Issue in Campaign
Presidents citizenship Proposal Will Have
That effect Old Timer Believes and Says He Told Us So

what it was they cheered. But
] know one thing"
Name it,"
ANY idea that the Presi-
dent expects the Red issue to
be played down in this years
campaign is nonsense. First
he makes the statement that
1900 Government employees
have been fired under the
administrations new security
program. This in face Of the
fact that he hasn't yet been
able to justify his earlier state
ment that l.456 had been fired
under that program. That is.
there is excellent evidence that
relatively few of The ,456 were
suspected of disloyalty. A Re-
publican member of the House
Civil Service Committee said
today only 10 per cent of them.
according to her information.
And then the President pulls
this forfeiture = of citizenship
idea out of his hat. See what
it will do? It'll give them a
new Communist issue to wran-
gle over. Everybody that's
against the idea can be called
a Communist sympathizer.
Like I said. it's a constitutional
question and the plain voters
aren't supposed to understand
constitutional questions. I've
been saying all along that the
Republicans would have to fall
back on the Red issue this
year. for lack of better issues.
but I didn't expect anything
like this"