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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
Syria's Ousted
Dictator Is
Sent Packing

DAMASCUS, Syria Up - RebeI
army leaders sent Syria's ousted
olctator-president, Gen Abb Shish.
ekly. packing into neighboring lie.
banon early today and freed Il
political leaders he had arrested
last month.
Their release was announced in
communlque from the army CHIEF
OF staff. Gen. Shawkat Shukevr,
who last night appealed for the
nation of three million people
mostly Moslem-to remain calm.
Shukeyr said the army is the
one indivisible unit in the coun.
ry's defense"
The IL men freed today included
the top leaders of the chief anti.
Shishekly factions-the National.
lists, Populists, Socialists and
splinter parties. They were arrest.
ed Jan. 81 and accused by the
dictator of openly calling for mu.
tiny and disturbance" The next
day ShiShekly clamped martial law
Oh the country.
One Of those arrested on Ian u
was Hachem Bey 81 Attassi a
former president who was deposed
by ShlShekly on Dec. 2, 1881 Lead.
ers Of yesterdays revolt called for
nm to be recognized as the lawful
new president.
The situation was not entirely
clear here bur the constitution an
peared TO provide that the speaker
OF the House Of Representatives
DR.. Maximum Ell Kuzbari. would
act in an interim capacity as pres.
ident until s new chief executive
Is chosen.
(In London. however, the press
attache at the Syrian Embassy
said information from SYRIA ind.
Gated Attassi would become pres.
ident, II he has not already done
So
Shlshekly, his brother Salah and
his adjutant drove across the Dor.
der after midnight following a swift,
army uprising early yesterday and
an ultimatum that the dictator re-.
sign the presidency and get out Of
Syria within "a hours.
The trio took refuge in Beirut's
Saudi Arabian legation. Specula.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
Appropriation Set

WASHINGTON R-The House
Un-American Activities Commit.
tee has a $27s,OOO appropriation to
finance its activities through 1854,
The House voted the money yes.
terday 1921. The negative vote
was cast by Rep. Wier (D.Minn),
Rep. Celler (D-NY) was an.
nounced as paired against the
measure.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26

CHIEF "WIMPY"
WINGATE

Word has been received here OF
the death OF ''Wimpy" Wingate,
Navy chlef petty officer VINO was
formerly stationed here Wingate
died January Is at the Camp Le-
Jeune, n. c., Marine Hospital as
the result Of a fall sustained al
the Marine Air Base, Cherry Point.
n. c. while serving on temporary
duty there.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
AT Academy Bill
is Nearing Vote

WASHINGTON tR - The Senate
Armed Services Committee yester.
day approved a House passed bill
to set up an Air Force academy.
but with some additional provi.
SionS.
One would allow 1914 per cent
of the graduates of all three serv.
ice academies to switch over to
other branches of service. Another
would require the secretary of the
Air Force to accept an advisory
commissions choice Of a site, Il
the commission picked one unam-
imously.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
FORCER FOILS
PRESIDENT POLICE

OKLAHOMA CITY R-Officers
who went to arrest Frank /. KEEL
sey. charged with forging a 81, 622
check. found him suffering from
a bad case of mumps.
They took one look and decided
at was a job for the sheriff, who
decided it was job for the county
attorney, whose answer was:
Lets wait until tomorrow
maybe ! can think of something. "
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
Youths Need Jobs

SACRAMENTO, Calf. R-Young
people need jobs to keep them out
OF trouble, says a l9-year-old San
Francisco State College student.
Ernest G. Howard of Oakland,
Calf.
IF they are young they can't get
jobs" he complained yesterday
at the governors Conference on
Children and Youth, attended by
more than 2.0O0 persons.
Discussing juvenile gang delin-
quency, he said, '"The youths, too,
are tired of this sort of thing.
They'd rather get out and work. "
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
There's Not An Awful Lot OF
Coffee In Brazil, Women Saw

MIAMI, Fla. R-Drink your cof
fee and pay the price.
That's about all the American
family can do, because there reals
isn't much coffee in Brazil. four
clubwomen invited to investigate
advised upon returning here today
The four. all holding importaul
posts in the Genera Federation OF
Women's Clubs, went to Brazil a:
guests Of that nation, and checked
the coffee supply problem from
faeindas (farms) to empty ware.
house upon empty warehouse.
They've really had a bad time
of it," said Mrs. Theodore S. Chap
man of Jerseyville, H., first vice
president Of the general federation
1--WE saw millions of trees dead Of
a frost which struck last July 4.
They we're new trees, just coming
into bearing
THE frost deprived the world
market of an amount of coffee
which would have supplied $50
cups to every American this CON-
ing year." SAID Mrs. Gilbert +.
Loebs Of Waterville, Md, the fed
eration's consumer chairman.
"And there was drought and in
sect damage besides that"
Terming themselves the "coffee
women" the four sat around a
table at an airport restaurant
slipping coffee as they talked with
newsmen.
II never tasted anything so good
in my life," commented Mrs. zaiO
Woodford Schroeder OF Crosse
Pointe, Mich, a practicing attor-
ney and research specialist for the
federation, said of American-style
coffee. "In Brazil they serve it
thick, strong and black"
Mrs. Carl z. Swanbeck Of Huron,
Ohio, home chairman for the fed.
GRAFTON. reported the women were
the first ever permitted inside the
Santos Coffee Exchange, where
Mrs. Chapman made a brief talk.
II told them not to worry,
Americans would never stop drink
Ing coffee" said Mrs. Chapman
1.-THE question was a very sensi.
live one all through Brazil. They
we're disturbed by the criticism OF
eoffee prices and feared we would
turn away from coffee up here"
The group flew from New York
10 Rio de Janeiro, then to the plan.
lation town Of Londrina, 200 miles
distant. There, by car, they toured
The producing area, and inspected
Il from the air.
There are big facindas with
Ihree TO five million trees, and
many that are smaller" said Mrs
Chapman.
I'VE actually saw millions Of
dead trees. II takes four years fol
them to grow from seed to produc.
ton. We saw emptswarehouse aft.
er empty warehouse. We believe
The coffee shortage will last an,
other two years at the very least
probably three years.
And that MEANS" said Mrs.
Chapman with the others nodding
In agreement, that Americans
may just as well 60 ahead and
drink their coffee and pay the
price while awaiting better times
in coffee production"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26

ton in the Lebanese capital was
that they would continue on TO
Swudi Arabia.
The rebel army command now
in coatrol in Damascus, the Syr.
ian capital, telephoned Lebanon's
President Camille Glamour today
to assure him of their good in.
tentions toward Lebanon" which
lies between southern Syria and
the Mediterranean and for 20 years
after World War / was joined with
II as a French mandate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
Case Buried"

DALLAS, Tex. R-Eddie Gates
and Henry Holmes, both of Dallas,
failed to appear in court here yes.
terday. They were the plaintiffs
in a damage suit against the Para.
disc Funeral Home.
Dist. Judge PANE L. Bush dis.
missed the case, ruling:
We'll bury this case fo" lot
of prosecution, but it's subject u
resurrection"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
Tot Dies Of Burns

HAGERSTowN, Md. n - KAY
Christine Criiley, 2, died yesterday
of burns she receiveI when she
received when she accidentally
locked herself in the bathroom
and turned on the bathtub faucet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
CERANIUM PRODUCT

OKLAHOMA CITY IA fourth
grader raised his hand to tell Mrs.
Ruth Clark, Rancho Village teach
er, exactly what an atom is.
That's what you mine from
geranium," he explained.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
WOMEN DIE IN FIRE

SEOUL R-Five Korean women
burned to death today in a fire
which destroyed a small Korean
home. Police said the blaze started
when a candle ignited a paper
door.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
The
Weathernan
Says

Key West and Vicinity: Clear to
partly cloudy and somewhat war
mer thru Saturday with gentle to
moderate variable winds. Low to.
night about s., high tomorrow
about 81.
Florida: Continued clear to part.
ly cloudy thru Saturday. Slightly
warmer this afternoon and tonight.
Jacksonville Thru The Florida
Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to
moderate variable winds South.
fresh southwesterly winds over
porth portion diminishing tonight.
Weather partly cloudy thru Satur-
day.
Western Caribbean: Moderate
north and northeast winds. Partly
cloudy weather thru Saturday.
Very few showers.
Observations Taken AZ Civ o&s,..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
NEWS
BRI IS

LONDON B-Caprieious winds
whipped destructive gales around
the British Isles today, brought
ieebound Norway its heaviest snow
fall of the year but turned warm
with rain further south to start
breaking up the deep freeze that
had clogged northern Europe's sea-
ports.
Germans North Sea and Baltic
ports, icebound for weeks, vel.
coined the breakup, and icebreak-
ers began freeing ships which had
been locked in the frozen seas.
HANOI, Indochina R The
French today reported the loss of
a small Red River patrol boat un-
der Vietminh Smelling.
Communicated rebel gunners
firing recOilless rifles, sank the
vessel near Son Tay, river port
rs miles northwest of this French
headquarters city.
In the continuing actions against
rebel infiltration of the Red River
delta, the French announced Il
Vietminh troops had been killed
and IS captured.
LIEGE, Belgium R-Police said
today two children, one 7 and the
other 8. confessed last night they
devastated the Roman Catholic
Church of Rocourt earlier this week
because they do not like God any
more"
Police said they admitted stoning
religious statues, breaking prayer
stools and drinking sacramental
wine.
VATICAN CITY R-The condi-
ton of Pope Plus XII appeared
relatively unchanged today and Ro-
mans were urged to intensity their
prayers for his recovery.
The 77-year-old pontiff, stricken
by a gastric ailment Jan. Is, spent
a fairly restful night, unofficial
sources said. They described his
condition as "just about the same
as yesterday"
ANTWERP, Belgium IA four
hour fire in Belgium's tallest build
ing today damaged equipment for
relaying Belgian programs Holland
and Germany,
Firemen said a huge water tank
designed for emergency fire use
was empty when they needed it.
The blaze, set off by a spark
from welding apparatus between
the 2lst and oath floors, also dam
aged Grated Army radar equip
ment.
MOUNT GAMBLER, Australia Up
Some $500 schoolchildren formed
a living map of Australia today to
greet Queen Elizabeth II and the
Duke of Edinburgh on their arrival
here by plane from Melbourne.
Their plane circled over the hu.
man map, giving the royal couple
a full view of it.
Tall boys holding the flag of each
state stood on the positions of the
capital cities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26

DO added.
ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA
Reference Staten: Key WsA
Time 81 Height Of
Station Tide high water
Bahia Honda
tbridusl 9Th Tom 30 H.
No Name Key
least endl ....1r7h 7om
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26
TEMPE natures
PR EcIPIrATloN

Relative Humidity, ] AN.
800
Barometer tSsa LsvsIl, TOO AN.
29.9S ins.-1015.2 mbs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-26

Observations Taken A. City Office
Key West, Fla, Feb. rs, 1854
a. J AM, EST
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TomoTToW's Almanae
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Dec. 1 fH9.-Salabie hog.
1000: slow and uneven; few sale.
s choice ice. No, q. T. snd lsosal5. .I6
few decks choice mostly 1S0-21U lbs
1925; but general market 25 lower ane
instances as much as 80 lower on al
Weights; s0Ws uneven. ayeraging around
70 lower. most choice No. 2 and No. 8
200-220 lbs. lis. 00-IS 30; bulk 230-26(
lbs. II .:25-1S0 270-300 lbs. 1880.
|1725: larger lots sows 400 lbs and
lighter Ib.2b-16.00; most 425-600 lbs
IA .00-15.25.
. Salable cattle 10000; salabIe calves
800; uneven: SLAUGHTER steers grading
choice and prime active; $3.50 higher:
other Grades slow. steady to weak;
averaging good and below In narrow
demand: cows steady to 25 lower
mainly % to so lower for two days;
bulls steady; yealerS firm; high choice
to average prime steers 27.7 $3.50. 90;
few loads average to high prime
y. 4 SOL $50 ID, 3O.5O-31 so: bulk good
and choice steers Fl .00-27 30; coip-
mercial 10. low. good l7.00-20.50; most
choice and prime heifers 20. 50-26.50.
prime mixed yearlings 2S.00-2S. 80: good
to low choice heifers 2D25-24.25; COM
mercia1 to low good 15.50--20.00; most
sales utility and commercial cows $50
1900: Gamers and cutters .00-9. %;
utility and commercial bulls 1900
$50; good to prime veaiers IL. 00-22. 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Sanity Test Ordered
In Baby Staying

Sergt. Reuben wv. Rudy. al,
charged with murder Of his
I4-month-old stepdaugiter will
be examined to determine
whether he Is mentally lit to
stand trial in Arlington Circuit
Court. The examination is to
be conducted by three physicians
before December Is when the
grand jury conyenes.
Circuit Judge william D. Med
ley today ordered the exaflina-
ton on request OF Commons
WeaIth's Attorney William J.,
Hassan. The order was issued
after Rudy waived preliminary
hearing before County Court
Judge Hugh Cregger.
Rudy stood silent before the
court when Judge Cregger asked
him If his attorney. Leonard
Sattler. had explained the mean
ing Of a preliminary hearing.
The Air Force sergeant, nodded
his head.
The child, Sherry Rudy, was
pronounced dead November II
at the Fort Myer Dispensary
after Rudy had taken her there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

The convention at the Conrad
Hilton Hotel will include the
usual giant exhibition of equip
ment and accessories.
Bronch Manager Named
James M. Thompson. jr., for
merly manager of the Electric
Typewriter Division for Inter-
national Business Machines
Corp. here. has been named
manager of the Washington
branch Of Commercial Controls
Corp.
Mr.. Thomson came here with
IBM in 1886 and served that
organization until 1852, with the
exception of three years with
the Navy In World War II. Since
1862 he has operated an Office
equipment business in Rich
mond, Va.
New Sufewuy to Open
The newest and most modern
store of Safeway Stores, Inc,
will open tomorrow at the inter-
section of Riggs and Ager roads
in Prince Georges County, it
was announced by Edgar Bal
shaw, Washington division man
ager.
Among its new features: A
special cashiers window to han
die checks, carry-out service
with loading platform, a special
babyland section. - syas
Sam Hunsaker has been named
account executive of the Lewis
Edwin Ryan Advertising Agency
serving Capital Airlines and the
Air Transport Association.
Fred Harris has been named
account executive with the Kal,
Ehrlich and Merrick Advertising
Agency.
Treasury Cites Lemon
James H. Lemon of Washing
ton. who has served as national
savings bond chairman for the
Investment Bankers Association
for the last year, received a
Treasury citation for outstand-
ing work at the IBA convention
at Hollywood. Fla, yesterday.
Mr.. Lemon. a partner in
Johnston, Lemon & Co., is a
member of the Board Of Gov
ernors of the IBA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

II you like to make things with your hands, be
doing instead Of viewing-f you've always wanted to
play musical instrument but lack the training the
Hammond Chord Organ is built for you. It plays as
beautifully as regular Hammond Organ but instead
OF musical training you rely on a "chord box" to
produce music. It's an ideal Christmas gift for the
whole family because it viii give more enjoyment
instead OF less as time goes by Children play 1t
after lew hours instruction. II by making very
small payment now you start your Christmas lay
away plan for Hammond Chord Organ ownership,
wen teach you and the whole family how to play it
before Christmas The organ itself will be delivered
to your home in time for Christmas enjoyment fun
years to pay. Campbell Music Company, 1908 Street
NV. District 7-84s4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

Corp, it was
| a n n o unced
| t o d a y b y
Lanier p. Nc
Lachlen, board
chairman.
Today also
m a r Ike d Mr..
M c L a chlen's
completion of
As We ars of
service W 18th
the institution
his ia t he r
founded.
Last Janu-
~~~ I~..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

from his home at 2315 North
Eleventh street. Arlington. Doc
tors said the child, whose body
was bruised. died of q cerebral
hemorrhage.
The sergeant's wife Reatl1a, ~.
was at work in q Washington
hotel restaurant on the after
noon her daughter died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Power Of Suggestion

The Electric Institute OF
washington is distributing to
members d dashy little button
which procIairns:: business Is
Good.
This button can make q diff
ference. The power Of s,lgges-
ton Is tremendous, 1t advises
In bulletin inclosing the button.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
els Blomed d, Teu Cost

Belfast housewives have been
told that one reason for 4 10
5cent-a-pound rise IN tea prices
in Northern Ireland il growing
popularity Of tea In the United
States. fostered In part by the
cups they gave American soldiers
in wartime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

2 KFtEA II y p g 3
business except for service In the
Coast Guard in World War II.
He is an officer and director
of Webster Gardens. Inc. Loc-
harbor Gardens, Inc. and the
Washington Sanitary Housing
Co. He also is a member Of the
Washington Board Of Trade and
Columbia Country Club.
Organized in 1880, the Jeffer-
son Federal has new colonial
style quarters at Seventeenth
and K streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Heads NADIA Delegation


area dealers
to the 1855
NADIA con-
We n ton in
Chicago jan
u a + y 2 8
through Feb
ruary 2.
The associ-
a tion has
headquarte RS
here. It rep
raent1fS "a .
900 franchised
dealers of the
Nation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

Savings and
Loan Associa-
ton 1t VI q s
announced to-
day
A d tiv .
Of Alexandra.
Va. Mr.. Smith
m d We d to
Washington at
an early age
and attended
schools here.
Since gradua-
ton h e b b 5
b e en- in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

fOreign corr
porations I'M
der the Dis
trict Business
Corn t,ration
Act at ig54.
-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Fred ". Smith Joins
Board 81 Jefferson

Fred w. Smith. vice president
and sales manager of Fred A.
Smith Co. has been elected d
director III the JEFFERSON Federal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Clayton Heads New .. c. Firm
To Serve Outside Companies

Of Accident and Health Under
writer's.
The company also named four
special agents for this area: Sam
A. Therrell. Jack B. Ralph, Nor
man G. Scott and George s.
Douglass.
Blue Chips Look Too High
While the stock market in
general Is not too high IN rela-
ton to earnings prospects, many
lof the leaders that have had q
big following in the last year
look too high" to T. Rowe
Price, prominent Baltimore In
vestment analyst.
He told the Fiduciaries Sec.
ton of the District Bankers AS
ISOLATION at Kenwood Country
Club last night that trust
officers should hold back funds
earmarked for common stocks
If possible.
Select stocks of good growth
companies carefully and buy
them cautiously on downturns,
ne advised. Rate of growth and
management should both be
considered, he said.
James P. Benfer, IT., section
chairman, presided.
Heads NADIA Delegation
]. Melford Sanders, Washing
ton Ford dealer and a director
of the National Automobile
Dealers Association. will head q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
BY Donald B. HadIey

A group Of washington men
have organized the D. c. IN
corporation Co.. which win serve
as agent for and win quality
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

ton Loan & Trust Co. Building.
MIR. Clayton also is a director
of Anacostia Federal Savings &
Loan Association.
Carl c. Smuck, who is vice
president Of the Anacostia Fed
eral and a director of the Ana
costa National Bank. has been
elected vice president of the new
firm.
Attorney G. James Baccaro, jr.,
has been named secretary and
Donald Clayton assistant treas
urer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
YuIe Bonus Distributed

The usual Christmas bonus of
one months salary was distribu-
ted today to employees and off,
GERS of the McLachlen Banking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
IBM announces
the most POWERFUL
!. Of al electro1lic gidnts

Designed and built BY the international Business
Machines Corporation for the United States Navy,
the MORO Naval Ordnance Research Calculator)
will be publicly demonstrated for the first time
tomorrow.
MORO is the fastest, most powerful eectronic cal
culator in the world.
This giant among electronic giants sets new
pace for an age where supersonic speeds have
become commonplace, NoRc's abilities are truly
phenomenal.
A floating decimal, high-precision calculator,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
MutuuI funds

NEW YORK, Dee. 1 tFY - Ne
Association Securities Dealers, Inc. j
Mann aIi1lf affnras u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
General Agent Appointed

Frank I. Busbee has been
named general agent here for
the Massachusetts, Protective AS
ISOLATION and the Paul Revere
Life Insurance Co. of Worcester,
Mass.
Mr.. Busbee Is q past president
OF the District Accident and
Health Association and national
Legislative Committee chairman
OF the international Association
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

MORO can solve problems Of terrific comple1ty at
speeds many times faster than any other electronic
data processing machine the world has ever known
even faster than other outstanding giants pro-
duced BY IBM.
MORO is only one example Of IBN' s acknowledged
leadership III the rapid advance Of eectronic fact
finding machines. IBM makes complete line Of
EDPM- Electronic Data Processing Machines
for large and small businesses, for scientific re-
search, for engineering calculations for handling
routine accounting work faster and at less cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

board chairman after serving as
president for 81 years. He is a
past president of both the Dis
trict Bankers Association and the
Washington Board of Trade.
Gu Luncheon Speaker
Hebert E. Martin, jr., assistant
general counsel, Acacia MutuS
Life Insurance Co., will address
Washington Chapter. American
Society of Chartered Life UNDER
writer's, at a luncheon at the
Burlington Hotel tomorrow.
Mr.. Martin, who is a member
of both the District and Texas
Bars, will discuss the 1854 tax
law. He has been with Acacia
since 1945 and is an instructor
in the Life Underwriters Train
ing Courses.