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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11
Hal Boyle
Says

NEW YORK R>- The oddly
almanac-facts and fancies from
a world of wonders:
What feature of American civil.
cation do you think would most
startle a visitor from darkest
Africa? Our skyscrapers,
movie palaces, traffic jams, OF
supermarkets?
Well, none of these impressed
James Ngaiyaye, a native African
minister en- route through Denver
to a church conference in San
Francisco, as much as Americas
ornate cemeteries and its reStau.
rants.
Burial in South Africa is such
a simple thing it is difficult to
comprehend the lavishness put
upon it in the outside world" he
said. "And eating in Africa is a
personal or clan affair. The many,
many eating places here are most
surprising. It is difficult for me
to get used to the custom"
Tell that to your wife and next
time she wants to eat out.
But this African minister would
have been even more amazed if
he had visited the Wall Street
section here a few years ago,
when financial clerks used to eat
their lunch while perched on the
crumbling tombstones in the old
Trinity Church Cemetery.
Woman's place is in the
home note: When Mrs. Edith
Friedman, mother of five children,
decided to build a housing develop
ment in the Philadelphia area, a
big real estate broker told her,
forget it. You don't even know
how to climb a step ladder" But
Mrs. Friedman didn't take the
bruShoff. She has finished one 1903.
home community, now has started
another of 1873 homes.
The problem of building many
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11
EFFORTS TO SHORTEN
HEARINGS MAN-FAIL

anticipate much luck"-for permis-
sion to hold hearings on Saturdays
and evenings when the Mccarthy
Army hearings are in recess, to
look into alleged Communist infil.
tration of defense plants, and al.
legged graft in Alaska.
''Stevens and his aides are try
ing to prolong these hearings at
all costs to keep from getting us
back to our expose of Communists
In the military" Mccarthy said.
But Mcclellan made it clear that
II Mccarthy resumes any investi-
cations, it will be over strong
Democratic opposition.
IT do not believe anybody
charged as a principal in this case
ought to be making another inves-
tigation Of any kind" he said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11

MONIES is the same faced by any
Wlte In building a single home:
Coordlnating manpower and ma
terialS'' -. She found workmen
Wiling to do things for a woman
contractor they wouldn't do for a
male boss.
Almanac editorial: The Russians
nave come up with couple of
new nome made perfumes called
spirit of Red Moscow" and
jubilee of the Red Army"
Why can't America come 10 its
own scents, too, and quit leaning
on the French for our perfume
nomenclature? It's time we put
some patriotic, star-spangled al
lure in our own bottled smell
merchandise.
Just to get the ball rolling we
suggest: "Rebel Delight" Reno
RemorSe," yankee Bliss" ''Mo-
ment in Pittsburgh" Potomac
Passion" Seattle MIST" ''Wash-
lngton Whiff," Tennessee Throb, I"
Montana Madness" ''Kansas
City Caper," mistake in Milwau-
kee," 'Madcap Memphis Mama"
Aroma Keokuk," eau de Chi
cago," and Erie Canal No. S."
Almanac science department:
There are over 100000 known
species of animal life on the earth,
and about 675, 900 are insects
The animals with stiff spines,
known as chordates, total about
$4,000 species, including birds,
frogs, fishes and an unknown
number of husbands.
Know-your-America department:
You can win wagers by betting
your friends they can't name the
two American states that have no
official motto. Oregon has never
had one In 1866 Ohio adopted
as its motto Emporium in I'm
perio-a government within a gov
! ernment," but repealed it in 1867
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11
Runaway Boy
|Evicted From
Novel Hideout
By JOHN eAUSMAN .

NEW YORK R-A teen-age rum
away, who for II days kept house
in an unused subway cable-splic-
ing room, has been evicted from
his hideout 20 feet below a busy
street intersection in Brooklyn.
The youngster, Robert C. Lind
ahl, Is, had equipped his neat
bachelor quarters with an old auto
seat for a bed, a rickety wire chair
and other comforts salvaged from
a dump. A picture of basket of
flowers adorned the wall.
The boy told police he had dis
covered the underground room
while playing with friends, and de-
cided to move there in order to es-
cape school and his fathers rule
about being home by $3.50 at night.
Police discovered Robert asleep
in his secret lodgings yesterday
after a friend who had been en-
tertained there let the boys fam
lily know where he was.
It had been q lot of fun, Robert
said. ''but won't do it again. The
police said they'll put me in a
real hole-with bars-next time"
The noise of traffic clanking
across a manhole cover overhead
didn't disturb him after the first
night, he reported.
During the day Robert would
push aside q sliding steel door and
slip out of the subway tunnel where
it emerged into an open cut near
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Then he would head for Man
haitian, where he collected as much
as s. q day in handouts and tips
for running errands. However, his
resources had dwindled to cents
by the time he was sent home.
Empty bottles and cans in his
hideout showed his meals there
consisted Of root beer and beans.
He had religious candles for light
and q can Of alcohol for cooking.
Back home-where he lives with
his grandmother, three sisters and
his father, a widowed cab driver
Robert was given bath and d
hearty meal. His father, grinning
over the escapade, packed the
shaggy-haired boy off to a barber
shop.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11

Mccarthy told reporters he sees
no prospect that either the Dirk
sen or Mcclellan motions can sek
a majority because of Mundf's
stand that he viii support no plan
which any Of the principals con.
tends would do violence to equity
and justice" 81.
The Wisconsin senator said,
Ihat means Wen probably be
mere another two months" The
hearings started April 22. ~
Mccarthy said he probably
would ask the subcommittee today
to rescnd its rule to allow no hear.
ings on other subjects until the
McCarthy-Army hearings have
been completed.
He said he win ask-''but I don't
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11
|DissolutionOf
|Red-dollliinated
Unions Sought
BY FRED s. HOFFMAN

WASHINGTON ReThe govern
ment has asked Congress for far
reaching power to dissolve Com.
munist-honeycombed labor unions.
A request for this and other new
antisubversive authority was sent
to Capitol Hill yesterday by Atty.
Gen. Brownell, who said he has
the backing of the White House
Brownell proposed that the Sub
versive Activities Control Beard
(SACB) be empowered 10 disband
not only Red-infected unions, but
in a new departure-to dissolve
business firms it finds are Com.
munist-nfiltrated and In 4 position
to harm national security.
The attorney general also asug-
gested that Congress permit the
government to bar subversives
from privately owned defense
plants. 10
The union dissolution powsr1was
proposed as q drastic substitute
for q Taft-Hartley Act require
ment that union officials file nom
Communist oaths with the National
Labor Relations Board before their
unions can be eligible for board
services.
Sen. Ferguson Of Michigan,
chairman Of the Senate Republic an
Policy Committee, promptly intro
duced two bills to implement
Brownell's recommendations.
The Justice Department is known
to have had trouble trying to en-
force the nom Communist oath re.
quirement.
In the seven years since the
Taft Hartley Act became law, the
department has investigated scores
OF cases of union officials suspect.
ed of filing false nom ommunit
affidayits, but there have been only
four convictions, and one Of these
was reversed.
According 30 Justice Department
authorities, the difficulty stems
from language requiring union Of
ficials to certify only that they
are not Communists at the time of
filing. They say an Official with
Red connections could resign from
the Communist party to take the
oath, then rejoin the next day.
These officials said they hoped
the union-dissolution weapon would
impel Red-domonated labor organ
izations to purge themselves.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11
Burglar Sought
In Strangulation

LONDON N-Mrs. Violet Nc
Grath, "a, was found fatally stran.
gled last night in the apartment of
her son-in7law, film actor Michael
Rennie, and his wife.
Mrs. Rennie discovered her
mothers body when she returned
from Paris vacation with her
husband. Rennie, flying on to
Hollywood for a picture assign
ment, left the plane at Shannon
Airport to rejoin his wife.
Police theorized that Mrs. Nc
Grath, who had been staying in
the apartment while Rennie and
her daughter were away, was at
tackled by a burglar.
Among the films Rennie made in
Hollywood were "The Black
Rose" 1.-THE 18th Letter" and
The Robe"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11

Little Rhode Island has the
shortest motto: Hope" Texas
got both its motto-"Friendship"
and its own name from an In
dian word, TEXAS, meaning friends
-. Washington state has the most
restful motto: Bye and Bye" i.
The motto of the District of Column
bia is "Justitia Omnibus" which
some politicians believe means
".just always stay ON the right
bus" Actually, of course, it is
Latin for "JuStice for ALL"
Almanac long range weather
forecast: Better buy that air con-
ditioner early. Hay fever sneezing
season starts promptly Aug. IS,
and a flourishing crop of ragweed
is in prospect.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11
Suit Filed By
Film Distributor

LOS ANGELES Up - A four
million-dollar suit has been filed
in connection with champagne
Safari," the movie account of the
African hunting trip taken by Rita
Hayworth and Moslem Prince Ally
Khan on their honeymoon.
Defense Film Corp, the distrib-
utor, brought the court action yes
terday, complaining that the film
has been maliciously and wrong
fully kept from the screen.
The suit was filed against Beck
with Corp, financial hackers of
the venture, and Columbia Pic
lures. Inc. Harry Cohn. president
of Columbia, also is named as a
defendant. Miss Hayworth, who is
now the wife Of crooner Dick
Haynes, Il under contract to Co.
iiumbia, and the pact provides that
Columbia must give permission for
her appearance in any film.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11

This new Mercury proves that extra power
doesn't haze to cost you extra money-when
you buy, or while you drive. A new l6l-hp va
can give greater economy than previous engines,
which were famous for economy. And Mercurys
famous stamina has been increased still further
by new engine design, and new balljoint front
wheel suspension. This means longer engine
life, less tire wear, lower upkeep.
But the biggest bonus of all is Mercury's
higher trade-in value. According to authorize.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11

tive Independent surveys of used car prices,
Mercury leads all other cars in its field. This
indicates that your Mercury will probably return
higher percentage of your original investment
at trade-in time. This, plus Mercury's famous
record for economy, brings its true cost down in
many cases below so-called ''lowestpriced" cars.
Well be glad to give you facts on this
amazing economy story, and you'll be pleasantly
surprised with the deal we can give you on your
present car. So see us-and drive Mercury.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11
Zebra" Suits Go

HELENA, Mont. N-After 80
years, the Montana Board of Pris.
on Commissioners took official
note yesterday that state prison
inmates no longer wear those
zebra-striped convict suits.
The prisoners last wore Chr
suits in 1924. Now, under q newly
adopted rule, it's correct for them
to wear overall suits with white
stripes down the seam Of each
trousers leg. -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11

Jones, a gaunt six-footer weigh
ing ABOUT AS pounds, was unkempt
ana Spattered with mud from yes.
terday's rains as he was brought
to the FBI office.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-11

| Pencil makers say there are
more than $50 kinds Of pencils.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

There ore more
B. =. Goodrich TubeIess
fires in use fhon oil
other makes combined.
Here's your opportunity to
get BIG LlFE-SAVER pro-
lection on all 4 wheelsl
Protection against punc-
lures, skids and bruise
blowouts. LIFE SAVERS
ft standard wheels.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10
ROBIN HOOD
SHOW SEASON
''The Little Hut" Will Be
First of Eleven-Play Pro-
gram This Summer
TO OPEN JUNE 21st

Two stage hits of the 1953-54
theatre season, and two new plays
previewed on their way to Broad
way, will be part of the 11-play
program to be presented at the
Robin Hood Theatre in Arden this
summer, in season beginning
June 21. Plans for the 1854 straw
hat theatre season were announc-
ed today by Stanley Phillips and
Neil Mckenzie, co-producers and
directors of the Robin Hood. The
Arden barn theatre will enter its
18th year of professional summer
stock with the production of '"The
Little Hut" a French comedy by
Andre Roussin which came to New
York last year after a four-year
smash" success in London. THE
Little Hut" (three on an island),
tells the story of a man, his wife,
and her male friend cast adrift on
a desert island. This farce-fantasy
is the sort of thing that never hap
pens, but some people are said to
dream about. This is one of the
two current seasons hit shows,
staged this summer at the Robin
Hood. The second will be Don APP
pell's Lullaby, which brought
Mary Boland back to Broadway
out of Hollywood. This hilarious
comedy, a mother-in-law story to
top them all, brings into close con-
flict a 40-year-old truck driver,
his new wife fresh from the night
Continued on page fourteen
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10
70 Years Ago

Work is progressing on the dual
road from Duck Creek Bridge thru
Smyrna to Dover, the work being
done under three separate con-
tracts. From Duck Creek Bridge
to intersection of Boulevard and
Leipsic Road the work is being
done by w. w. Truitt & Co., con-
tractors. From Tip Top Garage to
Cheswold bishops Corner) by
d. E. O'Connell & Son Company,
contractors; and from Cheswold to
Dover by George & Lynch, con-
tractors.
Smyrna was without a water
supply Friday from 11:30 am. to
$50 pm. caused from a break in
the pumping station water main
that runs direct to the water tow
er and supplies the whole town.
w. w. Truitt & Co., road contract
ors on the dual highway job from
Duck Creek Bridge to Leipsic
Road intersection, in using the pile
driving type hammer in breaking
the cement in the cutters at Mill
Street and the Boulevard, broke
the water pipe which was only
about twelve inches from the sur
face of the ground.
The Fifteenth Delaware Red
Cross Swimming and Life Saving
Campaign for Delaware school
children will be carried on in
Smyrna the week of July 9, under
the direction of Arthur M Potter,
Executive Secretary.
Mrs. George Gray attended on
Friday evening the commencement
exercises held at Commodore Nc
Donough School at st. Georges,
her grandchild, Miss Jeanette Gaf-
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

ing Handy of Newark was among
those who graduated from the
Newark High School Friday even
ing.
MIR. Harry ]. Lower of Brenford
and Mr.. Byron A. Slaughter of
Leipsic were among those who
graduated from the Newark High
School Friday evening.
Mrs. w. ]. Shearer of Elizabeth,
N. ]. is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Edward T. Porter.
Mr.. Harry ]. Lower of Brenford
and Mr.. Byron A. Slaughter of
Leipsic were among those who
graduated last Thursday evening
at Goldey Commercial College.
Mr.. william H. Benson of Balti-
more is visiting Arthur l.. Gear
hart.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Harris
have issued invitations for the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Lille Marie Harris to Mr.. Fred
erick S. Williams, son of Mrs.
John Rawley of Smyrna.
Principal H. H. Murphy of the
Clayton Public Schools has inau-
gurated a movement, favor of hav-
ing library for the town of Clay
ton, and with this end in view he
has arranged a festival and en-
tertainment to be given by the
school Friday and Saturday even
ings of this week.
Work is progressing on the new
Ewell M. P. Church and every
thing is in a much torn up condi-
ton. In the meantime, services are
being held in the hall of the
Tucker and Thornley, building.
Mrs. Alexander McConaugh has
moved in with her daughter, Mrs.
William III. Tunis, Jr.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

The seventh annual meeting of
the Delaware State Federation of
Women's Clubs convened at Dover
last Thursday and continued in
session two days. The club house
which is situated on Dover Green,
Eas a bower of beauty. Mrs. H. p.
Hall and Mrs. ]. w. Clifton re-
presented the Smyrna Club, and
in addition to these nearly 20 of
Smyrna's active club women were
IN attendance.
Asbury M e. Church was
crowded Sunday morning to wit
ness the Children's Day program
given under the auspices of the
Sunday School. There was mod
est display of roses and other
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

spring blooms filling the chancel
and window places, and what
cheer was not given by the child
rem in the rendition of he pro-
gram was enlivened by the aug
mented orchestra of nine pieces
in their splendid selections.
Miss Edith Anne, second daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Der
rickson, and George Lindsay
Cochran of Middletown were
quietly married at Bohemia
Heights, the home of the brides
parents, near Middletown, Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. Walter o. Hoffecker, presi-
dent of the Fruit Growers Nation
al Bank was among the bank pres
idents of the state and the City of
Wilmington who were received
Monday afternoon by Secretary of
the Treasury, Leslie M. Shaw, in
Wilmington Monday afternoon.
Mrs. John Hoffecker will leave
tomorrow for Brooklyn, N. Y,
where she will visit her sister,
Mrs. Stephen Baldwin. Monday
evening next she will attend the
commencement exercises of her
niece, Miss Gertrude Hoffecker
Baldwin, who has just graduated
from the Packer Collegiate Insti-
tute of Brooklyn.
Mrs. w. j. Shearer of Elizabeth,
N. ]. is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Edward T. Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Merrill of
Wilmington were guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. H. Wilson on Sunday.
Miss Margaret Irving Handy,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Irv-
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

her studio, Goth Century-Fox, are
enthralled with the vast possibili-
ties of the new medium, and with
its potential impact upon the
overall fashion scene, she asserts.
The fashion influence of motion
pictures in general is certain to
increase with the life-like quality
of three-dimensional reproduc-
ton, authorities agree. In "The
Robe, her firms first film on its
new CinemaScope process, the re-
production of many wooden robes
worn by actors is perfect, Renie
adds. Every fabric type can be
readily identified when it appears
on the screen, she says.
'You can tell Immediately what
every piece of wool is-jersey.
flannel, tweed, crepe, and so on"
she explains. "And the colors are
magnificent"
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

ford, being ameng the graduates.
Miss Gafford is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gafford and is
formerly of this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. Clark,
who have been spending the win
ter in Wilmington, have returned
to Smyrna and opened their horse
on South Street.
Mrs. Gertrude Snyder of
Homesburg, Pa, is visiting Mr.,
and Mrs. Charles Hanratty.
DR.. Ralph b. Jones, who has
been conducting a dentist office in
Wilmington as well as in Smyrna,
has closed his office in Whining
ton and from now on will only
have an office in Smyrna.
Mrs. Ida M. Barrett of Wilm-
ington, is visiting Mrs. Helen
Brown for two weeks.
Miss Martha Good, secretary of
the State Y.W.C.A. for many
years, has resigned her position as
secretary and will leave shortly
for the west to take up similar
work. Miss Good is known
throughout the State and also in
Smyrna, not only with the MEM
bers of the Young Women's
Christian Association and the Girl
Reserves, but those who have been
associated with her as the director
of Camp Otonka.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

Blackbird but it was removed to
Townsend in 1912, and remained
here until 1880. Many different
operators worked there during
that period.
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10
Townsend


the dark than to walk alone in the
light.
A man who drank 10 to Is cups
of coffee, chain-smoked cigars or
pipe, and said he took drink
whenever he felt like it died the
other day at ia. He probably
avoided work and sporting around
in the evening.
Most women have found very
efficient weed killers for their
gardens-their husbands.
He stands in the unbroken line
of patriots who have died that
freedom might live.
Farmers living in the south end
of New Castle County had BAN
ner day back in 1886 when they
held Harvest Home at Arm
strong Corner near Middletown.
There they displayed all the farm
products they had produced during
the year. Also the farm children
were allowed to play all kinds of
games, and the meals served there
were regular feasts. Hacks were
used to carry the people from all
parts of the county to the picnic
grounds. No admission was charg-
ed.
In the old days one great asset
or attraction was the baseball
pitcher. Townsend had a fine ar
ray of them and in every way they
were useful valuable citizens. They
stayed around this vicinity all
summer, and often were called
upon to fill important jobs that
needed someone to do them. Then
on the game day they were fit
and ready to go into the pitchers
box and nearly always carried the
game to victory. These pitchers
were William Hawk, Jim Osborne,
Frank Wheeler, Harry Claybourne.
Another good pitcher was William
Stevens of Smyrna. He pitched
game here on July 4, 1895, and
held the visitors down to a to 1
score. The locals were playing
club from Wilmington. The locals
use to thrive on double plays and
scored or in each game. Anoth-
er good pitcher was Victor Willis
who lived at Newark, Del. He use
to pitch in the University games
but would come to Townsend when
called upon.
A new device Tor cars emits a
loud squawk when a safe speed is
exceeded. The back seat driver will
resent this intrusion.
Old timers remember when air
conditioners sold three for a dime,
Palmetto four that is.
Delaware scenery still holds a
strong grip on the average visitor
or the permanent home dweller.
On Sunday a real caravan goes
up or down the state highway and
the journey folks give cries of
glory and laughter as the scenic
part of the state unfolds itself. At
some parts the auto travellers stop
over for a cicken dinner or a clam
bake. Soon they'll have their taste
set on peaches and find them just
as they like them. One fellow told
us that he had to see Delaware
every Sunday or he would be
solemn and unhappy all of the
week.
Gardeners these days must looR
to the suddenly changing weather
and many get caught off their
guard as the days roll by. The
rainy spell may be changed to a
real drought, and make the gard
eners resort to strict methods aud
using plenty of water to ride the
crops over the dry spell. We hope
that no long drought will come.
Many of our residents still recall
the golden days when the penin-
sula was on the boom, reflecting
every line of work. On the railroad
a complete line of towers dotted
the railroad right of way, there
blocks being about 4 or 5 miles
apart. AT first a block was at
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

of wool absorb light, instead of
rejecting it, whereas other fabrics
tend to cause glare and unpleas-
ant reflections when photographed
by the new process, technicians
report.
Renie and other designers at
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10

The rich texture interest OF WOOL
en- fabrics, for example, makes
them ideal for three-dimensional
filming, Renie declares. In de-
signs, she continues, the camera
now picks up the minutest detail
Smyrna times., 1954-06-10
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files Of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature Of the
Times. viii call to mind people
and events Of the older genera
ion.