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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
Following
Through
By
Pedro Aguilar

Key West has had plenty of good
baseball this year.
More than hundred games have
been played in the Little League,
the Pony League and the senior
leagues.
The Little League All Stars de-
feated the best they have in Mia
mi while the Pony league teams
defeated such teams as Coral Cab
les, Miami, Hialeah and North Mi
ami.
The Senior League All-StarS de-
feated such teams as the Coving-
ton All-Stars and the McGahey
Motors club of Miami.
The Junior Conchs won the first
half championship in the Island CT
ty Winter League and the Cuban
Club won the first half title in the
summer league.
Now, the Cuban Club is ahead
in the second half of the winter
league.
If they win the two out of three
series to be played next week,
they'll be the champs.
And now let's talk about Santa
Claus. We've done a little re-
search and here's what the local
sporting set wants when they
hang up their socks.
Bill Gates wants his Wickers
Field plant put into top shape, the
clubhouse renovated the fences
painted so the fielders won't suf-
fer.
George Lastres will ask Santa for
a chance to play Triple A ball
this year.
Don Cruz wants the same break.
Gibby Gates, Rod Rodriguez, Bob
Lastres, Leeburg Knowles and
Danny LaStres all want a shot at
the pro game.
Manager Valdez, of the Cuban
Club, wants a lot of balls. and bats.
The Poinciana Giants loyal pro-
moters, Arrenson, Jones and Mar
TIM, want some hurlers and batters
so they can up their standing.
Manager Perry of the Bushnell
wants Santa to send him an UNI
pire for the coming season, so he
won't have to umpire again..
Halcomb, Postol, Coto and Bau-
man all want Santa to bring them
some base hits this year.
Nash wants his old soup bone
in shape like it was a year ago.
Bean likes to umpire or chase
balls and l think he will do the
same thing next year.
Mr.. Knowles likes to fish but I
think his love for baseball is get
ting the best of him.
He wants Santa to give us plenty
of baseball in 1855.
Leon, Bean, ]. Tynes, NJ. Casas,
P. Higgs, S. Yates are hoping they
will make good on the high school
Eine this year.
And I'd like to wish Merry
Christmas to all the baseball, soft
ball, Little League, Babe Ruth, and
high school mines and also the fans
and their families.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
NO BANK. NO MONEY

CANTON, Ohio Rl-The Stebbins
Business Machine Co., which sold
cneck-writing machine to a man
~ days ago, today reported the
check ne gave in payment was re-
turned marked: ''No such hank -
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
@f SANTA'S.
~ Mail Box

This is the last day for publication of letters to
Santa Claus which have been received by The Citizen
for forwarding to the old gentleman at the North
Pole.
Even though your letter may not have arrived
IN time to appear in the paper, it has been placed
IN the last Special Mail Bag and sent by jet plane
to Santa Claus in time to reach him before he leaves
on his annual trip tonight.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24

Dear Santa,
l want a pogo stick and my bro
ther wants movie protector.
don't know anything else to write
except
Dear Santa,
l love you.
Ricky Singleton
IS Sigsbee Road
That's ALI.
Dear Santa,
l want a movie protector and
some film. My brother wants a po-
go stick.
Yours truly,
Leonard Singleton
IS Sigsbee Road
Dear Santa Claus,
l want a bow and arrow and a
football, crane, a tow truck, a
truck that picks up a crane, an
Indian suit, a Santa Claus suit, a
tool set and high sneakers like my
brother Johnnie'S. l have been a
good boy. am 4 years old.
Thank you,
David Alan Blackmon
SIS F Flagler Apt.
P. S. Please send me an airplane
and a helicopter.,
Evening star., 1954-09-11
Sliding Doors Con Sove Spoce

front for q bookcase or cabinet
where you wish both open and
closed storage. When you want
to set behind 4 panel, you just
slide II over the next opening
as shown below.
II you want completely closed
storage. you need by-passing
panels. This calls for three stops
lone IN the center and one on
each side. Use q " A-inch square
strip ct the center and v inch
round on the sides.
With 3 poWersaw or rabbet.
you can dispense with the stops,
which must be nailed or glued,
and cut channels directly into
the shelves Of q cabinet. This is
quickly done when you are
building small cabinets or stor-
age wall units, but almost inn
possible when you are replacing
the doors Of existing cabinets.
A good channel depth for u
inch shelving Is 3/16 Of an inch
at the top and bottom. Cut the
channel lf16 Of an inch wider
than the panel. add SIG Of an
inch to the height of the open
ing. and you have the proper
height for your sliding panels
tthis leaves a 1f16-inch clear
ance for easy slidingl.
If you want to remove the
Evening star., 1954-09-11

Sliding doors can sometimes
offer big advantages over hinged
doors. especially as space savers.
Il you have hinged closet
doors. you must step aside. be-
fore YOU open them, and some-
times the hinges sag. When the
doors are open. they sometimes
are ii the way.
Sliding doors are designed to
solve some Of the problems that
hinged doors pose. q recent ar
ticle In Sunset Magazine ex-
plains. Sliding doors may be
quickly moved aside. they take
up minimum space. offer b clean,
attractive surface. and have q
neat appearance whether open
or closed.
On the new hardware, sliding
doors roll along quietly. without
much of q push from you.
The most simple and inexpen-
ssive sliding door Is q thin panel
that slides between two wooden
stops. The panel can be Of tenn
pered hardboard. s inch or Vi
inch thick. or A-inch plywood.
Use " inch round as stops, and
cut your panels to at the OPEN
ing with a I16-inch clearance
for eaSv Sliding GonS The orl0oc
Evening star., 1954-09-11
New Section Under Wuy

Westmont CONSTRUCTION CO. to-
day announced construction Ii
underway On some 40 houses to
BE built III the second section of
ArroWrock Park, near Rockville.
Md. The firm already has built
40 homes IN the development for
which nearly 200 homes are
eventually protected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
Treasury Aide Sees End
To Business Drop Soon
By the Associated Press

ROCHESTER. N. Y. Feb. g.
Marion B. Folsom. Undersecre-
tary of the Treasury. declared
today he sees signs "the present
mild drop in business may soon
be over" He said the figures for
the last two months of 1853
showed an inventory decline
coupled with maintenance Of
retail sales"
Other factors he cited as in
dicative of business health were
stopping of imitation. introduce
ton Of many new products.
maintenance of individual pur-
chasing power through high in
comes and substantial tax re-
auctions.
In an address before the City
Club here. Mr.. Folsom said I'VE
are cutting taxes. even though
we have not arrived at a budget
balance because we must an
ticipate the reduction of Gov
eminent expenditures, and be-
gin to transfer back to the tax
payers billions of dollars which
the Government will not be
spending"
| He said this transfer will elm
mate ANY sudden dislocation
resulting from the lack of these
dollars being available for the
| Nations spending stream"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
French Fight 10 Slow
Red Drive on Laos
BY The Associated Press

SAIGON, Indo-C China, Feb. 6.
French forces fighting a delay
ing action on the threshold Of
Red-threatened Luang Prabang
put the torch to outlying villages
today to deny food and shelter
to Wet Mimi forces advancing
on the royal Laotian capital.
There was no indication
whether the three-pronged rebel
thrust aimed at Luang Prabang
had yet reached the defense arc
the French have set up so miles
from the capital.
A French spokesman said Wet
Mimi Division 308 appears to be
the only outfit taking part in
the Luang Prabang offensive. He
said-contrary to earlier reports
no reinforcements have been
sent from the big rebel force
camping outside Diem Bien Phu,
French baStion in northwest
Indo-China's Thai country which
has been under assault threat
for more than two months.
The French and Wet Mimi
staged a two-hour artillery duel
at Diem Bien Phu yesterday
French war planes Strafed and
bombed the Reds entrenched in
the hills outside the fort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
Taxi Driver Seized
In Whisky Bride Try

A cab driver was arrested on
a warrant charging bribery after
a policeman told a Municipal
Court judge that he received at
his home a fifth Of whisky with
a traffic ticket fastened to it..
The ticket had been issued to
the cab driver.
Served with the warrant and
released under $1,000 bond was
Herman P. Ortenzo, AZ. of the
100 block of M street Sc.
Park Police Pvt. Thomas K.
Baber testified before Judge
John Malloy yesterday that he
had ticketed Ortenzo for passing
a red light last December 80.
About week later, Pvt. Baber
said, a package of whisky with
the ticket came to his home.
The bottle was put up on the
bench before Judge Malloy. The
judge took a look at it and told
Pvt. Baber to consult the Cor
poration Counsel's Office.
Ortenzo pleaded guilty to the
traffic offense and was fined SIS.
Later, Assistant United States
Attorney George Foster said a
bribery warrant was issued. Or
tense will have to return to
Municipal Court tomorrow. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
) Singing Stars 10 Appear
AT Automobile Show

There1l be more than auto
motive glamor at Washington s
25th anniversary Automobile
Show. officials said last night in
announcing appearance of three
singing stars.
Kitty Kallen will appear on the
hrSt three days entertainment
program, February 20, 81 and %.
Then comes Screen Star
SongstresS Dorothy Lamour Feb
ruary %, "a and Is. She will be
followed by Sunny Gale, Wheel
OF Fortune" recording star, for
the last three days.
The show, sponsored by the
Washington Automotive Trade
Association, will be open from
2 to ii pm. daily. Entertainment
will be featured four times daily
and five new automobiles are to
be given away during the nine
day show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07

Printed In roses . it's
Aattery in bloom!

Spring is a garden! Everywhere, every
where . flowers bloom in beautiful
profusion :. making brilliant impress
sions, splashed on crisp, rustling ace
tate taffetaS on sheer, papery-
textured silksl Fashions loveliest
Towering in many a season of prints -.
flirting their floating skirts over ruffly
petticoats shaped to the newsy
princess and empire silhouettes.
Left to right,
Roses in the snow budding and
blooming, sparkling with sequins on
black-traced white silk. Black net out
lines the deeply We'd neckline front and
back. 10 to 16. 1898
Flower garden print on whispery ace
tate taffeta cast in the new slim mold
of the empire princess silhouette. Blue
or brown. 10 to 16. 1898
Bouquet for q princess, rotous show
of blossoms on crisp acetate taffeta,
shaped to the lovely princess line. Red
or Royal. 10 to 16. 29.05
Misses Better Dresses, Third Floor, Washington
Second Floor. Stlver Spring and PARKtngton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
Woman S Book on Love
Is Banned by Vatican
BY the Associated Press

VATICAN CITY. Feb. 6.-The
Vatican has banned for Roman
Catholics Jaqueline Martins
book, "A Woman'S Full Testi-
mony on Love-" published in
1851.
The action by the Vatican's
Congregation of the Holy Office
prohibits Catholics from reading
the book.
Commenting upon the action,
L'Osservatore Romano, Vatican
newspaper. said it served as
warning against sexual writing.
which finds authors even in the
Catholic world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07

TYPICAL FURNISHED APARTMENT, taste
fully decorated by famous John Wanna
maker, of New York. Every furnished
apartment has a television SET Linens are
furnished too.
FRONT DESK SERVICE in the attractive
lobby. Clerk on duty handles your mail,
messages and any incoming packages. See
how bright and cheerful everything is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-04

CHICAGO, April, 3. R.-.Hogs. worked
upward in the livestock market this week
and the top price as the week finished,
VI 90. was a new high since July. 10,
1858. It equaled the all-time April high
set in 1947.
Barrows and gifts gained rs to so
cents while soWs were up around 80
cents. Receipts were among the smallest
In six months.
There weren't many price changes in
the cattle section for the week. One load
of prime l ,224-pound steers brought the
tor. sd 90. Receipts were slightly
s Sdrsa than last week but 20 per cent
dominated with more than 90 per cent
OF arrlyals grading choice.
o6 SD 1est;n,s fsa noes 200; total
around so higher; at the. close of the
choice 10000 pound weights sold in a
close range of 27.00-27 40; with bulk
-320-pound heayies, rs. 25-s7.0o and
$50 SONS weighing e sPound 500 s. i pounds
and lighter closed at % .50-25. 90.
Salahle cattle. 200; total. goo (esti-
mated: compared week. ago. slaughter
% higher, advance largely erased later
with closing prices steady to so higher
compared late last, week, mostly steady:
in good demand. Gamers and light cut
ters slow: bulls, steady to so higher;
yeslers. strong; stoekers and feeders.
due TO adverse weather conditions;
M mneager showing prime-fed steers largely
2I:7o-3O. 90: one load high choice end:
27,75-27.50: loadlots choice to low
prime, l,400-1 ,500 pounds, 23.25-26. so;
$500; good to low choice, largely 1926
% 30: commercial to low good, 1850.
1900: some commercial Holsteins, 1900:
light cutter Holstein steers. 1900: sew
and heifers. 24.50-27 So. increased
sao Ss, high Choice snd prime hsferS
235o: utility to low good grades. 1900
1890, utility and commercial cows:
20-l4 90; sPrinkingg high commercial
heifer-type kinds to 1900 and oc-
casionally, above, Gamers and cutters.
2 ;;190 l 30; mainly $50 up; sprin6ling
utility and commercial bulls. 400.
leo tl;,,, late top 1923: good heavy and
msng &C. c Ros yaarpc b1s
yeaieTs. $5o6s2 %? ' few 1a prime af2 en also
Gull and utility grades. S.00-150O: most
~ 1000 I'd; good and choice feeding
steers and yearlings. $4,000 p; medi-
stock heifers, 1880.
Salable sheep. 100: total. 100 (esti-
mated; compared week ago, slaughter
lambs unevenly so to 100 higher, most
late sales, 10 or more higher; SLAUGHTER
sheep steady to strong. on late rounds
a few choice and Prime fed wooded lambs
sold at 27,50-27f5, with the bulk of
such grades weighing 40 pounds and
less moving. at 26.00-27 TO- during the
week a package of native spring lambs
reached $500; during the week good
and choice wooded lambs mainly "a. 90
- n
195Q-24 90, and culls down to 1900:
mostly good and choice to mostly prime
Sill 09-pound shorn lambs with No. l
prime 95-pound summer -shorn lambs,
1850, and q deck of good lambs with
utility grade and weighing IS pounds.
with No. / to 3 skins, $500: Gull to
choice slaughter ewes, 6.O0-l0.50: shorn
ewes. 500 down: virtually nothing in
the line of feeder lambs or breeding
ewes was offered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-04
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. April 3 R.-Cotton
futures prices held to . narrow groove
| this week but closed out the period
with small net gains. Nearby de-
liveries tended to lose ground while
the more distant contracts, representing
the new-crop months. moved into higher
territory.
Contracts traded on the New York
Cotton Exchange registered net changes
for the week which ranged from 90
Nearby May was the only contract to
finish on the downside.
softness in nearby deliveries was
attributed to switching by traders, into
more NOR. distant months, slow demand for
the goods market. The weeks most
potent bullish factor was the drought
in the Southwest part Of the cotton
belt.
The Agriculture Depa5tment March
traders who had expected = moderate
up q pont, h from TN
received BY growers for ali types Of
cotton in March continued the long
cents. as compared to 30.42 cents a
pound in February and 31.52 cents in
March q year ago.
The New York Cotton Exchange
Service Bureau estimated that If parity
remains at the present level and II
staple is the same as the average Of
the past five years, o loan rate of SO. / 7
cents on iS-inch cotton would be in
prospect next season. The current loan
rate is 32.70.
However. said the bureau. indica-
tions are that the 1954-5 loan rate will
be less than the 33.17-cent estimate,
because the spread between fs-inch and
to narrow and because parity. If it
changes st all. Is likely to move lower.
Exports for the past two weeks have
been 81 per cent above year-ago levels,
lending Tuesday,, the total was ~, 900
bales. compared with 100000 bales the
previous week and $4,000 In the same
week last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-04
Bonds Lean Forward
In Se!ective Deals;
Rails Find Support
By Arthur Merims
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, April 3.-The
bond market climbed grudgingly
this week. Trading was selective
and volume relatively light.
Railroads found the most sup
port in the corporate list, but it
was restricted to long-term in
vestment quality issues such as
the Pennsylvania and Southern
Pacific. Utilities and industrials
fluctuated narrowly.
Government bonds inched up
ward. The 30-year 3Hs rose a
quarter of point during the
week at 109l4 bid. Victory 2las
and bank-eligible 212s of 1867
u were also up a quarter at
100 6/32 bid. The 21as of 1861
advanced 1882 at 101 1892 bid.
Foreign liens were active and
cratic. German and Greek
bonds were mostly lower, Japa-
nese and Chinese issues higher.
On Friday Yokohama IS jumped
7l2 points at 142.
The American consumer is re-
ducing his personal debts at a
rapid pace. The Federal Reserve
Board this week reported that
consumer credit declined during
February by $647 million to a
total of $27.478,000,0OO In jan
uary. consumer credit declined
$771 million.
Consumers additionally pay
off their installment debts faster
than they contract new ones dur
ing January and February. But
IN these same 1853 months con-
sumner credit dipped only $153
million and $170 million, respec-
lively.
Though the latest total still
remains nearly So billion more
than 1t was a year ago, the down.
ward drift is significant as part
OF our current REIMBURSEMENT, +"
economists generally agree.
At the end Of 1858 the volume
OF consumer debt in relation to
disposable income reached a rec
ord high, l1.7per cent. This COM
pares with II per cent in 1852,
only 3.8 per cent at the end of
1945 and 1913 per cent in 1899.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-04

paper bag and hurried out.
In Floral Park, Long Island,
an armed desperate kidnapped
an assistant manager of the
Franklin National Bank at his
home, forced him to drive to the
bank and hand over $191 ,280-
one of the biggest one-man hold
ups in history.
In Savannah, Ga, three
masked men, armed with shot
guns and pistols, cleaned out the
vault of the Citizens q Southern
National Bank of an estimated
100000. It was the second rob-
berry at this bank in Is months.
Figures Tell Story.
From coast to coast bank hold
ups are on the rise. lii the past
year, the American Bankers AS
ISOLATION reports there were 1877
holdups. resulting in a loss to
the banks of nearly $1.1 mil
lion. This was the biggest num-
Der of bank holdups since the
depression '30s.
1t marked the ninth year of
increase in daytime robberies of
banks, compares with a low of
only % holdups in 1914. Recent
reports suggest this year will see
another rise. The holdups of to-
day do not match those of the
great crime wave in the depres-
sion. I'm 1882 there were 554
bank holdups in broad daylight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-04

bOb Lk1C1S is lO uCIlyIlA GIldL
another crime wave is on and it
is spreading to banks. James E.
Baum, manager Of the American
Bankers Associations protective
department told me this week:
1.-THE situation is increasingly
serious. Banks must become
aware that criminals are on the
prowl and they must take more
steps to improve their systems
of crime prevention.
Mostly Lone Operators.
What sort Of person Is a bank
robber? There are some charac-
teristicS about them that are
both revealing and fascinating.
He is likely to be a lone opera
tor. OF last years 1877 success
full holdups, 10 per cent were
staged by lone bandits. From
two to five bandits were involved
in the balance of the robberies.
He is likely to be an amateur.
The fact that 81 holdups were
frustrated emphasizes that. The
robber also may be a woman. Of
the successful holdups, eight
were staged by women. Many
of the unsuccessful ones were
tried by wonderland in each
case the woman was operating
alone.
OF course, you need not fret
about the safety of your deposit.
Your bank is insured against
such losses as these. But re-
sponsible bank authorities are
alarmed, are worrying-and with
reason.
Copyright, 1854. Post-Hau Syndicate,
Inc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-04
Chicoeo Grain

CHICAGO, April 3 tPr-Grains were
thoroughly varied on the Board of Trade
this week.
New-crop soybeans scored the widest
gains OF anything on the board. In
contrast. old-crop months had the
WIDEST losses. This division between
OLD and new crops was noticeable in
while the May, an old-crop month. was
barely steady.
Wheat closed the week ls-2i4 higher,
corn l3s-214 lower. oats unchanged to
Il higher. rye u lower to u higher
old Soybeans 3i2-412 lower, new soy
beans 634SA4 higher and lard 90 cents
lower to % cents hundred pounds
higher.
In soybeans there was a good deal Of
backspreading by local traders-that is.
those who had been long the old-crop
months and short the new were I'M
winding this spread, That meant they
had to sell the old crop and buy the
new crop. That accounted for the di-
verGent price trend.
In wheat the new-crop months were
wanted because of renewal Of appre..
wheat in the drought area. May was
weak in the forepart Of the week. recov-
erinG later on prospects OF a pick up
In export business with West Germany.
Greece and Spain.
Corn's chief difficulty was weakness
Commodity Credit Corps difficulty in
getting rid OF some of its corn along
the Atlantic Seaboard. At weeks end
it was offering about / g million bushels
at 1874 cents over the Chicago May
future. compared with 14H cents over
at the weeks start.
Range of prices for the week: