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The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03
A Grain
Of Salt

/ huence on getting the woman to
have her boat rowed somewhere
else.
The captain picked up the meg
aphone and called, "This is the
captain Miss, will you please leave
the area. You are disturbing the
crew."
The woman stood up in the boat,
disrobed some more and yelled,
Captain, you cute. I love you
for some cigarettes"
No one near the captain dared
laugh.
The captain, red faced, was lost
for words. He hurried to to the
combat inform alton center and i'm
mediately called . conference on
strategy.
Unless the situation were handled
properly, q diplomatic incident
may have been in the making.
All the woman needed was little
music to 60 with the act. In fact
one member of the crew suggested
that the ships company should sing
the "Strip Polka"
Actually, the Communists were
responsible for the incident being
avoided. Il happened that UP in
Genoa, the red boys were raising
2 little dust in the form Of riots,
soap box adgitation and other
Characteristic actions. "a definition
Of q communist is one who doesn't
have anything and wants to share
1t with everybody
Before q definite plan Of action
was put into effect against the
woman whe was disturbing" the
crew orders were received for the
fleet 10 get underway and proceed
to the Genoa area.
As the ship pulled UP the anchor
and sped from the harbor, the
woman could be seen putting on
her fur coat as the boat bobbled
in the empty harbor.
The moral Of this story is. when
in Italy, don't do as the Italians do
especially in the winter time.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03
BY Bill spiIImsn

About seven or eight years age
was on a navy destroyer that
found itself in a situation that
don't think has since been duplicat-
ed, at least, I haven't heard of q
similar incident.
II was on q cold winter afternoon
when our ship pulled into the
harbor of Naples, Italy. A brisk,
northern wind that had originated
in the foothills of the Alps gustily
blew across the harbor.
No sooner had our ship anchored
and the crew began to settle down
to regular import duties when 1
row boat came up close to the des.
troyer. A woman dressed in q fur
coat was the passenger.
81 show you what'a I got" She
said in broken english. II wanta
de cigarettes"
The lady then proceeds 10 dis
robe partially.
BY this time, the word had been
passed all over the ship and pract-
ically all of the crew had manned
the rail on the side Of the ship to
see the show.
The ship began to take more Of
a list as more of the crew went
to the rail. On the Bridge, about
thirty people crowded there to use
the binoculars.
The officer Of the deck yelled,
"Clear the quarterback"
The quarterback was cleared.
The young ensign walked to the
rail with a megaphone and called
out to the woman.
"Please leave the area. You are
disrupting the duties Of the ship, "
he said in stiff military manner.
The woman answered the deck
officer. "Boy-you too young. Ne
Ikea de man."
The crew, roared.
BY this time the Captain, 4 well
liked man by the crew and 4 fine
naval officer, decided that perhaps
his appearance would have an in
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03
FLUoRIDATIoN AND ANIMALS

Editor, The Citizen
Concerning fluoridation here, would like to know
what effects would this have on birds and animals.
am thinking primarily of the many parrakeets and
canaries, dogs and cats.
Since quite convincing arguments have been advanc.
edanen the harmful effects it would have on human
beings, what danger turks therein for the delicate par
rakeet or the fragile canary.
More power to Bill Gibb for bringing this important
question out into the open. is only through pro and
con discussions in public that what best for the public
can be decided by the public. newspaper plays most
important part in this connection and coumnist not
afraid to buck opposition from many quarters supplies
the spark that lights the way to truth.
]. w. RUSSELL
August 2, 1854,
1910 South Street,
Key West, Fla.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03
EVEN CRASSHOPPERS
TAMPER WITH MAIL

SAVANNAH, Mo. R The
Savannah post office forwarded a
letter marked "Opened by Grass
hopper"
It seems a rural carrier picked
up the letter from a box on his
route and discovered grasshop-
per had chewed around the top
and sides of the letter. He had to
use tape to reseal the letter 50
made the notation on it.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03
RED COMPOSERS ARE
HONORED BY SOVIET

MOSCOW W-The Soviet I'm.
ions two foremost composers,
Dmitri Shostakovitch and Aram
Khatchaturian, have been named
Peoples Artists" The two world.
renowned musicians, often targets
OF criticism by state organs, never
before had received this top honor
awarded to Soviet composers.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions of The views Of ss read.
srs but the editor the right delete any items which
are eonsidsred hsloUs The writer's sheu o
fsr and conne the letters 400 words and On enc side
OF the only Signature Of he writer accompany Sa
letters and will bs published unless requested eerNse
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03

Advertising in summer time is a good way to build
business prestige for the future
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03

Acting swiftly, and without any
discussion which would give a clue
as to the reasons for such a move,
the Board Of County Commission
ers last. night rescinded their pre-
vious action of last week in which
the millage was fixed at 3 mills.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03

B. M. Duncan, administrator for
FERA in this region, caught his
first tarpon last night. While not
one of the largest caught this
year, it was a fine specimen of
silver King and measured four feet.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03
Key West
In Days Gone By
@
EAh
@Y

One Of the largest botanical
tropical gardens in the world to
be established in Key West is now
being constructed by J. Gerry
Curtis, director Of parks and re-
creation for the FERA. The de-
partment will endeavor to acquire
suitable lands for this purpose.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03

Actual evidences of fraud were
revealed in the county of votes in
the Fifth and Seventh Precincts
and the tally books of the precincts
for the First Primary, in Monroe
county. This was told The Citizen
by County Solicitor J. F. Busto
who is conducting the investiga-
tions as to alleged frauds in elec-
tions in this county as instructed
by the governor.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03
August J, 1914

The Board of County Commits
sioners last night went on record
as favoring creation of a beach
in Key West, and pledged itself
to ask State Representative B. C.
Papy to introduce q bill in the
legislature to permit q one mill
levy for, that purpose.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-03

Key Vests new municipal Hos
pital on Stock Island is scheduled
to have its final inspection on
August Is, but the date of its
opening still is in doubt, Ernest
Ramsey, of the Board of Cover
nors, told the Key West Rotary
Club at its weekly luncheon TO-
day.
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8 Teams Play Here
For Babe Ruth Title

The Babe Ruth League, inter-
national baseball organization
for boys - to Is years old, to-
day announced the eight clubs
which will compete in its world
series" at Griffith Stadium next
week.
Stamford. Conn: Clarksburg.
w. Va: Hamilton lermont
County. Ohio: jackson. Tenn:
Joplin, Mo-; Austin, Tex;
Seattle. Wash, and Visalia,
Calf. have won regional play
offs to earn the trip to WASH
ington. They win compete in
afternoon double-headers at the
ball park Tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday Of next
week.
Stamford has been installed
the favorite for the champion
ship, mainly on the strength Of
one player. 15-year-old Andy
Wasil. A stocky 200-pounder,
Wasil has pitched and batted his
club to national titles the last
three years. The last two were
in the Little Bigger League,
which this year took the name
Of the Babe Ruth League.
The Frederick (Md.) Rotary
CLUB team. which won its State
championship behind the pitch
ing of Charley Keller. jr., was
eliminated in the regional finals
by Clarksburg, w. Va.
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-Four Under SIS
Good Only for Tie in
Pro-Am al Argyle

Four-under- is good golf IN
any league and three profession
ais from this area may be exc
cused for wondering what they
have to do to win . title OUT
right.
For 3 round Of So on Argyle's
par-T2 course wasn't good
enough for q clear-cut claim to
top money In the Middle At
lantic PGA pro-am tournament,
yesterday. !
Billy Buppert, assistant pro at
Woodmont:: Cliff Spencer, pro
at the Greenbrier Range. and
Johnny Musser, pro 1t All View,
each hit that number for 3 triple
tie. Musser did It the hard way,
going out Ia 81 and coming back
In 4 sizzling 81. Buppert was
36-32 and Spencer posted 34-34.
Buppert. former University Of
Maryland student. picked up adj
ditiOnal honors when he teamed
with Harold Dorsey Of the ROLL
ing Road Club In Baltimore to
win the pro-am division with So.
Spencer Overton was low
among the amateurs with II,
but accepted his two strokes and
took the net prize. Elliott
Spicer Of Indian Spring. 76-6:
Maury Fitzgerald Of Kenwood,
75-5. and Q. Billingslea Of the
Country Club Of Maryland. S0-lO,
tied for second. each with net 10.
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BY BURTON HAWKINS

What's he got So far? One
Inland he isn't going to hit
this time either. !. One hit.
one hit all year Ha, q sacri-
fice &. Well. at least he didn't
hit into Q double play.
- *4
This guy complains about the
taxes he has to pay in Vene-
zula !. Don't we all pay taxes?
oh. no. Mr.. Stobbs, that
isn't fair to throw curve to
Chico y. We're through, we're
dead this inning /. Start the
next inning Well, Chico
walks That's very nice of
Mr.. Stobbs because Mr.. Carras-
quel wasn't going to hit.
"We're still dead !. Fox has
las hits but how. many RBI?
1852 That's great, Just
greatl. -. Thatta boy, Nellie,
take one right down the middle
/. Let's not get q rally going,
Mr.. Stobbs might not like it :. /. !.
Well, thank you. Mr.. Stobbs !.
Thanks for another walk, but It
won't do any good You're
still safe. because here comes
Minoso.
"He hasn't hatted in more
than a couple of runs in 10
days. Lookit that tapped
thumb. II he can't swing any
better than that he shouldn't be
in there. =. Don't get a hit with
the bases loaded, Minnie. be.
cause that might help us win
and we wouldn't want that,
would we? :. Attaboy. Minnie,
nice hitting. But that's the
first two runs he's batted in for
q long time.
Everybody asked me why I
got Kell when we had the best
third baseman In the league in
Cass Michaels. Michaels, my
foot -. 1926 in May. :. What's
he hitting now? y. 1853? Hate
to think of where we'd be with
out Kell. even with him being
out so much with injuries. !.
Lookit that, he tied it up for us.
Watch this Rivera. i. He'll
look for the fast bali when all
he's gonna get is curves. /.
What a blow. what a blow. !.
Might roll out to Vernon If you
give it a couple of minutes. !.
Three runs. -. We should have
had q dozen"
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Branca' S Comeback Bid
Is JoIted In Exhibition
BY The Associated Pres.

COoPERsTOWN. N. Y. Aug.
10.-Ralph Branca, let out by
the Dodgers and Tigers and try
ing to make a comeback with the
Yankees, suffered a severe set
back in yesterdays Hall of Fame
exhibition, even though the New
Workers nosed out the Redlegs,
1919.
The Redlegs blew a 81 lead,
losing out in the ninth when
Willie Miranda got two hits as
the Yankees rallied to score six
runs OF Harry Perkowski and
Frank Smith. Two errors pro-
longed the uprising.
Branca, working the first four
innings, walked seven and gave
up nine hits and all nine runs.
Mickey Mantle and Bob Cerv
homered for the Yankees, Man
ties blow landed on the roof of
9 house behind the leftfield
fence.
New York tA) = 100 900 126-10 IL /
Cincinnati tN-- COS 400 o00---S 10 3
Podbielan,. Perkowski "a, smith COZ
and Seminick, Bailey a.; Branca, Shall
lock a5G Stuart ca and BerTa, Sill
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By Lewis :. Atehison
Star Staff Correspondent

LOS. ANGELES. Aug. TO-
Curly Lambeau has q new idea
to help the Redskins improve
their won-and-lost record this
season. It's simple. but it makes
sense. and 1t could be a break
for Herman Ball and Wayne
Millner, the teams scouts.
Briefly, 1t is this: The coach
who scouts an opponent win sit
upstairs when the Redskins play
that team the following Sunday
and serve as q spotter. Curly
feels that having seen the OPP
position the week before. Her
man or Wayne win note weak
nesSes more quickly and may
smell" a play coming in certain
situations. The spotter actually
win direct the Redskins. Often
sively as well as defensively. ct
certain stages Of the game.
Under the old set-up. neither
Ball nor Millner got to see the
Redskins play q league game.
once the season was underway.
until the last Sunday Of the
campaign. They would compile
voluminous notes. talk to the
players about their observations
and advise them what to do UNI
der certain circumstances. but
they wouldn't be at the game
to see how things went.
Lambeau thinks his idea will
be q big Improvement.
Both Ball and Millner began
their scouting jaunts over the
last week end and reported back
with ominous news for the Red
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MiIlner Brings Some Bod News
Lombeou Plans to Use Scouts
In Different Role This Year

skins. Wayne saw the Los An
geles Rar1ls-the Redskins next
-clobber the New York
Giants at Portland. Greg, 30-7,
and Herman watched the San
Francisco Forty Miners wallop
Fort Ord, 42-12.
The Rams. Millner said. were
vastly improved over their first
game when they defeated Fort
Ord. 34-l3. Wayne said big
Daddy" Lipscomb, 6-foot-6, 272-
pound rookie from Detroit, def
nitely Is pro material, even
though the giant Negro never
played college football. Joe Hall,
Georgia Tech halfback who re-
placed Don Doll on defense when
the ex-Redskin was injured, also
was q standout, Millner said. z
The Redskins play the Rams
a week from tomorrow night at
the Coliseum here.
Ball was equally impressed by
the Forty Miners. He said Coach
Buck Shaw believes he has
solved the teams deep" de-
fensive problem by the purchase
Of Johnny williams from the
Redskins. and the return to Jim
Carson from Canada. williams
almost got away for q touch
down with one punt.
Meanwhile. the Redskins own
practice was hindered yester-
day by the idleness Of the two
top quarterhacks. Jack Scarhath
and Al Dorow. who are nursing
minor ailments. Halfback Harry
Gilmer stepped in at quarter
lack to help out during Q pass
defense drill.
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place Philadelphia and I'VE with

place Philadelphia and i've with
Milwaukee.
The Giants stop OF for q sin
gle game in Pittsburgh tonight
and the Braves open q three
game set in st. Louis.
In the American League the
Yankees. now four games back
Of Cleveland. start q string of
Is games against second division
teams by entertaining the Ath-
letics. Cleveland goes to Detroit
and third-place' Chicago will be
at home against Baltimore.
In other action, Chicago win
be ct Cincinnati tonight in the
National League and Washing
ton at Boston In the American
for q night game. The day game
at Boston was rained out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-10
Weldon and Boots Petit Take
7opP Places in Duckpin Ratings

After q years lapse, Larkin
Weldon is back on top in the Of
fetal ratings Of washington area
duckpin bowlers and Olive
(Boots) Petit is the new No. /
ranker among the women.
Weldon, rated second last year
and first in 1851 and 1852, aver
aged 1878 for 282 games dur
ing the 1953-54 season and Miss
Petit 1854 for $40 games, ac-
cording to rankings announced
today by the Greater Washing
ton Duckpin Association.
Weldon, a, member of the
champion Takoma team, won
the individual title in the Dis
trict Major League. He also was
high man in the strong National
Capital League as a member Of
the Brightway Auto Top team.
He finished second in the United
States Classic.
Miss Petit bowled chiefly with
the Plumbing Service Supply
team in the Capital Major
League, but her outstanding
achievement was, her victory in
the News 30-Gakne Classic.
Weldon succeeded Bill Mischou
OF the Chevy Chase Chevrolet
team in the District Major
League. who dropped to fourth
In the ratings. Miss Petit sup
planted Toni Rowe Downey, who
for three straight years prior,
ruled the women. Mrs. Downey
skidded to 10th.
Gerald Stair, one OF the most
active duckpinners in the coun-
try last season. landed second in
making the rankings for the FIRST
time, nosing out Guy Andes,
among the leading tournament
performers.
A surprise second among the
women was Ann Habercom, less
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-10
By BiII Fuchs

There is nothing like golf for
the handicapped. a couple OF am
putee Army officers stationed at
Walter Reed will testify.
Capt. Albert P. Clark Of Ports
mouth. N. H.. who lost his left
arm as a result Of mortar fire in
Korea. and 1t. Joe Avans Of East
Point. Ca. who underwent am
putation of his left leg because
Of a tumor. agree the game is
terrific"
Both officers will play in the
sixth National Amputee tourna-
ment, a 36-hole event, August
20 and 81 at Royal Oak. Mich.
Possibilities Unlimited. q non
profit organization for the adj
vancement Of amputees. Is the
sponsor.
Clark. who was wounded in
August. 1850. took UP golf in the
spring Of 1858.
Says Golf Is Wonderful.
Golf is wonderful" he says.
tits one game you have to do
yourself. You are not dependent
on any one: your score depends
entirely on YOU"
Clark uses left-handed clubs
and utilizes a back-swing in re-
verse. He shoots in the low COS.
Avans has played golf since
his father gave him q set of
clubs for his third birthday. He
shoots in the sos.
1--WE always loved the game, .
he says. But ] thought for
sure my golf career was ended.
Then one night I was riding
around in Virginia with a friend
OF mine. He suggested we hit
couple at q driving range. I
tried hitting while supporting
myself on crutch. but I couldn't
do any good. SO ! threw the
crutch down and hit the ball
without 1t. ! found out didn't
need the crutch and right now
! guess / play as well on one
leg as ! did on two"
Army Uses Handicapped Men.
A 6-foot-3. 34-year-old veteran
Of Is years Of Army life. Avans
plans to remain in the service.
He is married and has o 2
year-old daughter.
Clark, q years old and single,
Is no longer a patient. He is a
supply officer.
THE way the Army feels about
it," Clark says, lis that if you
can perform your duties you can
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y Y
team. all the while hoping his
players will make q liar Of
him Cleaned up. 1t goes
something like this:
'Lookit that Pierce Throw
ing like an old woman q. At
taboy, Bill. walk him Il. !. That's
Just dandy He isn't going to
last the first inning /. That's
fine. that's fine-walk Busby and
now hang up q curve for Vernon
to hit &. Well. what happened?
4. Got Runnels to fly out e. /.
Oh. oh, oh. lookit him give
SEWERS that nice fat one q. !.
Outa the park -. What'd tell
you Pierce is throwing like
he's pitching against the married
men ct q picnic -. That's our
star pitcher. :. our hero"
You'd surmise correctly from
such anguish that the Senators
grabbed q 80 lead against Bill
Pierce In the first inning !. J. !.
skip now to the third inning,
White Sox batting. Lane talk
ing:
Come on, Johnny. you can't
hit a highlander but maybe you
can hit this soft stuff Stobbs is
throwing, No, guess you can't
5. Pop UP to the shortstop :.
Now we get Marsh. the ALL
American out =. Wish he could
hit like he can field -. Well.
whaddya know? -. A hit !.
Stop the presses.
II told Don johnson I'd buy
him q four-buck steak every time
he got a hit this year :. :.
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Will PIoy in National Tournament
Amputee Officers Find Golf
Is Great for Handicapped

return to duty regardless Of any
handicap"
Avans is still a patient. but is
expected to be returned to duty
within q few weeks.
The Army can be confusing,
though, both men say. Avans. a
World War II veteran Of the
Battle Of the Bulge" is q first
lieutenant, but holds the rank
Of captain in the reserve.
"And I'm just the opposite, I"
Clark says. I'm q captain on
active duty, but q flrst lieutenant
in the reserve"
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Sports Editor Dies

LINCOLN. Nebr., Aug 10 (P).-
Walter Dobbins. 81, sports edi-
tor Of the Lincoln Journal since
1912 and a member of its staff
since 1928. died yesterday after
a long illness. Dobbins was q
charter member Of both the Ma
tional Football Writer'S Asso-
citation and the Football Hall Of
Fame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-10
Forehond Tennis Club
Goes Into Third Place

The Forehand Tennis Club de-
feated Army Navy yesterday at
the Forehand Club. 81, and took
over third place in Section II of
the Mems Interclub Tennis
League.
Edgemoor Is In first place with
a SO record and Chevy Chase
is second at 30.
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Athletics
CONTINUED From Page A-l3.)1

today's meeting. scheduled for
Greenfleld's Office.
Sylk originally said If he
bought the club, he would want
complete control. but yesterday
he indicated that II Roy wants to
stay as a minority stockholder
and q member Of the Board of
Directors. that might be ar
ranged.
Whatever happens at today's
meeting. the final decision must
wait until tomorrow when the
AS Board Of Directors Is slated
to meet. A decision may be made
then on whether to sell to Sylk
and stay or to johnson and Kan
sas City-or perhaps even to
buck the odds against bankruptcy
and try to continue the present
Setup.
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Smith, Mieeli Matched

CINCINNATI, Aug. 10 (P-
Wallace (Bud) Smith, Cincin-
natl lightweight, has been
signed for a 10-round nationally
televised boxing bout against
Welterweight Joe Micelli Of New
York here on September IL.
Promoters Art and Len Wirth
said the fight would be held in
Music Hall.
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than . point behind Miss Petit.
Mrs. Habercom holds the records
for high game and set In the Ma
tional Duckpin Congress cham
pionships, 197 and 400, rolled
two seasons ago.
Mildred Stadtler, third among
the women. is the area women's
match-game champion.
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g o nSe Quent-
" watching o.
Chicago ball
gam D with
him can be
loaded with
c D sion.
profanity and
bitter ohser-s
yations on life
In general. .
Frank Is d
rooter IN re-
verse. so to
speak. who be-
means lack Of
LaQaA
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.BusebulI
Continued From Page A-1so


left with their favorite foe. the
Pirates. Last year Brooklyn
beat Pittsburgh 20 times. This
year the Dodgers stand 1919 with
the last-place club.
Milwaukee has the most games
left. ~, and the most home
games. Is. The Braves also have
the fewest against first-division
clubs, II. But they have to play
IL more with st. Louis and the
Cardinals always have been tough
for Milwaukee.
Nine games remain between
the Giants and Dodgers, six of
them in Brooklyn. The Giants
also have II left with fourth
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WOMEN,

The following bowlers are siven an
honorable mention because their aver
ages exceeded the 20 ranking bowlers
but they did not bowl the required mum.
ing:
Honorable mention: virginia siegel,
Anita Trott, Ingomar (Hing) Moen,
cross. Jean Moser. Emma Bourne, Ruth
King Helen Ford. Louise Vance. Lucy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-10

BOSTON. Aug. 10. - Frank
Lane. explosive general mama
ger Of the White Sox. wears his
emotions on the surface. !.