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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12
Worth About $4,000 Noic
BY JOHN .. KNOX

BOSTON R-Fifty thousand dol.
lars for a scrap of paper! A scrap
of paper a poverty-haunted Boston
widow may have given or thrown
away.
Such might be the collectors
price today for a letter written
in 1864, one of the most poignant
letters Abraham Lincoln ever
.penned.
In this, the Goth year since Il
was written, authorities on the life
iof the Civil War President now
feel that the mystery surrounding
the disappearance of Lincoln S
letter to the widow Bixby may
never be solved.
While search for originals of
some Lincoln documents still con-
tinueS, DR.. Robert E. Moody, direc.
tor of Boston University libraries
housing one of the most extensive
assemblageS of Lincoln material,
cautions against paying out good
money for anything supposedly
signed by Lincoln. Consult an
expert first, he says.
Boston University'S Lincoln
Room holds the combined Lincoln
collections of Edward C. Stone
and IF. Lauriston Billiard. Yet
even in the B. U. collection, DR..
Moody points out, there are sew.
eral documents recognized now as
forgeries.
No signature, says DR.. Moody,
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3 Indicted For
Bird Import

LOS ANGELES U - A federal
grand jury has indicted three men
on charges of importing parakeets
Illegally. Health authorities say
many Of the birds have died 81
parrot fever.
Some 100 parakeets were de.
stroyed when tests showed they
were infected, Carl F. White, US.
customs collector, said yesterday.
Warnings were sent to 30 persons
who had been In contact with the
birds, he added. They were urged
to take NEGOTIATIONS Of antihiotics.
Those indicted yesterday were
George A. Emerson, head Of the
wild animal department at q film
studio; George r. Todd. San Diego
businessman; and Nicholas A.
Spicuza. also of San Diego.
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COUPLE SPLITS
MANSION QUARTERS

SANTA MONICA, Calf. R-Ac.
tress Miss Mcclure and her es-
tranged hubby, oil executive Harry
S. Rothschild, have signed an
agreement by which they viii live
! in separate parts of their $1S5, 200
Beverly Hills mansion until her
divorce suit comes up for hearing
Feb. 10. Neither is to modest the
other.
Miss McClure's suit alleges cruel.
ty. She and RothSchild have been
warning over occupancy of the
home since they separated Jan. 4.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12
Hal Boyle
Says

that simple giriish goal help make
your home life more PEACEFUL"
Beauteous Arlene Francis viii
act as editor-in-chief of the pro-
gram. Assisted by = staff of OK.
perts, she'will give illustrated hints
to the American housewife on how
to raise children or petunias, how
to take spots off the family dog OF
her husbands necktie, how to cook
better meals, both with and with.
out a can opener. And, naturally,
how to be more charming.
Even a crime program today
has to teach 4 housewife how to
hold a gat in a charming manner
If it wants to get real rating.
Personally. we wish Miss Francis
luck in TVS greatest challenge so
far-the building OF perfect wives,
of which every man could use at
least one.
And for a starter, we'd like to
see her tackle and solve a few
typical old household problems,
such as:
The wife who insists on getting
something out of the medicine
chest while her husband is shaving,
and uses his razor to cut paper. -.
the wife who won't roll the tooth
paste tube from the bottom. -.
the wife who can't make I'D her
mind on colors while hubby is mix
/, ing the paint. %.
The two-bathroom family in the
one-bathroom house. -. the
neighbor wife who Furnishes her
children if they are destructive in
her own home but not if they turn
your house into a city dump. -.
the wife who leaves her bobby pins
all around the wash basin and
lyowls when hubby splashes water
and gets them rusty. -.
The wife who e.. (fill out your
own list, boys, and mail them to
Miss Francis. She'll help you.)
Of course, some husbands create
household problems, too. But even
television hasn't figured a way vet
Ito improve the American husband.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12

NEW YORK M-Many people
complain about what television has
done to American home life.
But what can television do for
home life? Can it, for example,
give every American home what II
deserves most-the better house
wife?
Yes, can television take an or
binary scrubby bride and mold her
into the kind of wife she yearns
to be--a charming, informed, all
around woman worthy Of travelling
down life's rocky road shoulder to
shoulder with that fine fellow, the
average American husband?
Well, television is going to try.
It is already a guest in your liv-
ing room. Soon it viii be a guest
who tells your wife how to make
that living room look less GRUMPY,
and how she herself can also look
less cru -. ! mean ... look more
attractive.
This video adventure in wife ed
|ucation viii be launched March /
via an NBC-TV daily one.hour net
work program called "Home." The
idea is reported to be the personal
brainchild of NBC President Syl-
vester L. Weaver himself, and he
has authorized erection of a $780,
900 set for Home"
The mere announcement Of this
program upset a friend Of mine,
who said he had two objections:
First, l have spent 20 earnest
years trying to improve my wife,
and the only result is that she is
older. How can television do a
better job on her in an hour q day?
The program should be at least
eight hours long, seven days q
week, If it is to teach wives even
half the things they really need
to know.
Second, every wife who watches
that $500, 900 set is going to feel
sooner or later her husband ought
to buy her 4 5000 house. wiz
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original. Penmanship experts
called attention to variations in
these copies" from Lineoln's
handwriting. AND there were diff
lferences in text from the original,
published in the Boston Traveller
after Mrs. Bixby received it.
Despite failure TO find the orig
inal, despite discovery that Mrs.
Bixby did not lose five sons in
the war, the lustre of that most
moving letter of coincidence re-
mains undimmed.
Dear Madam
Il have been shown in the files
of the War Department a state
ment of the adjutant general of
Massachusetts that you are the
mother of five sons who have died
gloriouSly on the field of battle.
Il feel how weak and fruitleSS
must be any words of mine which
should attempt to beguile you from
the grief of a loss so overwhelm-
ing. But / cannot refrain from
rendering to you the consolation
that may be found in the thanks
of the republic they died to save,
81 pray that our Heavenly
Father may assuage the anguish
of your bereavement, and leave
you only the cherished memory
of the loved and lost, and the
solemn pride that must be yours
to have laid SO costly a sacrifice
upon the altar of freedom.
yours very sincerely and re.
spectfully,
"a. Lincoln"
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Youth Enlist Rally Is Held
By Methodist Churches Here

The annual Youth Enlistment
Rally Of all Methodist Churches Ii
Key West was successfully and In
|spiringiy held Wednesday night a;
the Ley Memorial Church, cornes
of Georgia Street and Truman Ave
nue..
Presided over by the Rev. War
rem W. Willis, Florida Conference
director of Youth Work, Methodist
Youth FellowShips, the Enlistment
Rally here was the second Of /:
scheduled to be held In the state
Speaker at all the rallies Is the
Rev. Kenneth G. Rogers, pastor d
the Faith Methodist Church, Gaines
vile, Fla. He spoke here On the
theme, Still He Calls - Other.
Through Me-" Rev. Rogers tall
was highly inspiring and held the
attention Of the youths and others
in attendance throughout its entire
length.
Rally activities began at 8 o.
clock Wednesday evening with q
sandwich supper, the "eats" being
supplied by the youths In attend
ance. A fellowship hour began al
6:45, highlighted by singing and a
|get-acquainted period. It was a.
this time that the four out-of-towr
conference leaders, who accom-.
panied the Revs. Willis and Rogers
to Key West for the rally, were
introduced. All explained the du'
ties Of their offices.
The supper and fellowship hour
were held in the Recreation Annex.
The youths then adjourned 10 the
church for the main event OF the
evening, the Enlistment Rally,
spanked by Rev. Rogers uplifting
talk.
During the rally, Miss 10 Ann
Mullins sang 1.-THE Holy City," &C.
companied on the organ by Mrs.
Thomas Whitley.
Immediately following the rally,
a meeting was held by all fun-time
volunteer workers Of the MYF'e
in Key West.
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vann Anderson, conference vice
president, Box 70, Lakeland, Fla.
was one Of the state leaders at thu
rally here. In the current issue o.
the Tellum, official Florida MYE
organ, Mr. Anderson wrote, "As {
full-tme volunteer worker, ! know
that one Of your main aims is t.
help other people have a rea
Christian experience-to come Il
know Christ better. These rallie:
are a great opportunity for young
people 10 come face TO face with
Christ"
Mr.. Anderson Is attending Flor
ida Southern College.
Other state leaders at the rally
here included:
Mrs. Virginia Sumner, Christian
Witness chairman, 100 Bungalow
Park. University OF Tampa, Tam
Ipa, Fla;
Nancy Lee, Box 70, Lakeland
Fla, student at Florida Southern
College;
Wal Yum Syn, Christian Outreact
chairman, who Is a pre-medicaI
student at the University Of Flor
ida. Native Of Manila, Philippine
Islands, Syn is attending the uni
Iversity under sponsorship Of The
state MYF.
The first Youth Enlistment Rally
was held at Calvary Church il
Lake Worth on Feb. 9. Last nigh
another rally was held in Miami al
the Riverside Church. Tonight a
First Church in Vero Beach, tht
fourth rally gets underway, follow
ed by another at Riverside Parl
Church in Jacksonville on Feb
rs.
Other rallies include:
Live Oak, Feb. 16-First Church
Quincy, Feb. II - Centenary
Church.
Gainesville, Feb. 10 - FRS
Church.
Winter Park, Feb. 10 - FRS
Church.
Tampa, Feb. a $3.50 Palma Ceis
Church.
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Worth about $4,000 Nor
Lincoln Letter 10 Widow Bixby Still Sought

has been forged oftener than Lin.
coins.
That's why DR.. Moody would
regard with caution the supposed
original of Lincoln'S immortal let.
ter 10 the widow Lydia Bixby-
even if the purchaser paid $50, 00O
for it, which DR.. Moody says would
be fair guess at the price such
a document might fetch if it were
authentic. For scores of what are
purported to be Lincoln signatures
are coming to light, but close
examination under infrared rays
reveals many to be tracings, or
penned with modern ink on paper
made later than 1900.
Lincoln took time from over.
whelming duties Nov. 81, 1864, to
write Mrs. Bixby.
AT that time, he and the War
Department, the adjutant general
OF Massachusetts, and Mrs. Bixby
herself, all had reason to believe
her five sons had been killed in
the Civil War.
1t is known now that two-noi
five-were killed in action. A third
may have died a prisoner of war.
More than one Bixby family had
contributed heavily to the Union
armies and similarity in names
may have caused confusion in
reports of deaths.
Almost q years after trace was
lost of the original Bixby letter,
purported facsimiles began to ap,
pear. But those who displayed the
"facsimiles" failed to show the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12

If there are Jumps in your gran
ulated sugar, and you are plan
ming to bake a cake or some cook
les, be sure to sift the sugar before
measuring. In measuring, fill the
cup with sugar to overlooking with
out packing down, then level Off
with the edge of a case knife or
spatula.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12

Empty can Of sliced apples In.
10 . pie plate. Top with crumbs
made from leftover white cake.
add q sprinkiing Of brown sugar
and dot with butter or margarine
Bake in a moderate oven until Rot
through. Good and easy!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12

The famed cedars of Lebanon
are often employed in the Scrip
lures as symbols of power, pros.
perry and longevity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-12

Italy's longest river is the Po-
AIT miles.
Evening star., 1954-06-07

Prices IN This advertisement effective
through Wednesday,, June 2. Also, .
number Of items (merksd with an ester.
isk) included In this advertisement will
be found 10 bs slightly higher in price in
eur virsinio stores due 10 the minimum
Sseis morkvp requirements.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Assault Victim Dies,
Second Alleged Killer
Seized in New York
sy,ths Assoeioisd Press

NEW YORK, June IA
school girl rape victim died yes
terday shortly after her alleged
attacker was jailed without bail
on charges of committing the
assault and three other slayings.
John Francis Roche, q, a
steamfitter. was the first of two
alleged sex-killers seized by po-
lice over the week end. Police
first got their hands on Roche
when he was stopped Saturday
for driving through a red light.
Norman Roye. 18. colored, was
arrested yesterday. Police said
he admitted raping and killing
three colored women.
He aroused suspicious. police
reported, as he. stood on a roof
top munching crackers and
watching detectives examine the
body of his latest alleged victim,
66 year -old Mrs. Isadora
GoomeS.
Grilled IntensIy.
Under intense grilling, police
reported. he admitted strangling
and raping Mrs. Goomes and
two other women.
The most recent victim charged
against Roche was Dorothy West
water, IA. She died four days af-
ter she was raped. stabbed and
bludgeoned in the lower York
vile section of Manhattan.
The Sex-slaying of waitress
Marion Brown. II, April 8, also
was laid to Roche.
Other slayings which police
said he also admitted were the
fatal stabbingS of Mrs. Rose
Chronik. IS. last November is,
and taxi driver Alex Jablonka,
43, on April 16.
Roche was held for a hearing
on June 81.
His arrest astonished acQuaint-
ances at a rooming house where
he once lived and was considered
q "well-mannered" young man.
Five Pennies Stolen.
In grilling Roye, police said
they learned that the crackers he
was eating when first questioned
had been bought with five. pen
Evening star., 1954-06-07
nies stolen from the victims
pockethook.

nies stolen from the victims
pocketbook.
Police said Roye told Of meet
ing Mrs. Goomes as she entered
the building where she lived and
Of throwing q moose around her
neck.
They said the youth demand
ed money and when her purse
produced only five pennies. he
frightened the moose and demand.
ed more. Then "she ;ust died on
me-" Roye was quoted as saying.
He then ravished her lifeless
body, police said.
Similar rape-slaylngs which
police said Roye admitted were
those of Mrs. Margaret Branch,
10, who was attacked in her up
per Manhattan home last Janu-
ary 2. and Mrs. Kathleen Stew
art. whose body was found in the
Polo Grounds on May %.
Roye was booked on charges of
homicide and rape.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Now TCP overcornes
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But this need not happen, since these
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now be overcome by Shell Premium
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Frank {. Foote Dies;
One Of Heirs 10 Fooie
Property in Fairfax

Frank c. Foote, II. one of the
heirs to the S75o,oOO Foote prop
erty in Fairfax County which
was bought by his father after
the Civil War for $500, died Sat-
urday in Mount Alto Hospital.
His father, Frederick F'oote,
ST., a slave born on a farm near
Burke, Va, worked nights on the
Chesapeake g. Ohio Canal to
earn money after his work was
done on the farm. When he
was freed by President Lincoln's
proclamation. he Joined the I'm
ion Army Afterwards he used
his discharge pay and savings to
make the first purchase of land
at Seven Corners.
His will, which prevented his
heirs from selling or leasing any
part of the 33-acre estate, was
broken by Frank Foote and four
brothers and sisters and the land
was sold last year to corpora
ton which plans lrage shop
ping center at Seven Corners. =
Mr.. Foote was born on the
Foote tract of land. He en-
listed in the 9th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry Battalion and fought
in the SpaniSh-American War.
He was a retired Government
employee.
Survivors are his widow, Dalla
Jackson F'oote; a son, Edward
Reginald, both of the home ad-
dress, 1407 Lee highway, Falls
Church, Va; two sisters, Mrs.
Virginia F. Jackson, Falls
Church; Mrs. Margaret Victoria
F. Jackson, Accokeek, Md; two
brothers, Forrest B., Lingles-
town, Pa; Joseph S., Cleveland,
and a grandson.
Services will be held at II m.
tomorrow at Fort Myer Chapel.
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
tery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07
6. Edward Proctor, II,
Fairfax County Native

G. Edward Proctor, 70, a life
long Virginia resident. died today
at his home. 2108 Arnold lane,
Falls Church. Va.
Mr.. Proctor had been care
taker for the E. G. Craig grounds
on Sleepy Hollow road, Falls
Church, Va, for about Is years.
Earlier he had worked for the
Fairfax County road depart
ment.
Mr.. Proctor was born near
Herndon. He was a member OF
the Annandale Volunteer Fire
Department and the Junior Or
der Lodge IN Fairfax.
Survivors are his widow, Lena
! B.; three sons. Harvey E.. Ma
nassas; William H., Lincoln, Va;
Philip Henry. Alexandria; three
daughters. Mrs. Grace Reynolds
Fort Hunt. Va; Mrs. Katherine
E. Berryhill, 2107 Arnold lane
Falls Church: Mrs. Minnie Edna
Smith, Springfield, Va; a sis
ter, Mrs. Cassie Thomas, Wash
ington: 80 grandchildren and Ia
great-grandchildren.
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Wrephoto
Precipitation tonight will confined to rain
the North Pacific Coast light urries
over parts of Maine the Central Rockies will be
colder over Rockies Of Southern New England
and cold the of the East Mer weather
will return to the central portions Of the South
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f1ation and then later by help
ing to avoid deflation."
He said major tax reductions
and revisions, the ending of price
and wage controls, better man
agement of the Federal debt and
other measures were helping
sustain the economy, increase
employment and production"
Advice Followed.
In these monetary policies,
Mr.. HUMPHREYS declared, 1--WE
have in fact been following the
policies advocated by your pre-
decessor subcommittee that
as stated in the Douglas report
Of January, 1850. in language
reaffirmed in the Patman re-
port of June, 1952-'appropriate
vigorous and co-ordinated none
tary, credit and fiscal policies
should constitute the Govern
ment's primary and principal
method of promoting full en-
ployrnent and avoiding economic
instability"
Mr. Clark said yesterday Every
great damage has been done" to
the economy by IAN unhappy
experiment with repressive
monetary policy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07
Narcotics Charges
Against Doctor and
Nurse Dismissed

United States Commissioner
Cyril S. Lawrence yesterday dis
missed, at the request of the
Government. charges against q
doctor and his nurse that they
Illegally dispensed narcotics.
Freed were DR.. Louis P. Levitt.
So, of $3.50 Linnean avenue NV.
and Mrs. Hazel A. McKeever.
80, of the 200 block Of Rhode
Island avenue NE.
Assistant United States At
torney Joel D. Blackwell pre-
sented the Governments request
for the dismissals. The United
States grand jury ignored the
charges against Mrs. McKeever
on November Is. She was ar
raigned before Commissioner
Lawrence November 8 and was
released under $1,000 bond for
another hearing yesterday.
The Government requested a
dismissal IN DR.. Levltt'S case
since he already had pleaded
guilty to and had been sentenced
to Jail for a violation of the
Uniform Narcotics Act in Mu-
nicipal Court. Violation Of the
act by a physician is tantamount
to revocation of his license to
practice.
United States Attorney John
c. Conliff. jr., said that DR..
Levitt, in a letter to the COM
mission of licensure, made no
plea for review of his case and
that he verbally had agreed to
revocation of his license.
DR.. Levitt was sentenced on
November "a to a $500 fine or,
in lieu of that, $50 days in Jail.
He paid the fine.
Yesterday through a misunder-
standing with court officials The
Star enormously said DR.. Levitt's
sentence was a year in Jail plus
the fine but that it was then
reduced to years probation.
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The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Fair and
cold tonight with low about 20 in
the city and Is in the suburbs,
Fair tomorrow and not as cold in
the afternoon.
Internationally fair to-
night and tomorrow, but occa-
sional snow flurries in the Ale
ghenies. Low tonight 10-15 in
west and 1920 in east portions,
Not as cold tomorrow afternoon
Virginia - Generally fair to-
night and tomorrow, but occa-
sional snow flurries in the higher
mountains. Low tonight 10-1s
in west and 1922 in east por-
tions. Not as cold tomorrow
afternoon.
Wind-Mostly northwest, 15-
Is miles per hour.
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5-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, December 8-12.
Temperatures will be ST. de-
grees below the normal high Of
as and low of 81. Cold tomor-
row, warmer Thursday and FRI
day, cold again over the week
end. Rain or snow about Friday
totalling one fourth inch.
Road conditions as compiled
by the American Automobile
| Association from teletype re-
ports:
Southwest-Via U. S. 20 and
u. S. II: Occasional slippery
spots.
West-Via Pennsylvania Turn
pike: West of Reading, ice and
snow spots. Snow flurries
through the day.
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Humphrey Says Treasury
Followed Democrats Advice

Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey said today the Eisen-
hover administration has been
following policies designed to
promote high employment, ris-
ing production and stable dol
lar"
Monetary policies since the
Republicans came into office two
years, Mr.. Humphrey said, were
advocated by Democratic-led
congressional committees in re-
ports made in 1850 and 1852.
The Secretary referred to
predecessors of the subcommittee
on economic sterilization OF a
Senate House Committee on the
Economic Report. before which
he testified today. The earlier
reports were made by Senator
Douglas, Democrat. Of Illinois
and Representative Patman,
Democrat, of Texas.
Argument Over Bond Issue.
During the hearing, Mr.. Hum
phrey heatedly argued with
Democrats on whether 81 bill
lion bond issue in May, 1858, at
an increased interest rate was
necessary for the Treasury or a
"windfall'' for big buyers.
Representative Putnam brought
up the bond issue on which the
Treasury raised the interest rate
from ga per cent to 3A per
cent. He declared that in his
opinion the Treasury was not
| justified in borrowing money at
that time and that. in any event.
the higher rate was excessive" y
Somebody got an awful wind
| fall" Mr.. Patman added.
There's nothing personal. Mr.,
Secretary. I'm not charging you
did it deliberately"
Secretary Humphrey. appar-
emily angered, retorted:
'"That bond issue was open to
everybody. There were plenty
| in the market for weeks. No
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-AP Wirephoto
Based on Market Conditions.

body was deprived of a chance
to buy"