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The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
THE KEY WEST cITIzENPaqe s
Tuesday. September 70 1854
TWOSoldiers
Close Together

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. "a
Johnny Zerby and Harry Boob
grew up together in Pa.
County, Pa.
Sunday they died together thou
sands of miles away in a ferry
boat capsized by a savage typhoon
in northern Japan.
In a terse report from the Army
yesterday listing American sevice
men known to have died when the
feryboat overturned were:
Pvt. John W. Zerby, 21, SON of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Zerby,
Sping Mills, Pa.
Pvt. Harry E. Boob, n, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clair E. Boob.
Aaronsburg, RID, /, Pa.
Their homes are only seven
miles apart.
In Japan they were stationed
almost as close for many months
yet neither knew the other was
there.
Relatives and friends of both
soldiers never knew the proximity
of the two friends in their over
seas assignments-not until the
casualty list came through.
John was a Gregg Twp. Vocation
al School graduate. He repaired
farm equipment for a hometown
company. He entered the service
in March 1853 and went overseas in
November 1853.
Harry worked on farms near his
home. He entered the service IN
December 1852. Soon after he was
sent to Japan.
John had brother and a sister.
Harry had four brothers and four
sisters.
In a letter received from Harry
last Saturday, the boy told his
father he would be home within 40
days. He said he didn't want to
miss hunting season.
John also wrote his parents
recently saying he would be home
very soon.
In their many letters, neither
soldier mentioned the other as
being stationed nearby.
ITO think that they didn't even
know they were that close and we
had no idea either" said Mrs.
Zerby.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Beach Master OF VXl Tells What Involved In Sapane Operations Nay

ent parts are eliminated from the
aircraft.
The landing gear is one of the
heaviest units of an airplane and
when retracted takes up 4 lot Of
much needed space.
Also, seaplanes need no costly
paved runways. Unlimited landing
areas are available. And from the
commercial viewpoint, most large
cities are built closer to a naviga-
BILE waterway than to an airport.
Operation Here
Squadron VX-1 operates the only
seaplanes based in Key West and
knows the advantages as well as
the disadvantages Of operating this
type of aircraft.
With seaplanes gaining in favor
militarily and speculation increas-
ing as to the feasibility of water
based commercial airliners, 1t
seemed 10 be a good idea to ask
the VX-1 Beaehmaster just what
is involved in Bleaching and launch
ing seaplanes.
William H. Rock ABB, VX-1
Beachmaster, works most frequent
ly with the squadron's PSM Mar
tin Marlin seaplanes but has hand
led other types as well. Here are
the questions asked him and his
answers.
Questions And Answers
@. How do you launch q sea.
plane?
A. The seaplane sits on the
ramp on detachable wheels. Lines
from the aircraft are reeved to
buoys out in the water on each
side of the plane. Tractors pulling
back on these lines force the air.
plane to move forward to the water
on its detachable wheels. A third
tractor holds a line at the stern
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28

Of the plane to check the launch
ing speed and keep the PROV of the
seplane heading forward. When the
plane Is In the water the wheels
are removed and retrieved by
swimmers.
q. How many men are requir-
ed to launch q seaplane?
A. Six in all. Three tractor
drivers, two SINNERS, and a beach
master.
q. How long does It take to
launch q seaplane?
A. About S minutes.
q. How does beaching the plane
differ?
A. It's about the same only in
reverse. The system, by the way,
is called the Pan American sys-
tenn of bleaching and launching. At
ter landing, the crew of the plane
hooks on to q buoy in the middle
Of the two previously mentioned
and then the launching process is
reversed. Swimmers float out the
wheels to the plane when it is in
shallow water, and the aircraft is
pulled up on the ramp tail first.
q. How long does the beaching
take?
A. Usually about 10 minutes.
q. How many men?
a. We use an extra tractor
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28
Texas COP
Asks Help

DALLAS Up - Each Of the Z, ,o09
persons who voted in the Repub-
lican primary July "a has been
asked to help with a door-to-door
campaign to get more COP votes
in the November general election.
Republicans say they expect.
some 1900 to respond TO the party
call on behalf of two Dallas can
didates. Each will be asked to en-
list the support of IL friends.
Republican Bruce Alger opposes
former Mayor Wallace Savage in
the race for Congress for the seat
now occupied by Rep J. Frank
Wilson. The other Republican can
didate, Grover HART. seeks a coun-
ty judgeship.
Dallas County cast about 10000
votes in the Democratic primary.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28

driver on the bail for Bleaching.
That makes seven.
q. Is it difficult to train 4 sea-
plane handling crew?
A. Oh yes. Some seaplanes
handle differently than others be-
cause of configuration. The same
plane handles differently because
of differences in tide and winds.
A good crew takes a long time to
train. They must be very familiar
with the beachmaster's signals and
work as a team. They must under
stand tides, winds, and currents.
And they've got to know seaplanes.
@. How do you feel about the
advantage versus disadvantage
part of Seaplanes?
A. 1t is true it takes more men
and time to handle a seaplane but
that seems to be the only disad-
vantage. Seaplanes can operate
from forward areas without air
fields. They can land in the mid
die of an ocean if necessary. They
can carry bigger payloads then the
same size landplane. We have
found fewer maintenance problems
and better safety record.
It looks like the seaplane is here
to stay. It's future will be inter.
esting to watch.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28

Bombay tenements average more
than seven persons to a room, q
United Nations survey reveals.
The Key West citizen., 1954-09-28

The duck hawk can fly at IS
miles per hour and in dives can
register up to 180 miles per hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-29
Department Makes
Antitrust Progress,
BrowneII Asserts

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Attor-
ney General Herbert Brownell
said yesterday his department..
by its deeds-is refuting pre-
dictions that the Republican
administration would prosecute
few, If any, antitrust cases.
He said the Justice DEPART
ment has filed 20 new cases-11
civil and 10 criminal-in the
year since Republicans took the
reins.
These new cases. Mr.. Brownell
told the anti-trust law section Of
the New York State Bar Asso-
citation, are "aimed at making
real strides toward cracking
restraints on market entry and
controls over price,"
He said the department also
has made progress in winding
up old cases. getting court de-
cisions In IL cases. Diminishing
3 cases and ending ~ others
by consent judgments or &C
ceptance Of mo contest" pleas.
Targets Are Concentrated.
His policy has been to con-
centrate the departments fire
on price, fixing agreements allo-
cations Of customers and boy
colts. Mr.. Brownell said.
Biggest headaches connected
with ANTITRUST matters for every
one concerned, Mr.. Brownell said
are the delays in litigation and
uncertainties surrounding exist
ing laws.
He said the department il
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making a two-pronged attack on
these problems:
/. BY trying to shorten trials
in various ways, such as by get
ting parties to agree to undis-
puted facts SO time won't be
wasted discussing them in court.
2. BY his appointment last
year of a national committee to
study the antitrust laws and
their application. A report is
due this fall.
Would Serve rs Guide.
It should point the way for a
selection Of cases to be prose-
cuted and provide "a practical
business guide to those who strive
to live within the law" Mr..
Brownell said.
Stanley N. Barnes, head Of the
departments antitrust division,
told the association an expert
mental policy now Is to seek ne
gotiated consent judgments with
prospective defendants before
flling complaints.
This applies only to civil anti
trust cases, he noted.
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1000 to Be Loid orr
By FoirchiId Aircraft
BY the Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan.
29.-The Fairchild Aircraft Di-
vision announced yesterday it
is laying off 1000 employees
about 10 per cent Of the working
force-and that many more fur
loughs are planned.
A spokesman said the 1000
layoffs would be spread through
next week. No date was given
for future furloughs.
The company blamed a slow
down in production of C-119
Flying Boxcars for the Air Force.
1t said orders for the troop and
cargo transport had been spread
over a longer period than origi-
nally scheduled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-29
Britain Schedules
.s..s1 as a,slsr--,.
Trade Talks With
; Red Satellites
By the Asseelassd Pros.

LONDON, Jan. 20. - Britain,
striving to step up commerce in
non-strategic materials with
Iron Curtain countries, soon will
open official trade talks with
Communist Hungary, Poland and
CzechoSlovakia.
A spokesman for the Board Of
Trade said today discussions
with q Hungarian delegation will
open In London in March. Brit
ain broke OF earlier talks. in
1949 after the Hungarians jailed
British businessman Edgar SAM
derS on spy charges. He was re-
leased last August.
A Polish mission is slated to
come to London soon to discuss
renewal Of q flve-year trade and
financial agreement which ex-
pired last December 81.
British government represen-
tatives have agreed to 60 to
Prague to discuss renewal Of q
five-year agreement with Czecho-
Slovakia. The old pact expires
next June 80.
In the past Britain exported
mainly textiles and manufac-
tured goods to these countries.
In return, Poland and Czecho-
slovakia sent timber. meat. eggs
and other foodStuffs. Hungarian
exports to Britain were mostly
grain.
Delegations Of private British
businessmen presently are in
Moscow to survey the prospects
Of increased trade with the So
VietS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-29
Ad and Publishing
Groups Probed by
Justice Department
By the Assoeiossd Pres.

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-Assist-
ant United States Attorney Cen
eral Stanley M. Barnes says the
Justice Department is conduct
ing twin probes Of advertising
and newspaper publishing asso-
Citations.
Mr.. Barnes. chief Of the de.
partment's antitrust division
spoke yesterday at the nth an
nual meeting Of the New York
State Bar Association. After
ward. he was asked by a news
man If an investigation were
under way in respect to the
newspaper and advertising bust
ness.
'There is an investigation on
that which has to do with GER
tain aspects of newspaper pub
lishing," Mr.. Barnes said, add
ing:
ut has not yet progressed into
a full-scale investigation and
there has not yet been any de-
termination or any grand jury
action. I can't say what it Is
about, except to say that it
exists"
Mr.. Barnes said the if1veSti-
cation was the outgrowth Of
complaints received by the JUS
tice Department. He would not
state their source.
When asked If advertising as
sociatiolls were involved, Mr..
Barnes replied, Every frequently
one investigation runs over into
another investigation. It's a
board investigation, not limited
to any one area"
He declined to name any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-29

groups or associations but said
Elisha Hanson, Washington at
torney for several publishers
associations. had conferred with
him in connection with the
probe. Mr.. Hanson is general
counsel for the American News
paper Publishers Association.
George c. Biggers, president
Of Atlanta Newspapers, Inc.
which publishes the Journal and
Constitution, is ANPA president.
Cranston Williams is ANPA gen.
eral manager.
In Atlanta, Mr.. Biggers said:
"As president Of the ANPA, I
have no knowledge of our asso-
citation having maintained any
practices that violate the Sher-
man Antitrust Act.
II am aware that the Depart
ment Of Justice is investigating
advertising and publishing asso-
Citations and the ANPA is one of
them"
At a board meeting February
3, Mr.. BiggerS said, 1--WE will dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-29
Daily Newspapers
Circulation Rose 10
Al-Time High in IS
sy The Assoeiussd Press

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-Editor
and Publisher. newspaper trade
publication. says daily newspa-
per circulation In this country
reached an all-time high In 1853
almost 541a million.
The magazine, In this weeks
issue out today, said the years
end found 1,7e5 dailies In, the
United States-a decline Of one
from the previous year.
The trade magazine said its
figures came from statistics COM
piled annually by the Editor and
Publisher international year
book, to be issued late in Febru-
airy.
The publication gave the fol-
lowing breakdown:
An increase Of 521 ,671 in the
number Of copies sold daily by
newspapers, setting a new high
Of 54.472.286 net paid copies.
An increase Of daily circula-
ton by 81 per cent, with morn
ing papers having the edge. The
circulation for 1927 morning pa
pers rose to 21.412.474 copies, an
increase Of 252,947 or IL per
cent.
A circulation increase Of $685.
724 among 1,458 daily evening
papers. bringing their total daily
circulation to 33.O59.8l2.
A loss Of 50 per cent In SUM-
day circulation, the total for 544
papers being 45,948,554-a de-
cline Of 261 ,582.
OF all the dailies in the Nation,
1.043 were in cities with less than
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First Funeral Fails;
Chief Participant
Discovered Missino


CONEGLIANO, Italy, Jan. 20.
Funeral services for 44-year-
old Gioconda Nardi had to be
held for the second time yes
terday. She died almost a month
ago.
Her coffin was taken to the
cemetery on January 2 with
mourners and q burial service.
It wasn't until yesterday that
some one discovered the body
had not been placed in the cof-
nm. It had stayed in the morgue.
A second burial was conduct
ed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-29
Production Snags Delay
Trial Of Polio Vaccine

Because Of production delays
in the manufacture Of the trial
polio vaccine. Nationwide tests
are expected to get under way
In late March or early April,
Basil O'Connor. president Of the
National Foundation for Infan-
tile Paralysis. said today.
MIR. O'Connor added that
while production problems have
postponed the date for the start
Of the trials, we plan to innocu-
late q sufficient number Of chill
dren before June to determine
the value Of the product"
It had been hoped that the
injection Of school children
taking part in the tests could
be started In February.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-29
Landslide in Italy
Perils More Homes
By the Assoeiated Press

MODENA, Italy. Jan. ga
huge slow-moving landslide
inched toward more doomed
rural homes near here today
after crushing its eighth house
In two days. Nobody has been
hurt so far. however.
Heavy rains loosed the vast
mass Of mud and rock. a mile
and half wide and 20 feet deep,
from Mount Boschi. It is moving
forward at the rate of a yard an
hour. More than so persons have
been evacuated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-29

$4,000 population. The small
city papers had a circulation of
$685., 1886.
Thirty-Seven dailies in cities of
more than million population
had o total circulation of 1884,
$50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-29

cuss this matter and q more
complete statement can be made
after the board has a chance to
act
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. .. A-19
20,
Evening star., 1954-04-25
U. S.-French Grape Hybrids
Prolific Varieties Being Tried Successfully
Wherever Standard American Plants Did Well

Lovers of fine fruits will be
hearing more and more about a
family of fruits new to American
gardens-French hybrid grapes.
The superb grapes grown in
France have long been famous
for their delicate flavor, but un-
fortunately they have not been
hardy enough for the United
States: they have been highly
susceptible to diseases like black
rot, downy mildew, powdery mil
dew and anthracnose. Only in
California, with its "Mediter-
ranean" climate, have they and
other European kind succeeded.
The rest of the United States
has had to be content with va
rieties like Concord and Niagara,
the offspring of wild American
vines. That wild parentage, how
ever, gives them hardness and
disease resistance, plus slip
skins" and an agreeable but
none-too- subtle flavor which
fruit breeders call "foxy."
French fruit breeders had been
working for three quarters of a
century to cross their varieties
with ours, to get the American
hardness. vigor, disease-reSiSt-
ance, and especially resistance
to phylloxera, a root pest which
almost wiped out the French
wine industry.
The new French hybridS, gen.
orally speaking, thrive wherever
our standard grapes do, says an
article in Farm Journal. Most
were bred for wine purposes, but
these for table use are thin
skinned, fragrant and honey
sweet. They have a great va
riety of f1avors, from almost neu-
trail to the rich, delicious flavor
of the true MuScat (the finest
white raisin grape).
The new French hybridS are
very prolific, some even bear a
bunch or two while roofing in
Evening star., 1954-04-25
Garden Club Activities

TakOma Horticultural Club
will meet tomorrow at 8 pm.
in the auditorium Of the Ia
koma Elementary School. DR..
Clarence S. Ross will show color
pictures Of scenes and wildflow-
ers in New Mexico.
The Garrett Gardeners will
hold a garden mart Saturday
from 10:30 to 3 o'clock at the
Recreation Center. Garrett Park,
Md. Featured will be quality
shrubs, perennials, herbs, baS-
kets and pottery. Refreshments
and luncheon will be available.
Sweepstakes winner of the
fourth annual Hunting Greek
Garden Club daffodil show in
Alexandria recently was Mrs.
Henry Ludwig Of the Fairfax
Garden Club. She received the
Mrs. Howard B. Bloomer. jr.. cup.
Runnerup was Mrs. Robert
Wheat of the Hunting Creek
Club.
other results included: Best bloom in
show. Mrs. Henry Ludwig. Fairfax; best
arrangement, Mrs. B. S. Killmaster
Hunting Greek: novelty class. Mrs. Rob-
ert Wheat. novice class. Mrs. John H.
Rust. Falrfax; best by child 8 to II,
Jackie Micholson; IL to 16. Jane Gun
nell; best arrangement by child l3 to
lS Judy Beverly; inter-club invitation,
Mrs. Frank Mann. Yates; daffodil chair
mems glass. Mrs. Richard c. Marshall,
Alexandria.
LuxmanOr Garden Club will
meet Wednesday at 8:15 pm. at
the home Of Mrs. H. o. Willier,
Lux Lane, co-hostesses Mrs.
John A. Upton and Mrs. r. H.
Stinchfleld. Program: Talk,
Evening star., 1954-04-25

Tree Surgery" Ray Gustin, Jr.
A garden forum with DR.. r. j.
Haskell as moderator will be
featured by the Beltsville Garden
Club and the citizens association
in joint session Wednesday eve
ming at Beltsville Elementary
School. Other specialists reply
ing to questions will include DR..
A. Leon Havis, fruits; DR.. j. s.
Cooley, ornamentals; DR.. Myron
Anderson, soil fertility; Robert
Wester. vegetables. The public
is invited.
The Garden Section of the
WOman'S Community Club of
Kensington will meet with Mrs.
E. Gayhart, 9732 Bexhill drive
at IL noon tomorrow. The pro-
gram includes a tour of several
Kensington gardens.
"Why Birds Leave Home" will
Evening star., 1954-04-25

be the topic Of a talk by DR..
Irston Barnes at the American
University Park Garden Club
session on Tuesday at 8 pm.
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w. Lentz, 1896 Brandywine
street NV.
Evening star., 1954-04-25

the nursery. In rich soil they
develop a partial crop the second
year, although most growers
pinch off punches until the third
year.
The new French hybrids are
being grown now in gardens and
vineyards from Oregon to Ala
bama and from Ontario to New
Mexico. They should be set out
early in the spring, sprayed and
kept free of weeds. If they bear
too heavily, pinch off some
punches, for some kinds bear
themselves to death. It's best to
try three or four varieties to see
which are best suited to your
climate and soil.
Evening star., 1954-04-25
Many Hybrids Succeed
For Home Gardeners

Many hybrid vegetables with
extra vigor and other desirable
qualities are gaining favor.
George r. williams, associate
horticulturist at vPI. says the
tender hybrid sweet corn. Golden
Criss Bantam, is tops. Hybrid
tomatoes are well represented by
big Boy"
Hybrid onion seed also is avail
able. Gardeners like to grow
their own winter onions relying
on the hybrids. It takes very
early planting.
The Burpee hybrid cucumber
is another favorite.
Evening star., 1954-04-25
Use for Glass Jars

Convert empty gallon glass
jugs into miniature greenhouses.
Soak a piece of cord in kerosene
and tie it around the. jug near
the bottom. Set the cord afire
and, when it burns out, quickly
dip the jar in cold water. The
bottom will drop out. Leave the
caps on the jugs as long as
there is danger of frost, but take
them off on warm days to per-
NIT ventilation.
Evening star., 1954-04-25

Pohick Garden Club will meet
Wednesday at Blue Horizon,
home Of Mrs. Franklin Karns Of
Lorton. A lecture on soil con-
servation will be followed by tea.
Evening star., 1954-04-25

The first black-eyed variety of
pansy was found growing as q
chance seeding in a clump of
HeathS more than a century ago.
Evening star., 1954-04-25

Tree Surgery" Ray Gustin, Jr
Evening star., 1954-04-25
PROOF By FREE
DEMONSTRATIONS!

Don't take our word for it. Compare perform
anoe by a FREE demonstration, on your own
ground, under your own conditions. Compare the
Gravely with any other small tractor you will
agree the Gravely is the hnest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02

Lure Of Thomson BAT
Makes Braves Slice
Into Top Mound Staff
BY the Associated Press

MILWAUKEE,. Feb. 1.-The
Braves, tradingest club in base
ball this winter. sliced into the
best pitching staff in the Ma
tional League yesterday to OBJ
tain the long-distance hitting Of
the Giants Bobby Thomson.
To get the 30-year-old OUT
fielder and Catcher Sam Calder
one, the Braves had to give up
two left-handed pitchers, john
ny Antonelli and Don Liddle,
Catcher Ebba St. Clair and Billy
Klaus. a rookie inflelder, plus an
undiSclosed amount of cash.
Bobby Thomson definitely Is
my left fielder" Manager Char
lie Grimm said after the Braves
second big trade of the winter.
He added that Thomson's addi-
ton definitely gives us chance
for the pennant."
In an earlier trade this winter,
the Braves landed Inf1elder
Danny O'Connell from Pitts
burgh for Sid Gordon and Max
Surkont, four other players and
a stable chunk of cash.
Three Played for MDW.
Oddly, three of the key figures
in the two trades-Antonelli,
Calderone and O'Connell-
played service baseball together
for the Military District of
Washington team. composed Of
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NorvoIBoptie, FobuIousSkoter,
Sees Breaks Turn Bad at IS

ents moved to Bathgate, N. OAK,
and nine years later he won his
first race. and $40, which he took
home to his mother. During the
next 40 years Baptie was to win
more than 5000 races. set count
less records-many of which sur
vive-pioneer in figure skating
entertainment. invent the type
of skate now used by all of the
ice entertainers and become per-
haps the outstanding figure of
all time in the skating world.
Cheerful About Chances.
about that left foot" Baptie
was saying, II may lose only the
little toe. In that case can
still get along as a teacher"
His face lit up with a grin and
few minutes later he babe me
cheerful goodby.
I'd give a lot to report today,
three weeks after our visit, that
Norval Baptie. game little Scot
whose generosity throughout his
life has matched his earnings,
was up and doing again.
just learned, however, that
his left leg was amputated above
the knee this morning, and the
great little skater has been put
on the critical list"