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The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-06-12
M A. Degrees
Conferred On
Three Leaders

2 HAMPTON, va.-Hamp-
ton Institute conferred upon
Vincent j. P. Connolly, New
York City, N. Y, Assistant
to the Treasurer of the
Board of Trustees of Hamp-
ton Institute; Don A. Davis,
Sr., Hampton, Va, Business
Manager of Hampton Insti-
tute and Robert Ogden Pur-
yes, New York City, N. Y,
chairman of the Hampton
Institute Board of Trustees,
the degree of Master of
Arts ad eundem during the
84th commencement exer-
cises of the historic Virgin
la college.
The recipients of the de-
grees were presented to DR..
Alonzo G. Moron, president
of Hampton Institute by DIR.
Mary P. Holleran, dean of
faculty. In reading the hon
or brought to the college by
Vincent j. P. Connolly, the
dean stated, "Your work in
the management of the
Hampton Institute Endow-
ment account was so out
standing that you were
elected to the special posi-
ton of Assistant to the
Treasurer of the Board of
Trustees and in this position
you have watched carefully
over every investment of
our endowment and special
funds" Connolly was also
praised for his skill and
success in receiving an av-
erage of five percent return
on the invested funds IF tho
college and for being di.
rectly involved in increas-
ing the colleges endowment
by more than three million
dollars or by forty-one per-
cent of the basic endow-
ment.
Don A. Davis, ST., Bust
ness Manager of the college
in being awarded his de-
gree, was cited for his long
and interesting career as an
employee of Hampton Insti-
tute. It was pointed out that
he began his work as full
time clerk in the treasurer's
office in 1910. He rose sue
cessfully from this position
through the ranks of book
Keeper, cashier, head-book-
keeper, comptroller, and in
1913 became Business Man.
ager with responsibilities
for the business operations
OF the college. Davis, Sr.
was thanked for the aid he
mad been to the college dur
ing times of Illustration and
despair. He was told, "you
made significant contribu-
tons to the maintenance of
SIaII morale and pride in
our college"
Robert Ogden Pruves.
chairman of the Board of
Trustees, a member of the
third generation of a fami-
ly whose contributions to
Hampton Institute have
been many and varied, was
also awarded the Master of
Arts Degree. He was cited
for his part in rendering in
valuable service during the
recent endowment campaign.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24
THE CITIZEN GOES BEHIND THE HEADLINES
AGAIN TO PHILOSOPHER A BIT

Senator Hunt Is Found Shot In His Office" Front
page headline in Saturdays issue of The Citizen.
Senator Hunt committed suicide We with normal
minds bring ourselves to understand to the ultimate
detail how a deliberately take his own lfe
1t has been argued, pro and con, whether or not
man sane when he commits suicide Instances have
been given of and who conversed logically
moment before they ended their lives That truth has
led some to maintain that people have killed them
selves when they were sane.
But their minds not sound. They were sane to
the extent of being able to talk sensby but while
they spoke they obsessed by thought that con-
stanty preyed their minds during their waking hours
And when they woke out of Sleep this ever-pounding
thought the first thing that into their conscious
ness.
The thought became an obsesson from which they
could not rid themselves They brooded as Senator Hunt
is said to have brooded for several weeks Illness was the
Of his brooding The brooding led to his
ing Tuesday, June 15 that he would run for office
again. That announcement caused uneasiness in his
home state Of Wyoming. normally. Republican state
where he exceedingly popular and had always been
elected, though he Democrat.
Last Saturday he unable further to withstand
the his mind he committed suicide. The
assumption that he had convinced himself he could not
get better and that wiser to die then than suffer
and die later
Probably incurabe diseases have been the cause of
most suicides But many suicide had been good health
Some took their lives because of financial ruin others
various reasons, among them disappointment in love-
But whatever the for peoples taking their
lives you be that they off balance because
OF something that weighed their minds constantly de-
spite how hard they might have tried to stop their brood
ing.
Some suicides have left notes in which they stressed
'he futty of a in regard to life. Their minds were
not sound People of sound minds can't be beaten down
by what may futile the surface They strive and
strive till they the seeming futity man of
backbone meets life to him in keeping with
Longfellows advice Let then be up and doing with
heart for any fate
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24
TO THE PEOPLE OF KEY WEST

Editor, The Citizen:
Why doesn't everyone in this city stop, think and
take look at Police Department these days? be-
eve that they did they would great deal of i'm
provement in the smooth way is being and the way
the morale of the in the department has lifted.
So why not give chief the consideration ne de-
and give credit where credit is due Anyone can
that in the short time he has been acting chief the
decided improvement he has made and with all the con-
troversy and politics he has had to buck, certainly
hasn't been easy job.
So let's give him vote of confidence and let him
know backing him all the way. You have here a
of high integrity and foresight and it's about time
let him know the way feel about what ne has al
ready done while in the job he has He would much
rather work that look him friend rather tnan
as their superior only, who would like to nave
police force he be proud of and credit to our CITY
He's we'll his way to changing the minds of these people
who talked around that he didn't have the education
to hold this position.
To my way of thinking in job like this experience
and understanding Of the responsibility of sucn Joo
should be the deciding factor For he has certainly
that in the way he has conducted himself in the past
months.
So let's back him up and give him the encourage
ment he should have for job, we'll done.
L. E. MITCHELL.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24

water. and where the temperature
may be more than hot enough 10
boil water anyway.
The scientists offered 4 series
OF arguments against q common
concept that the thick bank Of
clouds that entirely envelopes the
planet consists of dust - not Of
water as do the earth's clouds.
Bulwark Of the older concept was
that there is no evidence of water,
in the spectrum of Venus light ~
studied on Earth.
But Mcneil and Whipple said an.
other astronomer has recently
found that the atmosphere above
the Venusian clouds Is too cold to
hold any appreciable water vapor
and this fact, they added, may
explain the failure to find water in
the Venus spectrum - without rui.
ing out the possibility of there be-
ing water in the clouds themselves.
Saying that this satisfies them
that the Venusian clouds are wa.
erlogged, the astronomers de-
clared it must follow that the plan.
ct itself has q lot Of water.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24
New Theory Offered About Planet Venus

IAN ocean of water completely
covers the planet"
And, presumably, the spaceship
itself would have to be equipped
with parking pontoons-or at least
an cupboard motor.
But take heart, you would.be
spacemen. The astronomers said
it may be an ocean of "carbonat-
ed" water - not too bad for, a
sociable Scotch and soda as YOU
pull on the oars.
Because of the large amount
OF carbon dioxide in the Venusian
atmosphere, the ocean would prob
ably consist of settler water, al.
though I daresay it would be rath-
er fat" DR.. Donald Mcneil smil-
ingly told a reporter.
. He and DR.. Fred whipple pre-
scented 4 joint report on the sub.
ject to the annual meeting of the
American Astronomical Society,
convened at the University of
Michigan.
Their concept differs sharply
from q common one that Venus
is an arid desert with little or no
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24
THANK YOU NOTE

Editor The Citizen:
Kindly allow me space in your paper to thank all
who contributed toward making my Retirement Tea"
such memorable success.
First of all, wish to thank the faculty of Truman
and Reynolds Schools who sponsored the idea and gave
it so unstntingy of their time and effort.
To all those kind friends who so lavish with
their kind words and their wish for future happiness
shall always owe debt of grateful appreciation.
Sincerely,
MAY SANDS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24

Of certain city streets for public
transit vehicles, allotting one lane
to public transit buses, and elm
ination Of all street parking on
busy city streets are suggested as
ways to alleviate urban traffic
congestion in an article in Bus
Transportation, McGraw.Hill pub
LEGATION.
Perimeter parking, in conjunc.
ton with park-and-ride plans,
should be provided rather than
parking lots on valuable land
right in the center of cities: the
latter only encourage cars to
come into the business area, thus
adding to the traffic problem.
Park-and.ride, whereby the motor.
ist parks his car some distance
from the city and uses an express
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24

bus for the remainder Of the trip,
would intercept or divert much Of
the city traffic.
Street parking, according to the
article, should be considered as a
privilege rather than q right, and
should be extended only when. 4
street is not needed for moving
vehicles. This would open the way
for an experimental plan, where.
by the curb lane would be assign.
ed exclusively to buses during
rush periods only.
Traffic Diseovrsses Shopping
In the shift Of mass transporta.
ton to the private automobile,
many downtown shopping areas
have lost their ability to attract
crowds of people, mainly beSkuse
they have sacrificed the freedom
of access without which the rest
of their operation cannot function,
the article asserts. If all the bus
riders entering the shopping dis.
trict of st. Louis, for example,
between the hours Of 8 am. and
pm. were to use private auto.
mobiles, they would need 72.0ot
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24

cars "A 10 per cent increase in
the number of autos In the bust
ness district - while 135 miles OF
two-lane roads would be required
to accommodate the cars bumper
to.bumper. As it Is, the buses used
by these people, who comprise
more than II per cent Of those
entering the shopping district,
total less than three and one-half
per cent Of the total vehicles, ac-
cording to a government survey.
1t will require the best efforts
of all segments of the community
- the public, business. and transit
- working together to reach salts
factory balance in terms Of mod
ern trends in urban growth and
development. the article states.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24
Weakening In Indochina, North Atries j:
French Empire Totters On Both Sides OF World

United States but to abandon the
important air bases built here
under agreement with the French.
The United States has three
bases completed and one nearly
completed and already operational
In Morocco, at cost of more than
800 million dollars. The bases were
begun shortly after the Korean
War exploded. The French Der.
mitted 1900 Americans to be based
permanently in Morocco to run the
installations. Almost all are skilled
personnel.
Present plans call for five bases
in Spain to complement the North
African program. This will make
up 4 great single defense complex
"a deterrent TO any overt agrees
siye move by Moscow. There are
an inner ring OF bases in North
Africa, England, Spain and Tur.
key and an outer ring forged by
Iceland, Greenland and the Pacific
area.
American experts say these
rings are 30 formidable Moscow
must keep its air force at 50 per
cent fighters to offset the bomber
threat. The more bases the West
has, the more freedom of action
it has IN time OF war, from the
standpoint Of choosing places from
which to attack. The more bases
the West has, the more Moscow's
AIR deense problems increase, the
more its defenses must be dis.
prsed.
Loss Of Morocco would mean
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24
by WILLIAM /. RYAN
AP Foreign News Analyst


RABAT, French Morocco H -
"Someday some Of you Americans
might get killed here. When that
happens, please - please do not
lose your heads"
These words came to me from
= highly placed person in Morocco
who must otherwise remain I'M
identified.
! asked him to elaborate. He
replied with 4 shrug and the re.
mark: "There are forces here who
want you to lose your heads"
This informant was one Of many
who insist there Is much foreign
influence in the creeping terror in
North Africa, an area which has
come TO be Of strategic importance
to Western defense.
Daily killings Of French and Mo-
roccans are commonplace now.
The objective Of the terror -
whether the influence comes from
local extremists, nationalists, Arab
agents or from all these sources -
Is the same In the French view. II
is 10 keep France off balance in
the area and render it unstable.
Leaving aside the justice or un-
reasonableness of nationalist as.
pirations, instability In North Afri.
ca has grave meaning for the
United States II North Africa, and
particularly Morocco, should blow
up in internal strife? There might
be little choice eventually for the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24

loss of an area within easy strik-
ing distance of strategic targets.
an area whose weather permits
takeoffs all but II days q year.
Communists re outlawed both
in Tunis and Morocco, but there
Is a hard core of 500 Moroccan
Communists, built up by French
Reds with the help Of Frances
Communist dominated labor feder-
alton.
Obviously under orders from out.
side, the Communist party of No
rocco has become supernationalist
more than that, monarchist-in
Its attempts to WOO and infiltrats
the nationalist movement. II re-
fers to His Majesty" Sid NOLAN.
med Ben YouSsef, whose custer
by the French nine months aro
Is the issue which most stirs Mo.
rocco today.
The Communists play constantly
on an ant-American theme, trying
to whip up local and nationalist
sentiment against the United
States.
Intelligent Moroccan leaders re-
alize the Communists, under Sec
retary Ali Yata, are trying to in.
nitrate their ranks. Yet the day
may come when, after long irrit
TONS and terror. alliances Of op-
portunity may lure some Of the
more extreme elements. And Com.
munists are schooled in terror. II
Is not beyond possibility that they
might arrange the well.timed XIII,
ing Of Americans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Glib

This column seldom uses the
canned releases which so often
come into a newspaper office
through the mail. However, the
following deals with a timely SUBJ
ject that is giving Key West q
headache right now.
Perhaps it will help folks to
evaluate the controversy regard
ing Duval St. parking and also
point up the fact that our town is
not the only city in the nation
struggling to solve undesirable
traffic conditions.
Answer To Urban Traffic
Congestion Seen In Public :
Transit improvements
New York - Elimination oil
parking lots in the center of down.
town business areas, reservation
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24
BY FRANK CAREY
AP Seisnes Reporter

ANN ARBOR, Mich. 1-H and
when any space navigators ever
reach the planet Venus, they'd bet
ter be equipped with rowboats -
because two Harvard astronomers
have offered q new theory that
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of The
but the editor the right delete any items which
considered bslovs The writer's should bs
fair and eonfne the letters 200 words write
Of The paper only Signature Of The writer accompany
letters and will BE- published unless requested otherwise
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-24

Farm prices are still not what they were and the
squeeze still the farmer which condition will be re-
Elected in November predict
Evening star., 1954-05-28
Segregation Ruling
Seen Speeding j. 5.
Aid for New Schools
BY n. Asseeiossd Press

Two Southern Democratic
Senators said today the Supreme
Courts anti-segregation ruling
may serve to speed proposals for
Federal aid to States for school
construction.
Senator Olin d. Johnston,
Democrat, of South Carolina said
last weeks unanimous high court
decision banning segregation in
public schools has already
brought the Federal Government
into the control Of our public
school policies as much as it
can be-" ~
Senator Johnston said in an
interview that the ruling seems
to take away the argument that
Federal aid for the building of
schools would give the Federal
Government the right to force
non-segregation in our public
school system"
Calls Aid "MOre Necessary"
Senator Long, Democrat. of
Louisiana said the segregation
decision makes Federal aid for
school construction even more
necessary than before"
Senator Long said there would
continue to be a large amount Of
voluntary segregation" But he
said the pressure on Southern
States to make schools lust as
adequate" for colored as for
white children was increased by
the Supreme Court ruling.
when we have better schools
for colored children" he said,
there will not be. as much pres
sure on school boards to admit
colored students into the schools
in white neighborhoodS."
A Senate Labor subcommittee
is studying several school con-
Struction aid measures, one of
which, backed by Senator Cooper,
Republican, of Kentucky, the
subcommittee chairman, would
provide a four-year, $400 million
Federal aid program. Federal
school-aid measures in the past
have been opposed by a number
Of Southern legislators on grounds
the National Government might
try to use its control over funds
to end segregation.
Senators Long and Johnston
took a different approach in
their interviews than did Sena-
tor EaStland, Democrat, of Mis-
sissippi, in q Senate speech yes
terday.
Says South Won't Accept.
Senator Eastland said the
South would never accept the
courts public school segrega-
ton ban. He declared the school
decision will fall Of its own
Evening star., 1954-05-28
ey she Assoeic,ed Pres.

NORFOLK. Va. May 28.-A
spokesman at the 5th naval dis
trict headquarters here yesterday
said .'the Navy viii apologize"
tor a mixup which resulted in
television viewers at Henderson,
KY. seeing a venereal disease
film intended only for enlisted
men.
Meantime an investigation
was being made to find out how
the VD film got sent along in
general interest films.
The 5th naval district sends
general interest films about the
Navy to television stations on
request.
Last Monday two training
films spliced for use on WENT
Evening star., 1954-05-28

weight because it's opposed
by the vast majority of our peo-
ple."
''It will take force to bring
compliance he said. Where
is that force? The court can
not supply it,"
A State governor, Senator
Eastland told the Senate. ''can
use the force at his command,
both police, civil and other. to
maintain public order and pre-
vent crime and riots. He can.
use these forces to prevent IA
cial sintegration Of schools. if
this is necessary, under the po-
lice power Of the State to pre-
vent disorder and riots"
The MisSissippian said the
real issue is: ''Shall the white
man and the Negro retain their
racial identities?"
The future greatness Of Amer
lea, he said, depends upon ra-
cial purity and the maintenance
of Anglo-Saxon institutions. )"
Evening star., 1954-05-28
Navy to Apologize for Letting
VDFilm Appear on Television

at Henderson went ON the air
They were the final of l3 weekly
half-hour Navy programs unpre-
viewed by the station.
The second half of the show
turned out to be regular enlisted
mems VD fllm with no punches
pulled" About seven minutes
were shown to family audiences.
The program director OF the
station fired OF a letter to the
Navy here wanting to know what
happened.
One public information officer
here said the general interest
films are dispensed through his
Office and the training films
through the training aid station.
He said he couldn't imagine how
the n1ixup occurred.
Evening star., 1954-05-28

w ater-colour prints
q cool delight in polished cotton
sotin one Of the most flotter-
n fobrics you could choose for
lote-doy or dancing under the
stars this Immer Sizes 10 to 10.
Upper; pink and aqua with brown,
1875; lower, aqua or black on
white. l4.o5
dresses, third floor
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-24
"The Air Base City"
The New U.N.
Truce Chief
For Palestine
UNITED NATIONS
BY ARTHUR LEWIS
Copyright. 1854. Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, 1nc.)

UNITED NATIONS
Perhaps. the most important
thing that General E. L. M.
Burns. the Canadian who is the
new chief of staff of the Truce
Supervision Organization. brings
to Palestine is a fresh approach
TO the problems of peace there.
He quite frankly admitted. when
he met the United Nations CORE
spondents here. that he had had
no previous experience in the
Middle East.
General Burns is soldier
scholar with an interest in inter-
national affairs and a strong
sense of responsibility. He must
have known what a difficult task
he was undertaking for when he
was asked why he had agreed to
this "thankless job" he answered
gravely that he had been asked
if he would accept the appoint
ment by the Canadian govern
ment and felt that it was his duty
to do so and to help to bring
about Cancellation between the
Israelis and the Arabs.
Like his predecessor. General
vagn Bennike, General Burns, is
an engineer and was commission
ed nthe Royal Canadian engi-
neers during The First World War.
Actually. he is one Of his coun-
irY's leading nappers and geo
graphers and was awarded the
Order of The British Empire for
the work that he did in develop
ing the aerial survey. He was Of
ficer in Charge of the Geographic
cal Section OF The General Staff
in Ottawa for time between The
wars and was president of The
Canadian Institute of Surveys in
l936-ls37.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-24
Pensacola, Florida
Year of Remembrance

hibitions, without substituting an
other sort of discipline to give our
lives that spiritual direction
which our Orthodox, medieval
minded ancestors had?
This is the central problem
which Christians. too. must Crap
pie with in our present-daY world.
living as it does today in fears
for its future. We Jews who had
always thought of ourselves as
Gods chosen people. as "a king
dom of priests and a holy nation"
whose purpose in the world was
to set an example of righteous
living TO others. surely cannot es-
cape a REORGANIZATION of this
problem during this year when
we will be so often reminded of
our Jewish past and of our future
destiny among the nations.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-24
Continued from PAGE l4sl

Our re-examination' during this
Year of Remembrance when we
celebrate an important milestone
in our history should perhaps take
the form of this central question:
Have we gone too far in discard
ing our Jewish religious-ethical
selS-discipline? Were we wise in
disearding the rigorous discipline
of the old Orthodoxy with all its
rituals, commandments and pro-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-10-15

Institute at the Blackstone Met
lodiSt Church on Wednesday
evening, Oct 6.
Maryland Guests
The Allen Garnett family, Of
Takoma Park. Md, were Sunday
yuests of the r. E Garnett fam
.ly
Mrs. Shaw was called to Mount
Airy, N c., by the death of her
nephew in an automobile &C
cIdent. She left Sunday after
noon Sincere sympathy is ex-
ended to the bereaved
Birth Told
Born to Mr.. and Mrs w w.
Dennis, a son, on October g.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin walker
vent to Washington recently on
visit.
Mrs j. E Meador was Sun
lay guests Of Mr. and Mrs. j. P,
Stratton.