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Fleming's wife Gloria, their
daughter Patricia and son-in-law,
Navy Petty Officer John Madden,
sat in the courtroom.
Fleming, who has denied the
charges, faces a maximum penalty
Of life Imprisonment, dismissal
from the service and loss Of pay
If convicted.
MacGhee said he once prepared
a broadcast for the Reds Peiping
radio in which he had coded q
message, using the first letter of
each word, which said: Five thou
sand men at Pyoktong near Yalu
River need medicine and clothing. y
The Air Force officer said an
American private tipped the Chi
nese Reds to the code and that
Fleming then went to the Red COM
mandant and told him that he,
MacGhee had double-crossed the
Communists.
Soon after that, MacGhee said,
he was tranferred to a particularly
brutal prison camp known as ''The
Caves"
Under cross-examination, Mac
Chez admitted that he had written
what he called slanderous state
ments about 20 Senior Air Force
generals in order TO save his life
in moment Of panic.
MacGhee said Fleming had
urged other prisoners to sign prop
uganda leaflets urging United Ma
tons forces to surrender.
Sgt. Jose Mares Of Albuquerque,
NM, testified Fleming once OBJ
jected to signing q Communist
propaganda broadcast until it
was revised to take out some Of
its more Objectionable statements.
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A Grain
Of Salt
By Bill spiIIman

If nothing else happend on the
weekend, / learned how to bend
beer cans with my bare hands.
When we (my family drove up to
Hollywood last Friday afternoon,
little did know that / would add
to my meager abilities the feat Of
beer can bending.
We visited the home Of an old
buddy of mine. AS we taxed over
old times of when we were both
stationed in PIT boat squadron at
Guadal canal, noticed that each
time he finished q can Of beer, ne
would place It between his hands
and smash it.
1T saves space in the grabage
can" he said.
He performed the feat with such
ease, ! decided that / would try
it. When there was an empty can
available, with no one looking,
placed an empty can between my
hands and pushed, pulled, squeezed
but nothing happened. The can was
still 4 can.
There must be 4 secret to the
bending, thought. I watched him
do it again.
How do you bend them?" !
asked.
ITS easy" he answered.
II think I'll try it." / said put
ting my effort in front Of every
body.
Even gritting my teeth and max
ing faces didn't help.
Must be q stronger can than
the one he had" thought.
/ threw it over to him. Lets
see you bend this one" said.
He bent it with the same ease.
His five-year-old SON got into
the act. Daddy" he said, "YOu
must be stronger than he is. He
can't bend a beer can"
That did it, ! picked up an emp
ty can - and = without even half
trying - smashed it together.
Nothing to it," / said.
To change the subject from beer
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can bending, I took q different
road route into Miami, in an at
tempt to eliminate some of the
traffic driving between Homestead
and the big city. / took road mum.
her n north out of Homestead to
where it intersects the Tamiami
trail.
People tell me you save about
20 : Is minutes by going that way.
/ don't know whether the desolate
drive is worth the wear and tear
On the nervous system Of the 80
miles Of vehicle traffic on route
one.
II is seven miles longer by 60
ing up to the trail, but you can
hold 1 steady IS with no strain.
Also, / noticed that the trip up
to Miami is taking longer and long
er every time ! make it. A couple
Of years ago, Miami could be
reached by car in about three and
4 half hours, that 10, obeying all
Of the speed laws.
Now / notice that four hours is
4 better figure. Seems that every
time somebody puts up a gas sta
ton in some desolate spot, the linn
il is dropped to twenty-five. / have
noticed, especially, up between
Homestead and Miami where q d.
vided highway has been built that
the limit is very low. It seems that
the division was a waste of time
il It was built 10 hurry motorists on
their way.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not for
speeding, but also - I'm not for
sitting in ! car all day to get to
Miami. With the Keys building up
at the pace they are now building,
some serious thought should be Civ
en- to the road situation "now' or
We win be making IS miles an
hour all the way up the coast. 1t
takes four hours now, q year from
now, Il may take five. When it
starts taking six hours to drive
from Miami, many tourists may
not come to Key West.
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Fleming's trial before an Army
general court-martial on charges
he elaborated with the Commu-
nists entered its second day. today
with four more ex-P0Ws due to
testify against him.
One Of the witnesses yesterday,
Air Force Maj. David F. MacGhee
Of Falls Church, Va, told the milf
tary court Fleming once went to
the Communist camp commander
and reported, MacGhee has
double-crossed vol"
Fleming, first American officer
brought to trial on charges of aid
ing the Reds while a prisoner, sat
impassively during the testimony.
A slightly built man Of 46 with
close-cropped grey hair and four
rows of ribbons on his dress uni
form, he was a prisoner "a months.
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ficisls themselves and various civic
and official organizations behind
the nations highway safety drive.
WITHOUT exception, It Is the
expressed view Of the chief school
superintendent in every state and
the District Of Columbia that
Americas youth should be offered
high-quality driving instruction as
an integral part Of their general
education. Yet only two states
North Dakota and California now
have compulsory driver education
programs.
The big obstacles facing the
states are money and classroom
space.
It costs about 33l to teach q
student what he ought 70 know
about driving safely. Yet this Is
less than the cost Of repairing q
single crumpled fender.
Fortunately. the majority Of
schools offering driving courses
have dual-controlled training cars.
This u due mainly 70 generous car
manufacturers and dealers who
have loaned them. Last year alone.
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more than 5000 ears were assigned
to schools through arrangements
made BY the AAA and affiliated
clubs.
40 the AAA points out. driver
education Is not Just . matter OF
teaching . student how to handle
the controls Of = car. More impor.
tant perhaps Il the realization by
the driver Of his new responsible.
ties. This Il what most good
schools atress.
THEY EMPHASIZE the imports
ance Of courtesy and fair play to.
ward other drivers - and pedes.
TRANS too. The mechanical slxills
OF handling . car correctly are
certainly not overlooked, however.
According to the AAA. . typical
driver education course includes
81 hours Of classroom work, eight
hours Of actual driving practice
with an instructor. and another "a
hours Of watching other students
behind the wheel.
Science plays It's part too. Most
teachers md helpful the use Of
specially designed pieces Of equip.
naent for testing eyesight under
all light conditions. reaction time
testing devices, simplifed models
Of Q cars mechanical features and
mock-driving equipment.
There may still be 3 long way
TO so before every student Is given
the opportunity to enroll IN .
driver education course. However.
AZ the AAA says, there Is every
reason TO expect that the day win
come when every top-notch high
school In the land win offer such
an opportunity fan opportunity
70 Iive."
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Golden Mask"
Tells Exotic
Adventure Tale

French North Africa, the Sahara
desert, the exotic coast cities, and
the ancient tombs and ruins Of !
forgotten civilization-all these
form the actual as well as the
fictional background Of 1.-THE Cold
en- Mask" new United Artists re-
lease in TechnicoIor which opens
on Thursday 1t the Monroe Thea
tire.
A dramatic action story, 'The
Golden Mask" is principally con-
cerned with an archaeological ex-
petition and . gang of inter-
national cut-throats, both, for
different motives, on the trail of
a priceless relic of antiquity buried
in the sinister tombS of the desert.
Van Helm, Wanda Hendrix and
Eric Portman share starring hon.
ors in .'The Golden Mask" and the
supporting cast is headed by Char
les GOldner, Jacques Francois, JAG
ques Brunius and Alec Mango
Aubrey Barring and Maxwell Seton
produced the film, which was di.
rected by Jack Lee firm 4 script
by Robert Westerly.
''The Golden Mask was shot on
actual location Ia French North
Africa.
Eric P0rtman, the distinguished
English actor, appears in the pic
ture as an archaeologist Obsessed
with the idea that he must uncover
the valuable golden mask that has
lain buried in the sands Of the des-
ert for many centuries. His
digs in the picture were photo
graphed on the actual site Of the
ruins Of the ancient city Of
Djemila, which the Romans aband-
oned more than 1900 years ago.
There are shots of sand-storms
and the magnificent horse-riding of
the Spahi Regiment; the French
Camel corps il action and 4 host
Of other interesting aspects Cf
Of desert life.
The viIlainy and skulduggery in
''The Golden Mask il handled by
q quartette of accomplished and
terrifying menaces with q strong
international flavor. They are JAG
ques Francois as 4 French con-
fidence man; Charles Goldner as
Russian killer; jacques Brunius
as a sadistic German; and Alec
Mango as an Arabian stranger.
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NayyUnit
Reports


The Fleet All Weather Training
Unit today reported five transfers
three TO the unit and two from
the unit. They were:
Lieutenant Commander Edward
D. Bruffey, USN, of Lynchburg,
Virginia, has reported to the Fleet
All Weather Training Unit, Allan
tic, at the Naval Air Station.
Lcdr. Bruffey entered the naval
service in January, 1912. He was
designated a naval aviator on
Nov. / 1912 at Pensacola, Florida.
Lcdr. Bruffey and his wife, Olga,
are residing in Key West. They
have two children, Patricia Lee, 1
and Edward Dean, Jr., 2.
Lieutenant John E. Shaefer, Jr..
USN, Enid, Oklahoma, has report
ed here.
1t. Schaefer entered the Naval
service in June, 1913, under the
Navy viz program. He received
his commission in August of 1945,
then served aboard destroyers in
the fleet prior to entering flight
training in 1913. He was designat-
ed a naval aviator on August Is,
1919, at Pensacola, Florida.
1t. Schaefer is married to the
former Miss Carmel Jane Max
well, Of Lucien, Oklahoma. They
have three children, Jane Leigh,
s, Elizabeth, z, and Margaret /.
Lieutenant Wilbur C. Ferris.
USN, Of Altus, Oklahoma, Is an
other new FAWTU officer.
1t. Ferris entered the naval
service as q midshipman at the
u. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Maryland in June 194S. He was
graduated with the class of '46
Subsequently he served aboard the
destroyers, USS Buckley and the
USS HOLSTER in the Pacific during
1947-4S. He was designated
naval aviator after completing
flight training at Pensacola. Flor
ida, in November, 1s4S.
1t. Ferris is married to the
former Miss Lena Grey Of Edo
RADIO, Oklahoma. They have two
girls, Elizabeth, 1, and MARY
Susan, 2.
Chief Carpenter Dean w. Priest
USN, former Assistant Line
Division Officer of the Fleet All
Weather Training Unit, Atlantic.
win report to the Naval Air Mobile
Training Detachment at the Naval
Air Station, Memphis, Tennessee
for duty.
Lieutenant William p Mills
USN, former Night Operations Of.
ficer at the Fleet All weather
Training Unit, Atlantic, has been
transferred to the Naval Reserve
Officers Training Unit At the Uni
versity Of Mississippi for duty und.
er instructions in . flying status
involving cperationaI or trainine
flights under the college training
program.
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dividends - Of the We.and.limb
saving type.
Ii the school year Just ended.
for example. the AAA estimates
that more than l25 lives were
saved, 1870 traffic injuries pre-
vented and more than $40 million
worth Of property damage avoided
as Q direct result Of driver educa-
ton b our high schools.
Moreover. it's the belief Of AAA
experts and surveys BY official
agencies bear this out--that driver
education Offers the greatest single
potentiality for future safety on
our highways. II you're q parent
this Il something you would do
wen 70 underscore IN your mind.
ABOUT $500 high schools-one-
fourth Of the total-now offer q
complete driver training course as
. regular part Of the school cur
riculum. IN addition, several thou.
sand more schools are offering
classroom instruction without &C.
tual behind-the-wheel training.
Those largely credited with the
rapidly and success Of the driver
education programs are school Of
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Too Much Heat

PASADENA, Calf. IA police.
man who spotted a motorist wham-
ming away at his stalled car with
a baseball bat in ss-degree heat
got = simple explanation.
1T got overheated," said the
driver. II guess ] got Overheated.
too
Al the autos windows were
broken In the onslaught.
I've cooled off nov" the motor
1T told Officer Lyle Pagan as he
drove away.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-31
Navy Relief Soc.
Reports July
Activity Here

Commander Charles B. Robin
son, CHIC, USNR, Executive Vice
President for the Key West Auxili-
airy Of the Navy Relief Society has
announced the Society's activities
during the month Of July.
Navy Relief nurses made 347
home service calls and the Thrift
Shop located in the Commissary
building took IN receipts totaIing
$lls.4l. Eleven layettes were
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given to families Of servicemen IN
the last three pay grades.
Twelve sratuities were granted
during the month "a the total
amount Of $2ss. and So Icans were
made tOtaling $s,O6e as.
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~ LEONARD g. SNYDER
Central Press Correspondent
high school teachers boned up On
this may save the lie Of your ehld
or even your
Their singular object to help the soaring highway
c which the last i've reached the almost uhele
able count 178O00
The task Il not nmotabe Reports compiled the American
Automobile association year teacher
training Institutions are offering driving
% those already qualified 70 teach academic subjects
Undoubtedly The efforts Of high school teachers win put
practice next fan what they learning this win pay
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Soldiers Tell OF Fleming 5 Pow Activity

FIT. SHERIDAN, NJ, tn Four
American soldiers have testified
1T. Col. Harry Fleming, their fell
low prisoner in a North Korean
POW camp, made propaganda
hroadcasts and led discussion
groups for the Communists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
A4ooved 61nua mudacag...
MaW RNg1heee/
1eMLozgLde MzneI

New from Johnson's Wox-Be among the
first to try improved Hard Gloss Glo-C
Never before have you been able to keep floors
so shiny and easy to clean! It's floor polish
made especially to last under active feet ;.
more scuff- resistant than any substitute! With
a finish so much harder, it, bound to stay much
brighter for six, seven, even up to ten weeks!
Family traffic won't wear it off regular damp
hopping won't dull its finish! Hard Gloss Clio
Coat dries and stays more beautiful than other
floor polishes!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

This electronc device proves eyes don't deceive just
your floor will show after weeks of traffic and
damp mopping Hard Gloss Glo-Coat scores bright
rating Of sixteen the substitute polish four
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registered ode~o. Of Johnson
, 1954-03-09
Cruciuns. Ruiders
Split Weekend Series
10 Sat- 10 8 Sun.

The Crucians, managed BY
Or. Randall James,, won one
half Of the two-game series
played in st. Thomas over the
past weekend.
The Crucians won the first
game 10-7, on Saturday in
eleven innings; the Raiders Of
st. Thomas took the next
TO : 5 ON Sunday.
A number of Crucian base
ball fans followed and cheer
ed for their team.
The games were broadcast
over WIN and VISTA. Luz
James did the announcing for
, 1954-03-09
Admirer to Give Pres.
$685. urut Fldwless
Didmond as Gift

The largest known flaWless
a~quamarine in the World-a
|363-carat Home Diamond of
|Aquamarines will soon be
sent to President Eisenhower
it was disclosed yesterday.
The stone will be presented
to the President by Eric john
Iston, president Of the Motion
Picture Association of Amer
lea, who is now in Rio de Ja-
metro, as a special representa-
tive Of the State Department
TO attend BraziPs first inter-
national film festival.
The stone is a gift from
MieezyslaW Krymchantowski,
a Polish flyer who made forty
-
nine fighter missions in the
British Royal Air Force dur
ing World War II. He came to
Brazil penniless after the war
and now is a leading dealer
in precious stones. Mr.. Krym-
ichantoWski is great admirer
of the United States and Gen.
Eisenhower.
ThePresident indicated that
he will turn it over to a mu-
scum after he leaves the
White House.
, 1954-03-09
Federal Reserve
Will Hold Securities
to Guur. v. |. Funds

The Federal Reserve Bank
has agreed to accept and hold
in its custody securities put
up by local banks to guaran-
tee the local governments de-
posts. it was revealed recent
~.
Local officials are now work
ing out details Of q plan for
dividing equally about one
million dollars worth Of gov
eminent deposits between the
Virgin Islands National Bank
an dthe West Indies Bank &
Trust Company. This division
is expected to be accomplish
ed within the next several
, 1954-03-09
MAN WHO ESCAPED
|F'STED JAIL FEB. "a.
rs ~RECAPTURED


Jose Perez, who escaped
from the Frederiksted jail for
the second time on February
oath, was recaptured this
morning at about 8:45. He
was lodged in the Christian
sted jail to await trial on a
burglary charge. He first es-
capped to Puerto Rico but was
recaptured there and brought
back to st. Croix by Lieut..
Matthias, aided by the Peurto
Rico Police.
Perez's recapture was not
without excitement which be
gan when he was spotted in
Sunday Market by Sergeant
Clifford Plaskett who, acting
on a tip-off, had gone in
search Of the missing prisoner.
On seeing the officer, Perez
ran through what is known as
the and on through the
unfinished theat e During
the chase Sergeant Plaskett
fired two shots in the airas a
warning but his quarry dis
appeared in the darkness; ia
a short time every available
policeman was in the area I'M
der the direction of Director
Morrell Davis. One man was
taken to the station and ques-
toned but was released by
the Police.
Relentlessly, with the as
sistance Of a few officers Ser
geant Plaskett continued the
search until this morning.
With Patrolmen Petersen, Ger
ard and Edwards covering
the house in Watergit the
Sergeant, gun in hand, enter
ed and arrested Perez, who
submitted. On his way
out he asked permission to
return and pulled out an
American flag, which he said
he intended to carrv to appeal
to an attorney for aid.
Extremely frightened and
nervous, Perez wept contin-
uousIv claiming innocence Of
The CHARGE. Police officials
him kindly, and a
group of men have engaged
a local attorney and are col
lecting funds to aid in his de-
, 1954-03-09
Former President to
Ruise Funds to Build
$I750.000 LibTdrY

Former President Harry S.
said yesterday in Bos
ton, there aren't an eyeful of
Communists in the whole
country" He declined to be-
come involved in the dispute
between Ser, Joseph r.. Nc
tCarthy representative fom
Wisconsin, and the Army.
1T never pays for 4 man to
get into q family fight" the
former President said. "He
usually unites the family
, 1954-03-09

Lack 81 roads and a good port has been keeping 4 share Of Ecua-
doris exports, such as bananas tsee bottom photo1, coffee and cacao,
from reaching ready markets. United Nations technical assistance
experts have been working with the Ecuadorian Government on
plans for more roads and q new port at GuayaquiL Recently,
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development APP
proved an $S,5O0OOO loan to Ecuador for road construction in that
country. Top photo shows construction on Guayaquil-Queved Road.
, 1954-03-09
against him

against him.
Mr.. Truman talked to news
men on his arrival here from
New York BY train to deliver
a lue nheon speech abo,lt a
, 1954-03-09

the former and Ron de Lugo
Q the latter.
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too, for ever seeing Warren, and
If Warren is guilty :. one thing
Is for sure, Cecil is dead. And I
must be- the cause of 1t, one way
or another" The note was
signed with a D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-10
Woman Facing Trial
In Alaska Staying Of
Husband Kills Self
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 10.-An
Alaskan woman, charged with
murder in the Staying Of her
wealthy husband. was found
dead yesterday from a lethal
dose Of sleeping pills.
Now a colored musician, who
claims he was her lover. faces
trial alone on the murder charge
in Alaska next month.
Police said Mrs. Diane Wells,
81. swallowed 80 powerful seda-
tive tablets and died in her room
at the Hollywood Plaza Hotel
yesterday.
The distraught woman came
here January % for health rea-
sons after being released on $10,-
900 bail.
Arrested in Seattle.
She had been arrested in
Seattle on a grand jury indict-
ment after she left Alaska.
She and jazz drummer Johnny
Warren. 80, were accused of MUIR
dering her husband. Cecil Wells,
81, wealthy Fairbanks auto
dealer and former president of
the All-Alaska Chamber of Com
merce. He was fatally shot in
the Alaska city last October II.
Mrs. Wells had commended she
was beaten senseless by two men
who broke into the Wells Fair
banks home and her husband
was killed before she regained
consciousness. She suffered IA
cial bruises and blackened eyes.
Warren, free on $4,000 bail.
said he and Mrs. Wells had had
a love affair. which she denied.
She maintained she was inno-
cent of the shooting.
Growing Dependency.
Friends told police Mrs. Wells
In recent days had become more
and more respondent. fearing q
conspiracy was afoot to railroad
her into a murder conviction.
Detectives said Mrs. Wells.
without luggage, checked into the
hotel here Monday evening.
Officers found q note reading:
For one thing. am puiltv
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block of Fourteenth street NV;
Ted r. Dixon, 20. Of Clayton,
Ca, and John w. Davis, %, of
the $500 block of Fourteenth
street NV, whose home is near
the ForeS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fore also are
named in a separate count Of
concealing IS half-gallon jars of
untaxed liquor. which police said
was recovered at their home
here.
The indictment was returned
by a grand jury before Judge
James w. Morris in the U. S.
District Court for the District
of Columbia.
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-Four Indicted on Charge OF Selling Corn Whisky

Four persons were indicted yes
terday on a charge Of selling so
one-half gallon jars of Georgia
corn whisky to an undercover
officer on a downtown parking
lot February q.
The four are Jasper Fore, 33,
and his wife Carolyn A. Fore,
20, who came here from States
boro. Ca, and for whom a local
address is listed in the $500