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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-11

"I'm ordering my artificialS
soon," she said, land I've simply
got to decide how tall ! want to
be-"
She laughed.
"At first" she said, 81 thought
l might like to up myself five
inches so / could see over the
heads of the crowds at paradeS.
But then l decided that would
offer a real problem. I'd have to
get an entirely new wardrobe, one
to fit a 5-foot-10 gal. l used to be
about 5 feet I suppose, but I'll
have to read my passport to find
out for sure"
What do you say to a person
like that? If you don't have a hole
in your head you don't say any
thing. You just listen in un-
ashamed admiration to a very
wonderful human being, making
her way back to normally with
dignitysand sense OF humor.
Rebecca Gross lost her legs
about pm. on New Years Eve.
She was driving her car through
Williamsport, Pa, on the way to
the airport to meet her sister,
when, wham! There it was. Two
cars collided at an intersection
and pinned Becky against a tele-
phone pole.
The left leg was amputated be-
low the knee, the right leg just
above the knee.
But save your sympathy for
someone who needs it. Becky has
no use for it. She has finished her
first week at the Kessler Institute
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In the 40s. About IL of them. No
one appeared self-conscious.
81 imagine know what you're
thinking" said Becky. mo, none
Of us is self-conscious. That's part
of the battle, You see."
We told a joke. Becky laughed
again.
'What are you going to do when
you get through here?"
go back home," she said, "and
try to lead just as normal a life
as possible"
Glow long is it going to take?"
81 thought about three months,
but l heard it'll probably take
longer" she explained. I'm learn
to walk on one artificial leg first.
With crutches. And then III learr
to walk on both legs"
Becky" I said, you are SPLEEN.
did. People used to ask me al
Moscow parties how / was able
to smile and laugh all, the time
when it looked as if l was stick
there for life. l never told them
but / used to have my private
hell about o'clock in the morn.
ing when I couldn't sleep ARID all
could do was think"
mine comes at 3 am" said
Becky, very quietly and vithou,
a trace of emotion.
Look" she said, changing the
subject, "did you know people
with no legs can have toe pains?"
She explained. With a laugh. A.
usual.
Eddy" she said, 'I'm getting
real strong. I did 10 pushups with
my hands today. Why, before my
accident, all l ever got up fol
was to 60 get a drink of water
And sometimes that was an effort
Now look at me. It's easy"
She was conducting a safety
campaign for her paper when she
had her accident. Commenting or
it, she said:
'The place where your accident
is going to happen looks like any
other spot you have passed in
safety a thousand times.
II suppose l shall never drive
up to an intersection again, OF
approach a sharp curve in the
road, without thinking, This il
the place where l may have an
accident"
Despite her trouble, she doesn't
preach. But she thinks that is
something every American should
remember-that the place where
your accident is going to happen
looks like any other spot you have
passed in safety a thousand times.
I thought she had had enough
bad breaks, but / discovered
something else, something that
perhaps isn't known at all, as we
sat there talking, looking out over
the hills and meadows.
"Your insurance, Becky"
said, ''it must cover all of this. "
She laughed.
do you know" she said, 81
let my accident insurance run out.
l said, oh, nothing of that sort is
ever going to happen to me-"
I rose to go.
"Come to see us in London. I"
eyes, l will. And III climb
your stairs too"
She will. I never felt surer of
ANYTHING In life
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sales. This compared with IA per
cent on sales in 1852 when net in
come was S55s,721, 179 or S6.25 a
share. The only years when net
income exceeded that for 1858 were
1949 when it was S656, 434 ,232 and
1850 when it was 1894, O44, OS9,
which still stands as an an-time
record for any private enterprise.
Assets at the end of the year
were A,4O5, 475,O42 compared with
S4,OOl, 294,7OS at the end of 1852.
Sixty per cent of the company's
billion-dollar expansion program
will be completed in 1854 and the
remainder by the fall of 1855, said
the report.
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Valiant Lady Editor

Editors Note - This is a story
of a woman's great courage. 1t
is written by Eddy Gilmore, who
got to know Rebecca Gross, editor
of the Lock Haven (PaJ Express,
when she visited Moscow last
spring with a group of newspaper
editors. Gilmore, for Ii years chief
of the APP bureau in Moscow and
now reassigned to the foreign
service in London, said his visit
with Becky was one of the 'unfor-
gettable experiences of his adven-
turesome life.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-11

Printed electrical circuits which
were used extensively in proxiN-
ity fuses in World War II have
been adapted to hearing aids says
the American Hearing Aid Assn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-11

biologists say the Kiwi, New
Zealand flightleSs bird never takes
a drink of water unless it is sick.
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Thursday, March II, 1854
Evening star., 1954-01-03
UnempIoymentIs Is Up 800, 900
In 6 Weeks, u. S. Figures Show
National Estimate Of 20% Is Predcoted
On Increase in Claims for Jobless Payments

ment totals probably will be
shown to be up in that survey.
But some officials estimated
that the January survey of en-
ployment may show that the
number Of jobless is as high as
2 million. The last Census fig-
ures, rejecting the situation as
of mid-November, place the
number of unemployed among
the country's total work force at
slightly over IA million.
A large part Of the unemploy-
ment expected to be indicated
in the Federal polls is seasonal.
Agriculture and construction en-
ployrnent. for example. always
decline at this time Of year be-
cause Of weather factors.
But farm workers are not
eligible for unemployment COM
pensation. and so the big m
crease in compensation claims
was due, in large measure. to
declining factory employment.
Claims for unemployment
compensation averaged IL mil
(See UNEMPLOYMENT, AID
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Three Hairy Creatures Armed
With Knives Mystify Malaga

described the three as immense
ly tall, grunting creatures of fair
complexion.
DR.. Gibson-Hill admitted he
was baff1ed by the color descrip-
ton. pointing out that all the
recorded original tribes in Ma
laya are dark skinned. The
aboriginals themselves have said
they never saw or heard of the
three.
Appeared Friendly.
G. M. Browne, manager of the
Trolak estate in Perak. where
the three made their first re-
ported appearance Christmas
eve, said they had appeared
friendly and unafraid of modern
machinery.
BY Mr.. Brownies account: The
creatures accosted a Chinese girl
rubber worker. The female
paved the girl. making cultural.
unintelligible noises. The girl
broke away and fled. The crea-
lures faded into the jungle be-
fore police got there. Later they
appeared on another estate. but
got away before the guards could
be summoned.
Mr.. Browne discounted a
theory that the three might be
Red guerrillas or remnants of
the Japanese army roaming the
jungle since World War II.
Strange Language.
"Some think they are blood
suckers" Mr.. Browne said. Some
think they are ghosts. I have
no opinion whatsoever"
The Department of Aborigines
in Kuala Lumpur is now probing
the mystery.
It points out that the three
/. Know what rifles are. In
one case. the female member
dived into Ia River when an es-
tate guard pointed his gun at
herr
2. Know tapioca is food.
8. Speak a language unknown
to Chinese, Malaga and Indians
on the estates.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
BY the Assoeiosed Press

DENVER, Jan. 2.-An 18-year-
old Denver University freshman
pushed a walnut a mile with his
nose today to gain the upper
hand in a romantic triangle.
But Fred Lilly's anticipated re-
ward for winning a dare from
his rival in love wasn't immedi-
ately realized.
Young Lilly made the wager
with his lifelong buddy, Paul
Brown, 18. Both have been
counting Dianna Davis, Is, an
East High School student.
This was the dare: II Lilly
succeeded in pushing the walnut
the mile from his home to Diam
mas home in "a hours, rival
Brown would not see her o.. have
a date with her for two weeks.
So Lilly, with q fraternity
brother as an observer. started
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Walnut Wooer Wins Wager
But Squirrel Gets the Girl

pushing the walnut at 1880 pm.
yesterday. but police interceded
and ordered that the adventure
would have to be undertaken in
daylight hours. Thus Lilly re-
sumed his walnut pushing this
morning and arrived at the door
Of Dianna's house at l:55 pm.
He used . canvas pillow to pro-
tect his knees and use o side
motion Of the head to strike the
nut with the right side Of his
nose. I'D never have. made it
If I had to push it straight
away" the tired youth said.
But Dianna was not at home
to welcome the winner of the
dare.
She was at q dowtown public
library helping q friend-Pa
Brown-with some school home
work. The subject was . sociol-
ogy class paper on "necking and
petting."
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Congress Meets Wednesday,:
Eisenhower Faces Trouble
Program ImperiIed With Both Houses
Divided Almost Evenly in Election Yeur

comes from the defense category.
Until the budget message
reaches Capitol Hill it will not
be known definitely how far the
administration has gone in trim
ming defense spending. But SEN
ate Majority Leader Knowland
said yesterday he believes there
can be substantial savings on
defense without reducing COM
bat strength.
Foreign Field Bright.
In the field of foreign affairs
the outlook is bright for bi-par-
tiSan cooperation. But in the
related area of national defense
spending. influential Democrats
have made 1t clear they will fight
any heavy cutbacks.
Returning Democrats also
have left no doubt that the
price support problems of farm
ers. proposed Republican changes
in the rules governing western
public power projects and pre-
cautions against a business re-
cesSion also will be major topics
of debate in the 1854 session.
Gen. Eisenhower will get the
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Annual Financial
And Business Review

HOW WAS BUSlNESS?-A special
section todoy tokes q look at busi-
ness oetivity for 1853 and discusses
the outlook for this year. The an
nuol New York and American Stock
Exehonee tobles ore included. Poses
C-l to 20.
WORLD OUTLOOK FOR '54-Ten
Assoeioted Press correspondents in
strotesie oreos Of the world have
coIloboroted to answer the question,
"Whot is the outlook for 1882"
Their reports oppeor on Page A-24.
A MEANINGLESS FlGURE?-Thot
announcement soyine .456 Security
risks" removed from Government rolls
is proving embarrassing to Eisen-
hover administration. In q detoiled
story on Pose A-3 Stor Stoff Writer
L. Edgar Primo reveals thot officioIs
eon't-oF won't-reveoI how they or
rived at thot totol.
Complete Index, Poge AZ
Rddio- -Tv Programs, Pages E-4-5
Evening star., 1954-01-03
By jones Y. Newton

Unemployment over the
country has increased at least
800. 900. or 20 per cent. in the
past six weeks. it is indicated
by Government figures.
This estimate, q conservative
one. Is based on rapidly increas-
ing claims for unemployment
compensation and the fact that
employment in manufacturing
industries has been declining
steadily since early October.
The increase in numbers Of
jobleSs may not be reflected in
figures on December employ
ment to be released early this
week by the Commerce Depart
ment.
At least the full story Of what
has happened won't be told in
the Census Bureau figures be-
cause Of the fact the survey was
made the week Of December IA
when Q great number Of people
found temporary Christmas jobs
In stores. and delivering mail.
Both employment and unem-
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Lives in Alexandria.

Col. Millikan, Washington rep
resentative for the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Co.. lives at
3346 Martha Custis drive, Alex
andria, with his wife, the former
Ruby Wesson of London, and a
daughter Patricia, 8.
The 35-year-old flying ace is
a World War n veteran of more
than 200 missions. He first saw
action with the Royal Air Force
in 1941. after failing in an at
tempt to enter the United States
Army Air Corps. He served with
the British Eagle Squadron until
the organization was transferred
to the United States armed forces
after Pearl Harbor. Col. Milli-
kan parachuted into Germany in
1914 after a mid-air collision.
and was held by the Nazis as a
prisoner of war until he escaped
a month before We Day.
Col. Millikan has been with
the District of Columbia Air Ma
tional Guard since it was or
ganized in october, 1916. He
assumed command of the White
House" squadron in May 1913.
The squadron was called into
Federal service in February 1851;
after it's release in November,
Col. Millikan was assigned to
command the 113th Fighter-In-
terceptor Wing.
Col. Millikan wears the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross with
five Oak Leaf clusters, the Dis
tinguished Service Cross, the Air
Medal with three clusters, and
the Purple Heart.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Four U. 5. Airmen Die
In C46 Crash in Japan
By the As.oeiated Press

TOKYO, Sunday. Jan. 3.--A
United States Air Force GAG
transport plane crashed into a
grove Of trees on the west coast
Of Japan today. carrying four
American crewmen to their
deaths.
The GAG. from the Saith Troop
Carrier Squadron. was making
a local test hop from Brady Air
Force base when it apparently
had engine trouble. It crashed
is miles northwest Of Fukuoka.
A helicopter was sent to the
scene and recovered the bodies.
Names Of the dead were withheld
pending notification Of next Of
kin.
Evening star., 1954-01-03

to get his program through q
House and Senate almost evenly
divided, and with both parties
looking toward a congressional
election next fall.
From the Republican stand
point. one of the big battles Of
the session will be to bring the
budget closer to the balancing
point in 1866. to which is tied
the equally important issues Of
taxation. and the public debt.
But since defense and foreign
aid now represent about 70 per
cent of current spending, it is
generally conceded that little
headway can. be made toward q
balanced budget unless a sub
stantial part Of the reduction
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Pop Hits on Way
To Settle W Row,
But Nom May Win
BY the Asseeicied Press

MADISON. Wis, Jan. a.
Police Officer Darl Jensen. told
today how a Madison man ended
an argument over a television
program.
The man arrived home to find
his two teen-age daughters
arguing over what they wanted
to watch.
"I'll decide for you,", said Pop.
Whereupo1 Father kicked in
the 21-inch screen.
MIR. Jensen reprimanded the
kicker and said no charges were
brought. The mans wife said the
machine would be repaired.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
D. c. Loses 100000
As Gasoline Sales
Drop Here in 1853
You Con Feel and See
Slowup in Demand.
Operators Declare

A drop in gasoline sales in
Washington during 1858 cost the
District an estimated 500, 900 in
revenue, the Retail Gasoline
Dealers Association reported yes
terday.
But, because Of the absence Of
three basic factors essential to
development of a gasoline war"
experts expect none.
Washington stands almost
alone in the Nation on the debit
side. The national sales picture
showed Sc per cent increase.
Virginia's gasoline business was
up 6.4 per cent and Maryland's
70 per cent.
There is hardly a retail sta
ton in Washington that hasn't
felt the slowup Of demand. "You
can feel it and also see it," one
service station operator said.
Insecurity Is Blamed.
Horace Walker. association
spokesman, said the Govern
ment's reduction in force drew
off some of the gasoline market
and that feeling Of insecurity
among other Government en-
ployes has frightened up spend
ing.
The other reason for the de-
cline, he believes. is that tile
Districts increase in gasoline tax
from 4 to S cents in June OF
1852 drove business away, par
ticularly to Maryland, simply
because many of the customers
lived there. That business has
not returned even though Mary
lands tax went to 6 cents in
June of 1858. Virginia's tax also
is 6 cents.
There was far greater danger
of a gasoline war six weeks ago
than there is now. Mr.. Walker
explained, because of the pres
ence of slight degree of over
supply"
Supply Evened Of.
At the time, and to avert the
danger, he continued, "oil COM
panies voluntarily cut back on
imports of crude oil and cut back
on the domestic production of
crude oil.
Nov they have evened of the
supply and demand. Gasoline
isn't like hay or scrap iron. It
becomes over-supplied when it
goes beyond local capacity for
storage and it must be stored un-
der the most positive of condi-
tions," he said.
This over-supply is one of the
prime conditions creating a
gasoline war.
Another condition is an eco
nomic deflation-"we don't have
one now and we never have had
a real economic pressure in
Washington"
The third condition is wide
spread presence of so-called off
brand" gasoline, which generally
sells under the standard brands.
Mr.. Walker declared.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Eisenhower 10 Urge
Changes in Labor,
Tax and Farm Laws
To Present Special
Requests After His
Message Thursday I
BY shs A,,eeiated Press

AUGUSTA, Ca, Jan. a.
President Eisenhower will follow
up his State ot-the- Union mes
sage to Congress Thursday with
a series Of special requests for a
revised tax program. aft-Hart-
ley labor law changes and an
improved" farm program.
James c. Hagerty. presiden-
tial press secretary, said in an
nouncing this yesterday that
Gen. Eisenhower also plans spe-
cial separate messages calling
for "a broad and revised" hous-
ing program and better health
and protection for our people,"
BY better protection Mr.. Hag-
erty meant expansion of social
security coverage and possibly
increased benefits.
Five special messages dealing
with the subjects he mentioned
will go to Congress within the
first few weeks after Congress
reconvenes Wednesday. Mr.. Hag-
erty said at the Presidents holi-
day headquarters here.
viii HighIight' Program
The press secretary told news
men that Gen. Eisenhower's
State-of the Union Message.
which he will deliver in person
at a Joint Senate House session,
will set forth only the "high-
lights" Of the administrations
1854 legislative program.
The broad principles he out
lines at that time will be trans
lated into specifically detailed
programs in the series Of special
messages to follow. Mr.. Hagerty
said. Later on there will be adj
ditional individual messages COW
ering other subjects.
Announcement Of the Presi-
dents plans came as he continued
work on the State-of- the Union
message with a team of top ad-
visers. The aides completed at
1880 am. yesterday a work ses-
sion on the message which began
at 8 am. New Years Day.
They met with the President
again yesterday after he had
conferred for an hour and half
with Robert j. Cutler, White
House specialist on national Sc
curity matters.
Another Session Today.
The group of presidential ad-
viserS arranged to return to
Washington for another session
on the Eisenhower message at
the White House today.
Since arriving here Christ
mas day the President has
completed work on the 15-min-
ute report he will make to the
Nation tomorrow night on his
administrations first year in Of
flee. The address will be car
ried on television and radio at
$3.50 pm.
Gen. Eisenhower also has al-
most completed his annual eco
nomic report and the budget
message to Congress. They will
go to the legislators a few days
after the State of the Union
message.
Gen. Eisenhower will fly back
to Washington late today for one
Of the busiest weeks he has faced
since taking Office.
Emphasis on foreign affairs
in the Thursday message has
been underScored by the presence
here of Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge. chief United States dele.
gate to the United Nations.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Gershwin Tune StartIes
Fans Of Moscow Radio
By the Assoeioted Press

LONDON, Jan. 2.-Moscow
Radio surprised its fans today
by playing a record of George
Gershwin's Someone to Watch
Over Me-"
It happened during an Eng
lish language transmission to
southeast Asia.
Monitors said the Soviet disc
jockey gave no explanation for
the sudden switch to modern
music Of the west. Most Moscow
musical interludes are orcheS-
tral classics or are devoted to
songs about tractor stations and
other Communist themes.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
BY the Asseeiased Press


SINGAPORE, Jan. 2.-Are
they a link between man and
ape, foragers Of an unrecorded
tribe or just three civilized peo-
pile gone native? Malaya's an
thropologists would like to know.
So would jungle police, who
have suspended their weary hunt
for Malaya's Communist guer-
rillas to seek out three hairy.
loin clothed creatures reported
soaring rubber workers In Perak
State since Christmas eve.
DR.. c. A. Gibson-Hill. acting
director of the Raffles Museum
in Singapore, threw cold water
today on the missing link theory.
Commenting on the snag-
toothed strangers. DR.. Gibson
Hill said:
Probably civilized people who
for some reason or other have
gone native"
Then he thoughtfully added:
"At most, they might have been
aborigines Of an unrecorded tribe
although this Is improbable. "
They Carried Knives.
Other anthropologists, hopeful
they may have stumbled onto
a missing link. have asked police
to try to catch the mysterious
group alive.
Vivid and varying descrip-
tions of the strange visitors con-
tinued to pour in from Perak'S
rubber plantations.
Witnesses said the creatures
appeared to be two males and
a female. They said the males
had moustaches extending to
their waists and all three wore
loin cloths. ALI were said to
carry long. curved knives.
MalayanS, comparatively short,