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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Kidney Germs
May Keep You
ANNOYED

There ID nothing that can make you feea
older and more depressed than losing
sleep and worrying about Getting Up
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urinationD BackAche, Bladder Cramps,
Strong, Cloudy Urine, or Pressure over the
Bladder, due to minor Kidney and Bladder
Irritation. In such cases New Improved
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effect % mild. gentle pain reliever. Over
900 million CYSTEX tablets used in last %
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Soday under money-back guarantee. Bee
k3W much better you feel tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Cool Outlook Hopeful

The National Coal Associa-
ton announced a promised de-
mand for additional coal sup
plies, because of reported plans
Of the automotive industry. The
auto men plan to spend more
than 81 billion on new plant and
equipment in 1854. the an
nouncement said.
The hopeful outlook for the
coal industry is enhanced, off,
Gals said. by Tennessee Valley
Authority plans to increase its
coal purchases nearly 70 per
cent this year. Further, the
United States Steel Corp. will
spend $500 million to expand its
steel-making facilities. requir-
ing additional coal consump-
ton, they pointed out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24

tory" the president said. ut is
noteworthy that these gains
were achieved without lowering
our conservative. selective under
writing standards. and without
deviating from our well-estab-
lished principles Of prompt and
equitable disposition Of claims"
Net earnings after taxes
totaled $1.504.748. representing
$5.47 a share on the 275,000
shares of 81 par capital stock.
the report declared. This was a
Al per cent gain over 1852.
Losses incurred totaled 1885,
072; there were 264.036 policies
in force. 1889 losses reported
and there were 554 employees in
the company. Total assets were
$27,718,846. an increase of 40
per cent over 1852.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
ID. c. Area Building Contracts
In January Show so Gain

an all-time sales record in 1858,
Of $40 billion with profits esti-
mated at $2.5 billion, the as
ISOLATION declared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. Feb. - FOREIGN
market, 3iI per cent premium or los 6s,.
United States cents, UP ! g, Of cent.
Isl 5 81. off J. 30 OF a cent; Great
Britain 30-day futures Isl ga, of
8 3: Of cent: Great Britain 60-day
futures. PSI 81. of i. OF cent;
Great Britain 9O-day futures. Isl 5 81.
OF 80 Of cent: Beleium Nranc.l,
".00ia, unchansed; France franc. ,3Ssa
20. -, of OF of cent: Italy 0ira)
;l6,s Of a cent unclaimed; Portusai
(krona1, 1874. unchanged; Switzerland
francl free. 23.33, UNCHANGED; Dem
mark tkronel. 14.5:, UNCHANGED
UNCHANGED; Brazil tfreel. so. of .05
Of cent, Mexico, II. 81, unchans ed;
Venezuela ,bolivar. 30.03, UNCHANGED.
Far East-Hong Kong dollar. Il 80,
UNCHANGED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Lightning Fire Burns
Sl75, 900 in lroqi Oil
BY The Associated Press

DAMASCUS. Syria, Feb. a.
Fire raging Is hours and destroy
ing s175.00O worth Of crude oil
at Banias. Syrian terminal Of
the pipeline from the Iraqi
fields. was brought under con-
troll early today.
The blaze began yesterday
when lightning struck one of %
tanks belonging to the Iraq
Petroleum Co. Firemen let the
tank burn itself out and con-
centrated on isolating the others
by digging bitches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Geico Reports Record

totallng $ZO,-
959,238.
THE year
1858. in which
our company
e S t a b Ii shed
record highs
in premium
lu m e, in
n u m b err of
pol icyholders
and in net
profits, h a S
been one OF
the most sue
cessful years
-. ~s,,. lit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Cos Light SoIes Gain


The Washington Gas Light Co.
announced January therm sales
totaled 43,739, 1852. compared with
37.942.715 for January. 1858. This
gain Of 1928 per cent was at
tributed to population increase
and the fact that last month
was much colder than January,
1858.
Secretary Of the Interior Nc
Kay will address the 18th an
nual American Power Conference
to be held March 24-26 in Chi
cago. He will discuss the Nations
power policies and problems. A
message from President Eisen-
hover will be read to the con-
vention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
New Sales Records

New sales records are being
made, the Manufacturing Chem
lists Association. Inc. 1925 I
street NV. announced. This, it
explained, is the result Of four
years Of unprecedented plant
and equipment expansion invest
ments in that industry. The as
ISOLATION quoted Chemical News,
its publication
The chemical industry recorded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
BY Wilton A. MiIIen

Construction contract awards
in the Washington Metropolitan
Area for January totaled $25,-
100000 or S per cent more than
December, the F. w. Dodge
Corp, construction news and
marketing specialists, an
nounced today.
E. H. Keefe, Washington
branch manager. said the total
was 6 per cent more than Janu-
airy. 1858.
Commercial awards were So
1877 900 or ! per cent lower than
December, but 4 per cent higher
than January 1858, Mr.. Keefe
said. Residential home construc-
ton awards, totaling $14, 085. 900,
were 3 per cent more than De-
cember. and 10 per cent above
January, 1858.
Heavy engineering contracts
Of $2.318.000 were Is per cent
above December, but 80 per cent
below January. 1858.
Geico Reports Record
Lee Goodwin. ST.. president
Government Employees Insurance
Co.. reported a record breaking
1853. with net premiums written
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK, Up - The stock
market started a shade higher to-
day and then developed a lower
trend in early dealings.
The swing in either direction was
small with price changes usually
in the smaller fractions.
Heading lower were the railroads
oils, airlines, chemicals, steels,
steels, motors and distillers.
The aircrafts, building materials,
and electrical equipments were
slightly higher. The remainder OF
the market was mixed.
Among lower stocks were Beth.
lehem Steel, Studebaker, Montgom-
cry Ward, Schenley Industries,
American Telephone, American
Smelling, Allied Chemical, New
York Central, and Standard Oil
(ND.
Higher were Douglas Aircraft,
Zenith, Consolidated Edison, Glenn
Martin, Kennecott Copper, West.
inghouse Electric, General Electric
and US. Gypsum.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
By Bob Thomas

ing player, even in a crime pic.
ture?
mot necessarily in this case, -
remarked Macdonald. mot if we
tell the story as it was written
in the book, and we are required
to do so.
There may be some sympathy
evoked from his younger days. His
family was very poor and he tells
of how he was sick in bed and
how his mother, who was para
lyzed, called to say something was
wrong. The boy went in the kitchen
and found his father lying on the
floor with the gas on.
ellis first urge to steal came
when he noticed other peoples
groceries were not the same as
his family's, which came from re-
lief. He began to steal food.
"But then he began to steal
more than he needed. It became
a matter of bravado with him.
When others in his gang would say,
Let's steal q car he'd say, Let's
steal three cars Every time he
got out of a. reformatory he would
return to crime"
Dewitt called him "a precocious
boy who became a precocious
genius. You can tell from the book
that he studied until he knew all
the tricks Of professional
writer"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
Subway Train
Fire Causes
Panic Today

NEW YORK R-Panic developed
today when fire broke out in a
subway train near the S6th Street
station Of the Lexington Avenue
line.
Acrid smoke, apparently from a
short circuit, poured through the
cars and early reports said about
Is persons were injured or made
ILL
A group of about 20 persons
pushed through the doors and
climbed to an emergency exit,
only to find themselves momen-
tarily trapped by a sidewalk graf
ing. The group, including many
high school students, screamed
and shouted.
The shouts attracted q man in
a nearby church. He obtained a
crowbar and pried open the graf
ing, releasing the trapped passen-
gers.
The fire broke out at 500 an,
in a seven-car southbound local
enroute to Brooklyn Bridge. About
$50 yards north of the seth Street
section, contact shoe that takes
power from the third rail became
stuck and smoke poured through
the first two cars.
Passengers be C m e panicky
when the smoke spread to other
cars. Car windows were broken as
riders sought to escape.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
Hollywood
Notes

HOLLYWOOD R-How do you
film the life story of man who
is scheduled to die July 30?
That is the problem facing pro-
Queer Wallace Macdonald and
writer Jack Dewitt, who are
charged with putting on the screen
the life of Caryl Chessman. They
are filming the criminals book,
"Cell PASS, Death Row." which
Columbia bought for $4,000.
National a t e n t j o n has been
brought to Chessman via his book,
in which he details his life in
crime. He has confessed Is felon-
les charged to him, but not two
others which brought him the
death sentence for kidnapping. He
has personally waged a long legal
battle to escape the gas chamber
but now is slated to die July 30.
A committee that includes many
writing people has been trying to
get his sentence committed, argu-
ing that he worth more to society
alive than dead.
Macdonald emphasized that the
film would take no sides in Chess
mans fight for life.
'We will present the story in a
documentary style, like a March
of Time" the producer remarked.
I'VE will be coldly objective, build
ing no case for him or for society"
All yes, but doesn't the audience
tend to sympathize with the lead
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FLORIDA OLDSTERS
Continued from Page One)

(C0ntnueQ from rage One)
be enough to maintain benefits at
their present level until April, 1855.
BY then, the Legislature viii be in
session and in position to pass a
deficiency appropriation to keep
up pensions until the end of the
fiscal year on June 30, 1855.
Special House and Senate com.
mittees appointed to study the stu
alton promised to recommend a
81 LOST, O7S deficiency appropriation.
The board said that sum will be
needed to maintain pensions to the
end of the current biennium.
After June, 1855, a new biennial
welfare appropriation viii be avail
able to the board.
Acting Gov. Johns asked the
board to undertake q study of the
cost of liberalizing the old age
assistance program to permit aid
to pensioners having resources
worth more than $500. Present
regulations permit only that value
over and above any homestead
which may be owned by a pen
sioner.
The federal government permits
a maximum Of $500 in resources
under its program of matching
welfare funds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
Family Cat
Causes Cave-In

BALTIMORE Up - Mrs. Irene
Showalter saw the family cat
scratching at a hole in the back
yard yesterday.
So the South Baltimore house.
wife went out and chopped at the
hole with a hoe, thinking it might
be a rat hole. Then she decided to
wait until her husband came home
from work to investigate further.
But by the time Showalter came
back, the back yard was minus
chunk OF earth four feet in diam.
eter and at least eight feet deep.
Police said the cave.in might
mark the site of an old well.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
QUESTIONABLE On
Red Influence Is
Given To Cuzman
BY SAM suMMERLIN

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Up -
Eighty army officers have handed
a QUESTIONABLE to Guatemalan
President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
about Communist influences in that
country, and demanded a satisfac-
tory answer by the end of the
week.
This was reported today in pri-
vate advices from the Guate-
malan capital.
Official quarters in Washington
received report last night saying
the army had given the President
an ultimatum to quit sometime to-
day, and that he had agreed pro-
vided the army guaranteed not to
modest any Guatemalans. But the
later information from the Guate-
malan capital received here said
Arbenz had until the end Of the
week to answer. The questions
were handed to him yesterday.
If the army should Gust Arbenz,
he presumably would try to 60 to
Belize, British Honduras, where he
was reported to have large sea-
going yacht at anchor.
Two former Guatemalan defense
officials who fled their Communist.
tinged land say the army is on the
verge of revolt.
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CARR DOESN'T THINK

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when the hearings are over, that
some way be worked out with the
administration so his subcommittee
can get the names of persons he
said were guilty of acts of treason
in fighting the war in Korea.
Every ''blackout order" whether
by the Truman. administration or
any other, must be cancelled, Nc
Carthy said.
The American people, Mccarthy
said, are entitled to the informa-
ton.
Sticks To Contention
Carr, in the witness chair for
the second day, stuck to his con-
tenti0n that Stevens and Adams
tried to stop MeCarthy's investiga-
ton of Reds in the Army
And he declared, in response to
a question from Sen. Mcclellan
DARK, that he believes they
used "quite improper" tactics. He
declined, however, to express an
opinion as to whether their conduct
could be described as contrary 'to
the security of our country"
The Republican majority of the
hearings subcommittee is aiming
for a wind up of the hearings on
Friday, but continued feuding be-
tween Sen. Mccarthy and Sen.
Symington (D-Mo) could delay
that.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15

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theirs, Disabled Veterans. B. P. O..
Does Drove No. 80 and the Arthur
Sawyer Post of the American Lee
gion.
Pledge 70 Flag
After the pledge to the flag was
made by the assembly, Lauden-
slayer advised the group that two
words had been omitted. He said
that the Congress of the United
States during these times has seen
fit to include the words under
God" in the pledge.
Miss Patricia Byrd gave a leng-
thy, wen-prepared talk on the com.
plete history of the Stars and
Stripes. She said that she learned
a lot about the American Flag in
doing the research for her talk.
Miss Byrd will be attending the
University Of Southern California
shortly.
An outstanding speech was de-
livered by Hilario Ramos, Jr. He
said in his short talk that every
one could serve the flag well by
being active in religious work.
Mrs. Ralph Miner was pianist
for two vocal soloists, Judge Eva
Warner Gibson and Peter Simp-
son. Mrs. Gibson sang Columbia
the Gem of the Ocean" and "God
Bless America"
Simpson and Mrs. Gibson also
sang a vocal duet.
The invocation was given by Rab-
bi Abraham Schwartz and the ben
ediction by Father John ]. Capel-
lie, 81.
Participating in the ceremonies
were Jack Baker, Exalted Ruler,
and Harry Knight, Bill Neblett,
Harold Rudd and Ernest Betan-
court. Knights.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
Mother Saves
Children From
Vicious Dog

CLEVELAND Up - A pregnant
mother chung with bloody hands
to the lunging back of her crazed
boxer dog to save her children
from his fangs. Police arrived to
help and accidentally shot her in
the leg.
Mrs. Agnes Stavnicky, 80, mother
of three small children and ex-
pecting fourth next month, was
doing laundry in her basement yes
terday when the 90-pound dog.
Baron, began swapping and snarl-
ing at her.
Grabbing it, she yelled upstairs
to her sister-in-law, Miss Margaret
Stavnicky, to phone police and put
the children in a bedroom. The
dog bit her hands, but she
Straddled its back and hung on to
its neck.
Bullet Ricohets
Patrolman Albert Moenich found
the beast racing around the base
ment with the mother bouncing on
its back. Unable to hit the dog
with his nightstick, Moenich fired
three shots from his pistol. One
bullet ricocheted and hit Mrs.
Stavnicky.
The wounded dog ran up the
stairs into the children's bedroom.
Another patrolman, william Leon
ard, shot and killed it as it leaped
for his throat.
Mrs. Stavnicky's husband is a
foreman for the Lederer Iron &
Steel Co. Her children, are Pa
tricia, IL, Kenneth, IL, and Bar
bara, 7.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
U.S..CUBA FERRY LINE
Continued from Page One)

NNUulAuuCo IIOn dye OuSJ
corporation will be forced to ne
gotiate for other properties in
Key West or change its ter1ninus
to Marathon. or even Miami"
williams said in his letter. He
also said that the city should get
more revenue from the dock than
the $l2,500 offered by Caribbean
Ferries.
Ship Converted
During last nights discussion,
Hines pointed out that the boat to
be used in the ferry service, a
war-surplus landing ship, is now
being converted for passenger and
car ferry service at the Merrill
Stevens drydock in Miami. He
added that their contract calls for
the completion of the project by
August 20 and they plan to start
service from Key West - if they
can get dock - by September /.
When Commissioner Louis Car
bonell asked if the company would
post q performance bond to guar
antee that date, Hines said that he
would have to take it up with his
board of directors.
And Commissioner Delio Cobo
questioned whether or not the
entire dock should be leased to
the company. Hines explained
that they would require the entire
facility to keep out concessionaires
who might hurt their business by
price.gouging.
cobo Speaks
Cobo held that the city should
be allowed to keep the use Of
some Of the property to gain add
ed revenue.
The company has agreed to
make repairs to the dock so that
they can operate and to pay the
city a flat rental Of $12 500 per
year. They invited the city com
mission to 80 to Miami at their
expense to inspect the boat al
first hand. {
Later, City Manager Victor
Lang and City Attorney ]. Y. Por.
ter were instructed to meet with
representatives of the company
and draw up a tentative lease
agreement prior to further discus
sion. y. I
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POST,MORTEM
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(COntlnueQ IrOm rage OneJ
titled to the state treasurer in 1851
ard 1852 that $500, 900 in state dis.
ability. fund money was on deposit
at the South Amboy Trust Co.,
which Hoffman headed.
A total of 81, Zoo, 900 in state
funds was listed as deposited in
the bank in Hoffman's home town.
Three top division employees
were suspended as result of the
probe of the division, the governor
announced. A fourth employee re-
signed.
Meyner, Richman and State
Commissioner of Banking and in
surance Warren .Gaffney said they
have not yet determined how the
1949 deposit affects 100000 Hoff-
man confessed he embezzled prior
to 1898.
Public Hearing
Richman said the three persons
suspended would face a public
hearing before Meyner or some
one designated by him Aug. 16.
They are:
william S. Lutz, chief fiscal and
personnel officer of the Division
of Employment Security.
Jean A. Chianese, chief account.
ant of the division.
Thomas B. Faherty, supervisor
of purchase and stores.
The name of the man who re-
signed was not disclosed. Richman
said he was reported to be ill.
Hoffman died of a heart attack
in New York June 4 at the age
of s..
His daughter, Mrs. Ada Hoffman
Leonard of Madison, disclosed to
state officials a letter Hoffman had
written her revealing his embezzle.
ment some 20 years ago to pay
for his election to Congress in 1927
and for his successful 1894 guber-
Material campaign.
Family To Repay
Mrs. Leonard pledged the Hoff-
man family would repay every
cent of the money. Hoffman's wi
dow last Monday was voted a
$6,0O0-a-year pension by the state
legislature and the bill awaits
Meyner's signature.
Hoffman, affable after dinner
speaker and president of the fun
loving Circus Saints and Sinners,
was suspended March IS by Mey-
ner from the $13, 500 post he held
since he left the governorship N
1898.
At the time of the suspension,
Meyner said he had evidence OF
widespread Irregularities" in the
purchase of division supplies and
equipment.
The day after Hoffman's death,
Mrs. Leonard demanded that Mey.
ner clear her fathers name imme.
diately. In a letter to Meyner last
night, she apologized to the COVER.
nor because 'for almost two weeks
you have appeared in a crucially
unfair position
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
TOY Gun Gives
Fighters Nerve


TOKYO R-It was closing time
at the Heiwa Sogo Bank here. In
walked two desperadoes, one toting
a pistol.
They ordered five frightened
bank employees inside the vault.
All five were proceeding meek
ly until one took second glance
at the threatening weapon.
"Toy," he shouted. All five Crap
pied with the gunner. They heard
the pistol click but fought on and
subdued the holdup men.
Then they took good look at
the "toy" and shuddered.
It wasn't.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
PROPERTY VALUATION
fContinued from Page Onel

Continued from Page One)
cost of operation of Monroe Gen.
eral Hospital and two and a half
mills. for debt service.
That task, which entails max
ing 5000 separate entries, norm
ally requires ten days of inten-
sive work on the part of the
county tax assessors staff. How
ever, since the city does not
have the proper equipment, it
has been estimated that unless
the city hires battery of clerks
to make the entries by typewriter
it will require an estimated 60
days.
Hence, the city tax collector
may be delayed in preparing his
bills.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
DULLES TELLS OF
CONTINUED from Page One)

\NOutluuCU lIUIu dSC OuCJ
does not have any information
from clearly dependable source.
There is no doubt, he continued,
that a reign of terror is going on
in Guatemala and there is no doubt
either that the great majority de-
sire to clean their own house.
This is being made difficult,
Dulles declared, by Communist
terrorism which he said is
dramatically pointed up by a re-
cent statement of a Guatemalan
cabinet officer.
He quoted the unidentified minis.
ter as warning the Guatemalan
people that any disturbance would
mark the beginning of behead-
ing Of anti Communists in Guate.
mala.
Talks May Be Asked
Dulles said he was unable to
confirm but would not deny reports
that the United States is prepared
to ask for a foreign ministers con-
ference on the Guatemalan situa-
ton at meeting tomorrow of the
Council of the Organization Of
American States. (
He recalled that an exchange Of
views is now going on among the
American nations with respect to
the possibility of holding a foreign
ministers conference in the near
future. But he said he has no
knowledge that the matter might
be brought up at the GAS council
meeting tomorrow.