davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1954-10-14

without doing serious artistic
damage. But it doesn't lag.
Director George Cukor, an old
hand at this sort of sentimental
stuff. has managed to keep this
fable fascinating for almost
every one of its 180-odd minutes.
He also has elected from Judy
Garland and James Mason a pair
of corking, beautifully sustained
performances which are virtually
certain to land them at least
among the Academy nominees.
X = X +
Hollywood. which always can
be depended on to look at itself
through affectionate. rose-col-
ored tears, has achieved some
thing of a triumph of senti-
mental introspection. here. Moss
Hart, a man in love with the
entertainment world. has let his
love shine through in his adap-
tation Of the original 1887 see
mario.
AS a matter of cold. hard fact,
this probably is a sillier story
today than it may have seemed
II years ago when enacted by
Janet Gaynor and Fredric
March. It concerns. as will
hardly be news to any one, the
meteoric rise to stardom of a
young girl, a rise accompanied
by the plummeting from the
peak of a fading matinee idol.
It has a hollow ring if ex-
amined too closely. Actors have
been known to get publicly
potted with some frequency
without being drun1med from
the ranks. And there is always
Rome or a television series today,
to salve an actors ego and take
the place Of that long walk into
the Pacific toward the setting
sun.
The famous walk, when Mason
finally takes it after approxi-l
mately two and three-quarter
hours Of "a Star Is Born have
elapsed. will drench plenty Ct
handkerchiefs, Of course. How
noble he is. the fallen star, step
ping out of the way so he win
not drag his wife from her stel-5
lar eminence down to destruction
with him!
You sit around and think about
this thing and you may conclude
that Hollywood's values are pe.
culiarly its own. BY the movie
town standards. the finest and
fullest achievement of lffe is.
movie stardom and no Sacrifice.
Con the part Of some one else} is.
too great. ss -
X \ X X
The 1854 embellishments in
which this semiclassic of filmdon
Is wrapped should keep your
Evening star., 1954-10-14

mind of of such thoughts, how
ever. unless you are a churlish
movie reviewer. There is a fine
musical score by Harold Arlen
and Lyricist Ira Gershwin and
some big, colorful dance numbers
by Richard Barstow are splashed
all over that broad CinemaScope
screen.
These are given life by Miss
Garland, who projects comedy or
pathos most affectingly and sings
with a considerable wallop. Miss
Garland's last film was Sum-
mer Stock" in 1850, but "A Star
Is Born" has put her right back
among the movies leading high
voltage song-and-dance girls.
Whether she's leaning on piano
and singing with a small band,
or in the center of a big, swirling
production number. Judy socks
her songs over in fine style.
Some of these musical inserts
have little bearing on the story,
incidentally, and could be dis
pensed with without causing any
confusion. You'll just have to
accept the three-hour length
Producer Sid Luft has committed
himself to, however. 1t isn't that
he can't bear to cut one OF his
wife's numbers. These musical
embellishments are what give
this new version of "a Star Is
Born" its rich flavor.
y + X X III
Even so, it must be noted that
the leading players act out their
Hollywood fable as if they be-
lieved in it. Miss Garland's Vicki
Lester nee Esther Blodgett) is
sensitive and emotional per-
Torrance that is not likely to
leave you unmoved.
Mr.. Mason does a masterful
job, too, in his portrait Of Nor
man Maine. one-time movie
great sinking into an alcoholic
swamp. It is one of the best
characterizations he lever has
Eachieved. He manages to show
not merely the ruin of the man..
but also the charm Of the man
|she used to be and cs1sstill be
on occasion. @ A
r Jack Carson. as the press gent
who has saved the actof fepu-
Etation for, years ard mates him
for it. and Charles Bjckford, as
the understanding movie pro-
ducer. are completely authentic.
For Carson. incidentally, this is
something of=a change-of-pa
hes no comic bunpI this time
You can Disregard any quib-
bling hare and faE i star Is
il3ofh + with llnpe If YOU Ike the
supercharsed Nfiss Garhhd in
top form. youcan't miss. And it
won't hurt you to settle down
with Hollywood while it INDUCES
in a bit of sentimental self -ex-
animation
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The Posing Show
The Posing Show
Judy Sings With q WoIlop
In Big, New 'Stur IS Born
By Horry Macarthur

It the "a Star Born" One word
which surely applies the Hoywoods writers have
thoroughly-cooa Another word certainly for
Technicolor deep and three
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and some minutes long, is over
whelming. You know you have
been to the movies.
"A Star Is Born" which
opened today at the Metropoli-
tan and Ambassador Theaters.
also can be called surprising.
The surprise is not that Warner
Bros. Cor any one else) would
spend $6 million on a remake
with added music of a 17-year-
old movie hit. It is rather that
so much of the so much there
Is on display here is so good.
It's long, all right, and great
chunks of 1t could be cut out
Evening star., 1954-10-14

/ # - +
"a STAR Is BORN, Transcons
Enterprise Production, distributed by
Warner Brothers, produced by Sidney
Luft. directed by George Cukor. screen
play by Moss Hart. based on the 1897
screenplay by Dorothy Parker, Alan
Campbell and Robert Carson. from the
story by William 4. Weilman and Mr.
Gershwin. dances created and staged by
Richard Barstow. musical direction BY
Ray Heidorf. At the Metropolitan and
The Cast.
Esther Blodgett --- Judy Garland
Norman Maine --- Games Mason
Libby Jack Carson
Oliver Niles $4,000 Charles Bickford
Danny MCGUIRE Tom Noonan
A Starlet -- Lucy NARROW
Susan ----..A Amanda Blake
Graves ---- Irving Bacon
Libby'S Secretary - Hazel Sherman
Glenn Williams James Brown
Miss Markham -- Lotus Robb
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
2 Slightly Hurt
In KEYS Accident

Two persons were only slightly
hurt this morning when the truck
they were riding in overturned on
Channel No. S viaduct, "A miles
north of Marathon.
State Highway PatroIman George
r. Bennett, who investigated the
accident, identified the pair as
Hayden Henry Jesterson of
Orlando, the driver of the late
model trailer truck and a woman
companion, Dorothy May Finch,
Nashville, Tenn. They were treated
at the Marathon Clinic for minor
cuts and bruises.
Bennett said that the truck was
headed north when JesterSen ap-
parently went to sleep. The truck
went out of control, struck the
curb and then careened across the
road and overturned. Two sections
of the bridge railing were torn
out by the force of the impact,
Bennett added. The truck was
listed as a total loss and damage
to the bridge was estimated at
$500. Jestersen was charged with
reckless driving as a result of the
accident.
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The martial law decree
was announced late last
night after a government APP
peal for all private cars to
be turned in for use in NOV
ing troops.
Reports from Guatemala
said the decisive phrase of the bat
tie for that neighboring Central
American nation may come within
48 hours.
Associated Press Correspondent
Jack Rutledge, in Guatemala City,
quoted. Guatemalan armp officers
as saying no field action had vet
been fought. They added, however,
that battle could not be delayed
much longer.
Evacuation Planned
The us. Embassy in Guatemala
City announced it is making plans
to evacuate wives and children Of
US. citizens. With wava o.esanti.
us. tsekg sweeping the city, the
embassy repeatedly feared vio-
lence might break out against
North Americans. There are about
1000 US. citizens in Guatemala.
Part of the rebel force was re-
ported striking toward the Pan.
American Highway, near the SAL
vadorean border. This is a two
headed drive from Neuva Ocotepe-
que, Honduras, toward the town Of
Jutiapa.
Another invading column re-
portedly was moving in from
Macuelizo, Honduras, about 20
miles west of Puerto Barrios,
Guatemala's chief Caribbean port.
The third was reported toward
Zacapa, midway on the vital rail
line between Puerto Barrios and
Guatemala City.
Planes Drop FIRMS
Rebel sources said TIER planes
also are dropping arms in western
Guatemala, where uprisings
against the government have been
reported.
President Arbenz repeatedly has
taken, personal charge of defense
strategy. 1t was speculated the
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
$4,000 Key West
Brochures Set
For Distribution

Fifty-thousand brochures on Kew
West will be distributed this s,r,.
mer to southbound motorists At
three different locations an tho
main highways entering Florida
according to Trends" the monthly
publication Of the local Chamber
Of Commerce.
The brochures will stress the
trip to Key. West via the tolI.free
Overseas Highway" and the fart
that Key West has 1900 hotel and
motel rooms at summer rates as
well as fine restaurants.
The fact that Key West ia the
gateway to Cuba will also he
played up.
To check the effectiveness of
the promotion, motorists who re-.
Continued on Page Two,
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Coast Guard Aids
Injured Seaman

A merchant seaman is under
going treatment in the Naval Hos
pital for a leg fracture after he
was removed from q New York
bound freighter early Sunday
morning.
1t. William H. Burgess, of the
Key West Coast Guard Station,
identified the seaman as c. c.
Rogers, 600 Brooklyn Ave-, New
Orleans, La. He said that the
injured man was removed from
the IS Seatrain New York short
ly after midnight Sunday at the
sea buoy by a Coast Guard boat
under the command of Chief
Boatswain's Mate Bryan ]. Will
liams. He was transferred to the
hospital by Navy ambulance.
Cause of the accident in which
the man was injured was not
learned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
British Captain
Will Be Buried
Here Tomorrow

The captain of a British freigh-
ter who died at sea yesterday will
be buried here tomorrow.
Capt James Brown, the sherif's
department reported. died at /
pm. yesterday aboard his ship,
the SIS Lapland. The ship put in
to Key West later yesterday after
noon and turned the body over to
the Lopez Funeral Home, for
burial in City Cemetery.
Later the ship sailed for Corpus
Christi, Texas.
The Lopez Funeral Home said
an agent of the ships United
States agents, Maxey-Savon, Law
rice Co., New York City, and the
British consul from Miami would
arrive here tomorrow for the
funeral at 3 pm. from the Lopez
chapel. Rev. Ralph Rogers will
officiate.
Capt. Brown is survived by his
widow, Nancy, and a daughter
who both live in Scotland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
Unofficial Use
Of Macy Buses
Not Permitted

There will be no more
free-loading tours of the
Navy station in Navy buses.
That was the word today
from Washington.
From last Oct. 15 to June
8, a Navy bus carried tour
lists on free tours through
the Navy Station daily ex-
cept Saturday and Sunday.
Thousands of visitors took
advantage of the trip.
Clyde Montgomery, operator OF
a glass-bottom sight seeing boat
protested that the free tours were
competing with his boat trips Tor
which tourists paid.
He wrote his protest to the Sec
rotary of the Navy.
However, Senator George Smath-
ers Cd. Fla wrote Mrs. Mary Lee
Graham, president of the Key
West Chamber of Commerce, that
the Navy intended to stop the
tours anyway.
Appropriations Risked
According to Smathers. the Navy
Department ran the risk OF losing
appropriations for Navy buses. The
appropriations, he said. are for
the official use of Navy buses on
ly.
Smathers also said that the bus
tours had been arranged by the
Key West Naval Base and had not
received an okay from the Depart
ment of the Navy in Washington.
However, there is possibility
that commercial bus tours will be
run through the Navy base.
In a letter to Smathers from
Vice Adm. R.. F.. Good in the Of
flee of the Chief of Naval Opera
tons, he said the commander OF
the base here (Rear Adm. G. C..
Towner) has been authorized to
arrange a schedule for CONNER
cial sight seeing buses to enter
the base with appropriate security
regulations.
Copies Sent
Smathers forwarded copies of
the letters to The Key West Citi-
zen.
Smathers letter to The Citizen
follows:
81 have received so many pro-
tests concerning the action of the
Navy in disseminating Navy Bus
tours at the Navy Base that I will
appreciate your publishing the in
formation contained in the enclos-
ed copy of my letter to the Presi-
dent of the Key West Chamber of
Commerce and copy of letter from
the Bureau of Naval Operations
explaining reasons for the action
Continued on Page Iwol
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C.. OF C.. MEMBER
MERCHANTS PLAN
|CITY-WIDE SALE

Merchants who are members of
the Key West Chamber of Com
merce will sponsor city-wide
sale ON August 2, 3, and 4.
Chairman Kathleen Lucas of the
Chambers Retail Division has an.
nounced that for a participation
fee of $40 dollars per firm, tae
merchants viii share in a full
page ad in The Citizen, 10000 re.
prints of the page to be distribut
ed door-to-door in Key West and
Marathon, so spot announcements
on the local radio station and 10
WI 49, banners for each cooperat-
ing firm. .N -
4.e.4- RS who desire to partici-
pate should contact either the
Chamber of Commerce or Mrs.
Lucas.
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Dante Fascell
|ToBe Honored AT
Dinner Thursday

Dante Fascell, Democratic NOM
inee for U. S. Representative from
this district, will be honored with
a dinner at the La Concha Hotel
Thursday at 7 p. m.
His local campaign manager,
Frank Bartolone, today said tick
cts are available from him at
2-7632 or from Sam SHERMAN at
the Key West Venetian Blind Co.
Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., will
be POSTMASTER. Among those in
vited are Bernie c. Papy, state
representative; Bill Neblett, DEM
ocratic nominee for state senator;
Adm. G. c. Towner, commanding
officer of the Naval Base; Capt. C.
L. Murphy. chief of staff at the
base; and Horace O'Bryant, sup
erintendent of public instruction.
Miss Barbara CuSumano, of Mi
ami, coloratura soprano. will sing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
Street Paving
Work Behind
On Schedule
Heavy Rain Last
Week Hampers
City's Program

Key Vests street building pro-
gram was thrown behind schedule
due to last weeks heavy rains,
City Manager Victor Lang said to-
day.
Lang added that using the city's
new street building machine work
will get underway today in an eff
fort to regain the lost time. He
pointed out that about five miles
of the city's Is miles of defective
streets have been surfaced since
the machine was put into use
about two months ago.
Very Much Pleased
The City Manager said that to
date, he is Every much pleased"
with the operation of the machine.
He admitted that the city has had
some trouble with streets built
with it but expressed confidence
that it is the answer to the city's
street building needs.
Work to be done Immediately,
Lang said. is in the Fifth and Ashe
Streets areas.
People who have suffered the
longest will get first service"
Lang said.
United Street will also get pri-
ority treatment. he added, because
of the fact that it is one of the
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
Polio Reports
Are Deplored
AS Misleading

The Chamber Of ComE-ce de-
pIores the fact that news releases
on wire services that g. out all
over the nation when unusual
number of polio cases 81 report
ed in this or any othe. yea, are
frequently misleading,
The "box >core" is continuously
used. Last month when they were
using "27 Cases of Polio" as a
headline, a good many # these
victims had already recovered.
Last October, the rapers were
screaming "52.. Cases OF Polio
when that was the number report.
ed during the entire year.
People contemplating Key West
Continued on Page Two)
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Edwal offer Is Honored
For 80 Years Govt Service
us. Public Health
Official Tells OF
Quarantine Work
BY MARGARET FoREsMAN

Special recognition and the pres.
entation of pin and an award
certificate marked the completion
OF 80 years of duty with the U. S.
Public Health Service for Edward
F. Schaffer, Quarantine Inspector
OF the Port of Key West.
The ceremonies honoring Schaf-
fer, conducted recently at Miami
International Airport, were spon-
sored by the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare and the
Public Health Service. DR.. Arthur
W. hewitt, medical officer in
charge of the south Florida. quaran.
tine activities, with offices at the
Quarantine Station, Miami Beach,
made the presentation and gave
Schaffer a special Recommended
ton citation.
Schaffer, who lives at 1902 Ave-
nue. E, says that the majority of
his 80 years of Public Health Ser
vice has been spent in the Key
West area.
Early Days
A native of Cleveland, Ohio,
Schaffer first came to Key West
in 1920 for duty with the Marine
Corps. He became familiar with
the opportunities presented by
career in the u. S. Public Health
service, and upon the completion
of his hitch with the Marines in
the mid-twenties, he joined that
branch of government service.
He was assigned to duty at the
old Marine Hospital here, and for
II years worked in the Hospital
Division of the Public Health Ser
vice.
This division had its headquar-
tiers at the Marine Hospital, and
during these years of service,
Schaffer worked with many doctors
whose work is familiar to Key
Westers. His first medical officer
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Two Applications
In For Tax Post

Two applications have been re-
ceived by the Civil Service Board
for the post as City Tax Assessor.
The post was left vacant when
Sam Pinder, Jr., resigned two
weeks ago.
City Manager Victor Lang,
who is responsible for making
the appointment of the tax as
SCISSOR, under the provisions Of
the city charter, did not release
the names of the applicants.
The Civil Service Board, which
advertised for applications, meets
Thursday night, at which time it
will consider the applicants.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
Nearly 1000
Get Free Chest
.X-rays In County

Almost 1000 Monroe Countians
received free chest X-rays in the
past few days, the County Health
Unit announced today.
Since June IS, a mobile X-ray
unit from the State Board Of Health
has been in the Keys for the free
X-ray service.
Here is a breakdown of the
number of X-rays and where they
were made:
Tavernier, June Is, 153 X-rays;
Marathon, June Is, 239 X-rays;
State Road Camp on Big Pine
Key, June Is, As X-rays; Table
Supply Co., Key West, June Is,
1876 X-rays; Emma and Petronia
Streets, June IL, 139 X-rays; Kress
store, June IS, SIG X-rays; Kress
store, June 10, 500 X-rays.
The grand total was 1927 X-rays.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
Teacher I,
BadyHurt
In Crash
Mrs. Mavereen Meador
Is Victim OF Freak
Car Crash Sunday

Mrs. Mavereen E. Mead
or, 81, of 613 William St., a
sixth grade teacher at Har-
ris School, was in serious
condition today in Monroe
General Hospital as a result
of a freak auto crash at l 80
p. m. yesterday.
The car in which she was rid
ing collided head-on with. a boat
trailer that had broken loose
from the car that was towing it.
Patrol Report
According to Robert Young.
State Highway Patrol trooper.
Mrs. Meador was riding in a car
being driven south on us. 1 by
Miss Lavinia Riber Wagner, 81,
of the Pearle Trailer Court, Stock
Island. She also is a teacher at
Harris School.
The car, 1850 Chevrolet
coach, Young said, had just cross
ed Tea Table Bridge and was on
Indian Key Fill when the acci-
dent took place.
A 1858 Ford pickup truck,
pulling the boat and trailer, was
headed north. Just before the
two cars were to pass, Young
said, the trailer hitch came loose.
The trailer and row boat swerv-
ed out into the other lane and
met the Wagner car head on.
Windshield Rammsd
Young said the tongue Of the
trailer rammed through the
windshield of the Wagner car,
striking Mrs. Meador, who was
riding in the right hand front
seat.
Herbert L. Hudson, of Holly
wood, Fla, was the driver of the
pickup truck, according to
Young.
Young added that Mrs. Ken
meth Meador, Fl, of 613 William
Street, and a child were also rid
ing in the Wagner car but sus-
tanned only minor cuts.
The Wagner car went out of
control after the collision and
rolled off the highway into four
feet OF water. The car did not
overturn. a
Injuries Described
Young said Mrs. Mcador sus-
tanned a fractured collar bone,
cuts about the head, and n frac-
tuned skull.
DR.. Herman Moore, who is
treating her, said her condition
was serious. He said she sus-
tanned very severe cuts about the
head, face and shoulders.
He added that the exact sc.
robustness Of her injuries has not
yet been determined and that it
might be a few days before the
extent of the injuries are fully
determined.
She was very painfully in
jured," he continued.
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Key Vests accident toll was
comparatively light over The
weekend.
Only rive accidents occurred,
with total damage estimated
by police at $3.50. No one was
injured.
One Of the accidents occurred
when an automobile struck .
barricads at the bridge now IN
dersoins repairs on Roosevelt
Boulevard.
Key West motorists should
use special care when driving
on ths boulevard since traffic
Is being ehsnnelled into one
lane there.
Another boulevard danger
spot, especially on wseksnds,
Is HE triangle near HE Naval
Hospital. LET'S take II easy and
observe stop signs there, mot.
orists.
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Navy Would Have Ended Free
Tours Regardless OF Protests
City Commission
Meets Tonight

The city commission will
tackle . light assnda tenisht
sssaf their regular meeting.
The session Is SET ~ ! Pm,
in HE city hall.
Three xsnins ordinances are
10 be aired af sitsf time, along
with request for permission
10 epsrafs . trailer park Of 7l7
Teppine Court.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
Thirtieth POIio
Case Reported

The eity's thirtieth polio case
OF HE year was recorded "a.
day, The County Health uni+
reported.
The new case. HE seventh
since the gamma sIebvIln .hots
were given ives . 3s.ysar.oId
white woman. She has q non
Psrs'yfie form Of fhs diseass.
The woman Is not q Navx A..
pendent.
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Showdown Battle against Anti-Red
Rebels Planned; US. Citizens Flee
Bv SAM sUMMERLIN

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP)-President Jacobo
Arbenz Guzman of Guatemala proclaimed martial law
throughout his invaded country today his Communist
backed government mobilized for showdown battle with
ant-Red rebels.
Insurgent leaders claimed their forces pushing
ahead in three pronged drive aimed key rail and road
in the southern part of the country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE.

Properly Damage $3.50 SIS, IFS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-21

For Quick Communicates
Use CLASSIFIED AdsI You'll
reoch buyers and sellers
tenonts or workers lust
DIAL 2-566l OF 2-S662.
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Key West. Florido. hos the
most equuble climote in the
country. with ON uveroge
Tmge OF only Ia Fahrenheit