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—- tomorrow, were the topic of conversation among ‘West baseball fans today, Dave Coble of the . who is highly pleased, with . the training; here, said that his club will | the Raiders “a good battle| though we are not yet in best of shape.” fhe game will be the night- of & doubleheader, The Blue League leaders, the Trojans in the opener lp m. The Tourist-Raider will commence at 3:15 7. regardless of whether the ' game has been completed ‘@ met. The Raiders;are given then a 2-1 chanee of win- ; sisted th invitation, but declined to accept it, as he is making no public appearances here. Le TT That has b been regarded 88 going in on their side in World a Pear Friends: | the making inthe next few days pf avery grave decision. It re- Greek government for s loan of two hundred and fifty million follars.’ Phe President has al- ready had one full dress con- ference with the bipartisan end ership im the Cangress and, as this is written, another such con- ference is sitting with an en- larged membership. By the time you read this, the President will Cangress and maybe to the coun- , try ‘on the subject. The Pres ” VERY TRULY YOURS senate By SENATOR CLAUDE PEPPER amounting virtually to an am ' Weare faced im Congress with nouncement by the British that they are pulling out of Greece, bag and baggage. and teaving it dates “to, the application of. the] Up to us to determine whether we shall go in to take theiy place or whether as many would have us believe, including the British, we wil stay out and ket the Rus- jhas presented . ee ‘the The presentation was made in The deed; Krug "said, is: suffi- to Secretary of the}cient for his department, to Interior Krug, in'the presence of} gin the of Senators Pepper and Holland and} life in the” fiecrosmateaiten ‘Smathers, Peter-|the presentation ; cent gift’ and’ that the par, Caldwell told: Krug that Flor- when completed, will be a great glint sine ears asset to. the nation. Cee eae British have clalveed Sha Eaeneee way even to maintain the low | sphere of} standard of There has heen in progress for a long time a struggle be- tween the British and the Russi- ans in the Greek-Turkish ‘Near As a matter of fact, have. addressed a message to, this struggle has continued tor ‘centuries. The Russians been trying to get accessto the s cancelling his * expected ‘Dardenelles, whieh is thé outlet to the Caribbean and the to the 'general atmosphere in. which the, Black Sea upon which the Rus- le matter has been consider- ‘sian homeland lies. This had of- pri the British through the Tnjted Nations Or- because they! people now have in bs United ganization, we doing our full. part | ed indicate that it is regarded on {ten been called the Battle of the all sides as jpvelving a momen- Dardenelles. ‘fer | toys decision’ on the part of our our -foreign policy. wanted to ai a foothold in} Kingdom. }to carry qut United Nations .pol- the Balkans, and, (2) The British feet that the, icy. cause Greece lay right along| defense of the eastern Mediter- j side the Dardenelles and was .a|raneam against Russian encroach« of yery great strategic} ment, I assume, is as much our The Russians won the Darde- government as to an ‘aspect of‘netles and Constantinople as well from the Turks in a war about the But, by all: means, we must | help Greece, I was there ‘in 1945; This: matter eame/ ta a head}middle of the last century. But and saw the deplorable ‘destrue- |’ tion and the pitiful need’ of that heraic and. ancient people. They ' must have help and’ have it at once...And, in| my opinion, two hundred, and fifty million bw lars is. not goin value in aid of the British policy} matter as it is theirs; at. least to keep the Russians bottled up!they feel that we would not dare in the Black Seg and to keep/let the defense of those areas by jthem out of the eastern Mediter-}the western powers go by de- rean. It has now. become known} fault; that for some time*the British have not indieated whether they ting us, as many feel, to under- when the British advised us) the British and the French navies Rather abruptly that they weré}went into the Black Sea, sank drawing their farees: out of'the Russian fleet, and refused |Greece, consisting of upwards of!to allow the Russians to claim ‘ten thousand troops on March|the fruits of their victory. The ‘31 and were’ unable to extend to! British and the French promised All these considerations lead- Greece any further financial aid. the Russians the Dardenelles for se eae Yrevebout N: fi win ing ably man- Up S ld 54 A3:. © Sweeting, big Raider a ) ps sets ie . is expected to get Starting mound assignment | We want to see but not, outside: money’ to maintain a peties: patie or to pull British chestnuts. out of the eastern Mediterranean | fire would continue to give this fi-| writing British foreign policy to nancial aid. to the Turks or). degree, and to a decision to area also.| nut enongh money inte any im- Whether, in such event, they! portant part of the world threat- would also leave the defense ofiened with communism from War 1. The Russians went into ° the war, lost two and a Lalf 9 illion killed’ and two and a half million wounded. before they got Gilmore Beats Raiders, 35-24, In Other Tournament Surprise Meador, the other outstand- Raider hurler, ready for re- duty. Esmond Albury is slat- for the catching burden. said his four experienced Dick Farkas, Gene EI-| Medal i and Lefty, were knocked out of the running are not yet in shape to| last night as the USS Gilmore upset the Red Raiders, 35 to 28, and the Nayy All-Stars surpris- ed the USS Sarsfield with a 54-43 -manager i. counting on} beating at the Fort Taylor gym, The Raiders, city ehampions, The two top teams of the Gald: Tournament He said he wished they have arrived here about none of whom jLions Enjay Movie Shoris At Meeting. ‘Through the eeurtesy of Lion pitched professional ball, to} 29d No. 2 team of the -tourney, Earl Hamilton, principal of Di- against the Raiders. Bill} were minus the services of their Joe Sylvester and Char-| Star. guard,. Gene Haskins, who ored' 18 paint inthe: first tournament game’ of thei Raiders} ing) held Miamils \.experie! \infield- | 2gainst' the Independents. Wheth- . er nced in elds er the shift from the High Schoo! gym: to: Fort Taylor affected ‘the’ Raiders was not.reparted to ‘fhe |" Citizen, but the boys are, need- are the youngsters ri ip are;likely to play three or tow innings, Coble. said, mean- Armando Gallart, ; a-Cuban, Skeeter Webb at se and Ray Stokes i John Jordan has shown pale to the much’ larger vary. artists appeari well at third and ‘will start. |ine Street elementary sehool, Nor do we wish: to make Greete the’ battle-grourid’“ of *'@epower struggle between. the great: pow- ers. in that strategic part of the world, We want to help Greece to get. back on its feet,’ to’ repair the damage of war, to stabilize political conditions ‘and economic affairs. We: want to see G restered to the stability, the pendence and freedom her gal. lant struggle through the ‘cen: turies for democracy deserves. » I suggest, therefore, at in what. we do,. we think of Greek people, and, that at. bea | Turkey up to us, through finan-) within to: maintain’ the! supre-. ¢ial aid to the Turks to enable} macy of anti-communistic forces them to maintain a large army,|tend to obscure two apt ques- and whether the Turks, in case! gions, in my opinion, of the British do withdraw their! mount importance: assistance, will appeal ta us as the Greeks have done, .we . do. out with their revolution in 1917, but Lenin’s government was not jat that time seeking. territory] ‘S never asked for the Darde- No doubt he wouldn't have gétten it if he had. It is well known that Mr. Win- ston Churchill, as Prime Mipis- ter, tried to direct the invasion of the continent of Europe during World War 1 through the Balk- ans, so allied armies would oc-|ly hard pressed finangially at aren the United Nations is ; cupy that area at the war's end,| home and are having to limit! weakening the United Nations, ,and to keep the Russians from | their expeditures both at home} just as the same kind of thing getting into that territory. The'and abroad in: the most severe in the early years of the League rr Oecccccgngoccccanogooasaces @isn't this a maiter of vital concern to the United Nations? (2) The ‘meeds’.of the great British action in this matter is! Greek. people themselves. due undoubtedly to two things:} (1) The British .are. exceeding- tele feel that what is going on joday among.the. major powers eenerenaeaeeen ena eopnacenqeeooesoccs the members of ‘the Key West: Lions Club, att at their regular meet- Den (Thursday ‘evening, ue Slaaeee a number.’ 1408. movie shorts which proved} ieee instruetive: vand entertain- Following this presentation, ion’ Program Chairman Joe Al- less to say, comparative strang- len presented @ program featuring}. in the current PRESIDENT TRUMAN, SPEBSQA MEMBER, ASKED ™ Organization Dedicated To Fine Old Art Of Barker Shop Quartet SING WITH ANOTHER SPEBSQSA MAN is SoecenSeeaueasenerepoe loons” vebwalt a When President. Truman ar- “Si arrival in “re Key monn: Be ty floor show. of Raul’s’ Club. eeeverth evens: they ‘gave a good} Miss Elsq Valladards, Cuban account ‘af themselves’ and, with “bombshell”, and Jose Martinez, | Sehiffhauer also will’ prob- See action ‘at the®hot spot: an able receiver him- have won, al- ae pore extraordinary, Haskins, ‘might enter- though the Gilmore would ‘have | ‘#4 made it tough ‘against: amy. line+ |’ up. G. L. Ulm, fast-breaking for- eh is sti hot ‘Quite ‘fr’ “stiape} te start and is relying on Bud Rowland, Tom Lacy and Bill lewis for the catching. George Sebter and Jack Bearden, husky Siigger, veteran outfielders, may ward, tossed.in six baskets and’ a foul to lead the winners’ with id Valladares, a soprano, ing several Spanish selections, Mr. Martinez . entertained’ with tricks of magic. At the can- clusion of the program, the Lions |thanked Mark Duffy, the pro- rived here Wednesday night, he raised the total membership in Key West of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America to exactly two. The ather member i it appears that you and I are the only members of Society for the Preserva- quartet. At the ap) ‘time and place we will sound off to the strains of Missouri Waltz, or any other ’ favorite Au yours. “the good old ber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc., residing in this “It is a matter of public rec- ord that the Kansas City. Mo. chapter of SPEBSQSA saw fit to honér you with a member- | forming a quagtet here to up- SPEBSQSA and outdoor adver-| isi hold eur grand old The’ victory of the Navy All- prietor of Raul's Club, for his Stars was just as big a surprise. courtesy in sending the enter- @@ some action but the starting ime-up will probably have By Newton, Ed Russelle, The Sarsfield, No.1 team of the. tainers. tournay, ‘holds the Hastern Sea-; board destroyer i dee Malinowski or Jack Wilson im the gardens. The Miami manager said he is won at Norfolk, Va., not long ay f The club had whizzed through one game after another but ap- parently hadn’t hit such lads as Don Seward, Navy forward, and his team-mates “Guns” ‘and Don Cubbinson, both guards. Seward accounted for 15 Seal | and singing was led by Lion J. R. Schultz 14, Cubbison, Ray Smith, 10: The Navy and the Gilmore will | * play for the Gold Medal trophy next Friday night. " with Key West @® & training site. “We have been wery well treated,” he said. He meals furnished team have been excellent. RECREATION Schultz Plans were discussed for the Presentation of the forthcoming it:show, “Best Smile Forward”, | Which the Lions are ¢o-sponsor- ing with the Community Chest. is to be presented at the Drift- wooed Club on March 21-22. Extensive improvements to the clubhouse, now in progress, were alse discussed. President Fred Miller presided, arcellus, musi¢ instructor in Key } est High School. Proof “How. did the detective dis- SL SWieaING—South Beach, south] bracket games wilt be played} cayer that the burglar was dress: end of Duval Street. during the week. FISHING—Gu West. Caraline Street; Craig Dock, north end of Grinnell Street. BASEBALL—Daily spring train- ing workouts of Miami Tour- (Florida - International and games every Saturday, Sunday at Munici- Duck Avenue and 14th Street. i sion charge to workouts. GQLF—Municipal yview Park on Di- vision Street (day and night Mt Boe Be HANDBALL Bey Player-Position— FG FT TP 6 al Hworme USS. Gilmore Player-Position— FG ach and Bayview rer paageeea ted al adidas 5 i el Sil wonrmowornwe common? aFAtion er Navy Ali Stars fedias a woman?” “He passed a hat store without: looking in.” ‘Keep America — ship (for which you paid) and which, although there have been conflicting remarks. con- cerning your singing voice. I recognize you as a bena fide, full-fledged member, thrills with the jeys of har- monious chords and enjoys the gift of good fellowship. . .. “It is aur bounden duty to Key West, was immediately in- i to propose a harmony meeting of the two SPEBSQSA members together with a couple of other voices and carry out the SPEBSQSA tradition with some barber shop harmony. Beneath the Gay Nineties let- With the understanding that consented to , publish letter of SPEBSQSA Historian resident Truman. Overseas Transportation Sturges writes an open letter to the President which he brought to The Citizen. The letter reads: } “Dear Mr. President: Where Ends Meet Father: My son, I don’t like tq think that you are at the bot- tom of the class! Son (aged 7): I can’t see that it matters,, pa. They teach the _|same things at both ends. woe wo icepeerr a wee -Position— ¥ §2e: See that sailor over there | @npoying that girl? SP: Why, hé’s not even look- ereonuna wesccend what’s -annoying|Cubbison, g eel ee ay 0 0 |Campbell, g - 9. 4@ac8 "sl Totals— 4 66 Ot o| USS. 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