The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 26, 1953, Page 7

Friends Want T: ruman To Take Long Cruise To South Pacific There Is Strong Possibility They Engineers Ponder Problem Of How To Get [France Will Need May Visit Hawaii |63° Q” Pile Driver Under 45’ By ERNEST B. VACCARO KANSAS CITY “?—Ex-President Harry S. Truman, it may now be disclosed, has been assured of con- tracts providing him enough mon- ey for his future needs and to Permit him complete freedom to @ay and write what he pleases. This reporter was told by one of the former President’s closest friends that Truman will write his Memoirs for a New York publish- ing firm at a figure expected to Tun above half a million dollars ever a period of several years. In addition, Truman will make periodical, carefully selected lec- ture tours along lines of his own choosing. The source for this report would not be quoted by name. Details of the agreement are be- ing handled for the former Presi- dent by Matthew J. Connelly, his No. 1 secretary while in the White House. The source would not say what publishing firm is making the con- tract. Connelly, who flew here Wednes- day to help Truman set up private offices in the Federal Reserve Bank Building, is returning east some time this week. Connelly will have his own of- fices in New York City, serving as a consultant on government and business contracts, but he will con- tinue to represent Truman as his becretary. The former President himself has refused to discuss his future since he has stayed out of the negotiations, but he did set a pat- tern for the contract. He believes anything he undertakes must be in such strict conformity with the dignity the high office he held that no, one can raise any question about the propriety of what he Bes 2! Truman has turned down more than one $100,000-a-year offer to serve as. sales manager for manu- believes they might try to capi- talize on the commercial value of who has served as president. ,.The agreement under which he will write his memoirs and deliver lectures will provide sufficient in- come to maintain his private of- ig in Kansas City and his home nearby lependence, Mo., as ‘well to travel, speak and do other mite will be able Tray tbs He wi le to speak freely 0 And 0 knows for i ‘for long his sideline role when the political pots boil. The source of Truman’s future paid Mbt the overriding prob- i ‘is to, get Truman away if & real Vacation and rest be- 7 kes his memoir and assignments. The plans now being set up do not ¢ontem- plate--his-doing anything for the next six months other than reply to-his personal correspondence and aia to civilian life. jan is for ‘Truman to take a long cruise in the South Pacific with Mrs. Truman and Margaret as soon as it can be set up. There is a possibility they will visit Hawaii. In New York last night, Truman was quoted in an Américan Broad- casting Company program as say- ing that Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower’s trip to Korea probably did some good. Previously, Truman had twice referred to Eisenhower’s campaign promise to go to Korea as dema- Soguery, Bryson Rash, ABC correspon- dent, last night reported on an in- terview he had with Truman Jan. 15. Rash, appearing on a television program, said the statement on Korea was not cleared for release MAY THE BOOK REMAIN IN HAND LITTLE ROCK (#—How do you get a 63 foot 9 inch pile driver under a 45 foot 9 mch revolving bridge that refuses to revolve? A barge skipper and officials of the Rock Island Railroad have scampered up and dowh a bridge over the Arkansas River for two days trying to solve this one. It still wasn’t solved when dark- ness settled over Little Rock last night and railroad workers aban- doned the problem until today. Capt. Ben br ey and his barge crew are sil on the te kansas River on a barge wi started down the Missi two Mo. The barge is carrying ‘a pile driver to Menifee, Ark., about 40 miles north of here. Franklin tied up near Little Rock three days before Christmas. The Arkansas became too low to allow |Fre Bridge peor art ee see until Friday when heavy swelled the stream. He requested the. Rock Island line to revolve ‘the bridge spanning the Arkansas near down- town Little Rock so he could con- aot ceeee. Put electric pow- er, Power manual power would pot budge the bridge, which hasn't turned since 1938, The span was constructed in 1898. Rita Hayworth Gets Divorce Today From Aly By ED OLSEN RENO (#—A solemn Rita Hay- worth, who maintains she has no romantic plans, gets her Nevada divorce. today from Aly Khan, Playboy Moslem prince she mar- ried after a whirlwind, globe-gir- dling courtship in 1949. The onetime dancer turned glamorous movie queen said she expects to take her and Aly’s 3- year-old daughter Yasmin to the Washoe County Court hearing. She declined to, smile for photo- graphers, She wouldn’t discuss either the divorce or Aly, sport- loving son of the fabulously rich Aga Khan. Jackson Leighter, Rita’s busi- ness manager, who accompanied her from Hollywood,. explained: “She feels that is in poor taste— a matter to be discussed only with the court.” He added that no financial set- tlement has been reached with Aly concerning Yasmin, for whom Rita once asked three million dollars. But he said the possibility of a future settlement for the child is still open, “Miss Hayworth, of course, nev- er has requested anything for her- self,” Leighter declared. Rita qualified for the divorce more than a year ago by estab- lishing the six-week Nevada resi- dence at a rented home overlook- ing Lake Tahoe. She separated from Aly less than two years after they were married at his French Mediter- ranean villa in May, 1949. The ro- mance—and subsequent domestic troubles—made new: around the world. Aly had pursued her across two continents, although she was still married to Orson Welles. Then,’ after a year and a half of pleastre-seeking around the con- tinent, Rita called it quits with Aly, explaining ‘she couldn’t stand Training For Cub Leaders | Begins Tonight A training course for Cub Scout leaders will begin tonight at 7 p. m. at St. Anne’s Hall, Windsor Lane, and ‘will continue to nieet at the same time and place each Monday night through March 23. This basic training course has been arranged by toe Mon*oe County ict of the Boy Se of Ameria and wili-be presente under the direction of the District Training pees Ane neh The purpose is training for So thee fobs more llsctively wich more wi less waste of time, Each of the subjects areas 0) experiences especially designed for each type of leader in Cub 1g. When the leaders complete the six training experiences specified in the course, they will receive a basic training certificate. .. The initial meeting twill deal with the fundam« of the Boy Scout movement and what Cub scouting is. This lesson is required of all leaders for the certificate. Kenneth Beers will act as in- structor and the program includes a brief presentation on the history, basic ideas, program, organization and policies the Boy Scout movement as well as how Cub scouting works. Program planning is the the pace he sét. Besides,’she didn’t | « want to give up her film career. Divorce plans and rumors of reconciliation had alternated much of the time since then, Only last summer ‘Rita and Aly met in France and were ‘seen to: gether at Paris gatherings. But she returned to her moyie career alone, insisting she and Aly remained only good friends, President Warren G. Harding was the first U.#S. President who could drive his own car although official guards would ‘not. permit him to do so during his term in| office. f as president. Truman was quoted as saying in the interview: “It was demagoguery for a politi- cal nominee to say he was going to Korea with the implied promise to all the wives, mothers and sweet hearts of the men at the front that he would end the war.” Rash said Truman then added that the trip itself ‘was not dema- goguery and it probably did some |maurauders were stealing lesson for men leaders, is for February 16 under the direc- tion of Terry Millsap. A spesial meeting for Den mothers will be held February 23. No leader has been named for this section of the course as yet. The achievement plan, required of all leaders, will be under the direction of ‘Edmund McCue, on March 2. The Den mother will again be given a specigl lesson March 9 when Mrs. Lee Alberts is in charge of a section called “Den mother- Den chief relationships.” The pack meeting, special for men leaders, comes up for dis- cussion March 16 under Mr. Wash- burn, and the final meeting in the course will be a special lesson for Den chiefs only under Don Lock- ridge. Bandits Chased JERUSALEM (# — An Israeli Army man reported today that an Israel Army patrol chased a band of pipe-stealing Arabs back into Egypt early Sunday after an all-night running battle. In the action in the Western Negeb Desert the Arabs were be- lieved to have suffered serious losses, the spokesman said. The a tion pipes from a Jewish le- ment, he explained It was the first serious clash re- ported on the Israeli-Egyptian frontier in xecént weeks. Leg Turned In CHICAG® Wf — Police aré pon- dering the answer to this one: A man turned in a woman's artificial leg, =o working to build pipe- of a ° Pitkin Dies Sun. PALO ALTO, Calif. 7—Walter B. Pitkin, author of the best-sell- ing “Life Begins at Forty,” died from @ heart attack yesterday in @ hospital here. He was 74. He had been an editor, teacher and author throughout a vigorous life. His “Life Begins at Forty” was $0 popular the title phrase be- came a part of the language. The book gave a- lift to millions of middle-aged Americans. He. re- tired to his home in nearby Los four years ago. | 1119 WHITE ST. |sign of peace or lessening of ten- jsion at any of the points where 5 Bg jarmies of the West face those of More Foreign Aid | the Soviet allies. * _ 3) | The defense minister reported jthat France had filled her 1952 PARIS # — Defense Minister | quota of‘twelve and one-third Army Rene Pleven says France will |divisions and 27 Air Force squad- need increased foreign aid — pre-|rons for West European defense, | sumably from the United States— |p: ed last year at the Lisbon if she is to put more men into |conference of the North Atlantic | uniform this year. | Treaty countries. Hest spoke last night before See hae e National Assembly, which is considering the government’s four Death Reported billion dollar military bu . With $85,700,000 more in foreign help,| MOSCOW uw — Pravda reported | Pleven said, 30,000 troops and the death of the Soviet Un- | 9,000 Air Force specialists could leputy minister of ferrous be added to the 420,000 men now | m Bagrat Bikolaevich | | The Communist party | Europe and North Africa. | org: id he,died Saturday after Pleven warned that there is no/a lon! SS. THREE HOT"Ls IN MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES Located in the Heart of the City REASONABLE ROOMS WRITE or WIRE RATES for RESERVATIONS with BATH and TELEPHONE Ritz Pershing Miller Hotel Hotel Hotel 132 E. Flagler St. 226 N.E. Ist Ave. 229 N.E. Ist Ave. 102 Rooms 100 Rooms 80 Elevator Elevator Rooms Solarium Heated Elevator 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION Monday, January 26, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page Sse re S “Well, then do what I do. When John torgeis to leave ME any shopping money, I use this handy gadget here to get in touch with City Loan Co, @ Need cash for shopping? Phone, and then drop in for the money. 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