The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 6, 1953, Page 8

oaTe. PICs ME UP ar SBVENSTHIRTY.’— WHAT OF ITF WHATS LEFT FOR THEM W SALT HARDLY EVEN LOOKED AT HiM L WONDER ABOUT DOC, SEND KIM 70 = NOduOD HSV13 THAT LOTHAR.) aa WE COULD TAR AN' FEATHER TH! VARMINT AND. RIDE HIM OUT TH’ HOLLER YUL RUN GIT TH’ BUT HE'S NEW IN Tow BESIDES, He WAS WAL WOLNWHd FHL AANVYAGNVW THE WORLD TODAY _ By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON # — What's the gimmick? .That’s. the immediate Russian peace talk. In the past week the Russians have talked more peace than at any time since the start of the Korean War almost three years ago. It instantly makes this country ask: Do they mean it? How long would peace last? What are the Russians really up to? They have so poisoned thinking here by their tactics that any expression of good intentions by them gets a response of skeptic- ism and wariness. While he lived Stalin kept the Korean War going. Was that bright successor, Malenkov, must have thought his tactics, at least, were stupid since he began changing them after taking over. At least he has been talking that way. It’s too early to tell if he really means it. What did the Russians accom- Plish by starting the war at all? They got the answer to a ques- tion: Would the West fight to stop that kind of aggression? If the answer had been no, the Commu- nists could have taken over Asia. They got the answer fast: Yes. What else did they accomplish? They also forced this country to use up a lot of materials that were shot up in battle. And, because of the war, this country suffered some inflation. What harm did the Russians suffer by the war, as. seen from here? For one thing, they started this unprepared country toward big rearmament. The fear of what might come next forged a tight alliance be- tween this country and its Western to | allies, made them all re-arm, got them all better set for a big war if it came, and thrust the U. S. into true leadership of the West. There was growing danger in this for Russia if it didn’t really look forward to world war but hoped for conquest by other and more sly methods: One sudden and unexpected incident might pull the trigger on World War III. And Korea also pushed the West into greater prosperity, even though some of it, or maybe much of it, was artificial because it was If there had been no Korean War, if the Western economy had been allowed to seek its natural level, it’s possible there would have been 5 x aac by the big arms program. YIHLVA dN ONIONS m undergo a test of their coolness and he'll turn to something more reli-i but a mixture of gases, 5 > far less prosperity, perhaps even depression, which is what the Russians hope for. What do the Russians think they can accomplish by peace? Maybe they figure this way: With peace in Koi ind Russia acting like a dove, the Western Allies will slo wdown or stop their arming, resume their own ancient rivalries, perhaps quarrel and thoroughly split .while America loses its role of leadership. Further, a sudden stop in re- armament might dislocate the western countries’ economy so bad- ly they'd go into a tgilspin. There’s not much reason for Communists to go to war if they think they can take over from within in de- pression. After World War II there was —by the people, Congress and the government leadership—to disarm. The Russians didn’t ment leadership once again will vision. And such a test might not be long in coming. The Russians | may be thinking of that right now. reaction in American minds to|, "THE UTH went across the hall, knocked, then pushed into Nancy’s room. She found the girl sprawled across the bed, reading another book on the art of acting. “Hello, Nancy!” “Oh, it’s you, de-ah.” ‘Through supercilious eyes Nancy med ex Deiefiy then turned a page. Ruth chuckled and sat down. It ‘was good, she decided, to havea kid sister. Kid sisters were a prob- lem at times, but they were also jolly to have around. “Mr. Curtis thinks you have talent?” Nancy snapped the book shut. A strange stiffness made her face suddenly look two or three years older. “I don’t know whether I like him, Ruth. He talks very well, but there’s something about him that —well, I like Mr. Hufford better.” “Dan?” The girl’s head went_up and down. energetically. “Oh, he’s swell! Have you noticed he don’t ever laugh at Mr. Hufford?” “T like him, too, Nancy. As a matter of fact, I may even love him. Does that strike you as strange?” “It strikes me as nice,” she said firmly. Then she remembered she adored Bob and a stricken expres- sion obliterated her smile. “You sure?” “No.” “You're funny, Ruth. Sometimes I sit here and think I know a lot more about life than you do.” Ruth crossed her legs and smiled wistfully. “I won’t deny that I'm ga is at such times,” ly at such times,’ said worldly Seventeen. “That's the way people are.” Ruth supposed that was true. “What did you want me to do?” “Nothing, I guess, I had some childish. ught about dragging you over to Bob's place, ostensibly /Twenty-Nine Is { By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD — At 29, Lon McAllister is in the awkward “in-between” age. So he’s leaving Hollywood behind to make travelogues in South America, Lon has a problem. With most child actors, the awkward age comes when they try to bridge the gap between playing kiddies and grownups. The transition came later for Lon, whose youthful face despite the fact that he hasn’t been one for 10 years. It’s no small issue with him. He frankly confesses that he couldn't j get a picture job last year. I asked him why. “For one thing. producers don't seem to be making the kind of picture I have done,” he replied. “They don’t go in for animal pic- | tures. The other reason is my face. They can't think of me as any- \thing but a kid.” ' Most men fret about their re- jeeding airlines, Not Lon. He jproudly points to the thinning locks at his temples “I was hoping they’d help me get ‘more grownup roles,” he sighed. “But when I did a Korean War picture at Columbia, they pasted on a couple of hairpieces, and I played a kid of 19!” Although he didn’t work during 1952, Lon didn’t suffer financially, (He is one of those rave actors wi save their money. “I lived off in- come from property I had bought |manent. If things don’t pan out, | has typed him as a teen-ager. This | ilogal showcase of the travelogue you should study »under th: VOICE OF LOV. William Neubaver because you were desperate for a Francisco as well as she knew ee ee ew Bg a: had thought about that days ie streets, announced Nancy. “But ory looking at. ig boats in the bay. cided it'd be silly. You don’t get | Then lunch, then'a motion-picture, anywhere chasing men. You've got grand dinner, then an even to make ’em drool. Then they'll} grander ride home by moonlight. cy, Mom! Nancy’s a swell “Nancy, by all means.” Ruth’s mind began to work again. She found it ible to “I think too much Souk? | about it, don’t Ir” : , aren’ ? Ruth decided ‘this conversation| _ “You probably do. wasn't helping her, either. She| “It’s silly, I know. But I'm al- went back to her room. She got | ways so afraid I'll be just another inte slacks and yellow cashmere} of -those teachers who never again and went across the front} marry. I've never wanted to be a lawn to one of the benches over- | spinster.” looking Main Street and the ocean. “You won't be. It may not be Dan any more than Bob, but It Te was better, much better. } will happen.” Her mother came along and sat They had a if why do pho ge lancy gigg! really mixed Girli Ruth reached for the down beside her. Later oe hand. “I think I love grand, silly time waving to every- 7h fom. one they knew and making’ bets P Sich mame Really, Tm Sd oe Sine fee | ellen week bak to the kitchen. Ruth won five bets in a row. As a| There, to her surprise, she found girl she’d noticed that just before tener Curtis seated on a tall a pelican dived he signalled his at Zeeding ae wk ae Up a shoclor on cwingae ee |seciles. “How ion, Mes Curtis Mind if I formed a part of the au- dience?” But it wasn’t to be. Half an hour later Dan Curtis appeared and snapped: “Uncle!” The two men went upstairs, but + not soon enough. Trembling with emotion, loud with anger and somewhat frightening, came the voice of Dan Curtis, tor. “It'll be war!” the voice said. “Dr. Fell is thirty years behind the times! It'll be war, Uncle, to the finish!” “Golly,” breathed Maggi. “Hear him talk!” Ellen Carlisle thought of some- thing else. She thought of a con- fr girl, and nodded frintly. “Perh: ” she intoned, “it as well.” (To be continued) up a shoulder and swinging in a tight half-circle. She pointed that habit out to her mother, Her mother was fascinated. She asked questions about gulls and sand- Pipers, dowitchers and sanderli and the first thing Ruth knew was feeling herself again. This time she was fascinated by her mother. . “You're clever. You know that? You're really very clever.” “Glad you've finally noticed,” came the jaumning 21 ly. “By the way, would you like to go to San Francisco, with me next week? Ephraim should have a new suit. If he’s to spend the summer cam- paigning he'll have to look the Part of a mayor.” “That would be nice.” Ruth grew excited. Her mother knew Awkward Age In Hollywoo: she. Last year he studied real lestate, which is his father’s busi- \ness. He likes it, and even studied and got a license to become a | real estate broker. | But he hasn’t given up on Holly- | wood yet. Right now he’s embark- ing on a venture which he hopes ‘will give him production experi-! Here aré authorsia'vs answe < ence as well as commercial sue: | from the Veterans Admir cess. sto four questions of He takes off next Sunday for former ser®cemen South America, He plans to tour families: the continent for five months, Q. If I take VA's vocatioaal j Shooting travelogues to be shown counseling in connectiv: wih w jon TV or on the iecture circuit. ' Korean GI Bill training, do I b | This is no flighty venture. Lonito abide by the co : |has spent many hours in the |cision as to what I should saiy? | Hollywood library doing research; A. The VA counselor woo't jand at the Wilshite bell Theater, ; make any decision as to wot Ko- The Veterans Corner and tt | merchants. ;fean GI Bill. Insite’, th ‘It's a funny thing about Holly- pose of the entire counselin? pro }wood,” ‘said Lon, “I sat around cess is to helpy¥ou 4 1ce-stant for a year without a job. But when ‘your own aptitudé#; lntere-ts snd ul set a March 29 deadline for leav-' abilities, so that’ you'll be in a jing, I got several offers,” ‘better position to make up your } Among these have been two TV own mind. lfilms and a war picture, “Com-| Q. If a veteran doesn’t apecify 'bat!” He was delighted with the how he wants fié National Ser. jlatter, because he was allowed to'vice Life Insurance paid out, in iplay the oldest age he has been what form will his beneficiary re- on the screen—26. ceive it after he dies? enero A. If the veteran has made no ISRAELI MINISTER selection of any mode of ‘settle ment, insurance wi pa VISITS IN U.S. in 36 equal installmerts to his NEW YORK w#—Israeli Foreign | beneficiary. The beneficiary, how- Minister Moshe Sharett is jn the |¢ver, has the rignt to change to United States for an eight-day |any other method of settlement, | visit. He will discuss Middle East | 8° long_as it’s on the instaliment when I was making good money,” | problems with President Eisen-| Plan asd not a lump sum pay- a mad scramble in this country en “| didn’t mind being | hower in Washington Thursday. jcalled a tightward in those days.” | “But the are inactivity cuneé Vesta, said be plans a. month-|ttlement ot GI jhim to reassess his career. He! If peace comes in Korea the now says he'll give it two years {ica after his U. S. visit. people, Congress 2nd the govern- to blossom out into something per- | ment. Sharett, who arrived here by | Qt a = a oi Ba ill trip t Amer. | Under Wi War I program long good will trip to South pig Boomer tes on ies | midpoint of a semester, I will be i jable to continue, Air is not a chemical compound Bik: to the end of the aceeuien: My entitlement won't carry me | This is why:-The Eisenhower ad- | fj ministration and the Republican-| © 3 © N > Zz a Fad m controlled Congress is extremely | anxious to cut spending, balance the budget, and reduce taxes. If there were no real need for! military preparedness, big cuts | could be made in the Defense De- | partment. Family Pet Is Home Fire Hero BALDWIN PARK, Calif. @— ~.| When fire broke out in the Robert | Provan home the family's pet) Great Dane, Baby, did just about everything there was to do except extinguish the flames Mrs. Provan says Baby was | first to notice a Blaze that broke out in a clothes closet last week, | First thing the Jog did, she said, | jwas rush into the bedroom, bark j é When the Provans burried out sere ; i Provans had the fire under} i by the time the fire de-/ partment arrived | The surface of the Atlantic Ovewn has a higher percestage of sa% thas amy of the other great oceans. The “ eoved chemi on Larter vacation * ‘rom to the mid-point. Could I pay my 4 rh Tigeoibire BEES PHEW!—The lost was negligibie at Senta Rosa, Calif, whens | junk yerd burned. but the smell certainly wasn't spring-iike. That boiling black smoke came from « large stack of used tires, | wh t five were emall Gry, home fram | planket of smoke brought them it STOCK ISLAND 25's parts of town. —UP) Wirephoto