The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 21, 1954, Page 12

| Hal Boyle Says NEW YORK ® — If all goes well, Claire Mann will reduce the supply of American womanhood by 125 tons by the end of this year, “It isn’t very much, is it?” sigh- ed Miss Mann, founder of “Over- weights Anonymous,” as she point- ed out there are some 18 million women in this country who have eaten themselves out of shape. Her goal is to get all these plump ladies to lose an average of six sounds each, or a total of 54,000 ons of feminine fat. If loaded on he battleship Missouri, this weight vould probably sink her. Convert- od into tallow, it could be made into a candle big enough to light a city. Might be a good idea, too. Make a splendid monument to the sex, Claire started “Overweights. Anonymous” three years ago, frankly patterned it after “Alco- holics Anonymous” in . many wat “Overweight and alcoholism, aft- er all, spring from the same emot- ional causes,” she said. ‘‘The prob- Jem is psychological, not physio- logical.” The main theory behind 0.A. is that obese people who are unable to solve their problem on an in- dividual basis often are able to do so when they attack it by group therapy. “Sometimes you have to identify yourself with other people’s prob- lems in order to realize your own,” said Miss Mann. “Overweight peo- ple simply have substituted the love of food for the love of life. By recognizing this, they can help each other to learn to do the re- verse.” ; The motto of 0.A. is, “Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can take off today.” In three years the organization grown to 100,000 members. are no dues. The members at each other’s homes in| groups of 5 and 10 twice a month, | Miss Mann distributes free and exercises at her own expense, But 0. A. differs from A..A. in one important respect. If a mem- ber feels an overwhelming urge to indulge in a chocolate eclair, she can’t telephone a fellow mem- ber to come racing throwh the _ “night to save her from temptation. “As a matter of fact, if a mem- ber scales down her poundage, she must maintain the weight loss for at least six months or be drop- ved from the rolls,” said Claire firmly Those who do reduce to the weight they desire are encouraged to be more active in community and charity work to give them an outlet for their new energy. Ninety-nine per cent of O. A. members are women, but a male member holds | the wieght loss. championship. He is an engineer who in three years dropped from 292 pounds to 173—a loss of 122 pounds. Just one more proof of the old gruth that a good man can beat a woman at anything. Miss Mann, a former ballet dan- cer and pianist, became interested in therapy as the result of an accident. The accident was a col-| Bank’s Faith Is Shattered PHILADELPHIA #—A man de- seribed by the Girard Tru : and Corn Exchange Bank as “‘a trusted employe for 26 years” has been charged with approving fake loans totaling a quarter-million dollars and spending $45,000 of it on “wine, women and song.” Officials of the bank yesterday preferred fraudulent conversion charges against Edward B. Mc- Call, about 45. They said the money was taken through a series of faked loans approved by McCall over x period of 18 months, The bank Said the loss was cov- ered by insurance. .... At his arraignment before Judge Curtis Bok, McCall was held in $10,000 bail for action by the grand jury. » 3 It was testified at the arraign- ment yesterday that a routine aud- it of McCall’s accounts in the bank’s loan department brougnt the shortages to light last May. McCall was dismissed at that time and a further check was made to determine the full extent of the alleged defalcation. The bank said 160 loans were involved, most of which McCall was permitted to make simply on his recommendation or signature. Officials charged that the basis of the scheme was a series of loans obtained by friends of McCall, who then turned the money back to him. Succeeding loans were used in part to cover due payments on previous ones, they said. Although sugar cane was grown #® Hawaii when it was discovered by the Western World, the people of the islands had not learned the est of making sugar from it. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, broken neck. She was told she would never be able to dance again, might not be able to walk. After six months in a , she set out to rehabilitate herself. She went to Vienna and studied Psychology and anatomy, worked out her own system of exercises to rebuild her wasted muscles, Her stubborn will worked a mir- acle. She recovered completely, then opened ‘a studio to help other people with physical and mental problems. She was among the first to recognize the therapeutic value of music and dancing. Mar- ried to a psychiatrist, she has made a fresh career for herself in television. “If it weren’t for my accident, I’d have been only a second-rate dancer. or pianist,” she said. “It enabled me to do something new.” An attractive green-eyed blonde, Miss Mann weighed 138 pounds as a dancer, now weighs 112. “The diet in my case,” she said wryly, “was pain.” ilson May Talk Some More In Spite Of Uproar cated he may make more political speeches. The Cabinet member, LOS ANGELES (#—Defense Sec- | bird dog-kennel dog remark raised retary Charles E, Wilson has indi-'a political furor, was asked yes- POLIO AWARDS—Representatives of the city’s fraternal and civic organizations and the Navy were pre- sented with awards for their parts in the recent emergency March of Dimes drive. 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