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tU THI. MUMI Tur.d.v. Ma S. I1)-,) MEET 01Jl STAR REPORTER 1 A 1 ITTi Lie Arrest na Beaoiii 10 otory A r. "1 fij HAIM.S tOtCLKT Howard Van Smith wen the PuIitrT by ctlna; the v.y the riovie nl tc'rviismn producer! have ir.air.ta.m-i trr'n'tr ihouM.

i Ijke the h'rf mith vrt 1 r. the r'-T. Th! 1 f-iTi'st end a went ilc; for )'. it. -1 And from tie fii'eri nVjfl ri ri-h he i i of rrcn ho ay re.

on moray on tha tub- Jtcti of h'l 'fry, Rrnllh, lumH IJ latt mvnlh dneta't look artfinar- fly, art lb' part eiibrr, II'- an haired liHl a pounder, fi' feet, irnNii till it fw (Johnny a tat Ofr r-A Un and hi if. Anne, are brins-irg up tht fjm.Iy ai tht mcnirer'e in a huh they atarted lMr.g a'cjt is jari aii at y-h A. i hi n't ti fi hi-h llcn' wmi'd I. rm to h-T'oi' 1 i iil'-j ncvet en li ti; si- r'-on a- I rn 1 ii hit la 1 tj I'-? t'i- after having come close to starving while nursemaidmg 23 cata for Saturday Evening writrr who left Smilh in charge of his horr- en an assignment.) Still writing novels on the side, but mflk ng no money at it. Smith started the Northeastern Heating and Air Conditioning Co.

and had developed a profitable business by the time World War II cut off his supply of air-conditioners and heaters. During the war, he worked at a civilian In the public In-formatioa office at the Air Corps' Warner Robins base la Georgia. war, however, had left the Macon, Ga News shorthanded, and Smilh finally returned to the newspaper business by taking the job of news editor there. Four months later, he went to the Orlando Sentinel as assistant managing editor. From there.

In 1W5, he came to The Miami News as a copy reader, and soon was promoted to telegraph editor, then to Sunday editor. Smith started The News' original background section in 194R. In he developed and named the Florida Living magazine section of The News, but after running it for a few years he was put in charge of an expanded background section. "Two years ago," Smith re- 4 It'i bti ifif writing that Srni'h ii tie "Van' In hit nam, ft-iU uw-d to cimj i nirnt him on stories were written by Howard Srtuin. Plain flow-aid Smith d.dn't rani that to happen, he liM.im (Inward Van by up a me," 'mob rrftM.

'It' said. 'Von mul fa to Ili tli (here were thousands of starving. dper. ate pmptt there, and that nobody doing anything about them." Not noin? rhft'-pr he was es'ire. i time.

S-niih drove Hit 12 miles to Immnfcalea. Mum! Phmo By Jo Kimkua HOWARD AM) FAMILY HAPPY OX LEARNING NEWS With Mrr. Smith And Sorm Garrpft, Parrm, Tony And Willie middle name lwh he 1 Ctl'K'L Vs "1 Vih'v v.Uwy 'Ify Chance' Miami Photo by Bob Batljr MIGRANTS LINE IT FOR FOOD Appeal By Reporter Smith Drought Results "It's a wonder I'm in tha newspaper business at all, and I sure never expected to find the Pulitzer Prize in Im-mokalee. "It leaves you a little called, "I got pretty sick. I was out for awhile, and my doctor told me I had an allergy for desks.

When I returned to work, I tuggested that I cover South Dade, because it was the fastest growing part of the area. "I ft-M-pH In a faa I'n'on he la 1 "to '( if I fiuld an fi( bad. I a' KH tli attcitilant and pointH to a migrant ho waa walking way with an old tire. "T1t migrant had hren trj Ing to tnU tht tiro, which had takfn off hli car, to buy bread for hit family," X'tiMh iiilkrd to mora pr-a'd thea he rat ea-nlit lip Ii! the ilfiry. I'rnptr arm t-irft, t' rvlfg and mid, 1V-I eat a lnlr, vl ant la fri-ejinf.

Hpr a at aa aarli for the aril brcau Iht crnpt had bera dctlrnyrd. Amt, ilnca they ordinarily pulled out of Irnmcikaleo to go on to oilier JN befort Inter In, there, waa no prnleelioit fur them against tht cold. They Miami fuel dralera contributed kreene la S.OOO-galloO fcalchet. Gov. Cr.Ilins' item orden to health officials and the action of tlia Collier County Commission resulted In the condemnation of 90 per cent of the miserable ahacks.

Dr. Karelet estimated I "berry that Smilh had aaved the lives of thousandi by getting medical help for the micrants tc'tfr they acattered and took Ihe tj-phoid fever wiiich they hid contracted In Tmmokalee to ether parts of the country, The road which took Smilh to lrnmukaiee was roundabout one. He was born April 6. 1910, in San Francisco. His mother died when he was two, and he was raised by her aister-ln law.

Dr. slon," Smith recalled, "and the order was that no rais.es were to be given, I was sitting in the city room alter getting the story, and the managing editor, Frederick Birchall, came in. "He shouted. 'Smith! 1 Hood up, and he said for the benefit of everyone, 'I'm raising your alary SO per I was making $20 a week, so that made $30." Studied Nights After Labor Smith, however, quit the newspaper business a few years later and took up free lance writing. Failing to support himself, he went to work in his brother-in-law'! Boston warehouse, and studied it night to be sn engineer.

I He look tha warehouse job The PulHrer mIi-j stories about tha plight of the migrant Workers tr.irvled In Immoki.Vt lj rln'er drielop. fd, ai tib things uuially do, by chanct, Sml'h. who normally rovers tlit south td of r.t'! County, Wrote two a'd 7 elitut th troubles of ihe pi1 in reaihrf the h.w'i of f'r. Ccmee Ktit'-f, a i pec til irer wlw h'' a ItMle h-i a Vila), ou'tnk of Df, Karflrf la a p-'t prpil-dent o( Ilia Ituial Health Dim-mitlfa of tlia American AcaJe- Mianiian Heads ROA India Accepting Tibet Kefujiees The AiMoriiMra frr NKW DKI.HI, May Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament today India will grant asylum to all Tibetan refugees "unless something Is known against any particular person." He said about 8.700 Tibetans had crossed the variouj Himalayan passes into India since the Tibet revolt against the Chinese Communists. Four Miami men today were elected officers in the Department of Florida, Reserve Officers Association of the United States.

The group met at Fort Walton Beach. Cmdr. Fred H. Callies, of 131 NW 115th was named, Others picked were Lt. Col.

H. Siiaw Foster, USAFR, 4519 NE First judge advocate, and Lt. Col. Thomas A. Price, USAH, 808 Congress Building, dental surgeon, Lt.

Cmdr. W. Ivan Hoy, USNR, of 5S81 SW 52ud was reelected chaplain. didn't go on lat ir tec ma they had no mony ri'h which to jo, and the which th-y normally would haa worked in winter wera deittioyed, "I ititrted writing about tha lituation," Smith aaid. "And I donated torn of my own money firt- food for the migranla.

It wag on of chances newspaperman may get once in cirter a chance really to do aomcihing for people." Smith covered hi Smith Da'Je heat by day and drove to Jm-mok'fe by nihl. He made the IWmiie rouo(' trip a'lout 30 times, annielime gelling home at 1 and 3 am. and get ting up a few hourt later to handle hit daytime work, He Called It "I called Ihe mUerable collection of ihacki what they really were, Smith aaid. "One day, a big guy came and Wild me If I ued that word arain he'd fix me. A lot of the property owner threatened me and told me to get out of town, "They weie insisting there wat nothing wrong and 1 giie.sa they had Gov.

Collin believing them. But he read the itonei In The New and he decided to come down and see for himself. "Thai day, I got la tinnio-kalee Jml after Ihe governor had completed a quirk la-prrtlna and bad led. I took off after him, driving ItO nilli't aa hour with a Florida my of Crnrial Tract ic, "I)r. Karvli-t Irlrphoni-d I.

Milhcent Cosgrave, whose brother, the late John 0 Ilara Cos-grave, was the Sunday editor of Joseph ruhuer'i New York World. Smith's Concern Showed In Work Smith attended Pennington Trep school at Pennington, and, when he graduated at 18, went to work as a copy boy on the New York Times. Two years later, having become a reporter, be beat his experienced competitcrs by tracking dawn French Premier Pierre Laval when no one else could find him. 'It during the depres- I I i I 'i jk 1 Flahnun 'Arc' Kills Lciitman l'aMr4 fr- Intrmmlnital SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, May Juan Cortina, 4T, a free-lance photographer, was electrocuted In a freak accident yesterday while taking pictures below a hich tension wire on a nearby Highway patrolman after me, aid fuiirM him about half-ray to Fori Myera, Me atood by the raaiUlrie and talked with me. "Mr.

Collim was In Ihe car, and kept laving, "It'i awful. It'i That helped deride the governor. After that, there was plenty of actiun." Ai reot of Kmlth't lortrt. p'op'e thnHigbfiut th eminliy tntia-ed of Imm ikale and dona'ed more thaa Iwl cempaitlra "nt In milk, beana, baby fuX And mountain. 1 wT, VlUMMivMi'V', Authorities said Cortina was killed when h.s camera flashtun fired and rmivlc an arc with the Nm rhrla O.h ajfx 5 1 MS INMKT AT t.Al CAMP JltiMard mitli, Ij-ft, l.fil I lht To I'tnm I liiKh tension wue.

run i presenting a meal-time jntllHSOle Ouuide The NEW Everglades, ail is hustle and hustle, acaffoldin-f and paint, cement-mixer and hammer. You might expect it to be the same inside with waiters ewivel hipping around carpenter and plasterers. But, miracle of miracles it'a a new and wonderful world serene and luxurious with smiling guests in whispered conversation, lingering over detectable culinary masterpieces. For example: The magnificent, away-from-it-all SIMBA, Room of the Golden new favorite among Miamians for Breakfast, Lunrh and Dinner. FREI PARKINO FOR RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE GUESTS -I "1 i I i i 4 i i i VISIT THt OTHSPt tXCITINO miw vasrat.ADta hoomsi PiacAOon Hitai't cauipm copras houss- it "ai.t.

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