Diario las Américas Newspaper, May 9, 1954, Page 27

2 a - to more than five million dollars. That was his reward for @ Was just to prove a point .. . All this reminds us of one epi- " sode, concerning the late Henry Ford, when he was strug- : Ford, offered to back him up to the extent of five thousand TONY’S TALKING TOURS | By ANTONIO RUIZ USEFUL IDEAS SOME TIMES SOUND “CRAZY” OUR GOOD friend and coleague, Marco A. Martinez, created quite a sensation recently, when he tried to “smuggle” into! this country a 15-pound bar of lead he had taken to Cuba two| . days before, which “could have been some diabolic instrument or material for the destruction of a city in the United States.” His idea was to find out how true were reports published some newspapers of New York and other cities, which stated more or less that anything, including materials for an atom | bomb, could be smuggled with impunity through the port of| Miami. Well, our good friend certainly found out in record time —only -a few seconds, he said— that the officials in| charge of protecting the American public from illegal entry | of things that may endanger their lives, health or personal welfare, are constantly on the alert, at least with regards to} the port of Miami. These faithful ‘public servants, working under the most adverse conditions, and without adequate personnel, do the best they can, which is fairly good. How different was the case in Havana, where the supposed “atom- ic weapon” went in and out as easy as a tooth-brush or a bar of toilet soap ... As for the “stunt” of our friend Martinez, many persons have taken pleasure in critizising him. Many thought it was silly, others that it was plain crazy. But it prov- ed to be a very useful thing, as stated by the high officials of the Treasury Department interviewed by this writer after the incident. It is the same case of many of the so-called “crazy ideas” that later on turn out to be a success. We admire especially the courage to risk ridicule, which is perhaps the worst, and the cruelest, punishment for failure, specially in this case, where no financial gain was to be expected, but it gling to get his horseless carriage going. He was short of money, and he approached one of his wealthy friends, trying to convince him to invest some money in his enterprise. The man was receptive and sympathetic to the idea, was willing to gamble a few thousand dollars on it, but could not even bear the thought of the ridicule to which he would be submit-| > ted by his friends, in case they should find out he had put some of his good money into such a venture. So, he called dollars, but under a solemn promise that he would never reveal his name as the man who had made the investment, which Mr. Ford gladly accepted. Years later, this man lost most of his great fortune in setbacks in his own business, but he still died a millionaire, because the shares he got from Ford for his five thousand dollars were increased in value investing in something he believed to have possibilities, and even more, for his courage in risking ridicule, had his friends learned of his investment, and had the “crazy idea” been a failure . . . A philosopher once said that those who criticize without further investigation, everything that is beyong their | without further investigation, everything that is beyond their | ally helpless way, bark at the moon, which continues, how-; ever, its majestic march through space, without paying the slightest attention to the canine manifestations of anger... So, to our good friend Martinez, we say: More power to you, and ignore the dogs!! * * * A NEWS ITEM SENT by United Press from San Francisco, California, says that John Cabell Breckinridge, 50 year old member of a prominent California family, has announced that he plans to go to Denmark in August, to be changed into a woman, so he, or she, can get married. Breckinridge, who is a grandson of Vice President Gen. John C. Breckinridge, said that a British doctor would perform five or six operations on him, after which the prominent socialite will return to California as “Glorianna Cabell”. He was married once, and hhas a daughter who is living in France. He didn’t like mar- riage, however, and was divorced in less than a year. Breckin- ridge declared that he believes it is a “wonderful thing” that such operations have become possible, and added: “I think ‘ ’ there are a great many men with women’s souls and charact-| ing it much easier for persons who ers, who are stumbling around in the dark in men’s bodies.” According to the United Press, the blonde, heavy-built mil- lionaire, has been addicted to jewelry of all kinds, perfumes, mascara and Siamese cats for most of his adult life. In other words, what the old guy wants to do with the six operations, | is to make it legal, or should we say normal?... regard to the daughter, will she spend the rest of her life with the unusual experience of having two mothers? And, with) * ok & IN CHICAGO they soon will have a psychiatric laboratory to examine ‘‘crazy” drivers. In announcing the move, Judge Ed- ward S. Scheffler said: ‘Psychiatrists have found that screw- ball motorists are really a little off in the head. We want to ban these nuts from our streets and highways or to suspend | their driving privileges until they are cured.”... I believe it is a wonderful measure that should be adopted by every city and town throughout the United States, although unemploy- ment rolls are going to get mighty high in Detroit!!! f DOMINGO, 9 DE MAYO DE 1954 | finance the construction of OFFICERS SWORN IN — Rebert L. Floyd, state representative, swears in the newly elected officers of the Sportsmans Club of Dade County at a dinner meeting held Tuesday at the Red & Reed Club. The new officers are, J. Lee Cuddy, president, J. G. Washington, Ist Vice president and E. E. Bode, 2nd vice presi- dent. Mr. Floyd introduced the men and their wives and also commended the club members for the many fine — the had accomplished in the a fiscal ne SRS RE ek Ko: es AR ie Hine DIPLOMAT ARRIVES — Ecuadorean ambassador, Dr. José R. Chiriboga caught by our photographer | Marvin Bloom on his arrival at Miami’s International airport where he was met, among others, by Dr, Horacio Aguirre, Mr. Marcos Kohly, Dr. Francisco Aguirre and Mr. Abraham Maloff. Mayor Aronovitz (Continued from Page 11) countries that wish to be located there. The Consulates could also take offices in the building, mak- want to visit several of them dur- }ing the same day. 3. The construction of a center for cultural activities, like an Au- | ditorium, where friendship can be | promoted through knowledge of | the cultural achievements of each and every one of the countries of the Americas. To this effect, we are having preliminary talks with officials of Alianza Interamerica- na, on a plan by which they will the Auditorium, on land adjacent to the comercial building, which the City will lease to them at the no- minal rate of one dollar a year.” We asked the Mayor if he thought this plan could be, in any way, in conflict with the one for construction of the Inter Ameri- }can Commercial and Cultural Cen- | ter, and he said that, on the con- trary, the smaller plan could be HEMISFERIO the stepping stone for the realiza- tion of the much larger project. On the plans to enlarge the fa- cilities of the Port of Miami, the Mayor explained that the entire project is now in the hands of the County Commissioner, but he be- lieves that with the construction of the new port, at a cost of 17 million dollars, there will be a great increase in the traffic, not only of freighters, but passenger and cruise ships to the Latin Ame- OUR COVER: Pat Gardner is a typical rep- resentative of the thousands of lovely creatures that swarm to the sand-and-sea areas of Miami Beach in order to enjoy a sum- mer vacation in Florida. Like many visitors she can also play golf, dance, go sight-seeing and attend the concerts. rican ports. With reference to the Latin American residents and visitors, and their possible influence in the economic and other aspects of the life of Miami, the Mayor said that, when he first came to live in this city, it was very unusual to hear the sound of a voice talking Span- ish, remarking that today there are about 50,000 Latin American residents here, and more’ than 100,000 visit Miami, especially dur- ing the Summer, spending millions of dollars that are a very desire- able contribution to the economy of the city. The Mayor concluded saying that he will do everyting within his power to attract Latin Ameri- can visitors in increasingly large numbers as well as encourage tourism from this country to La- tin. America, not only for the eco- nomic advantages obtained, but because he believes that visits to each other’s eountries will help very much to increase “the unders- tanding and good will that should prevail among the sister republics of this hemisphere.” PAG. 15