The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 14, 1950, Page 2

PAGE TWO ~ Li it . by rehes from ‘ived are 5 cents a line. ano) jorum and invites dis- issues subjects of local oF t ik will not publish anonymous are SORRELL a EARL a NN OTOL Readers: ; ‘When a person gives a promise later finds that the promise was lly wrong, he is doing the right withdrawing the promise. ing a promise under any and all mstances is the law of the under- / is , THE ORACLE | "STRENGTHEN ALASKA ~~ a letter to the Armed Services Sub- ttee of the Senate, General Dwight nhower has placed adequate gar- for Alaska, protected by ‘a radar , atthe top of his priority list for ying the deficiencies in the national budget now before Congress. eneral Eisenhower suggested that inimum garrison required for the de- of Alaska would be a_ reinforced ion of infantry, with anti-aircraft in Mempreenniy-Avrhorese area. This is about three times as many troops as the my now maintains in Alaska for the ind troops would be intended airfields against airborne at- military. planners believe tute the first assault on Alas- of difficult terrain in other eherally believed that not even could be successfully landed i 4 Tal made other recommend- = th modernization of aircraft By. equipment and the reinforce- Santi-submarine facilities. He that something more should be y of intelligence and indus- lon but because the defense : important, he thought it ngideted above the other time and in importance. IFIES TAFT-HARTLEY ACT NULL hes iPresident Truman, the Justice De- ent, and the National Labor Rela- tiong Board ‘have been accused of carrying out 4 #€neral plan to nullify the Taft-Hart- ley Piece Labor Relations. .Act— for 4 long time. ; yThe President has shown. ‘stubborn de ion to KILL the Labor Laws. In factthe has called for its repeal—and his 8 have been promptly overruled by both, Honses. of Congress. e-President lives to be 100 years he American public will believe that we brougt the recent coal ttlement simply: by using the him in the Taft-Hartley Law. ; the National Labor Re- picked by the Presi- the job and didn’t destructive LYNCHED BY HINDUS While law and order have not broken down in India and prevail in most of the country, the intense feeling between Hin- dus and Moslems has produced a danger- ous situation, which even threatens to in- volve Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. ~ latecin March, A. L. Cameron, Brit- ish President of the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce, was murdered by a Hindu mob while defending a Moslem servant. ‘The Hindus, it should be noted, are high- ly inflamed’ by tales of blood and terror brought to Calcutta by the refugees from Pakistan’s province of East Bengal. The stories spread and produced lust for re- prisal and it.is probably true that the min- ority groups in both sections suffer from extremist action. In view of the delicacy of the situation produced by the hatred of these divergent religiqaus groups, one should no that — it is somewhat serious that the General- Secretary of the All-India Hindu Society has openly called for war against Pakis tan. It is also admitted that when Prime Minister Nehru counseled caution in con- nection with the Bengal crisis, there was an angry reaction of unprecedented pro- portions not only from the Society and its ‘sympathizers, but also from members ‘of Parliament and ;within his own Congress party. ' The facts above given are taken from a dispatch by Robert Trumbull to the New York Times. He points out that the leader of the India Hindu Society advo- cates war with Pakistan or else complete exchange of religious minorities between East and West Bengal. The leader, who preferred war, did not think that the dif- ficulty of transporting some 12,000,000 Hindus from East to West and about 4,- 500,000 Moslems from West to East would be a great problem because most of them, in his opinion, “will be willing to walk.” When newspaper men suggested that thousands, coy becker in East Ben- Bal'thight lose their lives in the exchange, Ashuto: a hery, the Secretary of the So- ed and added, “So would the Hexperts who suggest that v atffiniation marks are the sole test of a stadent’s potential develop- ment.are badly oft the trail. CONFUSED -AND UNINFORMED , An opinion ‘poll, taken among 720 “intelligent, well-informed Americans,” is reported by the Council on Foreign Rela- tions, which queried the affiliated com- mittees in twenty-three cities, asking the individuals to express agreement or dis- agreement in regard to certain state- ments on U. S.-Chinese relations. The takers of the poll report the Americans “confused and disturbed” about policy in China and registering ‘“hesita- tion and uncertainty” as to a future course. Those queried admitted “frankly and somewhat unhappily” that they did not have the necessary information on which to base judgments. The confusion, uncertainty and ignor- ance are“hot surprising. A poll of 720 Americans, on almost any subject, rang- ing from how to feed the baby or care for the teeth, would reveal the same general result. This leads to the conclusion that the cited poll, like others that are taken, is practically worthless. Much of the confusion that exists in the minds of people today arises from the effort to avoid all uncertainty in connec- tion with life and its problems. This is an impossibility. As soon as one set of “un- cértainties”’ is removed, another springs up to bedevil the human mind and to pre- vent the human being from becoming placid and self-satisfied. Children born in 1950 have a_ better chance to live than ever before but if they could read what the pessimists are saying they might not want to live. CANNIBALISM IN CHINA It is especially difficult to ascertain conditions in China, but recent news dis- patches from Hongkong tell of starving peasant bands in North-Central] China, with the assertion that hunger-mad peas- ants in China’s great famine area are re- sorting to cannibalism. While no confirmation of the report is possible at this time, Dr. F. L. Chang, Shanghai Vice-Chairman of the World Federation of Churches, admits that the reports are probably tygue. He says that the famine is showing signs of becoming the greatest scourge in Chinese history. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE the Post Sd tt I've, been’ the “town Since knocking off Office the other. day taking things-a bit 3 reading all the letters I up in the raid. Next week we'll start smuggling in aliens. From California. It’s probably the in- fluence of “The Filibuster” that hag started this mad, local crime wave. BARBARA THOMPSON wit cooped. and sixth who after anniversary sends mob,” in good standing. Brownsville, Tex., keeps crop- ping up i nthis column. Every time it does I gei a hankering to * slap my Stetson over one ear and take off for a visit to that good old Rio Grande Valley. This time the urge was given impetus by lovely MARY LASSWELL and that noble Texag tonic, Bour- bon. : Yup, I kept that’ “Ome of the Haus date with “Mary. and Commander and MRS. . G. LUBBOCK and doggoned. if it doesn't turn out that’ Mary Lass- well used to be Mary Lubbock inscribed in gold. first! celebrate ' their o¥el again! COMMANDER whose “The, asshe there; may moments, for, night be Southernmost a grand Jittle note to the ‘Crime I'll. prove to you that we h Corner.” Ok: Barbara, from Only been married five years!“ now on you're a member of “the So they looked. He wz.; right! some him on Sé'they want roid ana about GEORGE easy. ‘Been*RENNAS, celebrating their fifth niversary and having a wonderful time. When they returned home Bob, all is a jeweler, knows a few neat gested: “Honey, the is engraved on the inside of my wedding ring. Now and angles, sug- date of our Five years. There it was, nicely} BUT. .. and this will kill you!! . the date was eleventh, but April the twenty-| NOT April Now the Pollocks will have to anWergary all BYRNS, Filibuster” stars, is a bit ‘worried);about it| ° all. If Lee remeribers: ther remembers in her dates, anxious opening account of her being Commander Lubbock’s sister and that they are from Brownsville! Well, you could have knocked me over with a fender! Their great grandpappy was governor of Te: and “there is a town named after hin, Called LUBBOCK, Texas. mS The reason Mary’s name is Lasswell is that one day her brother brought a fellow officer home named Lasswell -wholooks Political Announcements State Democratic Primary, May 2. 1950 wv vv vv verre For U. S. Congressman 4th Congressional District like Humphrey Bogart, omly.talk —_« PAT CANNON er, and Lasswell, being 4a heap : > smarter than most chap. from ABS s. Gongressnces Missouri, took a deepbg ana “4f ae istrict dashed off to ‘ corral a® license and a parson. Com Lubbock has never let his'pis' better him in any ,deal, ‘so he hopped up to Canada, jangled i spurs at a pretty. Canaglian lags named MARIE, Who'd been, put: ting him joff fora SelM agg. lassoed her right into’a wedding. So the other day we cat around cept Comander Lasswell, happens to be in France. | We talked about the El Jardin Hotel, over in Brownsville, and - For State Representative BERNIE C. PAPY Re-Election For State Representative J. Y. PORTER, IV Ty Moulten Cobb and his cigars, the Kilgores, from up the Valley, ! Cleo Dawson, another writing lady (“she came to the Valley”) For Courity’ Commissioner Second District FRANK BENTLEY For County Commissioner from Mission, Matamoras,, just across the International — Mtidge. | Second District Charro Days, and just about RODMAN J. BETHEL everything you can __ imagine. When they were kids in Brgwns- | For County Commissioner ville, the Lubbocks live@ynext Second District door to the editor of the ald. ! LOUIS CARBONELL Mary and her brother fhaven’t been back to their, home town in some time, but they’re aiming to visit there in the near future. The vivacious authoress of “High Time,” “Suds -im Your Eye” and “One On.The “House”, spent an all too brief vacation in Key West. but hopes to return this summer for a longer visit. She will probably cruise down on her yacht, “The Whistler.” The For County Commissioner Second District FRED J. DION For County Commissioner Fourth District BEN N. ADAMS For County Commissioner Fourth District boat is aptly named as Mary is PAUL E. MESA certainly the kind of gal'at whom "po aq... ag. I will gladly whistle. For County Commissioner Right now up. ing Rich>"~ mond, viet ‘Phe “< Junior League ‘up. there ‘is’ hididing ‘a combined book author’s dinner and crippled children’s- -benefit tonight at Miller, and Rhoads.’ DR. DOUGLASS SOUTHALL FREEMAN, author of ““LEE'S LIEUTENANTS” acts as.’ toast- master and the impressive list of guests and speakers includes John Kiernan (an authority on everything and star of “Informa- | tion, Please”), NANCY HOSS- CLAIRE-BARNES and MARY Fourth District For Member -School Boot Third District .« JOHN V. ARCHER For Member of School Board Third District EUGENE L. ROBERTS For Member of School Board Third District J. CARLYLE ROBERTS Re-Election LASSWELL. Mary will speak on “The Anatomy of Huthor.” ot She and her brother certainly have a monopoly on humor and how to handle it! An hour with them and you find the: world a” pretty bright and happy place and the devil take the flying saucers. Miss JULIA Lasswell, incidentally, tural ordinance here in: Key West is a “must.” She is enchant- ed with our town and the people | here, She agrees that it would EVA WARNER GIBSO) For J Juvenile Court B, W. (BEN) KETCHUM PARE oa cB eae ses aes le For Judge Juvenile Court ART WILLIAMS For Judge Juvenile Court IN | thinks, the plan for-an wey ee Grocer SELLS That Good FEE be a shame to watch it lose’ its 7 a : personality. TRY A TODAY! Someday we'll have a get-to- gether here again, and mebbe | one over in Brownsville. I might paraphrase an old saw by, quip- ping, “You can take Lub- bocks out of Texas but can’t take Texas out of the Lubbocks.” | 126 DUVAL ST. ~ *& ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT T am going to have to do some- Benet thing about BOB and LEB POL- Oy Sereay LOCK! Such goings ont a Y, celebrated their wedding anni-| ° fi ian on April 11th, * ELECTRIC q an argument as to © whet! ‘ na FARES i s ” it was the fifth or sixth, Bob| World's No, 1 Typewriter opined it was only’five- held that it was six. Uee|- Rentals - Sales - Service ae Lee} lines | 7 - Money Pinball Ma Chapter Ae I looked at Greg incredu- To) was. “Thanks,” he said, ~! tought me you?” “Twas afraid the stairs.” “I never fall when I—walk.” The word with the suggestion of the morning's reading, brought a chill to my spine. hand wearily over his forehead. I turned toward the door. “I'll if you're be getting back right,” I said. “l’m all right,” he assured me. The next morning he was half | embarrassed about it. “What hap- pened?” he wanted “You just start.” “So I imagine. You must have thought I was a family spook paying you a visit. How are you along. with your getting search?” “Splendidly,” 1. said, enthusi- astically. “Pm mighty busy now but may- be in a day or two I can give you a hand with some of the less. ac- coagple maneaeeie = ing to dig up a fam). Especially one Tike: tin i There was a mysti: glow in his, tired eyes which Seemed just ‘a little beyond normal famil; I laid a hand on his doesn’t do to live too much in the past, old man,” I said. He looked at me; for an instant | I thought he seemed startled. Although I had promised wie self an exploration trip down the Smugglers’ Stairway, it was sev- eral days before I got around to it. Then, armed with a flash light, I set out. The the library and Claims She Earned Owi ° yi By ie eRe 52 life and what do they do?- Thi try to take it away from you. Take the case of beth Spears of this city. She’s got $65,000 tied up jack which she carries with her | censorship as well as various at all times. Doesn't trust banks. Says she came by honestly operating pinball in jail on Jiquor charges, accused been paid. And the has slapped a lien on $50,000 of! Mrs. Spears’ $65,000, Things are getimy torch all over. Take As thi YOU lously, his eyes opened. He ked at me just as startled as I “You were in my room,” I said. you might fall down walked sleep,” I told him, casually, “al- though I confess you gave me a stairway went straight down to what I judged was the foot of the tower in which both | Greg’s room and mine were, then it went off at oie angles around lescended sharply again. Sometimes the stairs end- P) in a long ¢aréer machinés and juke boxes. Now, however, she’s law violation of possessing whiskey on which no tax had member of your family. burden of doctor bills and Isn't it true that any long siege of illness would make a huge den life-savings, if not wipe them out altogether? 3 x aes Certain newspapers, insurance companies, and lobbyists for the Ametican. Medical Association would have you believe that ‘National Health Insurance -- ~ an American plan to protect your life-savings -- to call “socialized medicine”. Is life insurance, or fire insurance om your home “socialized”? - Then what's “social- ized” about paying small weekly premiums to protect yourself against the crippling costs of illness? The small deductions taken what's “socialized” about Health Insurance, which is paid for in exactly the same way? One reason the sclfah [ovens P is E i bere Alaecicoh taeda islation designed to benefit St ‘ And so we urge you to keep this th mind hext time ; you hest"soctalized medicine” acatighed in this cage, : Black Jan Walks Again By Florence Kerrigan AP Newsfeatures 5 ed in a corridor which ran straight for a short distance, and sometimes they descended sharp- ly. On the corridors were massive doors which opened into chambers hewn out of the rock. Aceording| to what I had gathered from the charts, the old dungeons and cellars were under the old build~ ing and connected with the new chambers and tunnels. But I had no time now to explore those al- though they intrigued my imagi- nation, i So I passed the heavy, iron- bound doors and went on, The floor of the last corridor slanted downward and I found myself in|}, a cave. Its naturally vaulted ceil- ing .was lofty and as evenly arched as that of a cathedral. Outside was the sea, glimpsed through the arched opening part- ly choked with drift wood. Drift- wood and seaweed lay on the floor also, with shells and eddies of sand, showing that at high tide the sea came well within the cave opening. Originally it had been the sea which made this} ” some slowly. “You back, didn’t For He passed a all to know. a in your e vaulted chamber. In the walls on which, no doubt, Ian the smug- gler had fastened his boats. I STEPPED through the en- trance and stood forth’ on the narrow strip of beach. The sea and air’ were the same murky gray, and seemed to intermingle in. a moist, cold blanket of fog which wrapped me around. But I could see enough to understand the position of the cave. It was set back in a narrow ove, from the sides of which rose steeply the cliffs, and an entrance so narrow and _ twisting that it seemed not to exist at all, an illusion all the stronger, I should judge, if viewed from a boat a little distance from shore. At any rate, a man in a boat on a dark night could dodge in there and elude his pursuers very neat- ps especially if they half be- re- myste death Isn’t it thrill- history? en" clay. pride. shoulder. “It panel room lieved him to be a ghost anyway. 1 found myself looking at something else, and because it fitted in with the smugglers and pirates with which my 1 ‘ina- tion had been occupied I almost took it for a part of the setting. born April 14, 1879, in Richmond, Va., scion of old Virginia fami- lies. Author of “Jurgen,” a book that stirred post-World War I Mrs. Eliza- in a flour! other works, he now prefers:ans| Mrs. Spears! alter-personality as Branch Ca- this .money | bell. : of | STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE | TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL at | All Grodtrs government SESE NE ST a few seconds to ponder a question that concerns | . Right now -- today -- could you afford jospital bills that comes the momient But before you swallow this propaganda “bait”, have a look at the true facts: im existe for d now, : to be Si Sis Se walt Then I.remembered that after all this was the Twentieth Century, that. Bl a piste yarn,: but, cold, raw,’ reality. J bs y Lying on the beach,, half merged in the water, was’ body of a man. bs « e been easier. to accept. Then I came out of my daze and knelt o: should near the entrance were iron rings Had h My next thought after 19 drawn, him;safely into ‘thee! was that” poli should be notified. I hurried to the library, via the. Smugglers’ Stairway, finding opened it, I was aware ofa eg ge jo woman, poorly dressed, wit a shawl flun, her pee wat talking to hands as she talked. “°Tis the de’il himsel’ is abroad the nicht,” she said. Tan_himsel’ it is, and- my.¢ dochter that saw him!” Domestic bees are estimat gather Jess.,than 2 nectar in plants: { is actually what they choose aud does it at a k Ian had been dead fer enturies, and=this was not. several there, staring; ‘comprehend’ this lay motionless, .wh lapped ‘around: him- ; his sodden clothmy? Tt was thing of z : he to discover that d in conventional hes of blue ser, garbed in true ion I think he woulg n the sand. The mj I turned him = S a jagged scar which make identification easyy allen over the cliff, or oat overturned and) drowned him perhps miles fgom —As I drew the body aug of the ebbing tid least_| was solved) 4 ‘yy of how he bad mei at short, sharp stiletto was/ dri deep into his back. ;Alsa,,he cai not have come, vi tide, ‘for on the :s were still somgégtaces of-de y far-on les of reg and the hich opened into bog q ithout difficulty. As < over Tis, wringing fh (Te be continued) tenth . of the Maria Fetix, Cark zuma, Domingo Is Govetament insurance that insures bank account, “socializ er) Then what's “socialized” that insures your health -- Sraction of abe cost of any private plan naw ed banki “shes apd! se their’own doctors their own patients?