The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 3, 1951, Page 2

TWo = ogee este She Key Weot € itizen Published Dally Except Sunday, by .. ». ARTMAN, Owner and Publisher SOHMAN O. ARTMAN, Business Manager Fro+ The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Wewspaper in Key West and Monroe County 2AGE utered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter iat cit Beni ss lia‘ sete nA PRESS entith 4 te we for reproduction of ali news dispatches ci dited it or nxt otherwise credited in this puper, end so the lical news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATHS one Year 3x Mount three Months me Month | Weekly G@ RATES m Application —— ee APECIAL NOTICK Al! rending notices, cards of thanks, wf re obituary notices, poems, rv mt Che sate of 16 cents a If b » for entertainment by rehee from voirh a revenue ts to ve derived are 6 cents & } ne. ‘Th- Citizen ts an open forum and invites dis- esion of public Issues and subjects of loca or but it will not publish anonyn ous resolutions ce, will be IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hotels and Apartments. WORKING ON A PACIFIC ALLIANCE In connection with efforts to accom- plish a peace settlement with Japan, the United States is taking steps to alleviate the concern of Australia and New Zea- land over the possibility that Japan may become a main bulwark in the Pacific de- fense system. President Truman has formally an- nounced plans to negotiate mutual assist- ance treaties with New Zealand and Aus- tralia,-binding each to come to the aid of the others if any one of them faces armed attack in the Pacific, This United States did during the last war but it was by no means certain until after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and _in- vaded the Philippines, which at that time, were a territory of the United States. In making his announcement, the President pointed,out that arrangements will be made with Japan to keep our arm- ed forces in and about that country on a provisional basis. In addition, we will maintain our armed forces in the Rykyus, particularly Okinawa. Referring to certain military operative rights and facilities in the Philippines, the statement of the Pres- ident says that the whole world knows that an armed attack on the islands would be looked upon as dangerous to our peace and safety. : The agreements to be consummated with New Zealand and Australia will be modeled after the North Atlantic Treaty. Other Asiatic powers, willing to accept the responsibilities and obligations, will have a chance to sign the treaty, but there is no expectation that India, or the other siatic nations, will join in the pact. ELECTRONS TO PRESERVE FOODS Just about the time everybody has, or wants to buy, a deep freezer along comes the news that a short-burst of high-speed electrons, shot through meat, fish, fruits and vé@yetables, will keep them, without refrigeration, for years without change of appearance or loss of essential nutrients. ' This piece of information comes from the N. ¥. Journal of Commerce, which s that the foods will keep indefinitely without changing their taste, odor or ap- pearance. So what? Well, it seems that one needs a machine, called a capacitron, to do the work. How much does one cost? We donot know.but probably a lot more than a deep freezer. Advertising is most, expensive to those who neglect it. Newspaper writers and radio com- mentators are now busy selecting our next President. A speaker predicts a life span of 125 years for our great-grand-children. This is interesting but not our concern. Influence is more important than you may think. We see where an ex-Congress- man. with influence, turned $20,000 into $250,000. is what the | pe NS Key West National Guardsmen, who will leave for. camp next Sunday, have been called into federal service fou¢ | A ROUSING ‘SENDOFF’ ) in the 1890s by Captain Brossier, one of whose sons is the publisher and editor of the Orlando Sentinel, service in 1898 to go to Cuba to fight the Spanish-American War. They sailed from Key West for Tampa, aboard ; Steamship Olivette, where they were in t Mallory wharf. Key Westers turned out by the thousands to. see the boys off. crowd was so large it filled the Mallory yard and overflowed into Front street. The more intense patriotic fervor lo- cally in those days was due to Key West’s Cubans who were making their third at tempt to throw off the Spanish yoke. | They were stirred to bitter resentment by the stories that came here of the suffer- ings of the reconcentrados, ground under the iron heel of “Butcher” Weyler, as the Spanish general in Cuba was stigmatized in the United States. It was in Key West that the martyr- ed Jose Marti, Cuba’s George Washing- ton, spoke in San Carlos Hall and aroused Cubans to outbursts of patriotism that | culminated in cries of “Viva Cuba!” that | could be heard blocks away. It was from here that filibusters, including the Three | Friends, sailed to the coast of Cuba to land insurgents; it was from here that Marti sailed to give up his life for his | country. times. The company was organized early | The guardsmen were first called into | in | the | ning when Spain sued for peace. The | Olivette then sailed from what is now the | The | being something of the capital of insurgent | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SLICE | | ! ‘ASK THEM IF THEY. Motorist Hits Two Cars On Duval Street en a third ENE Duval! street For that reason the guardsmen were given a “sendoff” such as never had been | witnessed in Key West before or has been witnessed since. Thousands cheered and | cheered and cheered as the Olivette steam- ed toward the Northwest Channel. Local guardsmen were called and many of them fought in the first and sec+ ond World Wars, Let us hope that the guardsmen, known as Battery A» of the 712th AAA Gun Batallion (90MM), will return home safely. Nobody . knows what lies before | them. The war in Korea may spread or may be over before they are called to the front. But however that may be, let’s give them a rousing “sendoff” when they leave here at 8 o'clock Sunday morning. We wonder if those who praise the pioneers ever stop to think about what our early settlers left behind them. A NEW DEFENSE We see that a gentleman in another state, who embezzled $87,553 from the firm by which he was employed, was spared a prison term by the judge, who heard the case, because his wife testified that “I drove him to it.” | This is something of a new defense | and one that will be over-worked if the | jurists of the nation take it seriously. The man, it seems, made good the major por- tion of his embezzlement and will, pre- sumably, during his ten-year probation, complete the retribution. We trust that the defendant will dem- onstrate, by his activities in the next few years, the wisdom of the judge who re- lieved him of a prison term. Nevertheless, we suspect that the unusual defense, made in his behalf, will be repeated many times throughout the nation if other wives are willing to take the stand and assume blame for the criminal acts of husbands. jinn “Details are under investigation” sometimes means that the reporter knows something about the libel laws. PLUNGING NECKLINES AND T. Vv. The plunging neckline has the offi- | cials of television stations somewhat wor- | ried and a special committee is going to work on a program which will apply to | such matters as the “T. V.” neckline and | excessive commercials, The telecasters frankly fear that un- ; less they do something about program | standards, somebody will do it for them. | They may be right because the history of this country shows that abuses on the part of money-makers are usually countered by regulations which are then denounced as “regimentation.”™ . So far as the necklines are concerned | the standard radio stations have nothing te worry about. The “excessive commer- cials” part of the study might engage their H attention also. | he early in the morning Police officer Ramirez saw the car as it a ached to sideswipe a truck belong to Clifford Kerr where it was parked near the Down B t The driver then cked i Nash but continued on his v Ramirez stopped ear in front of Pepe’s Cafe near Greene nmons to s driving, id for hav- street and issued the driver for reckl ng accident 4 2 FIRST COAST TO (Continued from Page One) local call, and you don’t talk to an operator at all. Of course you wonder how this can be done. How does a man in Englewood get his telephone to ring in San Francisco? The answe numbering plan. The whole na- tion and Ca are divided up into areas, depending on popula- tion. Each area has a code num- ber of its own—three digits. And when you want to dial a distant point, you first dial those three digits—the exchange and the number—of the person you wish to call. The next voi is aunt Agatha’s! That’s how it will work for phone subscribers in Englewood starting next fall. And the phone company hopes to extend the sys- tem to the whole country in the course of time. When that’s done, phone books will have maps show- ing the code number of each ar And it will be just like ordinary local dialing, except that you spin the dial more times. Also—you to know the number of the guy at the other end. And how about the cost? Same as before. But the phone company will in- stall what they call automatic message accounting machines. e you hear |These automaticalyly record the number and city you called, the time, and the duration of the call. The first coast-to-coast private phone call was made in 1915, and took about half an hour to set up. Now, 36 years later, Englewood will be able to call San Francisco in a mat of cond: Today’s Horoscope Today’s native will be anxious of recognition and desirous of af- n from those to whom they ted. Anxious to please sympathetic, desiring al- peace, it is a happy and hopeful nature, rather than a strong one, altho the day assures more or less success in life. STRAND ...ai Thursday - Friday - Saturday ONLY THE VALIANT with SOLDIERS HREE Walter Pidgeon And Stewart Granger MONROE «oor Thursday - Friday - Saturday WHISPERING SMITH with ALAN LADD AND BRENDA MA LL Coming: i. Teebnicotor Coming: PARIS BOMBSHELL Randolp| it And Basil bone sustained | -) other bidding NT TO TRADE COMIC BOOKS!" aS SS ESSE House Passes | Many Local | Bills Today TALLAHASSEE, May 3.— (#).—The House of Represen- | iatives have passed the fo!- | lowing bills: HB198—Forbidding goggle | fishing or drop netting with- in mile of Overseas Highway in Monroe county. | HB790—Relating Key West | charter. | HB791—Relating Key West "| charter. | HB792—Relating city man- ager's salary. HB714— Relating Monroe peace justices. HB715—Relating Key West Utility Board. HB716-17-18-19-20-20-22 Relating to Monroe school board. HB755—Relating Key West Utility Board. HB504— Relating Monroe circuit judge’s salary. [SS =a country-wide] She d Bids Asked é For Naval Work Sealed bids have. been invited {for exterior painting of two port- land cement stucco buildings and ten wood frame. buildings, Spe- cification No. 28840,. Commander Conrad E. Grohs,.. Naval Station Public Works Officer, announced today. Drawings and _ specifications will be ready for transmittal to prospective bidders‘on May 9, 1951. Specification No. 28840 and information may be obtained on application ta District Public Works Officer, P. O. Box 365, Naval Base, South Carolina, or to the Resident Of- ficer-in-Charge of Construction, Naval Station, Key West, Flori- da. Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., May 29, 1951, wher Ithey will be publicly opened at the Office of the Public Works Office, U. S. Naval Station, Key West. The major powers of Europe guaranteed Switzerland's indepen- dence in 1815 to prevent border incidents among France, Italy and Bavaria. 710 Elizabeth Street Chapter 6 HE three of us stood looking, ust looking, for a minute. Richard Starr Flecker followed us in and, with a gracious gesture toward the cushions, crossed his knees in an odd way and sank effortlessly to a sitting position on the floor, L noticed that he wore nothing on his feet except plain black sox—no, shoes. Flecker passed a hand carress- ingly over his hair again, then, with a small apologetic bow, passe a jade tray of cigarettes to us and waited for us to light them, That done he evidently felt he bad discharged his duties as host, for he raised his brows interroga- tively. “A crime wes committed in this building, Mr. Flecker,” Phelan began. “I have to ask you a few Flecker intoned politely. PLelan measured Fleck- er with his eyes and his voice be- came crisp and official hat time did you get home this after- noon?” “I was at home the entire after- noon.” afternoon?” “Why yes, I did.” Flecker in- clined his head affirmatively. “Who?” “Miss Sarah Goodrich called here shortly after one o'clock.” Hie move one shoulder negli- gently. “She represents the Wo- (Number Of Permits men’s Literary Society of Evan- ston, and we discussed a lecture ich I am to give to her group next week.” “What time did Miss Goodrich er etween two and two-thirty.” “Anyone else call on you?” Phelan asked. “Merely a friend.” “What time did she arrive?” “About five-thirty.” “When did she leave?” Flecker studied the tip of his . cigarette before answering. “About fifteen minutes ago,” he said finally, shrugging as though he had cast a die and realized it was too late to recall it. “Where did she go?” Flecker knocked the ash from his cigarette into a_cloisonné bowl and gazed dreamily toward the ceiling, “You are a detective, are you not. Lieutenant?” “Did you have any visitors this | A FIEND IN NEED By MILTON K. OZAKI “Yeah.” Phelan’s lips tightened | into a thin, angry line. “She| couldn't go downstairs without | Davids seeing her. She didn't) come upstairs, Therefore” — he} watched Flecker’s face narrowly | “she could only have gone| across the hall. Jenkins, who lives :eross the hall?” Jenkins consulted his notebook. | “Mr. and Mrs. McGregor,” he re- | ported. “Yeah. Maud McGregor.” Phel- at nodded positively. “So Mrs. MeGregor was here from five- thirty until about eight-twenty! Flecker shrugged noncommit- hands in a graceful gesture. Phelan nodded with satisfac- tion. “What were you doing for | two hours and fifty minutes?” Peres filled his lungs with smoke and exhaled slowly. | read to her for several hours.” “You read for two hours and fifty minutes?” “Not the entire time,” Flecker | conceded, his brows doing a little | nce. “Let us say two hours. I agine we spent at least an hour ussing oriental philosophy.” Phelan snorted in disbelief. “Do you know a Lawrence Straw?” “I don't believe so.” “How about John Faraday— know him?” “Not that I can recall.” Phelan grunted inconclusively and stood up, rubbing the backs of his legs as he did so. “We'll have to look through your apart- ment,” he said, squaring his| | shoulders. i “Make yourself at home, Lieu- tenant,” Flecker invited, waving a hand toward the hallway. The bedroom was a disappoint- | ment looking as if it had been furnished by one of those stores that advertise “Beautiful Ten Nothing expensive, nothing se- lected—just a lot of furniture. I casually opened one of his bu- reau drawers, just to see what rt of clothing he wore next to his skin, It was very, very nice stuff. In a small upper drawer, among a pile of expensive handkerchiefs, I saw a square of odd material which I picked up and examined curiously. It looked like two sheets of stiff gauze stuck to- ing gum, or like a piece of adhe-| tally and spread the palms of his| q, Piece Bedroom Set . . . $99.00.” ; pr gether with a thin slab of chew-| er. THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1951. sive tape between two slices of gauze. It measured about two by three inches, making it too big for a corn plaster and too small for any other kind of a medical application I'd even seen. It smelled faintly like adhesive tape, but, just as i was about to peel a corner of the gauze back to sat- isfy my curiousity, Phelan strode toward me and, for absolutely no good reason at all, 1 poked the square of stuff into my pocket, Flecker’s study however, was a surprise. It was equipped like a regula: office, with filing cabinets, an adding machine, a typewriter, a phone and a broad mahogany sk. Contrasting with the orien- lendor of the living room, it didn’t seem in_key with the personality of Richard Starr Fleck: oe Phelan stared at the office equipment and pulled thoughtful- ly at his ear. I slid open one oj the filing cabinet drawers and found it filled with typed, alphabetized cards, ranged like a mailing list, for e card carried a name an addr a few numerical hieroglyph and a column of t amounts which varied from as little as $10 to as much as $50. Phelan examined the cards, but he merely shrugged and w keld comment. When we got back to the living room, Phelan said: “I'd like you to step downstairs for a minute, row, Mr. Flecker just in case you can identify the murdered man.” Flecker’s brows expressed alarm. “There’s been a murder?” “That’s what I said, isn’t it?” Phelan growled. “Why, at first, you merely said a crime had been committed!” Flecker waved a hand aimlessly. “I had no idea you meant mur- der.” He rose to his feet with a oth, effortless movement, re- ating dramatically: “Murder!” “Yeah,” Phelan said impati ly, “it’s a crime in Illinoi: “I understand. Of course!” He siid his feet into a pair of soft leather sandals, and, after follow- ing u: downstairs stepped ginger- ly into the elevator and stared briefly at the body of Lawrence Straw. He shook his head _posi- tively. “I have never seen this un- fortunate man before,” he said. “All right,” Phelan said _pon- derously. “Thank you Mr. Fleck- (To be continued) carefully ar- | Issued Yesterday Moving permits were taken out yesterday by Mary Lee Graham, 407 Whitehead and Ted Canova, 3450 Avenue E, for the removal of buildings from the army bar- racks area. Only two building permits were issued in the office of Ralph Russell, building inspect- or, one for a concrete porch to be built by Hugo Diamandi, 825 Southard street for $300. A garage costing $500, will be constructed for E. P. Bayley, 2104 Harris avenue. pind. eR | = i REDS PULL BACK (Continuea irom Page One) | nese troops wiil pour down out of the hills. Two Planes Lost H Two American Shooting Star jets have been lost to enemy fire and the Air Force says. both pilots are presumed dead. 1 Allied planes strafed enemy pesitions on a hill 45 miles east of Seoul as U.N. forces made an uncuccessful six-hour assault. 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Short- ly thereafter, the bodies of Gragg and his eight children were found. Hong Kong is an island 11 miles long and up to five miles wide. : SPENDING BILL (Continuec From Page One} met late last night in an effort to put the finishing touches to their own version of spending authorizations. It is expected to be more liberal ‘then the Hoyse Bill. _ Clearing the decks for the big financial fight, the House yester- day passed and sent to the Sen- ate a bill dividing the state into eight congressional districts in- stead of the present six, one pro- viding for licensing of practical, as well as registered nurses, and another to let a legislative com- mittee appoint the state auditor instead of the Governor. The senate worked mainly on school bills. COMPLETE SUITS ...SLACKS.. WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS ARE, IT WILL BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO SEE OUR TIES...BELTS... FORMAL... WEAR With All The Wanted Accessories NOTE TO DAD—You, too, can be outfitted for your son's big day STOCK OF