The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 2, 1951, Page 2

‘on th aGk 1¥0 —— The Key Mest Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- aver from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County t8nPSARTMAD Riche! ARR OREN ORES 7° NORMAN D. ARTMAN _.. pete Business Manage: Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 Member of The Associated Press—The Ascociated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it pot otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local new: sublished here. Member Florida Press Association and Associated Dailies of Florida ‘Subseription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12.00, single copy 5 “ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION 3 discussion of public issue: but it will not publis! The Citizen is an open forum and invit and subjects of local or general interes i:nonymous communications, FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED YY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion, Airports—Land a. a, Soreoiidaticn of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. i BUILDING UP KEY WEST ,utification is one of the main factors in any city IMPROVEMENTS that aspires for tourist trade. The Citizen stressed that | fact in an editorial last Monday, and it now points out tht’ what is true of a city is also true of a county. To civic-minded residents, what are the best stories that appear in a newspaper? The Citizen published one of those stories Tuesday in its comprehensive survey of economy and other progressive conditions in the city and elsewhere in the county. One part of the story said: “—. because of the development of the Overseas Highway as one of the scenic wonders of the nation.” The Citizen heretofore has spoken of that develop- ment, and the time is opportune to say again that the de- velgpment is continuing. By the time the highway be¢omes tol in January of 1953, it will be dotted with beauti- fi ways along much of the:route. But the parkways not only add to the &ebimic wonder ;*they | Also flank the right of way with fill that will protect it in times of storms. This work is being done without cost to residents of Mofiroe county, other than the tolls they pay. Were the work of beautification left undone, taxpayers in Monroe, as well as in all other counties in the state, would pay for the beautifying improvements, assuming they would be done, which would not be likely in the immhediate future. Another item in the comprehensive article should give impetus to our activity to get a larger volume of tour- ist trade. It was the statement that 37 percent of Key West's population is represented by the Navy’s personnel and its dependents. The time will come, as it has on other occasions at our Naval Base, when the number of the per- sonnel and its dependents will be reduced, to what extent only international conditions will determine. If a secure peace is established, as President Truman is striving to establish, then the reduction, at the Naval Base will be so substantial it will adversely affect our economy. We must work to offset that contingency in as large a measure as possible. Our most promising field of ens “Wieavor is to attract more tourists to Key West. The tourist J “trade” is' the biggest.“industry” in Florida, It built up t Miami, St. Petersburg.and other cities, and it will build up : Key West if we persistently go after it. THE TRUTH NULLIFIES ASSUMPTIONS assume, as many well-meaning Americans do, that the people of undeveloped areas are ready, able ana Willipg to adopt democratic processes is an extremely foolish assumption. So far, despite the laudatory state ments of those who seek to build the morale of these peo- ples, there is nothing in.the record to indicate that the peoples of Asia, with the possible exception of the Jap- unese and some of the Chinese, are competent to accept the burden of individuals as understood by the Western world, Peres ertreeetrrerse ern civilization attempting to spread the benefits of their civilization and culture to other peoples, We think it silly, however, to endow these peoples with the attributes of those who are much more developed and, in our relation- the morate of these less-developed peoples. We have no explanation for the phenomenal advance of those who enjoy what is currently termed Western ci- vilization but the facts of history demonstrate very clear- ly, and without any doubt, that the progress of the world, in social, economic and political are is practically the history of the Western world. Consequently, in our opin- ion, it would be rather foolish for those who enjoy West- CECT HES ER ES wHeEes and the Far East, a. @he law of the land is one thing and the judicial In- terpretation of it is another. PORTTAFT Ce eae aete ~ If you want to decide anything rightly, consider the long range profit.alang with the short range gain. People who shout about individual rights often” fors t that the Constitution talks about the genera! welfare. se ‘We have no objection to the people who enjoy West- | ships with them, to withhold the facts in order to build up | ern civilization to overlook the truth in a silly effort to | bolster the morale of peoples who live in Ajrica, India | | | | 1 CONCH CHOWDER By RAYMER A new music trio graces the Tradé*Wihdé “lounge these balmy nights. Classic piano, boogic- woogie, torch songs, popular bal- lads and request numbers are handled by Joe Hurka at the) keyboard and two girl singers, Mrs. Rae Waller and Miss Viola Veidt. Rae sang overseas and Vi has had professional engagements, one of which was at the famed “Blue Angel” bistro in New York City. Monday night is supposed to be guest artist night, but patrons make,eyery. evening ring with in- dividual contributions, MORE MUSIC in the air comes, AAA DAAAAAAAAAA DADAM KEY WEST NEWS Of Days Gone By Taken From The Files Of The Key West Citizen MAbbbbbbbbbbhsbbbsabbbas 10 YEARS AGO Pirates Cove, key fis fiom 28h exelent ‘trio--dt thé] voces cea nt ences Bamboo... and from the'flute of) ...cun it has ver enjoyed. a colored musician who lives in back of my -house—known as) j)..,.. 1 ‘a ie “Baby”. . . Plaintive notes of his) 9.4.4.) tava aimee yal “practice period” often vie with) } oo. cece: : ee ake. the strains from the roller-skating m i st A Z ; ville received hi or of philo- Stns.) sow at can June NG) ais geal “ihe Whivecnlte that ol’ harmonica! a cichan Hcl kan GR RESCUE WORK seems to be a habit with Frank Rogers, local chap who paddled out’to the air- plane crash on a surfboard to see! if hac@uldthelp ... Last week he retrieved; ‘gi watch which an un wary lady swimmer dropped into the sea... This week he rescued. Reddy, _ sorrel-colored cocker spaniel belonging to Elsie and George. Keyes, from almost cer- tain death up on Big Pine Key .. Ready for trouble, Reddy roused a five-foot diamond back rattlesnake, but before he could rush it, Rogers rushed Reddy into the saféty of a ‘car, then shot at the reptile .. . He missed twice, nicked it the third time, and. dis- the gh school hi 1 of Pla He | wrad has had at of Liverpool in Eng received his BoA ate wirk in marine biology the Universi land on this Is the first PhD de By a Wester ever re Ke Westers, fier wading h nehes of Water April, ld month's rain on through xome in history's ratr a have picked up thi th stherman re May blotter che ebtvision Stebel (new daily surf dips . . . John Ryan has! !aw returned to Detroit, Mich. for a} week .. . In parting he threatened } to call up his competition and| say, “Would you like to take care! Today In History 875 — Experimenting in his - THE KEY WEST CITIZEN patched it with a club and eee er stones. He brought back the tail] Wr. and Mrs, & J. | Betancourt which had eleven rattles and aj ®nnounce the marriage of their button... Page St. Patrick,| daughter Celina to Ramire Redri-| please! & ROUND UP around town re RSE ARES veals I missed one look alike) losing dayrexereises and promo- item Royal.Navy man Harry] tion of Phillips who could double for) Treman) school were helt Pric movie star Victor McLaglen . .. | morning with. the Rev. B iy Harry says he never played| Pousherty,of the First Conmrega~ ‘Informer” . ... Wonder what he| tional church: conducting devotis could tell about Cactus Jack and) «! exercises the Atlantic City jaunt where Sorter they previewed the Miss Americaj From the ¢iiterhtl pages of the field? Seen getting gradual|Vitizen: “Law. enforcement officers suntan, Capt. J. W. and = Mrs./*hould have a ming, single to one Davis and their two daughters in| purpese, the enforcement of the} ‘Southernmost ‘Charles Duerkes oN at! with all the investi gyand jury probings and ision dannybrooks anent ihe gambling business, I deem it my i to whomp up a few para- graphs. on -the subject inasmuch other lads who write colur have been thoughtful enough to express opinions, pro, and otherwise. Not wishing to be tabbed an old copy cat, (and I especially frown upon the word vld"!) I will have te work with a cold deck to keep my . chips from falling into the pro, con or j otherwise bracket. It is indeed a better than forty to one shot, track con odds, that the ery “Tilt!” will boom t sh the corridors be- | fore I ear take a cut for the lights and I am_ sorry I started the whole thing. | 3ut the chips are down, as the anything anyone's feelings, believe hearts are trump, man greut Hunter plays for love... No! That ‘will Yer_his Hed never do! People will go around Sleep and about the land proclaiming that Cousin Chazz avows love is} a gamble and the next thing you know I will be investigated by Lonely Hearts clubs and be in dutch with marriage _ license * Caldwell a bureaus and justices of the peace, and the way things are these days achap cannot afford to be in dutch with JPs. When I was fourtee& I worked for a man who was_ reckoned about the smartest poker player who ever filled an inside straight aoe ae Once, during an all night session, ‘sat at t ‘twas reported that he won a ending bakery from a baker who had shoulder as he fe the acer little luck and less dough, Oddly enough, four years later 1 worked for the baker during a summer vacation. My vacation not his. Getting back to the gambler, since this episode does not eon- cern the bakery | business, al |though you must admit that a half a loaf is better than a slap in the kisser witha dull “blade, 1) asked the gambler to give me the} lowdown on gambling and to in- struct me in the intricacies of poker. Not that I cared to win a! . {bakery but I did have an eye on} — an auto agency that handled! & ‘ | Stutz Beareats or Dusenbergs, or) % ee something, and’ on my fourteen ee | clams a weék I did Hot even have! jthe down payment on a raccoon; coat. So he said to me, and I}: quote: “I will not’ teach ' you'to! fet play poker but I will reveal to} | you the first, and most important law of gambling. Very few. people | | know it.” | I was all ears. Those ears have} been knocked back several times} since that day, but not by gam-|® | bling men. ! “The first law of gambling,’ | the man said, this; if you can’t afford to lose, you can’t afford to win.” Following that rule has saved |me considerable grief, to be sure. | The tifnes I've gambled, when I { is could afford to lose, I lost. | In a wierd fashion I developed a magic touch in betting, with | reverse English. Anything or any- | body I would bet on would lose. | You could have put your post- (man, favorite barber or mother- in-law in the same ring with Dempsey and Tunney, back in the old days, with one “arm tied behind your entry's seventh lombar, and if I plumped my rubles on Jacy and Gene to win, ! your kid would have put both! boys away in the first stanza. | In the case of your mother-in: | law V'd have been betting with} | scared money anyhow. | | It got so that when I was root-| ling for a team, as in baseball, |~ | football, etcetera, I did not dare} know-what simple, too. unting were in a large shi; people of Akron, O! from my ing the shthave w had to read a. sHUt ¢ d that peem to-me,. anc" + Seer Hel tly,” Caldwell _ inter- cat taeed And I just finished read- until it aud s habit. Straw nd rolled his he_desk, and to bend over igned interest £ procedure. U io. bryactte "| Wake! .. ‘opposite the desk. The hands of y | ere A FIEND IN NEED By MILTON K, OZAKI ed a knife into Straw’s heart him. He then pushed arms into his coat, into the hall, and de- body in the elevator n had remained at that T , to confuse subsequent igation further, he went up to the third floor— as it was his habit to carried him d the sly, pressed the elevator call batton on that floor, and returned un- seen to his apartment.” fter depositing the body in the elevator, I imagine Flecker spent quite a bit of time, remoy- i all trace of Straw’s visit. Then, returning to his living room and Mrs, McGregor, he continued his reading, perhaps beginning again with the first quatrain, thus: wake! ... wake! ... we second commanding w u i by Caldwell, Maud McGregor stirred gently and opened her eyes, dreamily listen- ing to the rest of the quatrain. “ McGregor,” Caldwell said g her gravely, “have you what time it was when ne in here with me this the She shook her head d. “It was about a k ne fter ten, and you started poem. How long would I'd been reading?” it can’t be more than at the most,” a at the clock behind you.” } Caldwell directed. Everybody turned and looked t the cuckoo clock on the wall the clock pointed to eleven-thirty. Suddenly, with an agility which Id have done credit to a trained athlete, Richard Starr Flecker svrang from his chair, sed the room in a running leap. and plunged through the window. The sharn crack of a gun SATURDAY, JUNE is shoes while at home—| g, 2;-1951. | beneath the window, and, a mo- {ment later, Detective Davids waved his hand through the shat. tered pane. “Got him!” Davids shouted, “i WHAT I don’t understand,” I \ said to bees after every- one had gone, “is what made you | first connect Flecker with Fara- Do you remember how you mimicked him to me the other evening?” I stared at Caldwell, and, with a quiet twinkle in his ¢, he raised one hand and care y stroked his hair with a g patting motion. “Oh, for chrissake!” I remem- ber the way Faraday had caressed his bald head the d: Caldwell and I visited the Anchor Book Store. “I could kick myself.” “But, ‘Prof, why did he kill Thomson?” “Well,” Caldwell hesitated. “I think Flecker called on Professor Thomson, possibly fishing for in- formation, and, while there, be- trayed his dual identity. Thomson, of course, knew Faraday from his dealings with the bookstore.” “But—” “You probably stole the only piece of wig tape Flecker had op hand.” Caldwell’s ey ed. “Unfortunately, Thomson might not have been killed if you'd left the tape alone.” “What!” “It's true. When Flecker called on Thomson, his wig must have been inadequately fastened. If, during their conversation, he nodded or shook his head at all vigorously—the wig certainl would haye slipped slight Caldwell shrugged helples “Thomson must have noticed, ar Flecker had to kill him in order to_guarantee his silence.” T stood up, groaned softly, and started slowly out of the room, “Goin to bed, Bendy?” y » 2°) hattored our startled silence, The vistol spoke again. Then, we} ard the sound of running feet! Pair Of Boots Enough For Both ee 1.8, Army Photo “TWO KOREAN BOYS from the Allied orphanage in Pusan find one pair of cowboy boots enough for both, In the traged one youngster lost his left leg and the other his right. th ay of shoes sent to the orphanage by the of war, "he boots IRISHMEN LIKE BACHELOR via (4?) Wirephoto “T should say not,” I T've | got a date.” {THE END1 | Today s | Anniversaries 1817—George H. Gorliss, Provi- dence, R. I, inventor, who ‘revo- utionized the steam-engine, born | } } in Easton, N.Y. Did ygFeby | 1888. ¢ Pisin. GEtsdiich 1833 — George W. “Smale " | foreign ‘correspondent, credited 8 jwith bringing American-style journalism* to™ Europe, bornsiw Franklin, Mass. Died April:4, 1916. 1845—Arthur MacArthur, from private to .lieutenant-general, jfather of Gen, Douglas MacA thur, born in Springfield, M. Died Sept. 5, 1912. _ 1866—Edward Penfield, New York's modest and retiring artist- illustrator, called the originator of the poster, born in New York. Died Feb. 8, 1925 Today’s Horoscope The early part -of strong and bestows an affable disposition. But as the day ad- vances, a tendency to travel be- gins which may develop a wan- dering alien nature with fickle fortunes and perhaps given, to excesses. } SUNDAY, JUNE 3 Today but hesitating; ful! of but it may be neglectful of op- portunities. There is a_ certaim amount of native ability and a good mind; but the aim of today’s native should be ‘to cultivate setf- restraint and contentment, and us Soon as s factory, to stick to it. purely literary work only began in the 1860's. this day is : “s projects, ., something proves satis- P | . | A paying American market for al > rrr 4 ay wot I a ont oe idl! RA Ggo a rast ie my ee while I'm gener rt 40} Boston shop, Alexander. Graham) bet on that team. A sure Wey for| But when number. threé * came) LIFE [eee ee ee eotaeny | Bell accidentally strikes on the| people to win bets, back in the! barrelling down the home stretch ‘ af FUTURE EVENTS: A new pa-| py inciples of the telephone |days when I could afford to lose| going away to pay twenty to one, i: Ade paar at) Ire-| COFFEE Ph, Sa }more bewutifu hibiscus varia-| 66 she coast of New Jersey by|® deuce now and anon, was forjcan tell'you. In fact, I think I) ¥ id overs, statis- 3 | tionsadike. the. orange-flame one Ke ¥| them to bet against my choice withenll vous tics show that the marriage’ rate at iz } worn by Martha Hausmann May-| °™@™Y SvPS | How come Notre Dame toppled| She changed her tune. is far below most European} All Grocers #9 Se | berry whose mother, Mrs. Henry| 1924—By Act of Congress, the) ja¢° season? What about the! So you see, everything is more| Countries. “o |S. Hausmann grows them in her| Indians given the right to vote. | Anmy.Navy game? Remember} or less a garnble and I agree with} Officiais are hoping ‘that this eta yard ‘at 971) Avenue E’, .. Mar-| 1929—-Henry Ford, Edison and) some of the other upsets? Yep.’ one and all on this most. fasein-| year’s census will show that mar- etal jtha is Comdr. Robert Safford's| other notables recommend that) That waseme, betting on the! ating subject even though I never riage is staging a comeback. ote |Girl Friday (and other week) Prohibition be given a fair trial. Jrish, the Army and all the other! got to win a Stutz Bearcat or| The 1946 census showed that yall |days too) in the public ‘informa-| 1941 — Lou Gehrig, popul@jesers, You have doubtless noted! Duesenberg or whatever it was/ only two out of five Irishmen —— 6 Ai: Pretend vadigae = eens: gr ee eae the comaleerk ake vente: ave back in the Balevent days dat { — chiara years. old were LAST TIMES TODAY saghe |The Shrimp Bowl". . . Credit) preservation of Rome in the wa HPs PHN Wekeiy Gs Uits| onal ce tes ne mee wR THE LAST — for the ship"carving at the fire) 1945 Americans make, new) @ on their prowess. |departimant goes to “John Rob-| landings on Mindanoa, “Al tee f Panne shiald have a pay-| s OUTPOST Ss jerts, not Chief Torres . .. Bury! Philippines off coming from somewhere. | — am | the hatthet he used in wood, not) 1950—-Government set back in| Jy horse racing, a horse is the RONALD RPAGAN AND jmy skull. its fight to break up the Alum- only one who can win in the Jong! Telephone it ye et | Pi thas ay inum Co., of America by Federal) pun, Onee, at Hialeah, my re-| 51 Coming: SECOND WOMAN | PARISH "SCRUBBING BEE” Judge John C. Knox. | verse English took a wierd back- Robert Young And Betsy QUEBEC—(#)—The people of ; e Bi spin. The brunette with me gave} pee | Quebec City's Notre Dame de la! J’, if 4 irthda "§ | Me a sawbuck to lay on the nose) if |Garde Parish take pride in hav- Today YS ot nag stumber four in the third) COOLED] © jing their little church spotless} Hedda Hopper of Hollywodd,| race. On the way to the wager | land fwite” ‘avyear they ‘hold a/ radio and newspaper columnist,| wicket Iran into a tall blond and) |scrubbing-bée. Out come the! born in Hollidaysburg, Pa., 61) while my mind is not too sharp at LAST TIMES TODAY “ | pails of hot water, cakes of rough | years ago ordinary figures it is scalpel keen | EL PASO i: jyellow “Canadian soap, hard-| Grover A. Whalen of New| on figures topped by blond tress- ar | bristled brushes and wash rags. | York, merchant, civic worker, the) es. 3 | a . . 4 > i | JOHN PAY D GALL | Men, women and children scrub j city's greeter, born in New York,| The bet got muddled’ in my| te hos iv jand palish der two days, and the | 65 years ago mind and I got the sawbuck/} In Technicolor | job doesn’t Cost the parish a pen-| Ben(jamin F.) Grauer of New| dows on hoss number three in| Coming: THE GREAT |ny. If, willybe,repeated just be-| York, radio announcer, born inj the fourth race instead. I got back | ‘CATSBY [fore next Christmss. I New York, 43 years ago. !to my seat in time to catch you- Alan Ladd And Betty Fields ghetto sete RO SA, Pen ee a Bes Ee Na are iy Tea: EPO aes ae RS i ie ea