The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 5, 1952, Page 7

February Buil Pet. Gain Over’ Monthly Report Of Inspector ‘THE COMMUNIST PERI By WILLIAM L. RYAN VIENNA (®—Behind every open Communist Party in Europe is a inner organization with strings leading to Moscow. The Cominform co-ordinates the over- all drive to dominate Western Eu- rope. One of the Cominform’s Principal helpers is the World Federation of Trade Unions, work- ing to co-ordinate the work of front organizaticns. The WFTU, with headquarters in Vienna, serves as a transmission belt for the Cominform. The WFTU is housed in a build- ing within the Ringstrasse, the in- ternational section of divided Vi- enna. The building, at 3 Sailer- Staette, is also used by Soviet of- ficials of the varicus industries the U. S. S. R. has taken from Aus- tria in the Russian version of Potsdam. WFTU is not registered with the ding Shows 100 * 52 According To OVER HALF MILLION | INCREASE OVER 1942 IN BUILDING BOOM Building in Key West showed it’s | 8reatest February activity in his- | tory, according to the monthly re- tport issued today by City Build- jing Inspector Ralph Russell. | An increase of nearly 100 percent | over the same period last year is | evident as the grand total of build- {ing permits issued totalled $592,- | |449 as compared with the 1951) figure cf $296,900. The huge increase in construction | actiyity in Key West in the past de- cade was pointed up when Rus- sell pointed out, that in 1942 during February only $30,985 was spent on construction. Broken down into it’s compon- ents the February figure shows that $53,000 was spent on the con-! struction of new residences while apartment construction totalled $465,114. Included in this figure was the permit amounting to $444,000 given for the construction of 37 duplex units hy the Roosevelt Boulevard Holding Company cf which Joe Sirugo is president. Permits for repairs and altera- tions to existing property amount- FIGURES IS SHOWN | Board of Di presided over the meeting. The guest speaker, Mr. Dallas Swindle, (above), second from right, who is a volunteer on the Southeastern area advisory conference council spoke on the role ‘of the volunteer and the im- portance of the Board of Directors to the Chapter. Shown with him above are, from the left, Mrs. Carola R. Nettles, Major Dillon Mrs. Grace Crosby, Charles Taylor, Allan Hampton, William Freeman, Paul Albury, Wil- e Citizen Staff Photo THE QUARTERLY LUNCHEON MEETING of the Key West Chapter of the American Red Cross ctors was held last Friday noon at Lee’s Restaurant. and Lt. Comdr. Crockrott. liam Mason and I. Brumfield also attended the meeting. Austrian government, as-it ordi-| ing to $74,335 were taken jur- narily should be under Austrian i bagel ier aA ‘ law. Its foreign officers have asked| Permits issued today included: the police for residence permits | Mr, and Mrs. E. Sands, 313 Amelia and have been refused, on the| Street, repairs, $2,000; Mr. and ground, that the WFTU is not a| Mrs. Howard Wilson, 701 Washing- legal organization in Austria. This would mean the WFTU would have to clear out. But the WFTU has no intention of getting out. Vienna is entirely too valuable to it and te its Com- munist bosses. Vienna is a West- ern city of great culture, a city respected ‘all over the civilized world. It makes an ideal point, from the Communist view, for launching various propaganda drives and for co-ordinating Com- munist efforts 80 the WFTU’s foreign officers the police decision to the director, the next author- ity up the ladder from the police. If necessary, the WFTU simply will ignore the Austrian order and remain under Soviet protection. Foreign officers of the WFTU live in the Soviet sector, under Soviet protection, Their building in the Ring is leased from “the Society for the Promotion cf Cultural and Economic Relations Between Aus- tria the for short. The WFTU was founded in 1945, when trade unions, noting that the United Nations Charter provided for an international organization of workers, sought to build such an orgahization. The American CIO and the British Trade Unions Cvagress (TUC) were charter members. The American Federa- tion of Labor refused to have any- thing to do with an organization which ineluded Soviet trade unions, contendifig the Soviet unions were creatures of the state: ‘ ‘This first WFTU fell apart as the Communist more and more domi- nated it. The final break was in a debate over the Marshall Plan in 1949. The American CIO and the British TUC, along with other Western trade upion organizations, troke away, and the rival ICFTU (International Confederativa of Free frade Unions) was founded London. in s On paper, the WFTU would be the larger, with the millions claimed as members for the Soviet Union, where the state forces work- ers to be members cf an organiza- tion which serves only the state. The WFTU also serves the Krem- lin well. It is involved in every | the U.S. S. R.,” galled ton Street, repairs, $2,500; Lloyd Taylor, 1127 Pearl Street, repairs, $300; Dairy Queen, 1223 White St., repairs, $200, and A. T. Sjurson, Sr., repairs, $150. ‘ Lots Of Jobs Ahead PETERBOROUGH, Ont. ()— Arthur G. Metheral, Peterber- ough plumbing ingpector, started the year with 372 plumbing jobs lined up for inspection. He said he has never been able to clear | STUDENT PRESS KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1952 Writteu and Edited by Variety Show Coming By Basil Tynes The Junior Class of 1952 will pre- sent its Variety Show on March 20 the book since he started but the present backlog is less than half that of some former years. niques. It is a sounding board ‘or every Soviet project. ; Giuseppe di Vittorio of Italy is | president of WFTU. The Commu- nists who shuttle back and forth between Western capitals and Vien- na are in the main a_shad- owy group little,known outside the party. It ig only for the big shows td the big names ‘show up pub- licly. For the big ‘Peace Congress’ meetings, the meetings of the Fed- eration of Democratic Women and, other similar front groups, Communists push to the fore names more likely to be connected with the arts or sciences — useful people who are not necessarily tried and true Stalinists, instead of centering the limelight on them- selves. Thus, a person like Frederic Jo- liot - Curie, the French physicist, or perhaps a writer or an artist with Communst leanings will be used as the front. The WFTU, pretending to be solely a labor union and not a Communist weapon, attempts through its various affiliates and its slogans atout labor rights to attract workers from the non-Com- munist unions. The WFTU already has been extremely active in this way in the Middle East, tying the “rights of workers” to the “fight against imperialism.” But the WFTU fools nobody who as followed the Communist drive. |It is closely linked with all Krem- lin projects outside the U. S. S. R. It helped organize the World Peace and 21 in the High Schoc! Audito- | rium. The proceeds will go toward the Junior-Senior Prom. Two nights of good entertainment are guaran- teed for this show, which will be di- rected by Mr. Richard Ertzman. The theme of the show is Televi- sion with typical television shows. Among the tap dancers will be Nancy Brooks, Marie Russo, and Alice Garcia. There will also be a boys’ fashion show which will fea-| ture Charles.’ yor Basil. Tynes, Rex “Weéch, Candido Barcelo, Jack Wells, Jack Malone, and oth- ers. This alone should make the show worth seeifg. There will be a skating act by ace skater Phil Thompson and Myrna Goehring. Among the skits written by the eleventh grade English classes is a wrestling match skit, featuring | Gorgeous Gus Perez and Mystery Man Candido Barcelo. Some are mystery skits. Of course there will be singers and other dancers. The committee planning the show includes Charles Taylor, Whit Swain, Betty Cocyer, and Marie | Russo. They are working hard to produce the best variety show ever presented at High School. Senior High Assembly By Dolores Taylor AND Betty Rowan Senior High Assembly February | 21 featured the “Salty Six,” a very | talented dance band from the U.S. S. Howard W. Gilmore. The mem bers of the band were: Dan Web- ster, singer and master of cere- monies; Don Crocker, at the piano; | Freddy Vaughn, guitar; Ed Clay- ton, alto sax; Tommy Thompson, bass fiddle; and Walter Walter- | | zativ Students of the School ;ment; hence the program of the | convention on Friday will be based on that theme. The delegates will arrive about eleven o’clock and will eat in the cafeteria at noon, After the meetings that afternoon, Stu- dent Council will hcaor the guests with a dance. Saturday morning they will go on a sight-seeing tour of our historic city. The delegates will leave about eleven o'clock Sa%- urday morning. Before the guests arrive, the stu- dents are urged to do everything they can teward the rautification program sponsored by the Council. So far only the Senior Class has entered-the- a $25 prize to the winner. New Pep Squad By Shirley Trudeau ‘The Pep Squad, formerly called the Boosters, has reorganized and made a few new rules and regula- tions to impreve its program. The number of girls have been limited to 30. A new constitution, drawn up by the committee--Katherine Boaz, Ray Winkle, Deanna Archer, and Sylvia Fernandez-- has been read and adopted by the squad and the new name adopted at the same time. New officers for the new Pep Squad were also elected. They are: Shirley Trudeau, president; Ray Wi -president; Jeanne Ca- nova, treasurer, The new organi- now holds a luncheon meet- ing y Friday in the school li- bri Under the new rules dues of ten cents are collected weekly in- stead of fifty cents monthly, All the girls are requirel to wear red and white to the games and to be pres- ent at all games. A member who faiils to attend two successive meetings or games is dropped. With all these improvements, the Squad gc: | went peace offensive propaganda at- Council. It has a hand in every | son, substituting for the regular | under way with their } | | | | Major Earl Diilon, chairman, | | long and the band members felt jthat it was much longer than the | Tampa parade although it probably was not. Some of the parade mov- ed slowly and there were many times the band was in front of the | reviewing stand the flcats in front came to a full hault therefore the band was stopped for four minutes or longer in front of the reviewing stand with the television cameras focused on them alone. The band through different rcutines, counter-marching and playing j while the majorettes went through | their routines. One of the numbers the band played was a Spanish march, “El Goucho,” which went over big with the Spanish people. When the band was at a halt the director, Mr. Harold Casterton and Margaret Little, of the band Letter- girls talked over the radio. Mar- garet said something like this, |“The people of Key West wish the , people of Cuba their best.” After the parade the band waited at their buses for the Winter Ha- ven band and the Miami High Scheol band to complete their part in the parade and to return to their Asal threetands “Were living at the same ‘school they all must travel together. Cokes and Cuban sandwiches were served and I can assure you that they were in demand. | The band was very glad to make |To Receive Aid Young Romaguera| From Rotary Club Joaquin Romaguera, Jr., son of Joaquin Romaguera, Sr., and the former Dahlia Mendoza, both ex- residents of Key West, was awarded a partial scholarship during a luncheon of the Miami, Beach Rotary Club last Wednes- day. Young Romaguera, « 19 year old tenor, won the attention of the Rotarians at a University of Miami audition. He is a student of music there and the club's! partial scholarship will aid him in finishing his musical educa- tion. The singer is a protege of Arturo Di Filippi, director of} the Miami Opera Guild and di-| rector of the university school of music. Romaguera lives at 1342 N. W. Seventh street, Miami. His voice won him a place in the cast of “Die Fledermaus” starring Patricia Munsel, at the Miami Beach auditorium on February 23. Fathers Group Of Truman PTA To Give Program Truman Elementary School PTA is planning something special in| the way cf a program for Mar-| ch 11 when the fathers of the group | will be in charge of the meeting. Co-chairman for the event are} Jack Delaney and Edward Bayly. Further details will be announc- ed later. NEWS NOTES The population of Libya is slight- ly more than a million. The king of Libya rules from two capitals, Bengasi and Tripoli. Onyx is produced in the San Quintin area of Lower California. | activities and they hope to return to Cuba again sometime. By Roberta Van Allen The band trip to Cuba was very successful and everyone-seemed to like Havana. We had hoped to go, sight-seeing but we didn’t have enough time on the afternoon plan- ned we just took a short trip fur- ther into the ccuntry. There we saw | the Shrine where the monument} ot the unknown soldier was. From the top of this hill we could view the whole country side which was | a beautiful spectacle. We were staying about 15 miles out- side of Havana so we got a glance at the colorful lands and some of the ultra-modern homes | and hotels. We passed by the Uni- versitv of Havana, Moro Castle, and the Capitol. meal prepared for us in the large| in using a golf course operated by/ fore cafeteria building at the schoc’. Meals consisted of such dishes as potatoes, beef, hamburger, tuna- , the trip to Cuba and had a wonder- ful time. They were very happy to | coffee. participate in the Parade and other | food available for everyone. fish, soup, coleslaw, bread, | | | | Wednesday, March 3, 1982 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ~ Page 1.8 Father And Son Return () Wirephoto M/SGT. ESTLE McELVAIN and his son, Pvt. Elmer C. McEl- vain returned to Lexington, Ky., from Korea—the son in a cof- fin. Young McElvain, 18, was killed in action. His father, also serving in Korea, was flown to Oakland, Calif., where he met the body to serve as a military escort. After his son's funeral, the sergeant will return to’ duty. NEWS JACKSONVILLE (® — The state total of federal gambling oceupa- tional tax_stamps rose to 496 Mon- day when, the collector of internal revenue’s office announced one more had been issued to a Miami applicant. bs WASHINGTON (® — Bible read- ing in the public schools may con- tinue, the Supreme Court says, at least until someone comes along with a showing of genuine injury. By, a vote of 6-3, the high tri- bunal Monday tossed out an attack on a New Jersey law which re- quires daily Bible reading in the public schools ‘of that state. The court said the two persons who complained had demonstrated no real harm in a legal ‘sense. | In other decisions, the court de- | clined to review. a r BRIEFS © , Cireuit Judge Henry C. Tillman ee Monday. | Judge Tillman, in declaring the 1951 Legislature's residence re- sidence requirement act unconsti- tutional, said it was “almost. . . had faith ca the part of this state if the benefits of the amendment are withheld for a period of one year.” He said one of the chief argu- ments for homestead exemption was “the inducement to get peopl tc come to Florida to live . . .” and that “I think this act of the Legislature is an effort to amend and add to the Constitution ‘as to who shall be entitled to homestead exemption.” The suit, believed to be the first Ie of the new law, was brought by Walter H. Scott against C Tax. Assessor W. S. drecteoal after Sparkman denied Scott home- Flosida Supreme | Court decision that Negroes may} stead exemption because Scott had Three times a day there was a | be restricted to one day a week not resided in the state a year be- the City of Miami. TAMPA (®—To be eligible for and | Florida's $5,000 homestead tax ex- | the There was always plenty of | emption applicants do not have to | “good faith” and intent of making | live in the state for a year first, | . The original homestead exemp- | tion law required caly that a per- son applying must own and occupy as of Jan. 1 and show it his home. Drive lt tempt of the U. S. S. R. It is training ground for strike tech- international propeganda meeting {with Red overtones. oe Millionaire’s H ¥ ome Burgled drummer, who was at sea. They opened the program with _ their theme song, “Dreams.” Other numbers they did were ‘Tuxedo Junction,”; a medley consisting of “You Go to My Head,” ‘‘Some- | Where Over the Rainbow,” “Blue Moon,” “Miami Beach Rumba,” | “Poinciana,” “Because of You,” “Lemon Drop,” “Steel Guitar | Rag,” and, as a closing number, “Blue Skies.” The students enjoy- ed these fellows immensely and are looking forward to their return soon. Gene Roberts then introduced a | guest speaker, Mr, Sheppard of the | Civil Air Patrol, who explained briefly the duties and tenefits of | the CAP and urged all who are in- terested in joining to come to the meetings. Gene Roberts, Student Council president, presided over the as- | sembly. Delia Touchton read the | Bible and led the Lord’s Prayer. | Announcements were made by | Hoke Holcomb and Gene Roberts. The “Salty Six” were introduced | by Bill Neblett. { Student Council Hest By Blenche Alligeed _ Student Council will soon be play- ing host to about 15 South Florida high school student councils. Cor- } responding Secretary June Yates | program of entertaining the teams. | A party was given for the basket- ball teams after the Miami game. The boys from our team and the visiting teams came. Sandwiches, cookies, sodas, and all the trim- mings were there for everyone to enjoy. Everybody danced and had a gocl time. After the Ft. Pierce game the dance at the NCCS was called off, so the Pep Squad and } teams gathered at June Yates’ ze for another enjoyable even- | ing. | Also, quite a few members cap be seen flashing their newly arriv- ed Squad pins. Buttons have been ordered so that members can be recognized at games. . For each game a committee is appointed tc | welcome the visiting teams and in- troduce them to school members. The Squad will also entertain base- ball teams if the High School has a baseball team this year. "The Band Trip to Cubs” By Berbera Adems On the bands’ trip to Havena. Cuba last Saturday, Sunday end Monday they participated in a very large and magnificent parade om Saturday night. This parade was to oper a month long festival. The parade was scheduled to hegin at 9:00 p.m. Saturday therefcre the band formed at about 8:30 p.m. AS Pontiac's, new ‘‘power train” of big, high-compression engine, new Dual-Range Hydra-Matic,* and new economy axle adds up to Dual-Range performance— automatic driving at its best. Eager, responsive power for all stop-and-go driving! Smooth, hushed, extra-eco- nomical performance for the open road! YOU drive it... and see! Come in today. Optional at extre cost. FLASHING ACCELERATION— Pontiac's amazing response to the accelerator gets you away in a flash. ECONOMY—By reducing engine rcletions in Felation to. speed, Pontiac gives maximum economy. THIS IS THE FORTRESS-LIKE HOME of millionaire L. Vv. Redfield from whom burglars took $1,500,000 to $2,500,000 in cash, securities and jewelry. They overlooked another million dollars in securities held in an old suitcase. Police are patroling the Reno, Nev., neighborhood where the home is located. (P) Wirephoto has sent letters to the schools ask-| some of the parade had to pass, ing them which date -March 14, | along with about thirteen other March 21, or March 28 . they pre- | bands ahead of ours, the Key West fer for the District Convention. It | High School band did not enter the is expected that delegates will at-| parade until after 10:00. The tend the convention of Friday and| Was the second high school band stay over night for Saturday en-| in the parade as the Winter Haven | tertainment. | band was the first. The Key West | The theme of the student coun-| band passed the reviewing |cils this year is Moral Rearma- after 12:00. This parade was very MULBERG CHEVROLET CO. COR. 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