The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 20, 1952, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN he Key West Citizen a eee Oo eS Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- tisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County t. P. ARTMAN Publishez NCRMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 —— ‘Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news gublishea here. pice ember Florida Press Association and Associate. Dailies of Florida ——_—_—_—— Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12.00; By Mail $15.60 ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION i The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, but it will dot publish Page 2 Wednesday, August 20, 1952 JAIL FOR REDS United States District Judge William C, Mathes, re- cently made the threat of the Communists very plain, ‘ when he called them “anarchists”. The judge said that they defeated all law except the law they wanted to obey, which is characteristic of the Communist mentality. Judge Mathes imposed five-year prison terms and $10,000 fines on 14 California Communists, who were, in the Court’s opinion, teaching and -advocating the over- throw of the Government by force and violence. Coming on the heels of another Court decision, in New York, where another group of Communists was sen- tenced to jail terms, the Court action is impressive.’ It shows clearly, to all who wish to observe the trend, that the judicial system in the United States is capable of jail/ fng enemies among us who would overthrow our govern- ment, in favor of a foreign ideology, by means of force and violence.. No democracy can survive unless its judicial process- es provide for some sort of action in such circumstances. We hope that these two groups of Communists and all those who advocate violent overthrow of this country’s form of government, will be allowed ample opportunity to change their poisoned views and consider all sides of the questions inyolved, in jail. .. WHERE “BUNK” COMES FROM A great many of the speeches made in Congress and in state legislatures are bunk. This is particularly true in an election year. We often use the term “bunk” without realizing where it came from, although most of us realize what it means. Back in 1820, the pro-slavery and the anti-slavery factions in the House of Representatives after long and bitter argument had reached a satisfactory compromise concerning the entry of Missouri as a State in the Union. This Was accomplished through the passage of the Mis- souri Compromise which provided that Missouri might enter the Union as a slave state but that future states formed above the line of Missouri’s southern boundary should be free-soil states. All of the members of the House wanted an imme- diate vote with one exeeption, a little known Congress- man, ‘Felix Walker, whose principal constitutency was Buncombe County, North Carolina. Walker said: “I am bound to make a speech for Buncombe” to those who asked him to allow a vote to be taken. After that speech, every time a legislator made a useless, time-wasting talk, his colleagues would shout, “Buncombe.” As time went on the term was shortened to “bunk” and became a part of our language, ‘What has become of the old-fashioned business man {who went into a business deal expecting the other trader ‘to tell him the truth?, BOYLE SAYS By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (#—Every Ameri- can boy has a chance to grow up to be President of the United States. _And many a doting mother would to help her offspring get the “But how?” she asks herself, despairingly. “How can I rear my boy to be President?” She knows how to train him to become a doctor or a mechanic. But what every mother ought to know,she doesn’t know—how to train him for the White House. And if she sets out unguided. she can waste a lot of time and effort. She might, for example, go to the trouble of getting him born in a’ log cabin, when this is no longer politically necessary. As a matter of fact, the average voter today is downright suspicious of a candidate who was born in a log cabin. He thinks that is carrying the whole thing too far. What a wise mother can do, is to try as much as possible to make junior an All-America boy who appeals to all sections of the country. She might arrange to have him born in the rural area of a big farm staté such as Illinois, spend his boyhood in California, and begin his career in New York. He should be educated in the South, say at the University of North Carolina, and ‘then take a lew deeree from Harvard Univer- ' sity. His vacations should be spent werking at different jobs in different states on’ a ranch-in Wyoming, in an auto factory in - Michig: aboard a shrimp boat of Wouisiana, Early in life she should teach junior how to talk with his mouth full of pebbles, how to fish, and how to play some musical instrument. The best one is the tuba, as every man would like to be able to blow a tuba. Junior also ought to always have a@ dog as a pet, to show his love of animals, and made to marry a girl who likes cats. A wise mother will see that junior does fairly well in school, but not too well. The voters are uneasy ; about a candidate who is too in- | telligent, and. contemptuous of one who is too dumb. The careful mother will also be aware of “the doctrine of prophetic remarks.” This is the theory that all Presidents, even as boys, fore- saw the grave problems of the future. As the biggest problem likely to face most Americans in the next generation is-where to park their motor car, the thoughtful mother could well have junior, as a lisp- ing lad of five, look at @ traffic jam and repeat’ after her: “Some day I am going to strike a real blow at all this.” This will make a~ wonderful anecdote for -his campaign bio- graphy, Now all the mother must do before launching junior into poli- tics is to have him enlist for three years as an Army private, then finance him in a small but success- i that makes a modest profit ant’ gives its employes nine weeks vacation a year and a bonus at Christmas, How can junior escape the presideney now? Everybody will love him—fishermen, farmers, laborers, capitalists, war veterans, ~-* *onciers, dog collectors, hobby- insists Easterners Westerners, asv.uaeners, Southerners. No, there is one thing more. Junior will have to learn how to cook. It’s manly today. And no housewife {s likely to vote to send @ man to the White House that wouldn't know his way around the kitchen, Bell Laboratory : To Conduct ~ Experimental Job The American Telephone and Telegraph Company, through Bell Laboratories, is experiment- ing with the newly discovered “microwaves”. « Curry jy attorney, has asked the City to grant a lease for a 50’x100’ area on Stock Is- land to enable them to conduct the experimerit which involves over-water transmission. The site chosen is approximately 300’ east of the American Legion Club- house. City Commissioners have in- structed Attorney M. Ignatius Lester to draw up the necessary lease papers and have also grant- ed permission for Bell Labora- tories to establish a second exper- imental site cn Bertha St.—tem- porarily suspending zoning re- quirements for this one project. The two locations will be used net longer than Oct. 4, 1953, and will not create any problems in- sofar as traffic or other undesir- able conditions are concerned, it was pointed out when Dave King questioned a company rep- resentative on the matter. — Two Car Cras AtN. Toll Gate A 1950 Oldsmobile driven by Hugh Birt Steward was badly smashed in a collision at 10 o’clock this morning at the North toll gate, the Florida Highway Patrol reported at noon. Patrolman Slim Walker investi- gated the accident in which no one was hurt. Steward was parked at the Ma- tecumbe gate paying his toll, when Miss Jean Louis Muns, 22, Millen, Ga. school teacher, ran into the back end. of his car, the report said, Miss Muns tried to stop at-| the toll gate, but her brakes fail- ed. She ran ino the Oldsmobile damaging the Lack end and side of the car, Miss Muns’ car was towed into the Parrish Gulf station in Mara- thon. Steward who is 54 comes from Fairfield, Texas. Hurricane Plans To Be Discussed The Distaster Preparedness and Relief Committee of the American Red Cross will meet on hurricane plans next Monday, at 8 p. m., at the chapter, it was announced to- day by Earl Adams, public rela- ions chairman. The committee has already nam- ed sub-committees, and assigned USO-Chamber of Commerce as the headquarters for Red Cross staff and committee members. Young Men Needed As Navy Pilots ‘Two Navy men- Lawton Sellers, AD1, and Merle Shaw, ACI are in town today in an effort to promote interest amongst Key West’s young men in the present naval aviation Program. They will be back to town regu- larly and announcement of their coming will be made in advance. In the meantime, men interested in becoming Navy pilots should write: Office of Naval Procurement Marine Corp Airstation Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1, Soft mineral 5. Foreman | The | Southernmost Corner By CHARLES DUERKES This column started off with a bang. I lit a cigarette, inhaled, and BOOM! The king-size gasper exploded. My cat “Whiskey” shot straight up in the air as I top- pled backward in my chair, let out a wild screech and zoomed toward safety, leaving a welter of notes and papers in his wake I picked myself off the floor, brushed shreds of tobacco from my hair and made a note not to type with my chair tilted back- ward from now on. Donning my deerstalker cap and clenching the big, curve stemmed pipe between my teeth. I began an invstigation without consulting Dr. Watson. I ran the culprit to earth in a darkened room where she was watching television with a confederate. The guilty party was my niece, Annette. Seems ['d brought the thing upon myself by making snide remarks about the Hopa- Tong Cassidy TV show, allowing as to how a couple of good blasts from a .45 would scare the day- lights out of Hoppy and most of his contemporaries. I lectured my niece and nephew on the subject of load- ing cigarettes with small atom bombs and returned to my hogan. “Whiskey” glared at me and re- fused to come into the work- room. So I lit me another smoke and shoved a clean sheet into the tripe-writer. Came a sizzle, then a flare, a puff of white smoke and the odor of burning celluloid. ‘ While I’d been lecturing, some- one had lifted my cigarettes from my belt, jammed the end of an old-fashioned hairpin into one of them and slipped the pack Lack into place. Now I’m afraid to go over there and deliver another lecture. During a career studded with experiences with loaded instru- ments and personalities, with loaded dice and loaded drinks, T’ve never before been on the puffing end of a loaded coffin nail. “Dr. Anthony, I have a prob- Ki It was “ thrill to see football officially debut for the season as we watched the All-Star game from. Chicago over television. Outstanding was the perform- ance of the great Bob Water- field, Rams quarterback. All he realfy,did was win the game for the professienals. ai, Citizen “sox” editor probably remembers meeting him a few seasons ago at the Latin Quarter while she was interviewing his wife. The Waterfields are a grand couple and, despite the fact that fame’s spotlight is treacherous as well as blinding, they have made an exemplary success of marriage. Well, you can’t blame. his wife for staying involve with a hand- some chap like Bob, who is just about the biggest star in his field. And a smart field general like Bob couldn’t be expected to be stupid enough to have argu- ments at home. Bob's better half is Jane Rus- sell. x kk Some columns back I noted that I'd be in a spot when my two favorite FIL teams faced eech other. I've been rooting for the Conchs to climb out of the cellar and for the Sun Sox to stay on top. My emotions were somewhat mixed when the Conchs belted the Sox out of first place. And they had to do it at the expense of my friend Gil Torres. The thing that is most interest- ing to note in this FIL scramble is that the Sox, who've led the league all season, can’t hit worth a hoot. But as “hitless wonders” they’ve stayed up there in top spot. The Conchs, slamming away in the basement, keep losing the toughest decisions imaginable. They've given the best teams the greatest tussles, playing good country ball. Some fans up here don’t say, “The Conchs lost.” They say, “Key West was nosed out again.” Ah, well... it doesn’t matter whether you win or lose; it's how you play the game. 1953 Licenses Sold After Sept. 2, In K.W., Marathon Driving licenses for 1953 go on sale at the office of County Judge Raymond R. Lord in Key West ‘and at Marathon, on September 2, the Judge announced today. Drivers have from September 2/ \¢ The day also saw the a Cpl. R. Torres Entitled To Keys Of City If Corporal, Robert D. Torres, recently returned from the Kore- an front, will. call on Gity Man- ager Dave King, he will be pre- sented with a “Key To The City”. Mayor Harvey read a letter from the Army ‘Dept. to city commissioners Monday night. The letter told of Cpl. Torres’ re- turn to the U. $. and of his fu- ture assignment to Fort Jackson. At the present time it is under- stood that Torres is on leave in “Key West. It. has been the City’s custom to honor returning soldiers for their action in defending the country with a “Key To The City.” Anyone whq knows Cpl. Torres might pass along this message. : Women Held In Probe NEW YORK #&— Two had roles here in a society vice probe which officials say may bring more arrests and involve more “big names.” The women — one blonde, th other brunette, and both young were questioned Monday night at the district attorney’s office in the investigation which already has snared a young heir, a wealthy dress manufacturer, a self-styled actor, and others. 2 After the two women left the office early today accompanied by a patrolman. Assistant District At- torney Anthony J. Liebler declined to disclose their names. He said they were ‘‘new to the case” and that immediate an- nouncement of their identities “might ruin something we are working on.” Both women hid their faces be- hind newspapers with peep holes cut to see through. 4 It was not known where they were taken. Questioning of the two women climaxed a day during which a grand jury began to examine the separate vice cases against Minot F. Jelke, 22, heir to an oleomar- garine fortune, and against Sam- uel Chapman, 56, dress manufac- turer and ex - husband of noted designer Ceil Chapman. ot a self - styled movie actor, h- ard Short, 39, on charges of liv- ing off the earnings of ‘a pros- titute known as Pat Thompson.” A 23 - year - old blonde named Pat Thompson had been questioned over most of the weekend and fi- nally was held in $10,000 bail as a material witness. “In their arrangement of con- venience, in exchange for love and | affection from him, she gave him at least $300 weekly,” the prose- cutor’s office said. Liebler said last week that call girls involved in the cases had fees ranging up to $500 a night. Shogt, also known as Richard Wallace, claimed he had played in the Danny Kaye movie, “The Kid from Brooklyn.” But the produc- ers of the film said they had no record of Short. Chapman, | arrested Saturday night and free in $5,000 bail, was charged with procuring prostitutes, without fee to himself, as a favor to business and cafe society friends. He also was charged with possessing a pornographic art col- lection. His case is not connected with Jelke’s, Both Chapman and Jelke havé denounced the charges as “silly.” City Desires Auditorium Site City Manager Dave King and’ Attorney Lester have been instruct- ed to prepare a resolution that the City acquire property from the Key West Improvement Co. that now | divides city-owned land between! Poinciana school and North Roose- velt Blvd. This is a 200°X 495° stretch that the Planning Commis- sion has requested be obtained for use as a recreational area and as a future gite for a City Auditorium. He will be available for licenses orey Care eames eage face Said. It is not necessary to come to Judge Lord’s office in person for THIS ROCK OF OURS BILL GIBB 02024044444444444444444444444444446446 “Sonny” Murray Davidson, pro- prietor of Sloppy‘ Joe’s Bar, gave me a rational explanation of why bar owners wish to remain open after two o’clock. I had asked him about the 20 per cent tax. “We absorb the 20 per cent ex- eise tax that the government levies on places who furnish entertain- ment up until two o’clock. The tax doesn’t apply after that hour. Thus in the late hours, we’re able to make back some of the profits which in the early part of the even- ing went toward these taxes.” Davidson is smart. When a guy starts talking about his taxes, he automatically gets the sympathy of listener. Everytime you turn nowadays you are slap- ? guy who is going to get drunk cal le can do just as a at three in the after- s he can at three in the ning. ‘ fo. one in Key West has backed the churches more than I have. But_in this instance, I think they wrong. I’ve’ knocked around this old world in quite a few places and I’m yet to see a guy gets anymore than he asked for when he entered a place that sells whiskey. The best of lounges can get rough — ig on the patron . The worst of them will offer a quiet corner where a fellow can commit suicide gradually by pouring the extract of rotten grain or fruit down his throat. mT § STRONG ARM BRAND COPFES Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS ESTAS SNS: RUGS CLEANED AND Stored Free of Charge IF DESIRED UNTIL NOV. 30 All Fermal Garments chemically processed. All work guaranteed and fully insured. POINCIANA DRY CLEANERS 218 Simonton St, Tel. 1006 Commissioner Eisner brought up a much more important point, in my estimation, when he spoke a- bout a local tearoom. Almost every known crime of violence has taken place in the general neighborhood of this tearoom. Yet neither the churches nor the bars have attemp- ted to control the situation — much less the county, city or navy officials. ; Eisner was wrong in one state- ment though — he said that-no one had ever mentioned the sub- ject publicly. I'd suggest he check with “This Rock of Ours”. The column has on several occasions written up the tearoom — in a sarcastic, ironie manner, It in advance of publication — that is the Editor. 7; MONEY FOUND You can save $200 a year by esl} ing 826-W to have your junk, rags, old batteries, iron and metal con verted into cash. Call H. Feinstein, Your Grocer SELLS that Good STAR * BRAND end CUBAN ——TRY A POUND TODAY—— ‘SLOPPY JOE'S BAR * Bur rd Continuous Fleor Shows & Starring The Fabulous SALLY & MARCELLA LYNN AND GOGO GABE, + CATHY CARROL, SANDRA LANE AND A HOST OPSOTHERS Dancing To MARK STANLEY'S TRIO Thurs. Nite Talent Nite — De You Sing, Dance or Entertain? 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