The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 14, 1952, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Page? Tuesday, October 14, 1952 Published daily (except sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- lisher, from The Citizén Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County LP. ar NORMAN D. ARTMAN Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class ‘Matter TELEPHONES 651 and 1935 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it er not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. Publisher ._- Business Manager Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 BCS AIRCON BORG ARRAN SEBS ica RR a RR IY ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENT? FOR KEY WEST ADVOC, BY THE CITIZEN “died More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. L 2 t a 6 Comunity Auditorium erent meme ener mater ‘ ANOTHER BEVAN VICTORY Aneurin Bevan and his leftist bloc in the British La- bor Party won a significant victory recently, in the Labor Party’s national conference, when they placed six men on the national executive committee of the party. Previously, the Bevanites had filied only four of the 25 seats on the committee, The Bevan victory was somewhat surprising in view of reports reaching America that he was losing favor among the rank and file of the Labor Party. His recent Victory indicates that the Labor Party will now tend more to the Left and that, if it regains power, it will seek to na- tionalize more industry and adopt more of the forms of socialistic government. Mr. Clement Attlee, former Prime Minister, is still the titular and actual leader of the Labor Party, and de- spite the Bevan victory, maintains a solid grip on the Party. Mr. Herbert Morrison, who was defeated in a bid for membership on the national executive committee, but who retains his position as deputy leader of the Party, told the delegates, and especially the Left Wing bloc, that world economic problems could not be.solved without the United States and that world development without the United States was a “pipe dream.” f The results of the Labor Party’s national conference how that the Left Wing bloc, while gaining power, is not wet in control of the Labor Party, and that a majority of Labor Party leaders favor close cooperation with the . United States, as.do a majority of members of the Con- Key West Man On Attack Cargo Ship “Merrick” Albert Parra, Seaman, USN, son of Mr, and Mrs. Amado Parra of Key West, Florida, arrived in San Diego, Calif., Oct. 5, aboard the at- tack cargo ship USS Merrick com- pleting a four month tour of the Korean combat zone. OBSERVATIONS OF AN ADOPTED “CONCH? By TOMDE. RAY W. BYRNS., Retired It is regrettable that some of our City Commissioners are opposing | size. And this city also has a very Mayor Harvey and City Manager | large number of young, restless Dave King in their honest attempt | unmarried men of the Navy en- to arrive at an amiable arrange- | deavoring to find relaxation. Un- ment with the Navy in the matter | fortunately the City has little to | of handling Navy personnel ashore | offer in this respect for them, other is unusually large for a city of this | --jointly by City Police and Navy than the taverns and night spots HAL | BOYLE SAYS By HAL BOYLE _ NEW YORK (#—We were pack- ing for a three-week trip to Europe, and the bed was littered with cloth- ing the suitcases wouldn’t swallow. I looked out at the swift-flowing East River mirroring the dull image of a gray October sky. “Think of it—tomorrow night we'll be in Rome!” said Frances. “Promise you'll show me all the places yu saw in the war?” “Sure,” I said. “But there won’t be much of it left to show you.”’) What could be left after all these years of what Gen. Mark Clark's Fifth Army troops in Italy bitterly called “The Forgotten War’? Mark Clark himself was off at the other side of the world now direct- ing his second forgotten war—this one in Korea. | The scars must be pretty well covered in Italy. The earth heals itself quickly. For that matter, a man’s mind does a pretty good job of healing itself, too, although there is always a tender spot left in the scar tissue. What was left in me of all those distant battles — the heat and cold, the mud, the spent blood, the growling guns, the peo- ple begging for bread in ruined towns? Oddly, the first thing I remem- bered was a boy’s white face, cry- ing silently. He was a ragged Italian child, and an American medic was sprinkling sulfa powder on a gaping shell wound in his head and the wound was so in- fected the smell from it sickened the soldier. “If the boy could get some real care,” said the medic. “But after we move on—I’m afraid —” | We did move on. Where is that | little boy now? (“They have wonderful gloves in Italy,” said Frances. ‘‘We must get some for Christmas presents.”’) I remembered the flashes of the artillery guns, standing almost wheel to wheel, stabbing the night | at Salerno. Beach. . .and unrolling accordians of barbed wire. . .and a British soldier who broke under the |tension and lay in the dirt, writh- ing, frothing, moaning in his own | "A unit of the Pacific Fleet Am- phibious Force, ‘the Merrick was carrying men of Underwater Demo-} ers investigate, they will find, 1 am jlition Team Five, or better known’ sure, that in such Navy port cities as the Navy’s famous “frogmen.”| ag Vallejo, California, San Francis- This was the first tour of duty in! ¢9, Seattle, San Diego, Honolulu, the Far East for the Merrick. Norfold, Charleston, New York, For the past four months the’ Boston, and I'll wager in Pensaco- Merrick has been employed in am-}la and Jacksonville, and even in phibious training exercises and’ Miami, similar arrangements for |troop movements both in Japanese) handling Navy personnel are in ef- |and Korean waters. fect and have been for years, Shortly after the “frogmen” dis-| The police of Navy shore ports embarked, the Merrick left San Shore Patrol, | homeport at Long Beach. News Briefs An iconoscope is a YV camera tube. Invariably personnel of the Navy were turned over immediately go the Navy Shore Patrol -fof action. Never, unless a major crime was involved, was Naval per: -nel kept in the city jails, nor did they appear before City Judges for trial. Thus much unpleasant publicity More than ‘1,500 people are em- Should the opposing commission- | and the Navy, in my long service ; |Diego and reported to her new in the Navy, have always worked | jointly and harmoniously together. | mental darkness, . .“Poor lad,” . ike | Said one of his comrades. “He was shone ene avy coe ee |at Dunkirk—and I guess he can’t | young college men, are not saints, | 346 » second one...” | and they get into trouble unless | “I do hope we get to see the | rigid discipline is impoed or whole- | Pope,” said Frances. “Do you some recreation provided. They are | think he can just look and me and |healthy young Americans, many | tell I'm a Presbyterian? They say | hailing from towns and cities the | he’s one of. the smartest men in | size of Key West---and from homes | -the world.” ‘ similar to our own. Many are away| The memories unrolled more from home influence for the first , swiftly. . .a dead doughboy in a | time and, succumbing to liquor, | brook, his features luminous under | they get out of control. How much | the water, one pale hand touching better to permit the Navy to punish | the bank with a curious Janguor.., them than to haul them into court | Ernie Pyle peering from a sleeping and fine them. Surely ‘the city does | bag like a surprised elf.., . not need these fines. Standing at twilight on the peace- along Duval Stree®. i Back in the not-too-long ago ful.Isle of Capri and watching ‘s Marijuana is_ generally smoked in the form of a cigarette. It has a narcotic affect and is used by thril- lseeking youngsters as well as punks who wish to commit a crime and lack the guts to do the job with- out some sort of drug. g 233 riettEs * bably due to the more expensive purchase price and difficulty in getting a supply, To date, I haven't been able to secure any names of highschool marijuana smokers so there is no need to get excited on this score. However, there is need for excite- ment and for action in bringing the sale of this arcotic weed to an im- mediate halt. How? T honestly don’t know the answer or this column would have made the front page. Law enforcement officers -- county, city, state, or fe- deral -- can’t be criticized. Just like this columnist, they can pro- bably cite names and instances in- volving marjuana but lack suffi- cient evidence to go to court. It his companions. The real criminals are the people who sell marijuana. Keep on the look-out for this kind of evidence and if you ‘hear of any- thing, contact any law enforcement officer. Floor Shows Several times this column has deplored the local tendency to ad- Your Grocer SELLS that Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFFE and CUBAN -—TRY A POUND TODAY—— | when I was on active duty, when- | Naples burn. , .the sight of a flam- | ever the police and the Navy could/ ing Nazi plane, twining down like |mot work harmoniously together,|a lazy falling star in the black- | the Commandant or the Senior Of- | ness, . nurses pulling wounded | ficer present barred his men from | men from under a hospital tent RUGS CLEANED AND Stored Free of Charge 1F DESIRED UNTIL NOV. 30 UV EVV TV IVI CCCI Cee THIS ROCK OF BILL GiBB 52£4446444444444444444444 4646645405455 EES OURS : Vertise strip-tease artists as “Marl juana Dancers”. Such a policy lends glamor and suggests that marijuana isn’t dangerous. More- over, by. watching a near-naked woman doing a misnamed many youngsters automa’ sex and marijuana together, It is combination and one a moral case. Perha right. My criticism isn’t the individual but a’ . , flaunts his condition the public. It isn’t sight to see men imi on Duval Street at rant fools even enjoy the and derisive catcalls they all sides, Here again the question what's to be done? It, someone smarter than this to supply the answer but I that the public is entitled facts, SLOPPY JOE'S BAR * Burlesque °* Continuous Floor Shows & Dancing Starring The Fabulous MARCELLA LYNN and JEANIG CRISTIAN, DUSTY DeLOUR, DOTTIE KING, SANDRA LANS and MANY OTHERS: See KATHY CARROL The Sensational “MARIJUANA” DANCER MUSIC BY Mark Stanley's Trio Never An Admission or Minimum Charge STRAND conitionss Tuesday and Wednesdey HOLIDAY FOR SINNERS with Keenan Wynn and Janice Rule Coming: WHAT PRICE James Cagney MONROE <AiN,’, Tuesday and Wednesday WITHOUT ployed in Iowa coal mines. relative to alleged brutality on the | liberty in the offending towns. | blown down in a sudden storm... losing a helmet and picking up part of the police was avoided, and | 1 recall that in Vallejo, Califor-) another one bearing the initials of ii ed with | resultant civil suits against the | nia, slightly larger than Key West, | : A tooled: 48 covered “wt and inc’ vidual police were | the saloons became numerous and) 4 man who would no longer need servative Party. As long as a majority of both major par- | ties in Britain favor clése cooperation and friendship with | the United States, there is little danger that the two great- est English-speaking nations of the world will come to a parting of the ways. pigskin as its nickname would in-| ci'y dicate, but with steer hide. unknown, In the cities ntentioned above, New Mexico claims it has the facilities for the Navy Shore Patrol oldest road in the United States,’ are provided by the police where El Camino Real, established” in troublesome Navy men are tempo- rarily confined until returned i it. | out of control and police failed to/™ :° | work harmoniously with the Navy. | (“Now where bave you lost your Therefore the Commandant placed natal said Pedder ie the city of Vallejo out of bounds oth yh ain't eg oak tall for Navy personnel. And us San Tl you didn your teeth re once in the whole four years.”) Francisco was only about two hours In my mind swam ® picture of ee Be : 1581. Life in a large city is one thing when money is plenti- ful and another when it is not. far, you can find consolation in the fact that fall begins next month. : The best members of your community are not neces- sarily the most frequent church goers, though we recom- mend that practice. : aboard ship. A full report of the in- distant all liberty parties were sent | | the stricken valley crossed by tthe Carbon black is so messy to handle that British stevedores get extra pay know as “dirty money’’j and drastic punishment too, was If you have been able to stand the summer heat so| when they handle a carbon black meted out to the offenders. cargo. R228 £3 2s Fe22 & Bs Pe shnaae wee all ada ad al Pe eer , cident accompanied the men, and to San Francisco. The effect was psp Lager al agrees not flow into the Vallejo coffers, and quickly the needed change was effected. Many old timers will recall the obstreperous Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, who for many long months waged a constant siege against the evils of Brookiyn’s then famous Sand Street--because of conditions on that street---barring all Navy personnel therefrom (the street led to the Navy Yard Gate) until the evils were ‘ected by the police and tavern owners. It would be a sad blow to this The Navy pay roll in Key West (CIAL IC BECO VIE RET wi} Oil OMMHAlT (Let |} OILIE|O MA 2/GIAIQ!1 INE} Bao ¢ YEE Feo AO Oey Seow D1 | IRDA OMEN ONE! FIE/5|i OING/AlS IAD | O42) waQocle) eet é EITIRIOK fuls wish ¢ PiERMENOSHETIEEN Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie DOWN . Circlet Border seized on with much glee by the Miami papers and papers else- where, if such a calamity as a | Navy boycott should be imposed by Naval authorities here. The city would be drastically hurt. Navy of ficials have the power by law and regulation to do whatever is con sidered necessary the better ment and protection of the person- nel under them, and they can bar Navy personnel from offending places Tam not speaking for the Navy iy. I have no right to do so. merely voicing my personal views and opinions from my long experience in the Navy. Key West is my bome as well as the home of many retired Army and Navy per sonnel. We like it bere or we would net be here Personally I have always found 7. Hollow Dwart Brazilian macaw Fail behind BEB BARE ted city anc county officials to my neighbors, some of whom worked wader my direction at the Navy ed over a decade ago and agsin 1948. As I have experienced good will, } know fest the city comumis. _sioncce’ Gesive is to extend that [| geod will w every individeal, eo BEBSRAR F PES instantaneous. Liberty money did | old Navy Admiral,' city indeed, and certainly would be | , ey, friendship and good will im this) city—from all hands, from the elec: ' when I returned bere for duty in | | Rapido River beneath a terrible hill called Cassino.9 . .If they put up a cross for every man killed or wounded there, it would be white forest. . There was a day we tried to make it all the way, and there | were just too many Germans... and we hid in’an old stone farm- house. . .An elderly Italian couple sat by a dying fire, preferring to face death in theiir own home, if | face it they must... i As the shells beat nearer outside, | the wife reached out and took her | husband's wrinkled hand in her! own. . .They were still sitting | silently together when we left... | and where are they now?.. (“Come on, you day dreamer, | we're all packed,” said Frances “The way you look a body’d get lin the idea you didn’t want to go back.) | All organic compounds in plants | are derived from sugar. listed or not, who sets his Key West Let us hope that a happy @ monious solution will be whereby all this umsavory and an-— weicome publicity which has foubd | its way into our into the Miami “er And I hope that in nei we will find our city police and i Navy working most harmoniously | as they were doing aad did do when | ] wee of ac @ duty here, im the) matter of handling Navy personaci. j Such an afrangement must be worked out for the good of all com | Robert Newton Michael Renine WEDNESDAY SAN CARLOS Edmund Gwenn Debra Paget VICTOR HUGO'S “Les Miserables” with Sylvia Sydney, Cameron Mitchell, Elsa Lanchester, James Robertson, Justice Joseph Weisman, Rhys Williams, and Florence Bates BOX OFFICE OPENS 1:45 P.M. 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