The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 4, 1952, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, November 4, 1952) The Key West Citizen Published daily (except sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- lisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Publisher L. P. ARTMAN NORMAN 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 antitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. Page2 a Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida —— Subscription (by carrier) 25c per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 saieeererliires erinie etnies 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. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN sore Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consoiidation of County and City Governments. Coumunity Auditorium. ees ee A Si ki ARE SORES SR RS A BASEBALL LEGEND The New York Yankees, champions of the American League and of the world, as a result of their victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in this year’s World Series, remain ! a baseball legend in America and all over the world. even those who are not Yankee fans, and who pulled for the Dodgers in the recent series,, must admit that the Yankees have, as the slang expression goes, real class. Perhaps, the Yankees demonstrated their true abili- ty more clearly in the last days of the pennant race this year than in the World Series, Playing tougher opposi- tion than the Cleveland Indians, who threatened to cap-} ture the American League pennant, the Yankees came through with brilliant baseball, often winning the crucial ; games by shut-outs or one run. In other words, when the | chips were down, the Yankees produced, There can be no doubt that the Yankees have dom- inated the baseball scene in the United States for the past decade, and even longer. Even when Joe Louis was in his| heyday as a boxer, in the 1930’s, there were cries of | “Break up the Yankees.” At that time, however, a lot of | fans accused the Yankees of being a lucky team. But that | accusation does not stand up in the light of the happen- ings.of the last 10 or 15 years. The Yankees are a great | team, have becom» almost a legend, by coming through in championship form when the chips were down, The first snow is now being awaited by some of us. In our opinion, teachers and pol paid. icemen are .under-' You can always get somebody to agree with you if you say what he likes to hear. Despite what some people, say, most of us want to do the right thing, even though we don’t do it. We can’t help but wonder if lives wouldn't be caved through the use of parachutes on commercial ¢° and} are inclined to think that in some accidents lives could’ have been saved with chutes, |! The public is going to demand a change in the meth od of individual polls of state delegations "ry con- ventions, now that television gets into most 1’. S. hones and a delay in a convention roll call means a delay for 20,000,000 people, instead of 2,000. ! SLICE OF HAM. gS ees. | | | | | WF weoeeees FIX YOUR TES” |report by Louis Carbonell of the ‘baseball meeting held in Miami ALL OVER BUT THE Lions Club Hears Baseball Official Thursday night at their dinner meeting, the Lions Club heard a Wednesday to formulate policies and settle problems of the Florida International Leagye, baseball or- ganization to which the Key West Club belongs. All owners of FIL clubs were | present at the meeting Carbonell | said, ‘and it was felt that amicable arrangements were made for con- tinuing this as-a Class B league | next year. Many problems inherent in the operation ef a ball club were | mentioned by Carbonell, and the Lions were told of salary agree- | ments, etc., which has been the | outcome of the Miami meeting. Class B salary limit is $300 per month. The League will use a Wilson ball for next season’s play, the club was told. It is felt that there will be a great improvement in the games because of the use of this “live” ball, which many lea- gues have found to be better than the type ball used heretofore. | | The Key West club shows pro- mise of doing better this next year, if crowds attend the games as they had begun to do during the short time the club was under the Key West banner last year. Following Carbonell’s talk, the Lions joined in group singing Discussion of the plans for the float the club plans to enter in the Armistice Day parade were led by Dr. Herman Moore. | A Board of Directors meeting will be held at the Lions Den Mon- ; day, November 3, at 6:30 p. m. Parchment, used as writing pa- ae Local March Of Dimes Head COUNLING [Two Florida Lads Win Hero Awards In ’52 JACKSONVILLE —Two Fiori- for saving another child from an alligator and the other for rescuing two babies from a burning house. The Carnegie Hero Fund Com- mission awarded bronze medals to | Parker Edward Stratt, 10, 306 | Fluvia Ave. Coral Gables, and Robert T. Vann, 14, Naval Auxili- ary Air Station, Cecil Field, Jack- sonville. Their acts were among those in 17 states and Alaska to receive recognition by the Pittsburgh group. It was Stratt who saved another child from an_ alligator. A ‘gator eight feet long and weighing 180 pounds seized Gerry Gustafson, 10, and pulled her into deep water of a Coral Gables pond, Sept. 16, 1951. Gerry lost consciousress as the alligator, holding an arm tightly with its teeth, rolled éver and over. Stratt descended to a ledge and extended an arm toward Gerry. The ’gator released its grip on Gerry and disappeared beneath | the surface. |. Gerry revived, and Stratt drew her to the ledge but the ‘gator | suddenly reappeared four feet | away. Strat helped her out of the the arm but recovered. Vann saved Wilford Wells Jr., 2 months old, and Michael W. Wells, 15 months, from their burning one- story home at White House, near Jacksonville,, on June 14, 1951. Flames kept the babies’ father and another man from reaching the roum where they were asleep. Returns From National Meet; Vann placed a cloth cap over his face and, crouching to avoid gusts of fire from the ceiling, crept seven feet through dense smoke to e room. He couldn’t get back out the door bh bb be be bbb dd be i THIS ROCK OF OURS BILL GieB §$4444444644444444441444444444444645688 Another violent death last week adds one more black mark to the criminal record of Monroe County. It would seem that during the past year there have been an unusually large number of homicides in this area. Is it a natural increase due to the growth in population, is it casued by the general conditions of the nation as a whole, or is it the result of contempt and disregard for our local law enforcement agencies? Those are questions that only a trained investigator can answer. There is a good chance that all ag things are partially responsi- ie. John Spottswood, newly-elected sheriff of Monroe County, has pro- posed some wonderful plans. Some of these appear to be practical - others might be described as “‘idea- listie dreams”. Dreams, however, have a way of coming true when the right man handles the job. Our best procedure at present is to sit quietly and ‘see what is going to happen. Spottswood ‘is fully capable of starting his program rolling. He is young, full of energy, and above all, has confidence in himself Be- fore he can completely modernize the Sheriff's office and institute most of his reforms, he is going to need the support of the public. In the meantime, residents of the County will have an opportunity to Without a doubt, the manpower of the sheriff's office needs to be increased. It is a physical impos- sibility for two or three men to keep close tab on all illegal opera- tions throughout the county. Patrolmen might provide the answer but I’m not too sure, Every- thing will depend upon Spottswood and, as yet, he is a big question mark since this is his first real venture into government. helplessness because of politics. The same thing held true of State Pat+ rolmen (Public Cafety’ Officers). If John can keep politics, is another word for Aaeraron ocaaray entering the picture, he will go a long ways toward cleaning up Mon- Toe County and giving the people a Sheriff that they can be proud of. It was distressing the other day to talk to Mr. Klug, father of the recently murdered man. This was his first visit to the Florida Keys and it had to be under such un- Pleasant circumstances. Quite a few other strangers have been-call- ed to Key West during the past year for the same reason as Klug ~ to identify the remains of a loved one. If Spottswood can secure a few convictions for murder, he will have the problem beat. The gen- eral attitude of Monroe County has always been to hurriedly write off deaths as suicide -or justifiable homicide. Lauds Polio Campaign Fervor + INCREASE IN POLIO * CASES THIS YEAR | brought the National Foundation MAKES DRIVE MUCH funds to a very low level. From however, and took the children to| Im the past, I've had occasion a window. From the outside a man |*0 work with county patrolmen in tore off the screen and cranked | Several states. Some of them prov. open the window which was only ed to be cracker jack outfits and 10 inches wide. Vann handed the | thers, particularly in Georgia, babies through the window opening | Were hampered to the point of and followed them out. Wilford suf- fered severe burns of the face, a Stored Free of Charge 1F DESIRED UNTIL NOV. 38 All Formal Garments chemically All work guaranteed and fully insured. POINCIANA DRY CLEANERS 218 Simonton St. Tol, 1006 NE TN EE, STRAND coniiionss | Tuesday - Wednesday LOST IN ALASKA + with BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO FRANCIS GOES TO WEST POINT Donald O’Connor and Lori Nelson Teming: 55,000 to 60,000 cases of polio were MORE IMPORTANT Just returned from the National conference for the coming March of Dimes which was he'd in New Orleans this past week, W. R. Neb- lett, Monroe County chairman of the drive in this area said that he was impressed with the plan- ning of the organization. “The men and women of the” National Foundation are top ex- perts and devoted to their work. Another impression | got was that the delegates there were de- cause with the 1 found they vad a fire which seemed to blaze from a personal interest. Many of them ‘had personal contact with polio cases in their own families which added incentive and drive,’ Neblett said. pointed out that the mn of Cocoa, Fia., raised of $9 per person in | the March of Dimes campaign last year. At the conference it was brought out that the increase in polio cases this year made early organization more urgent and the aim is to make the next drive “the greatest in history.” The statistics given emphasized that over 4,000 cases a week dur- ing the latter part of September | was. followed by a slow decline in reported in this worst of all years for the disease. The emergency called for all the resources of the organization. With this fact in view, the National Foundation has planned to recruit the biggest force of workers ever enrolled in the drive | from January 2 through January ‘31, in order to raise the added [tukas which MUST be contributed |for the gigantic amount of work, | medical care and treatment of patients. | The ba@' news was bluntly given jand a gomparison of 1951 polio cases showed that as of Oct. 18, a | total of 47,665 cases were cared | for this year in comparison with a total of 23,852 last year. The good news at the conference : Oct. 28, was that | Foundation headquarters assisted ‘hundreds of \machines and 1,307 nurses were | used in critical areas with success. | The crippling effects of the attacks have been reduced by prompt a and the improved treat- ments sponsored by the March of Dimes. 3 Scientific inroad through re- | search has also given impetus to the fight and a turning point to- ward ultimate victory in conquer- ing the disease is in sight. Recent sr during the Middle Ages, is| October and that the . enormous | edition of Life Magazine has a made of sheep or goatskin, ‘number of new patients nad ACROSS . Malign look . Southern con- stellation Lopsided . Not busy |. State border- ing on the Atlantic: abbr. Group . Personal interest . Japanese sash 2, Roman road . Attempted Shellfish Original Conditions Contend +i. Follow. . Critical juncture Good-looking Relieves 35 Saint: Portuguese 36. Female ruft 37. Correspond exactly 40. Op; fe 43. Cover with eloth 46. Dry and barren 47. Stiteh 49. Word of solemn affirmation 51. Swiss canton 52. A form of lotto $3. English river $4. Superlative ending 55. Sea birds DOWN German river 1. Tip to one side 2 EIRIRIAl Solution of Yesterday's Puzz): 2 Mark showing 8. City in Texe anomission 9. Mother of Allude Apollo Fuss 10. Baking Discount ‘chamber Proof of 11. Funeral p being, re 19. Factor of a 4 5 6 | story on this | “Mothers’ March on Polio’ will be expanded as a feature of the campaign and over two million women are expected to participate in this feature. In New Orleans, the states re- presented were Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Presiding was National Director of fund raising for the National Foundation, Warren D. Coss of New York. Duke Promises To \id Sewer Project City Manager Dave King said onday that Admiral Irving Duke had met with members * the city commission at their in- tation and agreed to aid in get- vg the new sewer project through cooperating and helping in any iy possible “in his own chan- The commissioners asked that ¢ Navy department give the pro ct a boost, possibly by e Navy back the request al aid by written and wv ntact King said also that letters to nators Smathers, Holland and mgressman Lanta had been at requesting “early approval d the financial aid required.” sed sewer system will emg ilion dollars. The the opi $600,000 can be raised by city md issue. is the me s in matter, Heat nent | suddenly: reared up in the back | seat of the,car and struck the driv- jer on the head. As he was repeat- | ing the blow, the driver raised his the National | Eaton street. chapters with the | Warren, Jr., 511 William st., was} \ staggering sum of $6,608,960. and | damaged to the-extent of $600, The that 2,002 iron lungs, 492 hot pack | cab sustained $300 damage. jhad hit him with the intention of pion that | of the faster ecules move, the greater ithe heat legs and stomach -but recovered. i Ascalt On Taxi Driver Results In Accident Mon. Chain fission action caused an ac- cident at 4:45 a. m. Monday when Ervin Landers of NAS, Seaplane Base, riding as a passenger in a taxi driven by Antonio Valdez, Jr., arm to protect himself and the taxi swerved into a parked car on The car, belonging to William Landers was jailed for assault and battery, drunk and disorderly conduct, with bond placed ai $250. Valdez said that he thought the passenger had spotted his change purse lying on the front seat and taking the purse. He said there | was no other reason why the sail- or should have hit him. No weapon | was found. { Another assault and_ battery | charge comes up when Thomas J. Fields, 316 Amelia st., faces that charge for striking a policeman who arrested him. Fields was | | charged with drunk and disorderly conduct, destroying city property and resisting arrest in addition to the assault charge. His tond is | $150. The fracas took place Sunday midnight at the Imperial bar on | Whitehead street with police offi- cer H. Roberts at the scene. | CREMATA ON VACATION Assistant Fire Chief Torres will be acting fire chief during the va- cation trip of Fire Chief Cremata. Chief and Mrs. Cremata left Mon- day morning by motor for a two or three weeks visit in Miami. 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