The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 10, 1952, Page 3

Military Rites For Englishmen ‘S Citizen Staff Photo RIFLE SQUAD FROM THE H.M.S. ROCKET fire a last salute to two British flight trainees who were killed recently in an automobile accident near Milton, Fla. The dead, Lt. Donald Smith of London, England and Midshipman Paui L. R. Dewar of the British Colony of Nigeria, Africa, were buried with full military honors in the Maine Plot at the City Cemetery on Friday afternoon, November 7. Lt. E. M. T. Segar, six foot eight officer of the Rocket, was in charge of the rifle Honor guard. Beitieh Fliers Given Military ‘Funeral Here By DOROTHY RAYMER We. didn’t know them; Except for a group of young—men with | ruddy English faces who flew over | from the Naval Air Station at Pen- sacola and Whiting Field, Milton, Fla., few persons’ at the historical | citizens in honor of those lost in | old City @émetery ‘Friday after. noon, Knew personally the men who lay, beneath the two British flags, side by side in bronze caskets. But those who stood in the bril- * der a flawless cobalt sky, came to pay personal tribute to Lt. Don- jald H. Smith of London, England, |and Midshipman Paul L. R. De- | war of the British Colony, Nigeria, killed in an automobile accident {recently near Whiting Field. The | bedies arrived by plane at Boca Chica Field shortly after noon Fri- day for burial in Maine Plot. Inside the U, S. owned ground, }a shadow’s length from the tall | Memorial erected by Key. West jthe disaster of the battleship | Maine, wreaths and elaborate flor- | al pieces surrounded the flag-drap- |ed coffins. The quick wind stirred ‘the golden clusters of a native If you have any problems or questions concerning hearing aids or hearing aid service, y advantage of our complete need of better hearing. hear better or pay nothing Come in for ao ONLY ZENITH Gives YOU att THESE QUALITY FEATURES Exclusive Patented Pe preven midity maphone — Reserve Battery Switch el ‘Ou are Cordially invited te take facilities for serving those in { OPTICAL SERVICE E FNONE 146 x ee | bougainvillea growing along the pathetic expressions. There were a number of hushed children awed by the stern, erect bearing of the said, “We don’t know those boys, jbut I brought a little bunch of flowers for the graves”. There were pink English roses scattered through the bouquet. She was a Key Wester, but refused to give her name. American and British Naval of- ficers in immaculate dress whites formed one side of the square of honor at the site. The straight gold | insignia of the Americans gleam- ed side by side with the British | shoulder bars and sleeve stripes with braided loop. Cmdr. Thomas | Barlow, RN. member of the Joint | Chief of Staffs from Washington, D. C. was present along with Cmdr. T. F. Hallifax, commanding officer | of the HMS Rocket and his officers | Lt. P. J. Durrell, RN, was also part of the British contingent. Capt. Harold Payson headed the | United States Group from the Na- | | military escort. A young woman | val Station here. Lt. Cdr. J. G. } | Cunningham, RN, was in charge | |of the escort from Pensacola. | | Among them was S-Lt. M.'G. P.| | Inkpen, RN. He knew the two men | | who were to rest in American soil.’ | | There were other fellow. fliers of the flight training group who view- !ed the impressive ceremony with | more than just traditional tribute in their attitudes. | At the foot of the caskets were 12 enlisted American Navy men in double rank as part of the guard of honor. By the big gate at the north entrance to the cemetery, another honor formation waited. They in- cluded 12 men of a rifle squad and a bugler, from the HMS Rocket with Lt. E. M. T. Segar in charge. The rifle bearers wore the white round hats with dark bands and chin straps, the square necked blouses and the white marching } uniforms of the English sailor. Gleam bayonets tipped their guns. wering Lt. Segar who is six feet eight and one half inches tall, carried an unsheathed slow stiffe funeral march ate to the plot bowed k the inverted r: Southern Democrats In D.C. Fearful For Future Of Jeks By WILBUR JENNINGS WASHINGTON (7 — Southern | Democrats, long a power in the | er side of the world. I’m going to keep my hat handy.” Employes in old line agencies, | sippi, Veterans’ Affairs (Ramkin Monday, November 10, 1952 | was defeated in the primary), suid | Doughton, North Carolina, Ways | and Means (Doughton did not seck | re-election). | And among joint committees is that on Defense Production, one of the most important in Congress, headed by Sen. Maybank (D-SC) federal government here, are not |such as Commerce and Agricul. and Rep. Brown (D-Ga). looking forward to January and the ; Republican reign. Washington has become known | as a “Southern city” not only be- | cause it is below the Mason and | Dixon Line but because a large segment of its population has come from that region. And what brought many of the Southerners to Washington? Fed- eral jobs—obtained with the help of their Democratic Congress members. Of course, many of them are se- | cure. Some will be able to take minority posts at slightly lower | salaries while others are protected by Civil Service. It’s a pretty good guess that the majority of the congressional em- | ployes are from the South—either | through patronage or through the. help of their lawmakers from back home, And they have no job protec- tion. A couple of years ago at a news conference a reporter mentioned to President Truman that he had no Southerners in his eabinet. He replied: “Everybody knows the Southera- ers are running the government.” Many in top positions will be out. Others are looking to their Civil | Service status to save them. One Southerner holding a good position was asked if he felt safe. “T hold Civil Service status,” he said. “‘But my job can be abolished or they can transfer me to the oth- and fired three volleys in final salute to the dead. The bugler stepped.forward and sounded the British Royal Navy taps. There was a profound silence as the last clear notes died away. Then the stillness was broken by the sound of a plane circling high over head and far away. The warm amber sun glittered on the | bugle, the gold braid, the silver swords and the steel of the glint- ing re-fixed bayonets. squad swung about and marched ! smartly back to its post at the | liant sunlight at three o’clock un-| shrub and the sprays of purple | gate. | , Someone folded the brave colors | jiron picket fence which enclosed | of the British flags. Palm fronds the spot where military dead are | rustled, touched by the invisible | interred. | _A score of respectful townspeople | out of the tropical blue of a Florida | Africa. The pair of young fliers| lined the fence. Some came out of | sky. were British Naval flight trainees | Sheer curiosity, but all showed sym- | hands of the wind reaching down “There is some corner of a foreign field That is forever England”. The rifle | ture, feel pretty safe: It’s the new ones, such as the Office of Price Stabilization, that are likely to be hit. The Democrats in Congress are ,certain to lose much of their pa- | such jobs as House and | {Senate doormen, elevator opera- | | tronage: Se |tors and policemen. | Many who hold committee jobs through the help of Congress members may be able to | move into minority posts with the | {same committees, But the South is definitely losing its hold on Capitol Hill. In the Senate, for instance, these South- |erners are due to lose their com- mittee chairmanships under a Re- | publican majority; Ellender, Louisiana, Agriculture; j Russell, Georgia, Armed Services: | Maybank, South Carolina, Banking {and Currency; Necly,, West Vir- ginia, District of Columbia; Mc- Clellan, Arkansas, Expenditures; | George, Georgia, Finance; and | Johnston, South Carolina, Postof- | fice and Civil Service. | | Sen. Sparkman (D-Ala), his par- jty’s vice presidential nominee. stands to lose the chairmanship: of the select Committee on Small Business. On the House side, these commit- ;tee chairmanships will be given up by Southern Democrats: | Cooley, North Carolina, Agricul- ture; Vinson, Georg Armed | Service; Spence, Kentucky, Bank- ing and Currency; McMillan, South Carolina, District of , Columbia; Barden, North Carol Education |and Labor; Richards, South Caro- |lina, Foreign Affairs; Stanley, Vir- | ginia, House Administration; Mur- |ray, Tennessee, Postoffice and Civil Service;, Wood, Georgia, Un- | American Activities (he did not | seek re-election); Rankin, Missis- | Roberts Office Supplies & Equipment | 126 Duval Street Phone 250 Our Christmas Card Sample Books will be on display OCTOBER 15TH Buy Your Cards Early WE IMPRINT | We rent typewriters for Civil Ser- |vice Examinations Free Delivery ‘CLOSED ALL DAY EVERY SATURDAY With Republicans in charge in the- new Congress, all these com- | mittee chairmanships will go to GOP members. 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