The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 7, 1953, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by IL. P. Artman, owner and pub- Msher, trom The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County & P. ARTMAN Publisher BORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 FN SSE. 1S 2 RS RS SS CR A Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively @mtitied to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it @ not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25 per week, year $12: By Mail $15.60 a ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION Tuesday, April 7, 1953 eee ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue ‘amd sudjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous ecmmunications. eee Ess TLON éLORI ASS BY THE More Hotels and Apartments Seach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea, Community Audiiorium, CITIZEN By C. S. Miley (Reprinted from The Ft. Pierce News-Tribune) Martin County Rep. Kenneth Stimmel is going to in- troduce three local bills in the State Legislature for the Martin county commission, and by his insistence they’re all to carry a referendum provision submitting them to the voters for approval. One of the bills would raise the salary of the pro- bate judge $1,000 a year; another provides for the con- struction of an ocean fishing pier at Jensen Beach to cost $75,000; and the third would provide for the re- valuation of all real property in Martin county. Down in Key West, Rep. Bernie C. Papy is going on a local bill binge. He proposes to put through 23 such measures, nearly all of them of his own concoction and apparently only a couple or so with referendum provi- sions. He proposes to virtually reorganize the Key West city governmental pp, turning it «from . its «present commission-manage? form to a councilmanio set-up. His various other measures ‘fange from doing away with the closed season on the catching of shrimp and prawn for fishing bait to requiring candidates for County office to qualify not later than noon of Feb. 1 of the yéar in which a primary elevtion is held, : In St. Lucie county the taxpayéts are going to have rammed down their throats county-city school board pay- raising bills that will boost the tax take some $16,000.a year, plus bills hiking the allowable tax levy three and a half mills in the city and a mill in the county. Apparently it depends on where one lives, even in America, as to what degree of democracy and self-gov- ernment he is permitted to exercise. Speaking of dirt, what is the latest best-seller? This is a good time to buy your winter clothes for next season. Do you remember when new cars sold for $595, less than twenty years-ago? Few people can resist an offer of something dirt cheap, or for nothing, and that’s why so many are taken to the cleaners. JUST TOO DARNED B Many Actors Now Freelance In Hollywood YWOOD (# — “Everybody im rood is freelance nowa- days. Of course, that means we're out of work.” . Ronald Reagan spoke those words in jest at the Sceren Writers Guild dinner recently. But the for- mer head of the Actors Guild knew he camé close to the truth. Studios have. pared their talent lists to the bone, and more actors are let out every day. The reasons: 44 ty? USY HAL BOYLE SAYS * NEW YORK ®# — International problem are like neighborhood | problems, except they come in a larger size. And foreign countries are like the neighbors who live on our own street—if they’d just stay consist- | ent, Some kind of community peace | is possible. ship in the vast house of Russia reminds me of a change of neigh- bors in our town when I was a There was a little white house The change of executive leader- | to quarreling regularly. Never did find out what it was about. Some family difference over money, or how they.wanted their kids raised. This not only upset all the Fud- |dles. It had the whole neighbor- hood in an uproar. When Mr. and Mrs, Fuddle start- ed hollering at each other, the one- eared bulldog would race out and start biting our dogs. If we knocked a ball in the front yard, Mr. Fuddle | would come out, pick it up and | throw it at us. And the two Fuddle | kids no longer joined in the game. (These questions were select- ed from those often asked of the local rent office. If you have a question about the rent stabilization program address it to: Area Rent Office, 216 Federal Building, Key West, Florida). Question: I rent a furnished apartment and am_ supposed to have the privilege of sharing my landlady’s kitchen. For the first few months I had no use for the kitchen privileges but now that my wife has joined me I need it. My landlady is visibly irritated be- cause of this and always manages to need the kitchen just when we do. Is there anything I can do about it? Answer: If your landlady is de- priving you of a service she is re- quired to furnish under the maxi- mum rent charged then you can go to the'rent office and petition! for .a reduction in the maximum | rent. If the service you are being deprived of makes the unit unten- able to you and your wife then an injunction may be sought which} would constitute an order by the | court for your landlady to cease} the violation, Question: I agreed to move out | of a furnished apartment if my) landlord would rent it to a friend} of mine who had privately agreed | to vacate so I could again rent it} when I return to the city. Now that | I have moved my landlord refuses to let my friend have the apart- ment. Can the rent office do any-| thing about this. | Answer: There is nothing in the Federal rent laws to protect you or your friend in such an agree-| ment. After you have voluntarily | vacated your landlord is legally} free te rent to whoever he wants! or to refuse to rent to anyone he doesn’t desire as a tenant. j Question: My tenant has moved | and I want to occupy the house myself. Are there any forms that| T have to file with the rent office; | and, will the maximum rent be the | same if I decide to again rent it at a later date? Answer: No, you are not required to file any form with the rent. of- fice if you desire to take over the} | _| RENT . Academy Winner Is Puzzle © | FORUM To Hollywood After 10 Yrs. By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD ™# — The movie town can't figure out Gloria Gra- hame, the provocative blonde who won an Academy Award last month. The gal has been in pictures for almost 10 years, yet few people claim they really know her. Maybe that’s why she’s such a good ac- tress. But her unorthodox ways upset many people in Hollywood. These people expect Gloria to conform to the modes and methods of the movie town. She refuses. Three studios have let her go, and some of the partings have not been friendly. Now she is taking the rap from certain columnists who accuse her of having become afflicted with Oscaritis, (A seasonai disease eaused by award poisoning and resulting in swelling of the head and the sense of proportion.) The carping is caused by Gloria’s un- concern over cashing in on the publicity benefits of her Academy Award. I'm an expert observer of the disease, and I don't think Gloria jhas it, She acts just the same as she did before she won the big prize — unpredictable, somewhat vague, but still fascinating. She is continuing her string of unique portrayals in “The Big Heat.” When-I saw her on the set, she was about to commit a murder, Her face was made up to be horribly scarred, a gangster having splashed her with scalding coffee. Wa the Oscar? “Sure, who wouldn’t be?” Where is it now? she thrilled about winning “My son Timmy has taken it! over. He keeps it in his room and thinks it’s a toy.” Timmy, 4%, is her son by her former husband, director Nick Ray, Her first-mate was actor Stanley Clements. Gloria has had an amazing ca- reer during her span i nHollywood. A Los Angeles girl, she was first signed by MGM as Louis B. May- er’s own protegee. But the fur. The Veterans thest she got was playing a sece ond lead in “Merton of the Mo- vies,” with Red Skelton. “When my option came up, out happily. Schary handed her a brief but a Part in “Cross- She once complained she had been offered to Ava Gardner and and leads in B pictures. after she was an Oscar and co-star with Humphrey Bo; The studio turned down a for the Shelley. Winters role in “A Place in the Sun.” Instead of taking a suspension, she accepted a small role “Maca,” a Jane Russell-Robert Mitchum potboiler. “This is my part,” she said, showing me three ) script pages. | She soon parted with RKO and jlanded a contract at Paramount. | Her only role was as the elephant girl in “The Greatest Show on Earth.” She even allowed the ele- |phants to hold their feet over her jnose. What happened to the Para- | mount pact? | “They dropped me,” she admit- ted frankly. But she added that her career has never prospered as jas it has since she turned free jlance. She has only a picture-a- year deal at 20th-Fox now. ~ Gloria takes care with her char- acterizations, as witness her award winning role as the Southern belle ‘in “The Bad and the Beautiful.” | She had never lived ir the South. “So I studied a couple of hours |every day for two weeks with Joe Adams, the Negro dise jockey in |Santa Monica,” she said. “I took ja lot of care with it, because I knew the ladies of Virginia speak excellent English with only a slight drawl.” igi it, as of what date will my com- pensation payments go in effect? ‘A. If you file you claim within one year from your date of dis- across the way owned by old Mr.| Their parent wouldn’t let them. Crabbe, -the neighborhood grouch. | All they were allowed to do was to He built a white picket fence around it, and the fence started right at the sidewalk. Old Mr. Crabbe didn’t like any- body and never asked anybody to like him. He visited no one. No one visited him. If the kids playing in ; the street hit a baseball into old Mr. Crabbe's front yatd, they did | not get it back. He ran out and | grabbed it. 1. The con! downtrend in} film pfofits. Studios can no longer afford a big list of high-priced stars. 2. The puzzle over 3-D. The stu- dios don’t know whether new whether new screen dimensions will saye them or not. Some are retrenching and waiting to see. I made a list of top. contract players at the studios in 1948. Of 24 then at 20th-Fox, onlyewen re- main. Three out of 40 areJleft at cat. MGM. Only Bing Crosby and. Bob. Hope | elusive gontract at of 22. five years have been added , but not many. acuation from MGM has jarked in recent months. who have left or are ave are Barry Sullivan, Gower Champion, ig, Van Johnson, Wil- Peter Lawford, Na- set a record. Among the who bave made news the New York stage are Rosa- ind Russell, Bette Davis, Tyrone Power, Raymond Massey. Stevens, Janice Rule, Ralph Meek- er Patricia Neal, Arthur Kennedy and Kim Hunter. e Nevada night spots. The Las Vegas spots will pay upwards of $20,000 for top names to help lure cus- Mark | But we learned how to,deal with him. We moved the game up the street, stayed out of his yard, and there was no more trouble. Finally old Mr. Crabbe died and went to heaven. He probably got | urbs and whenever the cherubs up |there knock a baseball into the | yard I suppose he still runs out jand grabs it, just as he did on earth. If life doesn’t change people | much, how ean death? | A new neighbor named Mr. Fud- idle moved into the little white .| house across the way. He had 9 | neighbors, little one. or. big. one.| | Ont wife, two children, and a one-eared bulldog. Well, at first, Mr. Fuddle seemed the nicest fellow you ever saw. So a the whole family. Right friend- ly. ““Of course, you kids can play in the street in front of my houe,” he said. “Mf the ball lands in the yard, just climb over the fence and get it. I'd tear that fence down ex cept that—well, fences have their | places.” | His one-eared bulldog played with our dogs, his two kids joined in the ball game, and Mr. Fuddle even | came out and batted himself a few time. Then Mr. and Mrs. Fuddle fell | him a new little house in the sub-| | try to ambush us one at a time and try to knock our front teeth out. | Well, the Fuddles began calling | the cops to break up our game, | and the other neighbors began call- | ing the cops to separate the fight- | ing Fuddies, and soon everybody | was saying: | “My, wasn’t it a lot more peace- | ful when old Mr. Crabbe lived in | that house? At least a soul knew | where he stood. Nobody can figure out the Fuddles.” As I say, when I think of the | change in Russia, I think of my old ‘neighborhood. Old Mr. Stalin was, | in many ways, like old Mr, Crabbe. | The new tenant of Soviet power Pt nent and Co.—are making friendly noise. In fact, they are | almost genial. But it remains to be |seen whether they will give the world -a longer stretch of peace | than the Fuddles gave our commu- | nity. That's the trouble with new | | 'y time can prove the way they j wear, and how long the fences | have to stay up. | Smugglers Move Opium KUALA LUMPUR ()—Opi- }um was the favourite item of smugglers in Malaya last year. Nearly four tons of the contra- band worth $800,000 were seized iby customsmen. They reported drop in gold-smuggling. after opium, camé tobacco, metics, cameras, watches other luxuries in order of portance. there was But and im- Seer: charge, compensation will be paid from the day following that dis- | charge date. If big hee —— Here are authoritative answers| ‘han @ year, the ve date from the Veterans Administration | Will be the date VA receives your interest to | 8Pplication. former servicemen and their fami-| Q.*I'm a World War Il veteran lies: , j and eo sing back hati - ty} @ Both my friend and I are | duty. hi ‘eep my National aa ee ace Uw 18 ORY | aicehled. Korean: velerans ad | Servis tale. Seeerenee Wee a % a we've gone into parinership on a | /#. Uniform. continue to pay Answer: In Such a case, a new! so. Could we both take Public) ™Y Premiums to the VA as 1 did Corner house for self-occupancy after the | tenant has voluntarily moved. Thé | maximum rent will remain the} same for the unit in the event you! decide to again rent it. |to four questions of Question: I have just added an-} other room to my four room apart-| registration form must be filed} with the Area Rent Gffice, inas-} much as the unit is considered the! same as a new unit which has not} been registered. The rent ceiling} which was fixed for the four rooms | no longer applies to the five room | unit. Question: My landlord refuses to repair my hot water heater. He; states it is my responsibility. Is} that correct? Answer: Not unless you agreed; Law 16 on-farm training, even though neither of us has complete control of the farm? . No, One of the requirements of the program is that the veteran must have complete control of the farm on which he takes his train- ing. This would net be possible under the arrangement you men- Q. If I file a claim for disability compensation, and VA approves - | om me. to do such repairs when you rent-| tion. I atso received: a copy. ed. It is the vaapoodiaity of your | Exactly what does that mean? landlord to repair the hot water) Answer: The certificate relating heater or any other piece of equip-| to eviction permits your landlord ment which is part of the housing/to go after the waiting period of accommodation he rents to you. If 90 days to the local court and start he refuses to do so, notify this| an action to evict you. This cer- office. We will take steps to have tificate is not an order-of eviction. him correct this condition; other-| That authority is vested in the wise the rent will be reduced in| local courts. But without that cer- | proportion to the value of the ser-/ tifieate. your landiord could not vice he is required to furnish. | bring this case te the local courts. Question: My landlord filed a/ petition for a certificate relating} to eviction for occupancy by son, a copy of which was served! Subsequently your office ; ‘served a certificate relating to} | eviction, effective 90 days from j the date of the filing of the peti-| } 4. Perish from hunger 78. Poker stake 41, Cereal seed 43. Organ of ; when I was a civilian? ; j A. If you wish, you can continue {to pay premiums directly to the VA. Or you can arrange with | your branch of service to have the premiums paid by an allotment from your service pay. | Or you may apply for waiver of |premium under Public Law 23. |See your Service unit's insurance | Q. 1 want to go to school under | the Korean GI Bill, but I'm not | sure what I want to study. Caw VA give me counseling? | A. Yes. When you fill out your j lapplication blank, designate that you want counseling from VA, Sometimes afterward, you will jomei ast mria aewefr, you | mation about their benefits i write the VA office at | Office Bidg, Key West, Fia.) Al RMOP LUM PIRIOC BIAS IT Un wane §ina OUP IES] AID] Wea DIE TY] ayia a3 ’ 7 tomers to the gambling tables.) Among those who have recently | made or are planning to make their night club debuts in Nevada are Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Ezio Pinza, John Payne, Gene Nelson, Van Johnson and / Lauritz Melchior. i 3. Television. Many names make | periodic trips to New York to cash | in on the guest-star-cireuit. Others! * > have engaged themselves in filmed Series in Hollywood. including Ann | Sothern, Eve Arden, Robert Cum-/ mings. Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, | Dick Powell, Ronald Colman and! | Charles Boyer. Betty Hutton is the latest big name to be signed by the networks t | Other stars have taken edvan-/ tage of the praductied slowdown }to see the world. Among Ulose ; {vacationing and making pictures | aS EG LAINIE T LAP ONGRIAIT UA ATE HA Chas Ay iti “i » t é ; on the US. tax exemption staying abroad 18 moaths. et | Cerre Acoscagua. South Ameri-; } cae peak 23.092 feet high. ie said! }to be the highest known peak in’ {the Western hemisphere and high i lt ME WALKED AWAY—A midget racing car driv en by Rudy Tarditi flips on 2 curve during ra< at Watret Creek, Calif, bat « r <kage wrih onty : [est South ef the equater anyplace fecer weund wp better side u Oakiand Tribume photographer nade. Pi who was taking im the reces on S merry : RBASIR EB Prat t i iF i { ee r¢ wee made day off. <P> Wir ~”