The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1953, Page 4

we Page4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, December 9, 1953 The Key West Citizen Published (except Sunday) L. P. Artman, owner and fener, trots The Cltisen Rellding, corsar of Greene’ ond’ ans Dirtere Only Deily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. ©. ARTMAN Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 25661 and 2.5662 use for reproduction news dispatches credited or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. Cs Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $13.20; by mail, $15.60 UAPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, More Hotels und Apartments. Beach and me Pavilion, Consolidation of co and City Governments. Community Auditorium. eS SSS NS SS THE LAST POLIO BATTLE? What might be the last major battle in man’s at- tempt to solve the terrible puzzle of polio will begin February 8th, 1954. At that time, the newest anti-polio vaccine will be used in quantity. Over 200 counties in the United States will be af- fected in this mass vaccination attempt, which is one of the largest projects of its kind ever undertaken. The newest vaccine is a triple-vaccine, and its developers hope it will prove far more effective than that used in tests this summer. Approximately 500,000 to 1,000,000 children will get shots of the new vaccine in the drive which begins in February. The immunization drive will probably start in Louisiana, Texas or Alabama, where polio strikes earliest in.the year and then include other states.’ The immunization effort is scheduled to end prior to summer, when polio begins to strike. Children who receive the injections, consisting of three shots over a period of five or six weeks, will take them on a voluntary basis. It is estimated that most of the injections will be given to school children of second- grade age. The great hope concerning this new serum is that it will provide immunity against each of the three known types of polio virus, After the 500,000 to 1,000,000 chil- dren haye been vaccinated, between Feb. 8th and June 1st, experts will keep rcords on the chiidren, and the success of the immunization shots, as the polio season develops in 1954. If the vaccine lives up to what some expect it to, results might show that an answer to polio has at last been found. eee erent The best people, and the smartest, go to church. Only the unadjusted and confused fail to realize its spirit- ual value, Watch the advertisements in this paper for Christ- mas gifts, and after Christmas watch for big sales, and cut prices, ESCO T St eg It now seems pretty well established that Congress- men won't succeed in subpoenaing Governors, former Presidents and Supreme Court Justices, semen emacs action The President of the United States set an example of non-partisan leadership when he defended former President Harry S, Truman’s patriotism recently, SS IRIE [CIE (N] Rar IL OWE Try Crossword Puzzle OIRIAITIONR} PIE INJAIMEE! ACROSS 29. Disfigure TIOIRINY SRN L.Biting 31. Fish eggs sarcasm 1. Mountain in a 13. Pertaining to the positive electrie ie 14 Poe character 15. Chinese measure 16. Eloquence ihe saeva PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes of the of its read- ers, but the editer reserves right te yee sfehnpinewt are or unwarranted, sheuld be yp progplcopcrn ve 0 000 works ond rite oh tee ies letters and will be pos of ee must accompany the A WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW Editor, The Citizen: 2 I have read all the recent letters appearing in The Citizen regarding the prostitution situation. To my knowledge, none have been written by a woman, so here is a woman's point of view. I believe that prostitution will never be entirely wiped out, but I certainly don’t agree with encouraging it. It’s true that it's figured in all our history, even.in the Bible, but why let history go on repeating itself when little good can ever come from it? To me a prostitute is as low as a woman can get. I think that at the beginning they are lured to the “easy” money part, but after a year or so they are degraded so physically and mentally that they are trapped and in later years become living derelicts. So when anyone sug- gests making prostitution legal they aren’t thinking of the women who would be living this degrading life. The local prostitution “game” is a touchy subject to me, as I am tired of having my husband stopped com- | ing home at night and asked “if he would like a girl.” There must be other Navy wives who feel the same as I do. Being a Navy wife I’ve lived in many places where this has been a problem too, but with the full cooperation of the law it has been kept at a low level. So let’s get these women off to honest jobs and a chance for a normal life. Sincerely, A NAVY WIFE. QUESTION ON DOCK SITUATION Editor, The Citizen: It has been some time since we, West, bought a bit of property that was to have been one of the best investments from a financial angle ever made by us. That was a run-down dock. Since the purchase, noth- ing has been done toward the improvement of that dock. Nor has the city commission of our city given any intima- tion as to when an effort is to be made to fully capitalize on our investment. Several ways to utilize it to the benefit of we, the citizens of this city (who are the owners) are apparent. Tourists from the interior of our great country are starved for a sight of the sea. They will travel hundreds of miles just to see what is to us a common sight. Wecan not omit the fact that in order to attract the tourist to our city, we must cater to their fancies. For they have been and will continue to be vital to our economy. Large conventions could be attracted to our city had we a convention hall large enough to accommodate them and their delegates. What would be more attractive than an upper deck to hold these conventions? As well as other groups of large number, for purposes other than convention. Public parks in the center of the city are non-exist- ant. Or even within three or four blocks of the center where if a person wants to laze away an hour vr so they may do so. Why not make it a pleasant public pier where home towners as well as visitors might rendezvous. The activi- ties of the harbor craft as well as the sea breezes could be an interesting interlude to our normal actions. Let us not lose cognizance of the fact that in the time we have had this particular bit of water frontage no concerted effort has been advanced to attract water borne commerce to our port, either by our city governing body or others. We are fully aware that the rebuilding of the dock would involve the output of a considerable sum. That will be a problem. Other problems of like nature have arisen and a solution arrived at. When our sewer system Lig Another Grave Chapter 14 “RICHARD spent a lot of time at the Gold Mine Club and he wasn't the kind of person to over- look opportunities to If he'd happened to guilty secret of Morrissey’s he'd probably have tried to make use of it, since obvi he was capa- ble of blackmail. Unless he knew something of that kind I shouldn't think he'd have dared to raise that check.” “Now we're getting some- where,” Martin said. “To return to the subjett of blackmail, I'd appreciate a state- ment from you given in private if you prefer — telling exactly what Searle threatened to reveal about you if he was arrested. It won't go any farther unless it turns out to be essential to our case.” oak = tea e quite frien a_ couple of years 9, before he'd gone through aul his money and started getting into serious scrapes. People looked on him as a bit wild and irresponsi- ble rather than crooked—some- thing he'd grow out of in time— and that’s what I thought when I said I'd marry him. “The real break came after the death of Leona Mitchell, when I heard the goo and remembered little incidents that seemed to prove what they were saying about Richard. I wouldn’t see him after that, but I answered a cou- ple of his letters and I don't doubt that some of the things I wrote might be construed as the re- Proaches of an innocent maiden who had loved not wisely but too well.” “There was nothing put down in so many words to that effect, of course?” “Ot course not. Next to myself, no one knew better than Richard that it wasn't so.” “I was only thinking that some- one malagae have wanted to get the letters from Searle to sell to you | or your father,” Cloud said. “You see, we searched Searle's apart- finding a single let- Damages Granted CHARLESTON, W. Va. (@—Two contractors yesterday agreed to pay $174,000 in damages because! a heavy tree stump was blasted right into an open convertible, seriously injuring two West Vir- ginia youngsters. The freak accident happened last June as workers were blasting Stumps to clear a way for the new West Virginia Turnpike near Ponda, 5 The contractors, Morrison-Knud- sen Co., Inc., and Ralph E. Mills Co, of Kentucky were defendants in suits brought in behalf of the injured, Glenna Douglas, 15, of} Chelyan and James Russell Silman 17 of Dry Branch. ment without NAVIDADES Se acercan las Navidades , . Dias de amble _esparcimiento, | Para los que se sienten felices.| Para los que aun no han sufrido el) dolor de una sensible péredida. Para los que pueden celebrarla junto a.la mujer que les did el ser Name For Serpent . » Esa es la verdadera NOCHE- MCCALL, Idaho — After 15;BUENA . . . years of nameless—and disputed— existence, Payette Lake’s ‘‘sea ser- di ee Jo beg x ae 7 it” is going to get a name. ot jadl mang ar ire Hse an Boon McCallum decided it |Dellos como las lejanias, tendremos | was time the serpent was called|%¢ buscar en el regazo de la) |something besides “the thing” or|\CO™Pafiera buena y cordial, la’ “the monster.” So he’s started lalegria que aquella viejecita se) NOTAS CUBANAS Por RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO .|clavado en una cruz en el Monte By DON CAMERON ter or else to connect lyou with ‘al Martin said, “I like the idea about someone else wanting to take over Searle's blackmail set- up. Several people knew that En- »|Mis was willing to pay for what- jever Searle possessed and it | would be reasonable to suppose he'd one man as soon as an- | other. chiseler wouldn't even jhave to know what was in the ‘letters, but only that they were valuable.” “You're doing all right,” Cloud said. “A few minutes ago I had lone suspect locked up safe and sound, and now you're trying to give me seven.” Martin counted on his fingers. “Seven? A hundred people may |have known of the situation be- fore the killing, but we're sure of Barbara and her father, Clara- jbelle, Doran, Morrissey and, to- ward the last, Dexter. They make a round half-dozen by my arith- , | metic.” “Such modesty,” Cloud said. “Always dodging the limelight, aren't you, King?” ‘HAT was all. Cloud had no more questions and Barbara seemed anxious to get away. Leaving the station house with her Martin felt that his role thus far had been anything but heroic and stood in need of justification. “I've done some first-class bun- gling,” he began tentatively. She nodded. “I'd have warned you if you'd given me a chance, but it wouldn't have done any good. You'd have gone right ahead with your own ideas. “My only idea was to spare you unpleasantness.” “Don't think I'm not apprecia- tive. In a way I'm highly compli- mented that you'd go to such des- perate lengths for me. What I can’t understand is your vehement and distinctly uncomplimentary insistence on everybody under- standing that you aren’t fasci- nated with me—even though you aren't.” He took her arm as they crossed the street and continued to hold = they reached the other side. | redimir a la humanidad, hasta ser | Calvario, necesita privar de la! vida a un irracional, que no ha cometido otra falta, ni otro delito que el haber nacido “‘cochine”’? . + Y es que la humanidad pretende alegrarse en dia tan sefialado para el crisianismo, libando grandes) about the fix I was in on Searle's account,” he said, “but I wasn't, because I was busy thinking you. I wanted to kiss | The reason I t ays before, when I was vith a girl and felt like kiss- ing her, | cid. What I mean is, yom didn't seem like just another girl.” She was silent while they [Ra half a block. She said fin- “I should have been scared stiff! ally, “You'd be furious, wouldn't you, if you thought I tried delib- erately to make you say some- thing like that?" “1 might be.” “It isn't want to see to—well. a declaration of And ng “And what?" “Well, I don't happen. love or on the verge of want to be or to ne think I'm a little to be in it. eyes. The anger Barbara had an- ticipated was burning inside him, but he was determined to smother it. A cab drew up. “Can I take you home?” “There's no ad “He travels the fastest whe travels alone,” he opening: the door of the cab. “And riding with me is a business, as you found out the other morn- a Be gentle but firm with your father.” It over in a split thence was ome in the cab, not looking at un, calmly telling the chauffeur her Son, She » did not say good-bye or wave as the car started a champing of much-abused gears. (Te be continuedy fué inmolada, allé en las abruptas montafias del Asia? . . . Podran sentirse jubilosos esos ancianos, que tenian todas sus esperanzas y sus il.siones, en el vastago que se alist6 para servir a su patria y no retorné jamas? .., En cambio, para los que carecen de sentimientos, para los que solo piensan que la vida es un extrafio carrousell, en el cual fodos giramos deja de latir, para esos habrén varias nochebuenas en él afio ¥ cada festividad, sera un pretexto, para hacer libaciones y olvidarte cantidades de alcohol y buscando|por completo de aquellos hogares que su est6mago pesque una fuerte donde el dolor y la tragedia mantie- indigestion, al sometérsele a una|nen perennemente encendidos los dura prueba de alimentos raros,|cirios del infortunio. todos ellos condimentados con in- Nunca hemos podido comprender gredientes capaces de intoxicar ajcual es la finalidad de esa cele- un buey... contest in his newspaper, the Pay-| jnos llevara, cuando partiera para} Esas festividades a plazo fijo, ette Lakes Star. The “serpent” has been reported) {seen at various times, but no one! has every photographed it and it’s! never rocked a boat. Estimates of, its length vary from 15 to 65 feet, and the skeptics say it’s nothing but a big sturgeon. LOTS OF BALDIES ho se retorna... NOCHEBUENA! , . . Una tradi- cion crigtiana. que se conmemora y celebra en casi todo el orbe. Es |trescientos sesenta y cuatro dias decir, festividad a plazo _fijo.'restantes del aio no le recuerden Alegria, en fecha prefijada. Y los un solo insante . . . Pero, van al que pagan las consecuencias de|camposanto ese dia y simulan esa alegria, de ese bullicio, suelen-|practicar la dulce virtud de la serlo los pobrecitos lechones, cria-|piedad, depositando ofrendas flo- dos durante todo el afio, con/rales sobre el sepulcro del muerto, |Asi el dia 2 de noviembre de cada WEST GLACIER, Mont. 9 —'la intencién malvada, de sacri-| Fifty-seven bald eagles, emblem of/ficarlos en la vispera de Navidad ithe United States, were reported|,. .. counted Monday in Glacier Na-| Acaso los pobres ¢ochines, no tional Park. Officials said this was json seres que tienen derecho a) the largest concentration of thejvivir? . . . Sera que el hombre! rare birds in the U.S. during re-jpara honrar el nacimiento de} cent years, < @emome |2quel que todo lo ofrendé por the people of Key | -———@ @——@————_—___________ pre needed rebuilding money was made available. When it! was decided a stadium would be built the necessary| funds were secured, When our police force was in need| of modern equipment they got the money. Surely then if, the executive ability of our selected governing group) was adequate in those ventures this should be a chal-| lenge no greater than those mentioned. We need a dock. Let's get going and do some thing, about it. | Let us ignore this flimsy promise of the Caribe Queen which was to have been in operation years ago. That it would be in operation in 1948-1949-1950-51-52. Other companies that are all ready in operation could I am sure be induced to consider a ferry service in and out of Key West. But until a concerted effort is put forth to acquire| that service we will be the owners of an eyesore in the form of a sagging dilapidated dock. A bit of something) that was bought at great expense and shows little or no} return on the investment. When and if rebuilt and proper-| ly utilized it could be a rigid source of income in numer-| ous ways. Surely I think that a detailed account of income’ expenditures and other data on the dock should be made public. As to the administration people are curious and rightly so. How is the dock now being used and by whom? If it is rented, who is it rented to and what is/ the amount it is rented for? Are we indebted to any concern or individual for services to it? What is the lescandalosa sidra noche del afio, repetimos, si allopiparamente y beber bastante, y ‘cue la Muerte ha ido respetando. jde diciembre, esa para los que tienen corazén y sentimientos suele; \sefalado. Aunque amanezea la cuando en el fondo, solo practican una ridicula tradicién, que nada tiene que ver con el carifio y la estela de recuerdos gratos, 0 per- versos, que dejara el finado al marcharse para siempre. Motivos de diversién. Eso es todo. La Nochebuena es casi siem- el picaro- pretexto de muchos para embriagarse, para disculparse al decir lo que no se atrevieron a decir durante todo el ano, alegando despues, que lo hi- cieron inconscientes bajo los efectos del maldito alcohol... Estimamos qie nocheouena es cualquier noche del afio. Para re- cordar al piadoso Redentor, no es preciso comerse medio lechén, ni ingerir litros de vino, o de vivirla; lo hacemos con buena salud sin preocupaciones mentales, ro- deados de los seres queridos, La otra, la tradicional, la de! 24 ser acaso, la noche mas triste del ano, al faltar en el hogar una madrecita buena, que se marché para la eternidad, o al dejar de estar presente el padre cordial, o el hijo, el hermano, o la abuelita carifiosa e inolvidable . . . Pero, la humanidad quiere en esa noche tradicional, olvidarss de las otras noches del afio, vividas entre congojas y angustias escalo- friantes. Desea, siquiera una sola noche del afio, vivir a sus) anchas, hacer lo que le avergon- zarfia realizar otro dia ménos mafiana de pascuas, con la bolsa de hielo sobre la frente y el est6- estimated cost of rebuilding? If never estimated, (why)? How does income derived from it compare with the cost of operation? The citizens deserve an answer. This is my initial bid to focus attention on an issue) that is of extreme importance to all Key Westers. Let’s! have some answers. : JOHN A. ANTI. 805 Truman Avenue, | Key West, Fla., | December 5, 1953. mago vuelto al revés... El dira y repetira a todos que “se divirtié mucho”, que fué una noche deliciosa y esperara confiado el afio siguiente, el mismo dia, para repetir las libaciones y lenarse el vientre de la grasa del pobre cochino, que sin haber co- . « » Cualquier} bracion, que no es otra cosa que una festividad escogida para esa desconocida region de la cual parecen completamente absurdas, |enarse el vientre de pesado con- dimentos. Si con ello se pre- afio, algunos sienten el dolor del|tende celebrar el nacimiento del familiar desaparecido, mientras Ios Divino Redeator, poco simbolismo tiene, a nuestro juicio, el sacrificio \del lechén, las botellas de sidras y todd lo demas que se reune anual- mente, en esa dia, en la mesa |de los que pueden hacerlo. Tal vez si en esos hogares donde no hay cena, donde solo. hay angustia y acaso si una miajita de rebeldia, ante las injusticias de la jhumanidad, sea donde con mas propiedad se celebre Ja llegada de jaquel santo varén, que la leyenda cristiana, plena de , nos presenta como el mas alto y noble representativo de la bumildad y de todas las virtudes que pueden adornar una existencia , , , Alli, la soledad de esos hogares pobres, se veneraré al que lleg6 en una Nochebvena y que tal vez, ‘si retorne algun dia, para volver indtilmente a tratar de regenerar a la humanidad, que marcha por un jaspero camino, tras el cual solo encontraraé horribles angustias y grandes desilusiones. | Pero, ello a pesar, se seguira viendo en el 24 de diciembre de ‘cada afio, el pretexto para comer olvidar asi las preocupaciones que a propia vida ha traido durante todo el resto del afio. .. |King And Samia Split HOUSTON, Tex. (#—The mar- riage of Texas playboy-heir Shep~ herd (Abdullah) King and Egyp- tian dancing girl Samia Gamal jended Monday in divorce just jlike evangelist Billy Graham said jit would. But the ever-happy King, whe changed his religion to the Moslem faith to marry the voluptuous Nile charmer, still could crow a little, Graham predicted the marriage |wouidn’t last six months, It en \dured about two years. Cow-Callers Provided metido ninguna falta, fuera sacri- ficado cruelmente . . . Nochebuena! . . . Podra serlo \acaso, Para esos hogares donde falta el hijo querido, cuya vida Pidgin English, once a corruption: of i traders in South Seas, is now ‘a language An’ its own hasta la hora en que el corazén | \