The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 10, 1953, Page 7

Watch Out For Mines Like These TWO TYPES OF MINES which may be found floating or washed ashore in the Key West area are shown above. The photo at | right shows angther type of mine after it has been exploded. The Navy yesterday warned that such mines may be found in this area. Drill mine fields have been established since the commissioning of the sighting such mines is asked to phone 2-3511, Extension 8-246, and report the uation Unit—Official U.S. Navy Photo. Mankind Rallies To Help Those In Distress Origin Of The American Réd Cross Is Told By RALPH ROGERS 5 Gheniee oi The records show that many okind ./The purpose of this organization|more casualties were saved dur-| Boon ae gg women ar concerned with the welfare,'ing the last war than in World) pes most everyone comes to the Co™fort, health and sanitary con-;War I. The reason was that blood the Sanitary Commission was set, up in New York in 1861 with Mz. Henry W, Bellows as. President. lieving of physical pain and the} preservation of life. rescue, They do not ask for re-|dition of the Union Army. It did/plasma was used to save the bat-|house presidential papers and oth- Provide cooks, nurses, hospitals,|tle wounded. When World War II iabee, logy psc ae gece fotlmedicines, bandages, clothing and/started or was declared December the privilege of rendering aid and food for soldiers in the field, 8, 1941 the Surgeon Generals of who may be in need. Fires, storms,| Many of the principles practiced) 1 ssma It was eighteen months be- floods, or any disaster calls for by this organization impressed the} tere this much needed plasma was united effort to-relieve the suffer- Geneva Convention and they WOte cared th ths bervice Wes. Dok ing. The American Red Cross was incorporated in the Red Cross or- foie: the aren tile organisation rel organized and incorporated by ganization. Later the Sanitary in thé hela enrtel ant £0 Congress first in 1900 and then in Commission did not wish to POs calllion units to the batts to carry out not only the pro-'pagate itself but urged Congress ronts i of Geneva, but also to ren- to accept the international Red) " “iqpwerOtesene aid to stricken areas whatever Cross. cause, During the war between the} In ancient times women came to States Clara Barton became quite the rescue of the needy. Old King, well known for her voluntary ser- Cyrus of Persia ordered his army vice to men during the war. She surgeons to render aid to the ene- visited the hospitals and saw the my wounded. Long before Florence ' great need for nurses and supplies Nightingale appeared on the scene for the sick and wounded. Many i, provide Gamma Globulin for seelaties for personal service in re-|men took time out to raise money | polio stricken areas. Key West lief of the suffering were organized and make government contracts tOlbenefited from this program and and operating effectively. All ofjarrange for supplies, transporta- | several thousand women and chil-| these were operating on a purely tion and personnel. Miss Barton dren were inoculated with the pre- voluntary basis which has charac- gots list of the wounded, prisoners tv. eeetact, terized the American Red Cross to) and burial lists and carried on-cor-|""When the police action started in this day. Tespondence with the families Korean the American Red Cross Mr. Dunant’s Part ;which proved a great comfort Bot! was able to deliver hood plasma Mr. Henry Dunant, a business Only to the men who called her ans, tne battlefront within seventy- man of Geneva, Switzerland, real-/@98el’ but to the families as well.|two hours. It is the responsibility | ly Brought into being the Red/Her name has become legend and ¢¢ the American Red Cross 10 pro- Cross, He visited northern Italy|the drayman who hauled her body vide blood in case of war or for and was present at the battle of from Jersey City to the Grand civilian defense. While Congress Solferno in 1859 and his experience canal Station said, “She held Me has depended on the Red Cross to in'seeing the wounded and the 40,-|°" her lap at Antietam. provide blood other organizations ties there were about five million junits of plasma surplus. This was ‘used in stricken areas to prevent paralysis in polio cases. Last year |the American Red Cross appro- priated about seven million dollars 000 dead lying neglected in the Wartime Need field moved him to write a book relating his experience in which he Proposed a voluntary society, in- ternational in scope, with a pro- tective emblem and urging special! training for this humanitarian work, As a result twelve govern- ments were represented and in 1863 the Red Cross as a humani- tarian and voluntary society was organized. Another organization. known as The suffering in time of war and hostilities originally moved men and women to organize the Red Cross. While primarily functioning in time of war it has expanded to care for the distressed in any dis- aster. Service men and their fami. lies are especially interested in what the Red Cross can do for them. Of the many services rend- i] Jered to this group, there is one, most important, and that is the re- Legionitems (This column will appear in this newspaper each week for the benefit of all members of Arthur Sawyer Post 28, American Legion.) “Fer. Ged and Country—” This column sees its first, but let's hope not last, appearance to- day, It is dedicated to the Legion- ires of Arthur Sawyer Post 28 and all other Legionnaires in Key West. It is hoped that all Le- gionnaires will contribute any news ‘items they consider should be pub- lished to P. 0. Box 209. For our beginning let us refresh our mem- ories with the Preamble to the Constitution of the American Le- gion: “For God and Country, we as. sociate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the Unit. ed States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and per- Petuate a one hundred per cent Americanism; to preserve memories and incidents of our Sociations in the great wars; to culeate a sense of individual obli- gation to the Community, State and Nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might: to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmi to posterity the principles of Jus- tice, Freedom and Democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our com- Tadeship by our devotion to mut- ual helpfulness.” * * * Membershio—Knock on Every Door Fer ‘34 As of this publication member- ship in Arthur Sawyer Post No. 23 7 stands at 403, or approximately 140 below our standing at this time last year. Let’s all cooperate with Post Commander Bethel P. John‘ son and his membership chairman, First Vice Commander Antonio Arango and increase our member- ship rolls. KR ek Meetings Regular Post meeting 2nd and 4th Wed. each month 40 and 8 Pro- menades, first Friday each month. Key West Guard of Honor third Monday each month. Executive Committee, first Monday each month. House Committee, every Saturday morning. i x * * Happenings Around The Post | Would you as a Legionnaire like to have a place to come to and bring the family where no outsider jean enter? We are beginning such a place and in order to carry it over, it will take the full support of the membership of this Post. At present the beginning is small but as in everything you have to have a beginning. Ours is the pre- |sent club room in the Post Home. That is to be converted into “Le- the Post money. If you are willing to help set this clubroom up for your benefit then be at the American Legion Post Home, Saturday morning at 10 a. m. and the work will be com- |menced. If all available Legionna- ires turned out the work could be Practically completed in one day. jf you want the room, turn out. If jot stay home and there will be no room to come to. A sketeli is javailable at the Home for those jwho would like to see what is g0-} ing to be done. The main idea be-| hind ve @ubroom was te reaew the fellowship once held at this | Coffee |have become interested and are |working with the Red Cross under the Office of Defense Mobilization |to provide and dispose of it where- ever needed. The very life of so many people will depend on this most important phase of Red Cross | work. The fact that the thousands of workers in the American Red Cross are volunteers and that everyone can help by being mem-| bers is evidence of the humanitar-| lian spirit of the American People.| 7 | |Post. Won't you be willing to do jthat much? | xe | Dances On Friday evening, Saturday, | December 18th, 1953 at 10 p, m. ja dance will be held at the Post |Home for the benefit of the Needy |Food and Toy Basket Project. Ad-, | mission will be by donation of can- ned goods or if desired by a mone- tary donation. { The Annual New Years Eve Ball will be held at the Post Home on Thursday, December 31st, 1953, at ‘10 p. m. If you afe going to at- tend this ball get your reserva- jtions in early. x * | The next regular meeting of the Post will be held Wednesday, De- ‘cember 9th, 1953, beginning at 8 Pp. m. Attend this meeting and see old friends. See you next week with more news. Don’t forget to send any items to P, O. Box 209, Key West, Florida. Although there is no definite Proof of its age, there is a turtle on St. Helena Island which inhabi- the gionnaires Club Room” and in or-|tants of the island say is 178 years as-'der to do that we must have la-|0ld. | in-/borers to do the work and save! |Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND md cuban COFFEE and CUBAN —— TRY A POUND TODAY — | Sn senate amma aranenneecic escraencnas rT STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE Triumph | 1 Mill ALL GROCE RS ae ae a Pilot Held For ory Theft Identified |/As Whitey Dahl {| PARIS American week on ¢! 285 worth E. (Whitey appeal to ¢ Franco du P—Paris police say an arrested shere ast was accusec the disappe. gold bu he piloted at nch police have theft occurred cna aaa ec eccee ~ jin Switzerland | Dahl was shot down and cap Fr. o's insurgents in fl r the Spanish S sentenced to Franco reprieved him jwhen his pretty blonde wife sent |her photograph and an appeal for |mercy to the Spa rebel chief Re Construction Planned Sparrow Goes To Court |POLICE SLIP UP KANSAS CITY W—Harry S. Tru-|, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. — A! PROVIDENCE, R. I. w®—During man says he hopes contracts for SParrow flew through the window the two days a shiny new Cadillac the first wing of the Truman Foun. into federal court Tuesday. Sev-!was parked on Hunnewell avenue, dation Library will be let before ¢ral spectators and the bailiffitwo overtime parking tags were March 1 chased it for an hour and a half.'tucked under the windshield wiper 2 | The bird evaded Marshal George! Then an alert mailman did some The former President escorted peach’s Pounce after tiring and/checking and notified the owner, two architects around the Truman falling to the floor. In a last, tired Charles Drayton Jr. farm at nearby Grandview yester- try, it fluttered out an open window) Drayton called police to tell day to inspect three possible sites'a few minutes before Judge Carljthem he had found his car, which for the library. The building will/Hatch entered. jhe had reported stolen Sunday {night. Police were understandably CITIZEN WANT ADS PAY OFF' silent about the whole affair, |tured by Mine Warfare Evaluation Unit Nov. 19. Anyone m to the Duty Officer of the Mine Warfare Eval- er mementos, At the conclusion of hostili-]- CASH MARKET 1028 Truman Ave. We Deliver Phone 2-2013 TENDER DELICIOUS Lean Meaty Fresh Ground Lean SPARE RIBS} Hamburger & 43¢ 2 » 49% Boston Butt Pork Roast: 45c ARMOUR’S EVAPORATED MARGOLD Milk 3=39c|OLEO « 23¢ Libby’s Lg. 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