The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 10, 1954, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, February 10, 1954 The Key West Citizen Oe anc ET HIE Ah 0S Tac Published (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner ef Greene and Aso Beste “ Page 4 Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher aavenee V9 = 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-566] and 2-5662 Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. Ess ON FLORI ASS IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. 1. 2 3. 4 5. CHURCHILL TO RETIRE? Speculation continues in England that Prime Min- ister WinstonsChurchill will retire shortly after Queen Elizabeth returns from her six-month tour of the col- onies. This is reportedly what Sir Winston has con- fided to a close friend in the House of Commons. Those who expect the Prime Minister to resign point out that he is in his eightieth year and that the duties of Prime Minister are heavy for any man, espec- ially so for one of that age. They admit Churchill ap- parently is in better health now than he was last year,| when he suffered a stroke which incapacitated him for four months. # : Along with the speculation that Sir Winston will retire is the general belief that Foreign Secretary An- thony Eden will succeed him. Eden was a question mark because of his poor health only a year ago and, at that time there was much talk that Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, R. A, Butler, would succeed Churchill. It is now thought more likely that Eden himself will suc- ceed Churchill as has been anticipated all along, since Mr. Eden has recovered his health to a very remark- able degree. It may well be then that the next Prime Minister of England is to be Anthony Eden, a man whom the world has watched and expected to assume that post for some ten or twelve years. Recent developments make it appear likely that this change will occur in 1954. Speeding is profitable only for the undertakers. Being tiréd too often causes people to be broke too often. The way the law reads, it’s pretty complicated to do anything, legally. The man who does not like his neighbor’s vege- tables should plant his own garden. While half the population is trying to stamp out heart disease the other half is going around saying: “Drop dead!” HAR SIETRIE] S| F Crossword’:Puzzle ng ae IME IN| [Al TERMS |UINID) ACROSS 31. Dickens’ RS CaO 1 Present so Promos ~~ OETFIEIRIMBIAIOMN T/A 4 Large 33. 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Night's Business Manager NOTAS CUBANAS de aquellas épicas luchas, sera | You're getting hysterical.” Por RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO UN MONSTRUO En la provincia de Camaguey, como en las de Oriente y las Villas, no hay un solo palmo de tierra, donde no se peleara por la libertad de Cuba. Decir Camaguey, es mencionar tierra de patriotas, de notables Poetas, escritores y guerreros, Camagueyano lo fie aquel insigne General Ignacio Agramonte, mas conocido por el “‘Bayardo cama- gueyano”, por su valor y su patriotismo purisimo. Un dia de aquellos en que la Sangre corria a raudales por la manigua irredenta, transitaban tres mujeres campesinas, con varios nifos, por una intrincada vereda. Las tres mujeres se distraian acariciando a sus pequefitos, pro- curando hacer el menor ruido posible, para evitar ser sorpren- didos de aquellas criminales guerrillas que constantemente cruzaban, por tierras camague- yanas, avidas de sangre cubana. Las tres campesinas, sabian cémo evitar dejar el rastro y marchaban cuidadosamente, alejadas de todo lugar en que pudieran ser des- cubiertas. Aquella vereda era demasiado estrecha. Un cayo de monte la ocultaba, pero para los practicos nativos, al servicio de las guerri- lleros, era perfectamente conocida aquella pequefia via, por donde iban las tres infelices cubanas, Al frente de la comitiva, mar- chaba un pequefio como de siete anos de edad. Su rostro angelical, retrataba la inocencia y la bondad. Iba entre- tenido, tratando de recoger al- gunas florecillas silvestres, a la vera del camino por donde transi- taban. Muy ageno iba aquel nifiito del peligro que le asechaba a los Pocos pasos del lugar. Aquel muchacho habia nacido en el monte. Era guajiro y sus simpa- tias, estaban por los insurrectos, ya que su padre habia marchado a la lucha, dejando en el destarta- lado bohio a su esposa y la prole, El camino era largo. Se perdia entre la intrincada manigua. La marcha de aquel grupo era tomando toda clase de precau- ciones. Todo aquel que conozca y haya transitado alguna vez por una de las muchas veredas que cruzan la campifia cubana, sabra de lo triste y solitarias que son en el crepiis- culo vespertino. En un estado de guerra, siempre eran preferidas, posibilidades de encuentros desa- gradables, con las tropas regulares espafiolas y, lo que era muchisimo peor, con las guerrillas que asla- ban aquella provincia camague- yana. Una noche en una de esas vere- das, es algo asi como una pesa- dilla. El croar de las ranas, el pasar, ponen en el dnimo del grito horrorizante de la lechuza al viajero, una sensacién de terror escalofriante. Aquellas mujeres y sus nijios, caminaban silenciosos. De pronto y sin que les diera lugar ni oportunidad para ocul- naban, sabiendo que mientras mas crueles fueran, mayor seria la influencia de que gozarian con el amo que las pagab: El que mandaba, repetimos, dirigiéndose al nifio que iba al frente, le dijo: eres espafiol o insurrecto? .. . | —Mambi . . . respondié pequefio, | ignorando la suerte que habria de correr al conocerse su opinién, que inocentemente habia expresado. La madre del nifio y las otras dos mujeres se miraron horro- rizadas, pensando en la impruden- cia cometida por aquel inocente nifio. El jefe del grupo, riéndose a mand!bula_ batiente, sacé de la funda un largo revolver que lleva- ba en la cintura y poniendo el cafién en la boca del infeliz parvulito, le dijo, con una diabdlica sonrisa: —Mira, chiquitin, sopla este pito y veras que bonito suena... . El nifio soplé al mismo tiempo aquel monstruo disparé su arma, destrozando el craneo del pequefio nifio.... El cadaver de aquel infeliz que habia pag&do con su vida el delito de ser cubano, fué a caer en brazos de su madre y de las otras mujeres | que temblaban y desesperadas pedian piedad para ellas y los otros pequefios. El monstruo guardandose el arma, se dirigis a los que le acompafaban y eon un gesto de hiena saciada ya de la sangre de aquel nifio, les dijo friamente a los del grupo: —Vamos, despues de todo, uno | Algunos afios despues, el mata- dor de aquel inocente, que no fué otro que el guerrillero Lolo Benitez, de triste recordacién para los cam- paseinos cubanos, por sus crimi- nales instiutos y sus depredaciones, expiré en el presidio de Ceuta, en| castigo de otro crimen cometido en plena paz, cuando se le habia| dado tregua aparente a tantas/ infamias cometidas por los que) pretendian mantener hajo la co- rona de Espafia a Cuba y los cu- —Ven aca, pichén de mambi tu!” banos. El pequefio asesinado, fué! enterrado, en la vereda por donde | iban y se cuenta que alli, existe | auin una cruz de piedra, que sefiala el lugar del crimen, como un baldén para los gobernantes que! utilizaban hombres de la calafia! la mayor de las sinraznes, sin importarles en su odio al cubano hicieran aquellos desalmados, que | | cubrieron de oprobio y demanchas imborrables a la nacion @nquista- dora. Bueno es, repetimos, que estas cosas se conozcan. Asi $e apre- jeiara mucho mejor el saGificio de| los libertadores y el de bs viejos | |emigrados revolucionarioscubanos | |de la independencia. El dia que se escriba lahistoria New Hair-Do WASHINGTON (#—Secttary of} Welfare Oveta Culp Hobly has a) “Get rid of everyone, some- how,” she told him. “Say that T've been taken ill” She went upstairs to Carl's study, and Ted found her there. She was smoking a cigarette which tasted awful to her. She was walking up and down the room. Ted said. “What's wrong? You look like a ghost. Shall I get you a drink?” “No—yes—I don’t know. Carl's left me,” she said. “Left you?” “Yes. I told him to. I told him Rot to come back.” “No fooling?” Ted stared at her. “Yes. He won't be back. He won't ever be back.” Saying the words to another person made them come real, at last. and then the tears came. She threw herself down on the old leather couch, the one where Cari sometimes slept when he had been working terribly late and did not want to disturb her. Her body shook helplessly and her sobbing was terrible to hear. slapped Ted came over and | her sharply. “Snap out of it, Jane. cuando se conozca a plenitud, el! He went downstairs and got valor y el sacrificio realizado por| some brandy. los cubanos, hombres y mujeres,/ He sat 2eside her on the couch, en aras de su libertad. | made her sit up and forced a little of the brandy between her stiff, working lips. After a few moments she got hold of herself. The color began to come back to her face and she tried to smile. about,” Ted \ HEN she had finished Ted gave a soft whistle, and the expression on his face was odd. “Well,” he said, “this changes everything. And | don’t under- stand what you're crying about, honey. You told nim to go, so you must have wanted him to do so.” “No. No, i didn’t,” Jane said. “I was furious because that girl had sent for nim. | was deter- mined he shouldnt go and I thought af 1 threatened him. he wouldn't. He fooled me. Or may- be 1 fooled myself.” “I think you're fooling your- to break up with him, all mght. You just don’t want to admit it” And he began to laugh, as if it were the it mews he'd ever heard. Jane sat up very straight, her gaze level on him and frowning. you usually whistle and laugh like crazy when a woman's life has suddenly fallen apart? you think a woman’s break- ing heart 1s such an excruciat- ingly funny affair?” ‘ed glancec at her. “Oh, come off it, beautiful” And he caught her hand. “You don’t have to put on an act for me. I'm in on this too, you know. I've been in on it from the start. You've been miserable with that guy ever since I came into the picture, and you know it, You’ve been in love with me, bu. you felt sort of guilty about it and didn’t want to come righ. out and admit it.” “Aren’t you taking an awful lot for granted?” Jane said. “Certainly not. What you didn’t tell me in so many words, you told me in actions. I've been a “Now tell me what this 1s all/b: said. self now.” Ted said. “You wanted | ha A MAN IN THE HOUSE _ ByFlorence Stuart Uttle skittish about the whole Set-up, I'll grant you that. I told you | was nuts about you, ie and 1 am. But also, like I told you, I didn’t want to ask you to reak up your nome for me. it was taking too big a nsie bility. 1 know my own Lmita- tions. | knew you and I could be happy for a while, but I never Sgured I was the kind of a guy to promise a girl any happy- forever-after stuff. If | made you happy for a year, I'd be going And I didn’t want you aming me when things began to eS wrong. | didn’t want a wling at me, ‘I left a wonder- ful husband for you, and now look. But the way things stand Row. you couldn’t ever say that because—" He grinned—“I could come right back at you and re- pore bed ne he left you and [ n't a to do wil Right?” = — “Right” Jane said. “So what?* here's the way I see it now, honey. | told you Twas heading est. and 1 am. Pll look aroun: and find me a job while you do the usual stretch in Reno. Then you meet me in San Francisco and we'll get married.” then what?” Jane said. “Why,” Ted froma) “then we'll have fun. Til bet you and I can get more fun out of life in @ year than the average couple gets in a lifetime.” Suddenly his face changed, became dark and somehow frightening. He started to say something else, checked himself, instead pulled her roughly to him, and his kisses, savage and rough and quite without tenderness, rained down on her face. “This is one of the things we'll do,” he muttered. “We'll kiss and make love and let the lousy world go by. We wan Petits citer damn sin le’ enjoy life, enjo; other, nati ererieee (Te be continued) PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which considered libeléus or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise, INTERESTED IN CIGAR INDUSTRY Editor, The Citizen: I apologize for addressing you in the above manner, but I was unable to bring to mind the exact name of | your paper. I saw a copy of an editorial you had about ten days ago, regarding the building of industries in Key West, and emphasizing the possibilities of the return of the cigar ndustry. That potential interested me, but I was led to believe by ones to whom I spoke that the local taxes were such as to make such a rejuvenation somewhat Precarious. Would you express an opinion on -that to me, please, in a letter, as I do not see your paper direct- ly, I was also wondering if you would be good enough to furnish me with the name of the (principal) owner of the Key West radio station on Stock Island, or tell me how I could get such information? Any help you can give me will be greatly appreci- ated. . Very truly yours, DAVID P. SAMSON, Jr. 1205 N. Calvert St. Baltimore 2, Md. February 1, 1954 TRAFFIC CRACKDOWN NEEDED Editor, The Citizen: It is indeed interesting to note that the city has de- cided to “crack down” on traffic violators and, accord- ing to newspaper accounts, the public is being given notice of this action to take place within the next sev- eral days. To me, this would seem to be self-admission of failure to enforce already existing statutory laws, and this being true, why? I do not know just how familiar with existing traffic | conditions the city officials are but merely as some sug- teers as being a promising method gestive measures I might state hereunder a few. First, but by no means the least, why are children del tal Lolo Benitez, paradefender| allowed to operate motor scooters with an utter disre-|the main shoreline. Since no pro- gard for the law? On White Street daily children can be! ya que alejaba al caminante de las!nativo, la clase de guerra que| seen riding these vehicles and, while I can’t prove it, I don’t think the operator can be over twelve years of age.| Then, too, he will have a child much younger on the. | scooter with him. If a check is made, it will be seen that | they do not operate in the line of traffic, but dodge in| The Key West Safety Council Is and out, poss on the right side of vehicles, disregard traf- fic lights and other violations. The same conditions pre-' vail with bicycles. Under the law both these items are listed as vehicles, although one is self-propelled, and as such, should be compelled to have due regard for present- ly existing traffic regulations. Another thing — Caroline Street is a regular race- track between Grinnell Street and Duval Street. This is a heavy commercial street but the way cars and trucks lof the Fort. This plan would also This Rock Of Ours | By Bill Gibb Remember the other day when| Although City Manager Victor la reader suggested that we should Lang never officially joined the have more picnic equipment out at Key West Safety Council, there the Monroe County Beach? |hasn’t been a person in town who Joe Allen told me today that they has been more cooperative or done have had fire grills ordered from more for the group since its incep- the American Playground Equip- tion. Lang is a kindhearted guy ment Company since last autumn. who actually seems to suffer when Like everything else, it is hard to he sees someone else suffering. I get prompt delivery — most com-don’t think we have ever had a Panies seem to be carrying a hang-|man in our City government who over from the war and fill orders possessed those inborn qualities of whenever they please. jlove, compassion, and understand- | As soon as these grills arrive)|ing of his fellow citizens to the ex- \they will be installed. As for picnic tent that Lang does. Knowing how tables, Joe says it is going to take Totten City Hall can get at times, a little time to get more. Rough|! only hope these good qualities as those tables appear to be, the don’t prove to be stepping stones lumber in them alone costs about t0 disillusionment, 'sixty dollars. And folks, just don't Floor Shows seem to care whether they get des-| Does Key West intend to allow troyed or not. The other day, one indecent floor shows to continue \of the commissioners caught some|U2abated? Our system in the past |kids carrying a table down the has been to make a periodic raid street. (I wonder if their parents Perhaps once a year. A man who |would have allowed them to keep Should know told me yesterday it if they had succeeded in getting|that conditions were getting worse it home?) jand worse in the nightclubs. An SicirauPlans junethical owner doesn’t mind pay- | re an ing a couple of hundred dollars as | County Commissioner Allen has q fine if he is allowed to operate {some wonderful plans for develop- the rest of the year unmolested. ling the Beach into a more attrac- Qur gamblers used to Pay those |tive recreational spot. It is going /same fines and merely write them |to take time and money though be- off as business expenses. It would fore his ideas are accomplished. be nice to hear that the police are For instance, Joe wants to build taking action about undesirable |additional restrooms facilities. This conditions. lis something that is really needed. eS Multiple Loss Of course, the restrooms in the ‘bathhouse are open to the ane ‘but they are hardly sufficient to} jhandle the large crowds wich now Peer tio CITY #—Charlotte flock to the beach Pree a City University ¢o- Perhaps the most hopeful sign of va plac = an ad in the student progress is Joe's determination to ihe leet eae to locate the follow. try to get a real, honest-to-gosh A Gouda ese ditienien sandy beach instead of the present mechanical peacilege saitegaes io ple formal, one shoe, billfold, a $3 check, two cornets, a pajama bot- ‘rock and muck shoreline. He out- llined a tentative plan which has tom long handles and a white irt. been approved informally by engi- of trapping sand around the rocks, “It’s normal for 2 sictith Sees eliminate seaweed and muck along these things,” she explained, visions has been made in the bud-) ————— talent eed get this year for such improve-| ments, it will be awhile before it Political gan be put int fie ests'nes’ Announcements who know that kind of work. FIRST PRIMARY E TION KW Safety Council MAY rAd that most of the work seems to For State Senator be falling on a few loyal members, 24th District while the rest of us do mote | MILTON A. ite a few improvements have Hel; Rear tate tieorgions thei city et Aner County Tack of publicity has resulted in the Senator ‘Council not getting credit. This is For M. bes: Schaal RE-ELECT unfortunate — not because of | credit angle — but because many J. CARLYLE ROBERTS 3RD DISTRICT plugging along. I'm sorry to say, folks would be in there working if they knew that the Safety Council tarse, surgid entre las sombras del atardecer un grupo de guerri- Heros . 2 4s ; Cayeron prisioneras de aquel grupo de insensatos criminales. new hair style these day¢ race along it a person wouldn’t think so. was actually obtaining results. In She used to wear her hér braid- ; | I think if both these conditions were eliminated a or in & bun at : ‘ j eco sage wearsit anaet | good forward stride would be made toward the reduc-| ened in a sort of loose Wave. tion of many traffic accients in the city. El que mandaba el grupo, des-| The new style becam€ evident} Respectfully yours, graciadamente, era un cubano|when pictures were MMe Mon-| = ? nativo. Uno de aquellos desventu- day of Mrs. Hobby congttulating| 0. L. BOSSOM rados, que se prestaron a servir|Victor Christgau of Mintsota as. 1113 Truman Avenue, al enemigo por una miserable he was sworn in as ditetor of| Key West, Fla. Febewary 5, 1954 the future, we'll have to do some-For Member School Board ELECT thing about this situation. Serge Hernandez, Bill Gale, Wil- KELLER WATSON 3RD DISTRICT lie Camera, Eliis Finch — all of these guys are constantly on the| look-out to find and remedy ha-| jzards within our town. There are| many other folks too, but we can’t |name them all in this column. One |person in particular deserves men- tion, however — Vic Lang. | For Member School Board Re-Elect EDNEY PARKER Paga y sin escripulos de ningin ‘the Bureau of Old Age ind Sor-) 5TH DISTRICT genero robaban, violaban y asesi-'vivors Insurance. s “