The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 2, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN —Tuesday, Mirch 2, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets: Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L; P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher woe 1921 = 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ccssssssssssssscssesseseseseres Business Manager| Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 25661 and 2562. Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. a a a er Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida ‘Drastic Cuts Un Midweek us Fare Set JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Dras-! tic reductions in round trip bus’ fares during the middle of the week ‘was announced here today by T. B. O'Steen, Traffic Manager of the| Florida Grehound Lines. \ A special mid-week excursion of one and one-half fare for the! round trip between all cities on the Florida Greyhound system will go into effect Tuesday. Passengers must travel on Tues-! days, Wednesdays and Thursdays} This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb Here is a story touched both with sadness and brotherly love. Most} A reader wants to know by jof you know or have heard about!what right utility companies force Mrs. Ernest Mansfield, a lady who|cystomers to place deposits of $5. had entered suit against the Citylor $10. for meters and yet never of Key West as the result of a falllpay any interest on this money? caused by defective sidewalks. Mrs Actually, although the money is Meter Depesits Fy Re SY EP se ELDAR ROLE P OC GE LT RED fubscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 pin sis atte aM WS A Se a ir asia = ah a a ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION FEEL APUG TAY TLR REN LOT BAGH EET ES Sey ED 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 1. More Hotels and Apartments. in order to take advantage of the special reduced fares, accoring to| Mr. O’Steen, Return trips must al. So.be made during the mid-week, but the return portion of the re-| duced trip fare tickets will be good for two weeks from the date of, sale. The reduced fares are not in| effect where the one-way ticket! costs less than one dollar. It is the first time any trans- portation company has offered re- duced excursions rates during the height of the tourist season in Flo- rida, The reduced mid-week fares lwere put into effect in order to induce travelers to ride during the lless-crowded days of the week. A large fleet of new “air-sus. pension” buses was added on the Mansfield died recently and in the final stages of her illness, her hus- band tried desperately to find a hospital bed which would help make! her more. comfortable. Finally, he had to order one and it arrived too late. Mr. Mansfield has donated the new hospital bed and foam mattres to the County Welfare Board. “It would have meant such a difference if we had had one,” said Mr. Mans- field,” and if another family finds itself in this same position, I want them to be able to borrow a bed and mattress without going through the time and expense of buying them.” It is a generous offer and one for which the citizens of Monroe | County should be grateful. . Joe Allen is Chairman of the usually called a ‘‘meter deposit,” I think it is really a form of guar- antee to make sure the customer ‘doesn’t move out without paying his The reader has a good point for debate as to whether interest should be paid on a deposit of this nature. If a utility company charges a $10, deposit on 5000 meters, that gives them the substantial sum of $50,- 000. which they most assuredly put to work for their own profit, The question seems to be, are they running a bank, a utility company, or both? Let’s put in a goo’ word here for the Florida Keys Aqueduct Com- mission. They recently returned many deposits to customers who had been with them for a number Florida Greyhound system in Jan-} Beach and Bathing Pavilion. luary to offer better bus service Airports—Land and Sea. County Welfare Board. He informs irpol a Consolidation of County and City Governments. 2 3. ‘4 <, . 5. Community Auditorium. NO TRUCE IN THIS WAR The war of the highways continues and there is little chance of a truce. The war seems to be between the careless drivers and others who have the misfortune to encounter them at the wrong moment. A pretty good example of the senselessness of this war occurred re- cently near Flint, Michigan. On the eastern outskirts of Flint, one night early last month, two cars crashed headon. The William M. Lemmin family, of Davison, was practically snuffed out in an instant. Russell L. Bonn, 26, of Lapeer, also was killed, in the other car. In the Lemmin car, or throtyn out of it, were found William M. Lemmin, his wife, Carole, and Deborah, a three-months-old baby. As if this wasn’t bad enough, the sheriff's men} found out a couple of hours later that there was still| another daughter in the Lemmin car. Rushing back to the scene and looking around, they found the body of Dawn Lemmin, a two-year-old daughter, in a snow bank. The only survivor of the five-member family was a four-year-old girl, Janis. No one can possibly describe the effects of this tragedy on Janis, or her future. Nor can anyone give a sensible solution for the slaughter of lives in such ac- cidents. Yet they continue, day after day, in all parts of the country, and even during the worst fighting in Korea, we continued to kill more people on the high- ways than the Communists did on the Korean battle- fields. The only answer is carefulness, courtesy and slow- er driving. The words, which are talked so much, be- come trite—until an accident strikes a friend or a loved one. Keep in mind tragedies such as that in Flint, Michi- gan, early next month and see to it that you are not next on the list—the list which claims more than a hun-| dred lives in the United States every twenty-four hours. os Why worry about war, or disease, if you don’t worry about automobile accidents? Never: waste time in argument with a fool unless you want to make a fool of yourself, Intelligence tells us that things change and wisdom indicates that the change is often for the better. MIAIP RSI TIEIMBEWIAICTO} IAIDIA RE CIO/NIE RE | IRIO[N| IRUINISIEMMDIEINIT| TINIE} ISITIE| LINE SIT|AIN|D| IRIE|S} MIE HIE LIRIAS T/AITIE!S|M|AN| OL ISICMEAIRIAMES|AIL IT) lOIYIEIRIS MWIOlE] OS IE] EIVIAIDIE ME TIRIAITIE! VL INIEIGIATREE VIEINIOIM AIDIOMMEIL| | DIE MBEIRI 1 | INIOIWEESIEINIO/RIWIE IT) Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie DOWN 1, Recover the inside 2. Guido’s lowest note 3. Took a chair Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Corrodes 6. Protective covering U1. Sell in small quanti- ties 2. Sea ducks 4. Type of railroad 5. Dealers 7. Near . Nervous twitching 90. Turn inside out . Jot Genus of 28. Wish 30, Edge 31. Luzon native 32. Romp 35. Soups 38. Put to flight 39, Reverence 41. Indoor game 42. Feminine ending 43. Regions 45. Fish eggs 46. And: Latin 47. Dispossesses 49. erabol for tellurium 50. Ridicule 52. Act of dressing 54. More mature 55. Velocity 1. Direction: Scotch 8. Small fish 9. Compass point 10. Inquiry for Jost mail 11. Repair shoes 13. Cubic meter 16. Laght moisture 19. Unfeeling 21. Flier 23. One of a pair of walking sticks 25. Bar legally 27. Slender finial 29. Attention 32. Liberated 33. List 34. Meat slicer als assistant 44. Halt 47, Submerge 48. Sift: Scotch. 51. Smallest State: abbr. | 53. Diminutive Ya sullix | Street. Then too, White Street is another such street. In| | merchants, | not believe that prohibiting trucks from picking up and | that have such streets as Duval Street and all parking | is prohibited on those streets except pick up and deliv- | ery trucks. WORRY PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves right to delete any items which are considered libelous 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 uniess requested otherwise. MOTHERS PROTEST Editor, The Citizen: Please allow us space in your newspaper to state the “True Facts” concerning the teen-agers involved in the “raid” on the Salt Pond “shack” on the night of Wednesday, February 17, 1954. When the children were brought to their homes (between 8:15 and 8:30 p. m. — the late hour insinuated in the paper) Mrs. Gibson assured each parent that nothing “immoral” had taken place. However, the head- lines in The Citizen the following day led the people to believe the “shack” was being used for immoral purposes by the children involved by the suggestive remarks and dramatic pictures. Actually the shack was built by a father and his son, who have no connection with the case, for overnight camping. (This clears the implication by Mrs. Gibson, that the lumber was stolen.) Also the|- big Monday night party mentioned was, by Mrs. Gib- son’s own admission, sailors and their dates. Mrs. Gibson could not be reached by phone or oth- erwise in order to find the purpose of the “sordid” story. On the day of the hearing, February 28, 1954, the press was barred, but in the presence of the par- ents, the children and also the attorney representing the accused, Mrs. Gibson “emphatically”? denied having re- leased the story or of having any knowledge of such. When asked by one of the mothers “it such be true” would she as Juvenile Judge, with the sincere welfare of the children at heart, call the paper and make a re- traction, she flatly refused to do so. Therefore we are taking this means to challenge her to prove her statements or withdraw them. We ask again, Why was the press suppressed at the hearing, when there was no “moral turpitude” in- volved, and the children had an opportunity to state throughout the state. 45TH RETIRES SEOUL (#—The U.S. 45th Infan- try Division was officially retired) “\from the Korean Theater Monday. Red Editor Is Election Winner The 24th Infantry Division took over the erea of the 45th which is one of two divisions being with- drawn, Maj. Gen. Paul D. Harkins, for- mer commander of the 45th, as: f ‘sumed command of the 24th from VERSAILLES, France # — Al|Brig. Gen. Carl I. Hutton at cere- once-jailed Communist editor was|monies today. high man Sunday in a Pearlia- ment election in Paris suburbs. Because none of the 18 candidates | polled a majority, a runoff vote: will be held next Sunday. Andre Stil, editor of the Com-' munist party orgen L’Humanite, ran first with 97,873 votes—38.6 per cent—in the voting to replace a deceased Gaullist deputy, Andre Diethelm, in the Seine-et-Oise de- partment. The anti-Red candidates were ex- pected to unite behind ene of their number to beat back the Commu- nist threat next Sunday. the upper lids black. About In DIVORCE leased, The United States has ski re-jneturns? sorts in 29 states. several conspiciuous spaces there are signs which state that there is to be no parking at any time and these are flagrantly disregarded. It seems there would be more time given to enforc- ing the laws we already have before making new ones. This might give my good friend Mr. Gibb some more information for his column “This Rock of Ours” which seems to be generally enjoyed by those who can read hetween the lines. 0. L. BOSSOM 1113 Truman Avenue PUBLICITY APPRECIATED Editor, The Citizen: es to thank you for the wonderful publicity given to the institution of the recently organized Palace of the Prin- ces of Syracuse. Many thanks for the help you are giving to the youth of our community. their side of the story. We will-be waiting to hear from you, Mrs. Gibson. MOTHERS OF TEEN-AGERS INVOLVED TRAFFIC PROBLEMS Editor, The Citizen: Since the local traffic situation seems to be the topic of the day, I do not think it amiss to voice an opinion, The City Fathers have seen fit to pass an ordinance prohibiting truck traffic from stopping on Duval Street during the late afternoon. What I would like to know is: Who is fooling who? The merchants of the city have, through the Chamber of Commerce gone on record as to the opposition of this ordinance. The city spends un- told money through the Chamber to bring business here in the interest of prosperity. Then, after they are firmly entrenched the “powers that be” see fit to pass an ordin- ance which is directly detrimental to the welfare of those I do not profess to be a traffic analyst, but I do} delivering to the merchants during the late afternoon is the answer to the traffic problem on that particular street. There is much to be gained by making a study of some of the larger cities in the north and east concern- ing their traffic problems. I can name a number of cities Further, if laws are made why are they not en- forced? There is not a day that passes that there are not several cars parked on the east side of Duval Street between Truman Avenue and Front Street, despite the fact that there is a yellow line the entire length of the J. WINFIELD RUSSELL Secretary Get Your Car Inspected Here Sap TT ET IS Fire Sta. #2. ey TO FAGILITATE end expedite sufomebile shgw the locetion of the inspection station and rqutine payment of the inspection fee at a booth which is erected for be placed on the windshield of the car. At the time of Cleopatra, rich ‘women made up their eyes by painting the lower lids green andjto the County Welfare Board to be Question: I have a friend who Twas divonced last yeat—he (she) Stil was arrested last summer |told me (they, he, she) had some on a charge of plotting against|conéusion straightening out their the French state but later was re-jtax status—what is the story on divorce-separation-support- alimony in relation to our 1953 income tax Answer: Alimony payments are me that they try to keep a few hospital beds, wheelchairs, etc., on hand at all times. Most of their supply has been donated by public- spirited people. Items such as wheelchairs or hospital beds may only be used for a few weeks but they are of immense help and com- fort to the sick person. However, they are also expensive and many a family that needs them cannot af- ford the rrice. Why not look around the house and see if you have sick-room sup- plies that are only catching dust? If you have and want them to be Placed where they will do the most good, contact Joe Allen or this col- umn and they will be turned over loaned out. Questions And Answers come Tax monbusiness expenses and may be claimed as a deduction only where the taxpayer itemizes his deduc- tions on page 3 of the return. How- \ever, they are not deductible by |the husband unless they are re- \quired under the law to be included lin the gross income of the wife. |Further circumstances of alimony are: A. They must be periodic, al- though they need not be made at regular intervals; B. They must be made subse- quent to a decree of divorce or Separation ; C. They must be made under the ‘authority of such a decree or some jlegal instrument incident to the proceedings. Payments which are not includi- ‘ble in the income of the wife or deductible by the husband include ‘such amounts as: A. Cash settlements required by the divorce or separate miainten- ance; B. Temporary alimony paid prior to divorce or separate mainten- Key West Lodge No. 168, Knights of Pythias, wish-jance; C. Payments not specifically for: the support of the wife; D. Payments for the support of children, For further information, see your District Director of Internal Rev- enue. His address is Rm. 201 P. O. Bldg. The telephone number is 2-7933. Commission and their customers, Harold. Laubscher Several days ago, Harold Laub- scher did a nice piece of investi- gative wotk in the interest of Key West businessmen and the local Safety Council. There was a man in town soliciting contributions for Safety Council work over in Tam- pa. Harold heard about him and checked with Bill Gale, president of the KW Safety Council, and with myself to see if we knew what the story was. Neither of us could help him so he called Nat Rambo and Asher Frank, both Directors of the Florida Safety Council. Frank gave the guy a clean bill of health and he was allowed to go ahead and solicit. In spite of his references how- ever, the solicitor almost ran afoul of the law when a local hotel pro- prietor swore out a warrant against him for attempting to skip his bill. The trouble was settled out ef court. Laubscher has written a strongly worded letter of protest to Asher |Frank of the Florida Safety Coun- {cil concerning such solicitors. The thing that puzzles me is how out- siders-can come to Key West and collect funds when the local Safety Council, dedicated to improving Key West, can’t even get the co- operation of the citizens, Political Announcements _ FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 4, 1954 For State Senator 24th District MILTON A. PARROTT Help Monroe Cousty Elect A Senator For Member School Board RE-ELECT- J. CARLYLE ROBERTS 3RD DISTRICT For Member School Board ELECT KELLER WATSON 3RD DISTRICT \For Member School Board Re-Elect EDNEY PARKER STH DISTRICT Oriver Fills out card geen him before eotecing ryttip. which ‘will hegin Monday, Merch 8, the drawing above is providee to to ke fgllowed. The only changes from previous procedure will be the that purpose, At the time of payment, the inspection sticker will