The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 19, 1954, Page 8

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN —_— Friday, March f¥, 1954 Neblett Tells Kiwanis Glub Of The Danger Of Becoming Bored With Anti-Red Fight The regular dinner meeting of - Key West Kiwanis Club was held On March 16 at the La Concha Ho- tel, President Ralph Faraldo pre- Gene Anheir reported on the pro- ceedings of the Kiwanis Inter-club meeting held on March 15 at the South Dade Kiwanis Club. Reports were also made on the “model meeting” conducted by officers of the Key West Kiwanis Club at the new Upper Keys Club last Friday night. The program at Tavernier included several harp selections by Kiwanian Earl Dillon, retired Key West bandmaster. The principal address at the meeting was made by Kiwanian Bill Neblett, whose theme was “Living Democracy is our bulwark aginast Communism.” We hear 80 much about Communism, said Neb- lett, that some of us are becoming bored with the subject. That in it- elf is alarming, as this is a ser- ious matter. Perhaps we need a fresh approach, especially here in Key West where there appaears to be very little, if any, serious com- munist infiltration. No person, Neblett emphasized, who is thoroughly steeped in the philosophy and history of the deve- lopment of our government as a democracy can turn to the com- mounist unless he be men- tally warped or diseased. Our dan- ger may be that we are not pro- perly educating and preparing our children in democratic doctrines. *Kiwanians should promote and foster familiarity with American doctrines. The speeches and writ- ings of great Americans make marvelous reading, and can be used to shape the minds of Ameri- ean youth, It e not armament, atom and H-bombs that we have to fear, con- tinued Neblett. The greatest forces for good and evil are thoughts and ideas. The greatest force is met gion, and you can’t see it or taste it — it is in the hearts and minds of men. 7 Communism, said Neblett, is a perverted religion — otal faith which demands comp dedience on the part of its fai. . A com- munist surrenders to his leaders, not only his rights to freedom of thought and possession of property, but his integrity, his honor, his body.and his soul. Against the tor- tuous and murky ideology of the communist set a simple statement of the principles of American dem- ocracy. Against the bloody record of what Communism in practice has done to the peoples who have Deen subjected by it, set the glori- ous example of American achieve- ment. . Neblett then cited several fami- liar sources which express the Am- erican doctrine; the Declaration - Independence, the Constitution the United States, the burning of Patrick. Henry in 1775 with its immortal ending; ‘Give me liberty or give me death’; the addresses of Washington,. Jeffer- gon, Wilson and Roosevelt, which contain a solid political faith for Americans, in terms which all can understand. Neblett concluded his address with the reading of Lincoln’s Get- tysburg address, adding, this is our anewer to communism. Local Baha’is To Join World Celebration On Sunday, March 21, the Be ha’is of Key West will unite with those throughout the world in cele- brating Nau-Ruz, the Baha'i New of the new life God show- on man with each spiritual springtime, when His religion is wenewed and a new Day begins. “Such a new era, we believe, began in 1644. With it has come God’s special gift of understanding fundamental oneness of religion by al men. Upon such an under- standing, we afe convinced, can permanent world peace be estab- Yished in this century. “To help make this so, Baha’is in 2500 centers in the United States and in more than 210 other coun- tries and territories rededicate themselves at this time Thus do we wish you and yours a hopeful The Weatherman a Key West and Vicinity: Increas- ing cloudiness today with showers and possibly thunderstorms end- ing Saturday afternoon. Continued warm and humid today and to- night, cooler Saturday. Low to- night about 70 degrees; high Sat- urday about 80 degrees. Fresh to moderately strong southeast and south winds shifting to northerly Saturday and diminishing. Small Craft Warning. Florida: Cloudy, showers and possible thunderstorms north and central and scattered showers in extreme south portion this after- noon and tonight and possibly Sat- urday. Continued warm followed by colder Saturday night and Sunday. Jacksonville Thru The Florida Straits: Small craft warning. Fresh southerly winds possibly moderate- ly strong at times in showers. Weather mostly cloudy thru Sat- urday with showers -in north and and at scattered places in south Portion. East Gulf: Small craft warning. Fresh to moderately strong south- erly winds this afternoon and to- night, possibly thundersqualls over north portion becoming southwest to west and diminishing Saturday, Weather mostly cloudy with thun- dershowers in north and scattered showers in south portion. Western Caribbean: Fresh east to southeast winds and partly cloudy weather thru Saturday. Observations Taken At City Office Key West, Fla., March 19, 1954 at 7 A.M., EST TEMPERATURES Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean ... Normal PRECIPITATION Total last 24 hours Total this month .. Excess this month . Total this year . Excess this year Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 18% Barometer (Sea Level), 7:00 A.M. Moonset . Vernal Equinox (Spring Commences) ........ March 20, 1954 TOMORROW'S TIDES (Naval Base) High Tide 10:15 a.m, 11:01 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time ef Height ef Tide high water 9.0 ft. * Station— Bahia Honde (bridge) .....—eh 10m No Name Key (east end) .....+-2h 20m Boece Chica Sandy Pt. Caldes Channel (nerth end) +1.4 ft. (—)—Minus sign: Corrections te be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections te be ch 40m +h 10m Temperatures At 7:30 A.M., EST Atlanta Augusta Billings —— Birmingham Boston Buffalo Charleston Chteago Corpus Christi Denver Detroit El Paso _ Ft. Worth Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City — NEY WEST ey West Airport —___ Los Angeles —_-. Louisville Meridian Miami Minneapolis Memphis New Orleans New York Norfolk __. Oklahoma City Omaha Pensacola Pittsburgh Roanoke St. Louis Sar Antonio Sar Francisco Seattle New Year.” — SUBSCRIBE TO THE CITIZEN Tallahassee Tampa Washington Tough Fight Against Ike’s Tax Bill Looms In Senate Despite Success In House Thursday By JOE HALL WASHINGTON ® — President Eisenhower chalked up a big vic- tory. in House passage yesterday of a major tax revision bill with- out a personal income tax cut he opposed, but an even tougher fight was shaping up in the Senate today. With party lines holding un- usually firm, the House beat down | 210-204 a Democratic move to| slash income taxes $2,400,000,000 | a year by raising the personal exemption for each taxpayer and dependent from $600 to $700, The President went to the coun- | try by television and radio: Mon- day night to urge defeat of this proposal. He said it was politically | inspired and would be a serious blow to the government’s finances, even endangering national de- fense. The whole tax issue is certain to be aired at length in the com- ing campaign for control of Con- gress, There were sharply vary- ing appraisals of yesterday’s House action. Rep. Kirwan of Ohio, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said that as a result he has raised from 45 to 60 his estimate of anticipated Democratic gains in the House in November. His Republican counterpart, Rep. Richard Simpson of Pennsylvania, replied that the tax action will bring votes to the GOP. He predicted Repub- lican gains of 25 House seats. As the battle over the higher exemption proposal shifted to the Senate, the administration ap- peared to face an even tougher fight than it had in the House. One” GOP Senate leader conced- ed privately he believed the $100 increase in exemptions would pass the Senate, where there are 48 Democrats to 47 Republicans. In that case, the final version would have to be worked out in a confer- ence between the two branches, Just before the House vote yes- terday, Republican Leader Halleck of Indiana implied in a speech that Eisenhower would veto the revision bill if the Democratic pro- posal won. In the showdown, only 10 of the 211 Republicans voting supported the exemption increase. Nine Democrats opposed it as com- pared with 193 who voted “aye.” | The lone independent voted for The House afterwards passed “| by a 339-80 vote the 875-page tax revision bill to which the Demo- erats had tried to attach the re- duction in income levies. This measure would rewrite the entire tax code for the first time in 70 years, It covers such a broad range of subjects that Senate floor consideration of it may not come .| for two or three months. Senate Democrats. believe they .| have a big asset in that veteran .| Sen. George (D-Ga), dean of the Senate, is leading the battle in that branch for the ‘boost in ex- emptions. George is the’ Democrats’ lead- ing tax expert and has been con- Sidered a conservative in financial matters. His plan would boost exemptions to $800 for this year, at a revenue cost of 4% billion dollars, and $1,000 in 1955 and thereafter, with a annual revenue loss of 8 bil- George said in an interview today he knew of some firm sup- Port for his proposal on the Repub. lican side. “A lot of them would like to go along,” he said. “But the admin- istration will put the pressure on them and try to keep them in line.” The Finance Committee met again today in closed session to try to report out a House bill to cut 25 excise taxes by a total of 912 million dollars. The administration opposes the reduction but indications were the committee would not restore any of the revenue knocked out by the House, The permanent revision pro- gram in the general tax bill would cost about $1,400,000,000 in revenue the first year. Democrats say the loss would mount to 3% billions when all provision take full effect; Republicans dispute this. _ The bill would permit corpora- tions to make bigger depreciation deductions during the first years of use of plant and equipment. It also would cut taxes on dividends Es here. Seminars Set For Navy Units Here Commander D. W. Hos, SC, USN | will visit Key West between March 26 and 29 for the purpose of con- ducting seminars on the Uniform- | ed Services Contingency Option | Act of 1953. | All ships and activities in the Key West area have been urged to have at least one representa- tive at the seminar and the rep- | resentatives who attend the |main meeting will conduct simi- lar seminars for all of the person- |nel within their various com- mands. | The Contingency Option Act af- |fords personnel of the uniformed services, including retired person- nel, the opportunity to share their retirement compensation with their surviving dependents. By virtue of the. act, which became effective November 1, 1953, personnel may elect to receive a reduced amount of retired pay and thus provide |an annuity for their. dependents, Helicopter Crashes At Yokohama Today YOKOHAMA (#—A U. S. Marine a field north of here today, killing | three Americans. | A Japanese eyewitness said one of the rotor blades appeared to shatter and the machine plum- metted, exploding as it hit. Names of the victims were with- held. SIRUGO TELLS (Continued from Page One) sam, secretary; Charles Smith, as treasurer; and new board. mem- bers, Kermit Lewin and Claude Spaer. The retiring president, Rev- erend Rogers, will also serve on | the board of directors. Haold Laubscher led the group singing accompanied by Mrs. Ed- na Lee, pianist. There were 21 visiting Rotarians present. Donat Paquin, of Hull, Canada received the two cans of Key West turtle soup that are given each week to the visiting Ro- tarian who has come the longest distance to attend the meeting of the Key West Club. LEGION SLATES | (Continued from Page One) | Entertainment Features Entertainment will be provided by a musical selection by Norman Kranich and a pantomime act by | Louis Cruz. | Louis Cru: f | Pinder’s School of Dance will | present the following numbers: Military Tap; Ballet by Sanda |Owens; Rhythm Tap by Rose helicopter crashed and exploded in! VETERANS CONFER—Oliver Short (left) proved to be the old- est employee (in point of service) attending the conference of the Florida Association of Civil Service and Personnel Agencies He is shown greeting Mrs. Mary Merritt, who has the longest service record of any municipal employee attending the meeting. Association closed out its two-day annual meeting at noon today.—Citizen Staff, Finch. LOS ANGELES (”— South Cal- ifornia was shaken by a rolling earthquake shortly before 2 a. m. today. The tremor was strong enough to bring many residents out of bed but apparently caused little damage. VATICAN CITY —Pope Pius XII appeared in public today for the first time since he became gravely ill two months ago. From the window of his Vatican apart- ment he blessed more than 50,000 persons cheering him from St. Peters Square. TOKYO (#.— Gen. O. P. Weyland will turn over command of Far East Air Forces to Gen. Earle E. Partridge next Friday. Weyland has commanded FEAF since May 1951, throughout most of the Korean War. Partridge led the: Korean-based 5th Air Force in the war's early months. LONDON #—Adm. John H. Cas- sady, one of the U. S. Navy’s top carrier officers, took command of U. S. naval forces in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean today. Cassady, 57, of Spencer, Ind., a veteran of 36 years in the Navy, relieved Vice Adm. Jorauld Wright, 55, of Amherst, Mass., who will become NATO’s Atlantic comman- der on April 12, Adm. Cassady was commander of the U. S. 6th Fleet in the Med- iterranean, WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, — An heir to the Dodge fortune of millions of dollars was born yes- terday to Horace Dodge III and his estranged wife. The former actress Gregg Sher- wood gave birth to a son in Good Samaritan Hospital where she fled almost a month ago after quarrels with her husband had, she said, Fake Prince Won't Abdicate Chosen Title Dancer Says Jobs Were Easier To Find As Royalty SAN FRANCISCO w — “Prince Onaga of the Watsui in the Belgian Congo”’—star of a five-year song- and-dance hoax and of television shows and a movie—turns out to be plain Fred Williams of East St. Louis. But Fred — against whom no charges were filed—refuses to ab- dicate. “I think a black face should be somebody,” the middle-aged son of a laborer said today. Besides, before he and his wife donned their regal. robes, they often were hungry. Then he dis- covered it’s so much easier for a royal dance team to find work than for two ordinary dancers, home towns, East St. Louis and Los Angeles. His wife is the for- mer Margaret Cabelle of Los An- | geles. He insisted he still be called prince, And his chief worry was: What will happen at the box fice at Marines Memorial Auditor- ium here April 5. On that date he and his wife were scheduled for a recital of African folk songs and dances, Fred needn’t have worried: that appearance was canceled. “It was a bit unfair of the im- migration people to reveal this now, just before our concert,” complained Fred, er — the prince. “They might have waited just a little. I haven’t passed any bad checks, or hurt anyone. The people have got their money’s worth from our shows.” The people have been seeing Fred and his wife on tours of the United States and Canada . . . on Ed_Sullivan’s Toast of the Town and other televisions shows .. . in the movie “‘King Solomon’s Mines” ... at opera and ballet first nights. Williams was exposed because the Belgian consul general couldn’t understand why a Watusi prince who'd been quite a celebrity here for days hadn’t made an official call. He queried the immigration office. Williams told all to immigration officials—later, to newsmen. It isn’t true, he emphasized, that he has 50 to 70 wives; only one, Margaret. He added: “Princehood was conferred on me by a secret cult of . Africans in New York.” He refused to name the cult, but said he took the oath in a sacred ceremony in which “my blood mingled with the ze- bra’s tail.” “I truly believe I have helped cement relations between the Bel- gian Congo and the United States. “In all my social contacts with the very best minds and with the masses I have explained how the government is pouring millions in- to the education of the African natives and how communism is a very ghastly thing for any civilized peoples.” Three Members Named To USO Committee Here The Armed Services Department Committee of the National Board of ‘YMCA’s at its March meeting the recent election by the Key West USO-YMCA Club Operating Committee of three new members to its group. Ledr. Charles B. Robinson, ChC, USNR, senior chaplain of the U. S. Naval Base, Key West; Lt. John B. Hayes, USCG, commanding of- ficer of the U. S. Coast Guard Base, Key West; and Allan L. endangered her health. Dodge is, 52, Mrs. Dodge 30. Paid to stockholders. | Yates; Ballet solo by Gale Varela; It would carry a wide variety | Rhythm tap by Lorraine Butler; of fringe benefits for individuals, |Gypsy’ dance by Susan Wolfson; including increased deductions for | Ballet samba by Jerry Pinder and medical expenses, deductions for child-care expenses - of working widows, deductions to farmers for soil conservation expenses, de- Pendency deductions for college students even though they earn more than $600, and additional deductions on retirement income. Another provision would extend for a year from April 1 the pres- }ent 52 per cent corporate income tax rate. Under present law it is due to drop to 47 per cent at the end of this month, which would mean a revenue loss of $1,200,- 000,000. For two years after the eruption of the yolcano Krakatau in 1883, there were abnormally long twi-| lights and remarkably colored sun- sets all over the world says the National Geographic Society. |Lorraine Butler; Finale, Espana | Cani by Gale Varela and the Corps | de Ballet. | Refreshments will be served. | This event will be the climax to | a week-long observance by Arthur | Sawyer Post No. 28, American Le- | gion, During the week the program |included a proclamation issued by | the Mayor of Key West, C. B. Har- ; vey; Citizen; a radio address by 2nd |Vice Commander Judson |hens; various news releases by The Key West Citizen, the Miami papers and the radio station. Only paid-up 1954 members and their families will be entitled to | attend this final event of Ameri- |can Legion Week. Legionnaires are strongly urged to attend this main event. n editorial in The Key West} Step- | TODAY’S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK (#—The stock mar- ket in early trading today was higher, the third straight session of recovery. Just about all segments of the market enjoyed the better prices. The extent of the rise, however, was limited to occasional major fractions at the most. American Telephone opened up S@ at 164% on a block of 1,400 shares, General Motors was on the tape with 5,000 shares up %4. Divisions on the higher side in- cluded railroads, oils, coppers, mining issues, chemicals, steels, motors, rubbers, aircrafts, utilities, radio - televisions, and electric equipments. There were no de- pressed areas. Among higher stocks were New York Central, Texas Co., Du Pont, General Electric, International Pa- per, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, | Boeing, and Lockheed. ‘ BROWN SNOW FALLS HAILEY, Idaho —Hailey had a brown snow yesterday. A storm blew in from the South- west and apparently picked up dust particles from Nevada dust storms. Sheriff Les Outzs said the windshield of his car looked as if Hampton, 1122 Seminary St, lo-| cai business executive and civic leader, were officially welcomed by letters from Holger J. John- son, chairman of the National Committee, in which he extended “the appreciation of the Depart- ment for your willingness to serve in this important capacity.” Other members of the local Op- erating Committee include Edwin F. Trevor, chairman; Harold Laub- scher, vice chairman; Mrs. Wah- neta Kovash, recording secretary; Joe Pinder, treasurer; RADM George C. Towner, USN; Fred Miller; Mrs. Mary Lee Graham; Rev. Ralph Rogers; Clem Price; Dave King; Ralph Spalding, USN (ret); Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr.; Richard E. Evans, Club Director. McCarthy Plans To Speak Tonight MILWAUKEE (#—Sen. McCar- thy. (R-Wis) was confined to bed with virus laryngitis and a tem- perature of 103 today but said he still planned to make tonight what | he has billed as bis reply to a speech by Adlai E. Stevenson, the | 1952 Democratic presidential Rom- | inee. | Dr. Raulf Hanson, who exam-| ined McCarthy at his hotel, said, | “The senator has a virus laryn-| gitis with a sore throat and a high temperature. I strongly advised | against his working Friday night | but he insists he is going to. Artillery Duel Continues In Indochina War By LARRY ALLEN HANOI, Indochina (#—The Viet- minh and the French kept up| their violent artillery duel at Dien | Bien Phu today but there still was | no resumption of massed rebel in- fantry charges trying to overwhelm the French Union’s northwest In- dochina fortress. Under a full moon and a star- studded sky and on into the morn- ing the shelling and heavy French air strikes on the rebel positions kept up around the clock. Some ground contacts yesterday were reported but they were only clashes between advanced French forces and small rebel units on the south and southwest fringes of the French-held plain. Some of these | came within 250 yards of French command posts, The defenders still anticipated another major Vietminh effort on| the northern entrance to the heart | of the fortress. The Vietminh hold | hill Positions in the northern per- imeter they captured from the French early this week in the bat- tle which began last Saturday. Some French sources speculated yesterday that the continuing ar- tillery barrage might be covering a Vietminh withdrawal, that Viet- minh Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap might | have had enough after losing an estimated 12,000 dead or wounded —one fourth of the force he is believed to have in the area. But a French army spokesman said last night the Vietminh still were rushing supplies by coolie train and truck up to the area, in- dicating another mass assault was in the offing. The rebels broke off the desperate charges Wednesday night. As the artillery duel raged, French fighters and bombers strafed, rocketed and fire-bombed the bulk of the rebel forces con- centrated just north and northeast of the 6-by-4 mile oval plain, They knocked out a string of rebel gun emplacements and show- ered fire bombs on a convoy of trucks moving up to the northern Part of the plain, presumably carrying fresh war equipment to bolster the next charge. Throughout the day the French parachuted fresh troops, ammuni- tion and war supplies to the be- sieged defenders. They were still confident they could continue to mow down any further mass as- saults and wreck what has become the biggest Vietminh effort of the stalemated, seven-year Indochina war. With guns in every one of the hills surrounding the plain, the Vietminh covered all the vital de- fense Points and shelled the French Positions at will. They pumped over thousands of shells. During yesterday the Vietminh ignored French radio appeals to permit empty transport planes to land on the Dien Bien Phu air- strip and evacuate wounded. They shelled and damaged one trans- Port as it landed, wounding a French medical officer. Meanwhile in the Red River delta, 175 miles to the east, the French reported rebel sabotage attacks on the vital Hanoi-to- Haiphong highway but said they were being beaten off. The French said there was no interruption to the flow of American supplies coming in from Haiphong port for the French Union forces at Dien Bien Phu. CIVIL SERVICE (Continued from Page One) always second hand and usually false,” he pointed out. Public education on the serviees rendered by government workers, it was agreed, may be the solution to such rumors. Young people Should also be encouraged to go into public service, it was decided. One member of the group de- cried use of the term “‘public ser- vant.” “If the empl-vees resent being called by that name, they won’t do a very good job of selling their agency,” he said. In other action, the group adopt- ed a memorial resolution in the memory of N, F. Yarborough, Lakeland, a member of the group who died recently. Outgoing president Victor Lowe also expressed hearty thanks to all who made this year’s convention a success, We Answer Firms, individuals and doctors keep their tell open 24 hours a di patients. Service m and other maintenanc Servi you have your phone unattended. stantly whenev but a few cents a day. COUNTY MAY GET (Continued from Page One) funds to build classrooms for chil- dren pushed on by reason of Fede eral activities here. My present priority rating in the Office of Ede ucation has us frozen out come Pletely because of meager funds, Respectfully urge that you strongly support Fogarty. We need the help. | Please let me know if you will do this. “Horace O’Bryant “Superintendent.” County Commissioner Joe Allen filed a similar telegram to Lan- taff. It is expected that other ci- vic leaders will also send wires to Lantaff. HOGAN SENTENCED | (Continued from Page One) FBI laboratory in Washington’ for analysis. He identified a blood sample from Mrs. Hartman’s body, \cloth- ing, parts of a headlight frame from the car, blood stains from {a door handle of the car, blood» |Stained glass from the scene of the accident. John F, Gallagher, a speciai agent from the FBI lal A told how he had analyzed the evi- dence and found paint on ithe clothes that was similar to it from the car. ay WILLIAM PRIMROS! (Continued from Page One) go and Jamaican Rhumba, the dagietta from L’Arlesienne by Bizet and La Campanella, Paganini. 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