The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 24, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, March 24, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, Greene and me Streets. oe prooensrice Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher .... . 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ................ . Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2.5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it ebony "po alae credited in this paper, and also the local news pub- is! ere, Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (§y 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. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE-CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. . Beach and Bathing Pavilion. . rts—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. . Community Auditorium. ANOTHER STOCK MARKET PEAK Recently the stock market reached the high point touched in 1929, the year of the great boom, wich just Preceded the great bust. Even though unemployment has been rising and though sales in many lines of business have decreased recently, the stock market has continued to rise for several months. The market reflects the confidence of buyers in busi- ness and although buyers’ actions are not always an ac- curate clue to the future economy of the country, it has nevertheless often been an indication of good business. The great exception was in 1929, when the market boom was followed by a resounding crash. However, there are many reasons why the present situation does not Parallel that of 1929. In the first place, stock-buying is now on a more busi- ness-like basis. Buyers are required to put down more money and thus the wild speculation of the 1920’s is not such an important factor in the stock market rise. There are also a number of other safety valves to be found in the economy today. There is social security, un- employment compensation, a huge Federal outlay dwarf- ing that of 1929, bank deposit insurance and many other basic economic supports. This is not to say that a depression is not possible, or that a depression could not follow the stock-market rise. It is to say that another depression, like that which followed the 1929 stock market boom, is not indicated. We are willing to go on record with the prediction that a crash of the proportion which followed 1929 is no- where in sight at this time. A recession, or readjustment, whichever one would call it, is already in progress in this country. It could end in a few months or last as long as another year. We believe good business will follow the re- adjustment, as do most economists, and see no reason for any alarm. 2 Despite the great exception, in 1929, there is not nec- essarily a connection between a stock market high and a major depression. Balance your life as you would balance your bank account, The party in power always seems to be the party of the second part. Profits based upon service are justified, regardless of the total amount; those based upon monopoly or specu- lation are not. The politicians are now limbering up their big guns, and forecasts of doom, or a rosy future, will soon be cast about in wholesale numbers, depending upon the party of the prophet, of course. _——— Cr ossword Puzzle IBIAISITT I JOIN JOICTAIL] IAISTAIRIOINIE} JE!DI TILE} RIEILITINIE| ISIEIE} ACROSS _35. Type of 19} 1. Coarse file automobile 5. Negative 36. Greek particle measure of Ae ip’ |. Detesting 13.Beindebted 41. Pledge of 14. Saucy = 15. Wanderer 17. Continent 18. Puffs up 19. Brave 21. 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El nuesto de honor en Ja gran parada inaugural, le fué concedido a la Banda del Key West High School, que iué grandemente aplaudida y cele- brada por la concurrencia y muy especialmente, por las autoridades de la ciudad, que ocupaban puestos de honor en la glorieta presiden- cial. Alli habia una honrosa repre- sentacién de Key West, presidida Por el Alcalde Mr. C. B. Harvey y su culta compafiera; el Capitan Harry Baker, Jefe del servicio de incendios de la Estacion Naval, acompafado de su elegante es- osa, asi como el Capitan Charlton L. Murphy, Jefe de Estado Mayor del Almirante jefe de la Estacién Naval, y su esposa, el Comandante Harold V. Brown, Jefe del Puerto Naval y su gentil esposa y multitud de familias del Cayo, que acu- dieron a presenciar ese hermoso desfile, en el cual tomaron parte | principalisima los muchachos del High School. A la nueve en punto de la noche, partié la parada, cruzando frente a la terraza Norte del | Palacio Presidencial, desde cuyo lugar fué vista y aplaudida, por el Honorable Sr. Presidente de la Republica y su esposa, acompa- fiado de casi todo el Consejo de Ministros y altos Jefes del Ejér- cito, la Marina y la Policia Nacio- nal. Pese a la constante lovizna que implacablemente se empefaba en echar a perder tan linda festividad, un publico de mas de trescientas mil personas, situadas en las | aceras del Prad3, balcones, azo- teas y glorietas, veia cruzar aquel- las bellisimas carrozas, asi como a las magnificas bandas de musica con que el Estado de Florida con- tribuia al mayor lucimiento de los carnavales habaneros. Al frente de la parada iba en una lujosa maquina, el Sr. Alcalde habanero Justo Luis del Pozo, | acompanado de los Alcaldes de Key West, Tampa y Miami. Al paso de ese automévil, la multitud, puesta de pie, aplaudié delirante- mente a los alcaldes extranjeros, que como invitados de honor de la ciudad de Habana, daban pres- tancia a ese hermoso acto. Carrozas bellisimas, repetimos, tanto artisticas, como comerciales, desfilaron frente a la glorieta presidencial, bajo la constante llovizna, que no dejé de caer un solo instante. En esa festividad, nuestro que- rido Club San Carlos, también estuvo gallardamente representado por su Presidente el Sr. Julio Cabanas Jr. y sw estimada esposa y el Sr. Juan Lopez, Vicepresidente de la Institucién, especialmente invitados por la Comisién orga- nizadora de los festejos carnavales- cos. El mal estado del tiempo impidié la celebracién del paseo del pasado | sus peligrosas domingo y solo las comparsas fueron paseadas a través de los | barrios capitalinos, como una| triste muestra de incultura, ya | S CUBANAS RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO que, iban siempre acompafadas de numerosas personas “arre- lando” y dando una nota desagra- dable, que afortunadamente, pudieron ver la ma. extranjeros que acu capital cubana, a presenciar tales festejos. Sabemos que la Federacién de Sociedades Cubanas de la raza de color, ha formulado una enérgica y civica protesta, contra esas com- Parsas, que desdicen de la cultura, del progreso y adelanto, que actual- mente disfrutan las personas de color en Cuba. Nosotros, desde aqui, nos adherimos de todo co- razon a esa protesta. En tales comparsas, pese a que en ocasiones van bien trajeadas, no hay una sola manifestacion de arte. La musica que llevan, se reduce a una tumba- dora, una trompeta y varios cen- cerros. Es una torpe reminiseencia de los dias de la eselavitud y de la Yestividad de Reyes, pero, care- ciendo en lo absoluto, de la serie- dad y el respeto que merece la sociedad cubana. Bien esta que se le de tal antipatica diversion a los que gusten de los platos fuertes, pero debe de cuidarse que no exageren la nota y que custodia- das por la fuerza publica, impidan el gentio que se les agrega, con desdoro de la moral publica y aprovechamiento de los carteristas, que hacen su agosto en tales aglomeraciones. La policia de motocisletas de Miami, se vio impedida de realizar acrobacias, por estar el piso de la calle, completa- mente mojado. Pero, la nota interesante, la dieron los miem- bros del team de motocicletas del Sr. Luis Breto, haciendo peligrosas piruetas y piramides sobre la | motocicleta, arriezgando su vida a cada instante. Mas de quince bandas de misica tomaron parte en la primera gran Parada, destacandose entre todas, | como la mas bonita y discipli- nada, la de nuestro High School, bajo la direccién del profesor Easterton y de su ayudante el estimado Mr. Cornell. Ojala que el afo préximo el tiempo se muestre un poco mas clemente en esos dias en que la Poblacién habanera, siente el deseo de divertirse celebrar cumplidamente las de Momo. El Carnaval de la vida, ese que vivimos diariamente. Ese que nos muestra caretas que ocultan algun- as rostros conocidos, ese, seguire- mos viviendole, durante el resto del ao, esperando que Ileguen los dias de Carnestolendas y que enton- ces sea licito usar caretas que puedan comprarse en las tiendas y que se arrojen lejos, las otras, que durante el afio, han estado 7. fiestas ey Ensign Blair Is New Ass’t Legal Officer At Base Ensign Sloan B. Blair, USN, of Groesbeck, Texas, has reported to the Key West Naval Base as As- sistant Legal Officer. Ensign Blair is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sloan B. Blair, Sr., of Ft. Worth, Texas. Ensign Blair is married to the former Miss Eleanor Cuthrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Antum E. Cuthrell of Pleasanton, Texas. During this tour of duty here, Ensign and Mrs. Blair will make their home at 644A United Street. KEY WEST Ten and Twenty Years Ago Ten Years Age Today March 24, 1944 Myrtland Cates, Deputy U. S. Marshall for this district returned to Key West after delivering sev- eral Federal prisoners from Coral Gables to Ft. Myers. You could buy a Palm Beach Suit for $19.50, according to an ad- vertisement. Key West received much favor- able publicity on the Chamber of Commerce plea to tourists to ‘‘stay away” for the duration. Twenty Years Age Today March 24, 1934 The Golden Eagles Drum and Bugle Corps was reorganized with Charles Sands, former captain, in his old position. Dr. M. V. Mayer, of the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, was return- ing over the East Coast with the tank car, “Nautilus” with a fairly large collection of tropical fish. The collection included a large number of sea horses and one mo- ray, which although Dr. Mayer had been studying biology for years, he could not classify, All the churches were announc- ing plans for special pre-Easter services, Wedding Plans Are Delayed NEW HARTFORD, N. Y. — Lioyd T. Dukett, 18, of Rome, N. Y., told police that when he left home yesterday with his 15- year-old sweetheart they figured they'd soon be man and wife. But, police said, the planned elopement didn’t pan out, because: Dukett and the girl drove tratando de engafiar a sus vecinos. | ; Nosotros, que desde aqui con- tribuimos a que nuestra Banda del High School tomara parte em esos actos, mos sentimos felices de haberlo logrado y felicitamos muy sinceramente a sus integrantes, que de manera tan hermosa y bella, pusieron muy alto el nombre del querido Cayo donde todos habitamos. Y a los organizadores del Car- naval habanero enviamos por estas j lineas, nuestra cordial felicitacién. | Tales actos, sirven no solo para divertir a los que los observan, sino para estrechar mas el afecto que nos une a ambas nacienes. The U. S. in‘ant mortality rate of 28 per 1,000 live births in 1953 was 30 per cent less than the rate 10 years previous and half that of 2 years previous. “land in farms” is actually erop- Chapter 27 “DETER, I—I've got to release you trem your premise to marry me. y id, all h r meine ae coul though I was = thing but casual inside. “I Tie ciate the noble gesture, | ee said. “But I'm not having any, thanks.” And then without any warn- ing, I was laughing. But it wasn’t from a misdirected sense of hu- mor. It was from sheer relief, be- cause I had just discovered a fallacy in Beau’s logic. My fiancé stared at me in alarm, then he rushed over to me and began to shake me. “Peter, please don’t have hys- terics!” he begged. “Beau’s theory is all wrong, be- cause it isn’t logical.” “What do you mean?” he de- manded. “I mean that it isn’t logical ac- cording to other th: we know about your -Prandfa’ er,” I re- plied. “First,” I began, “consider the terms of your grandfather's will. He left his land to his male descendants with the stipulation that upon their deaths, it was to be p on to their male de- arene Would he have done that if he had believed there was hereditary insanity in the family, and wanted the line to die out?” “No,” Amédée admitted; “but he must have drawn up that will before he suspected his mental condition. Probably that was why he sent for Duval the day before he aes He wanted to change that pa But I was ready for that. “I don’t believe it,” I declared. “Remember, he said to Duval that WASHINGTON «—A southern Democratic senator says that several of his Dixie colleagues are Planning to back the Eisenhower administration in its drive to block a further income tax cut this ses- sion. This senator, who asked that his name not be used, said he was surprised at growing sentiment among southern Democrats against the plan to raise personal exemp- tions and thus cut taxes. Senate Democratic leaders have been saying they expect to lose not more than one or two vetes on the exemption issue. They obviously did not expect the support of Sen. Byrd (D-Va). He already has come out vigor- ously. against further tax cuts at a time when a multi-billion dollar DeATh, (4 DARLING! By Amelia Reynolds Long AP he had just found out something he should have known long ago. Now if he had been convinced that he was _ fring insane, he would have said that he had just verified something he had sus- pected for some time. His choice of words shows that the thing he had found out was something he had _ not suspected. “But we can feel pretty safe in assuming that the thing, whatever | ; with it was, had sceneening to do his fear that he might be | his mind. So let's try to decide, i we can, who must have given him that idea in the first place. His visit to the ear specialist shows that his first thought was that something might be wrong with his ears. But upen being assured that nothing was, he then began to fear that his trouble might be mental, and so he went to the psychiatrist. But when th chiatrist reperted his reactions normal, he must have become convinced that his supposed audi- tory hallucinations were not hal- lucinations at all, but that some one was deliberately leading him to believe that they were. “But isn’t that in itself proof of the persecution illusion?” Amédée wie I red, “all ch “No,” answei % something he must have said probably led Dr. Brennaman to think that such a condition might exist. As for what he wrote on that case card, the question mark shows that it was merely a sug- ested possibility to be proved or disproved later. But as it turned out, your grandfather died before this could be done.” Amédeée was frowning in his effort to follow my rather sketchy ary deficit is in prospect both this year | and next. ers, but the editor reserves Key City Manager City Hall Key West, Florida. Dear Mr. City Manager: the same indiscriminately ? any contradiction. ent. “You mean that Grandpére actually have been the victi im of Republican senators have been conceding the Senate outcome on the exemption battle will be close. But they too expect to hold most of their votes in line. The Senate lineup includes 48 Democrats to 47 for the GOP plus an independent, Sen. Morse (Ore). In the House, the Democrats lost their fight for a $100 boost in ex- emptions last week by only six votes, 210-204. Such an increase would have meant a $2,400,000,000 tax cut. In the Senate, most Democrats are rallying behind a plan of Sen. George (D-Ga) for a $200 increase this year. George also proposes a $400 exemption increase, to $1,000 for the taxpayer and each of his dependents, in 1955 and thereafter. Secretary of the Treasury Hum- phrey told a Senate appropriations subcommittee Monday a $400 ex- PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its resd- right te delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write en ene side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested etherwise. PROTEST TO CITY MANAGER West, Fla., March 14, 1954 Is it the policy of the City of Key West, to allow its public servants who are hired to uphold the law to break 4 At the corner of William and Eaton Streets you have an existing condition which bears out the above without The operator of the service station at this location parks, dismantles, and repairs automobiles right on the side walk obstructing pedestrian traffic and creating a dangerous hazard, Any voice raised in protest is im- mediately and effectively threatened by the City Patrol- man who operates this station. This was my unfortunate and embarrassing experi- ence recently. However, I am only a winter visitor room- ing in this vicinity and I am very thankful that I do not have to put up with this insolence and disregard of the law all the year round by one who is paid to uphold same. This is submitted as constructive criticism in the hope that it will be taken as such, and handled accordingly. Sincerely yours, R. J. REYNOLDS Eaton Street APPRECIATION EXPRESSED Editor, The Citizen: : On or about January 20th, 1953, The Key West Citizen carried an article regarding my appointment as Naval Aide to the President. Inasmuch as I had spent a year and a half on duty in Key West and had a fairly wide acquaintance among the people of the city, it was most kind of you to say such nice things about me and I deeply appreciated it. I would like to have another copy of this article and indeed the entire issue of the paper in which it appears, if that is possible. Would you be so kind as to send me the same if it still exists in your files of old issues. = - +Yours very sincerely, EDWARD L. BEACH Commander, U. S. Navy The White House, Washington, D. C: some, kind of presecutiont® hes asked uncertai fe st ‘ot : stumbled f UPOR someone else didn’t want know about; and So thi tee things whatever ft wen , Whatever sated ly in his own inewines| ‘ion.’ ! “If I only dared believe that!” Amédée exclaimed with fervor. { “You've to believe it, he-: cause it’s the truth,” I declared! “And here’s another thing. Beau! believes that Lee and Uncle i committed suicide because 4} found out about this sanity in the ae iv. it { pound thay have? He didn’t get the! . idea himself until after Seb Mr. Duval and the mited | “That's so,” he admi' said, thinking aloud, “whether it’s possible that the sheriff could = been half ee ee a ae al le about Lee.” lée his i Amédée stopped y “What do you mean?” he “The sheriff thinks Uncle mace death was murder, but—” In his, excitement, he nearly dropped Ris: cigarette. "Peter, you don’ “Yes, Dédé,” I lieve that Uncle Dixie Senators To Back IkeOn Tax Issue emption hike would be “dix astrous” to the government's fi- nancial position. It would mean an estimated revenue loss of about eight billion dollars yearly. Michael Relieves Barham Of Duties With Local Unit In a traditional charge of com- mand ceremony, held Monday, Commander E. A. Barham, USN, Commander, Key West Fleet Training Group, bade farewell to his officers and men assembled for the occasion as he turned his com- mand over to Commander Fred. D. Michael, USN. Cdr. Barham will assume his new duties as Commander Destroy- er Division 262 at Norfolk, Va. Cdr. Michael holds the Legion of Merit for Leyte Operation in World War II, Bronze Star Medal of Oki- , gold star in liew of second Bronze Star Medal for action against enemy submarine during the Okinawa Operations, and gold star in lieu of third Bronze Star Medal fo: operations in Korea, Commander and Mrs. Michael, the former Miss Florence Margaret Parkes of Canoga Park, Calif., will reside at Quarters “U” on the Naval Station. between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Political Announcements FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 4, 1954 For United States Congress DANTE B. FASCELL For State Senator Re-Elect JAMES A. FRANKLIN 24TH DISTRICT For State Senator 24TH DISTRICT WILLIAM R. NEBLETT For State Senator 24th District MILTON A. PARROTT Help Monree County For County Commissioner SECOND DISTRICT WILLIAM A. FREEMAN. JR. For Member School Board RE-ELECT J. CARLYLE ROBERTS