The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 30, 1954, Page 4

5 Tuesday, March 30, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published daily (ex Sunday) from The Citizen a ¢ iy ore iy) en Building, corner of Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monree County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher . NORMAN D. ARTMAN Qo.scscsveesnesssoeren .. 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 pe een ee credited in this paper, and also the locanews pub- ere. Member 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. 4MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. 5 Consolidation of County and City Governments. . Community Auditorium. BRITISH BUILD HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SUB While the United States is busy developing an atomic- ‘powered submarine, one of which was launched only re- cently, the British have been quietly going about the con- struction of a hydrogen peroxide underseas craft. The H. M. S. Explorer, built with the aid of a German scientist brought to Britian after World War II, recently was launched at Barrow, Lancashire. Construction details of the new submarine are sec- ret, but the Explorer is expected to be able to travel al- most thirty miles an hour underwater and is said to con- tain no schnorkel or conning tower. Moreover, it is said that hydrogen peroxide is used to propel trackless, radio- controlled torpedoes, as well as to propel the submarine itself. The British submarine is said to be smaller than a normal submarine, and, therefore, much smaller than the large atomic-powered submarines being built in the Unit- ed States. These hydrogen peroxide subs may well be the most effective underseas craft in the world in the event , of an immediate war. While theoretical atomic-powered submarines would have many advantages over them, the hydrogen peroxide sub is said to be practically ready for use. The tremen- dous advantage it has over conventional subs is that it cannot be tracked by radar — the development which broke the back of the German submarine effort in World War II — since it has no conning tower or schnorkel pro- jection. Thus the new hydrogen peroxide submarine must be rated as one of the major naval developments of the post-war era, NEW MINERAL FOUND The United States Geological Survey announced re- cently that a new mineral has been found in northeastern Arizona. The new mineral is called “Navajotte,” in hon- or of the Navajo Indians, on whose reservation the min- eral was first found. The new mineral is brown in color, and fibrous. It is described as composed of hydrated vanadium oxide. The Geological Survey lists about 1600 species of minerals known to mankind. Thus, it claims, the discov- ery of a new mineral is an event of major interest, unlike the discovery of a new plant or animal species, of which there are millions. Since there is no known use for Nava- jotte, and since there is no idea of what it is good for, we will take the Survey’s word for it that the discovery is an event of major importance. And there we will leave the matter. There is nothing so positive as the assertion of the man who knows little or nothing about what he is dis- eussing. Crossword ALAS MSC EW MSPTY 35. Side 39. Oak nut 43. English river 44. Still 46. Body joint 47. Couch 48. South American mountains 50. Type measures 51. At home 52. Malt liquor 53. Decay 55. 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LEVINE Cerf - Casting: Did Bennett | Cerf's “the Cerfboard’”’ column, in March 2ist This Week Maga- | zine ring a familiar note? Sure did. We itemed along the same fline on March 4th. Ours, in lesser detail was captioned “sign langu- age”. . . with the restaurateur who advertised “eat here - diet home.” Cerf featured another ver- sion, of a snack bar-filling station combo, with “eat here and get gas.” He did manage to include the one by the Key West barkeep, “Not responsible for drunks left over 30 days.” The subject matter coincidence has even greater lo- cal significance. Recently we were notified of our induction into the ranks of Cerf Board correspon- dents. That makes us a Certified pun-gent. Gibb Gibe: How ean an ex- ecutive who’s secretarial staff in- cludes one, named Ruth, be de- scribed as ruthless? Check back on your rockolyums, Bill, and you'll find that it’s all in pun. Slogan: With the Heart of the Florida Keys being tagged as Tropical America, wouldn’t it be fitting to call it “The South-aMar- athon Way?” Accidently On Porpoise: Isla- morada’s Theater of the Sea al- so comes in for a full page photo spread in the March 2ist This Week Magazine. At the Key West out-of-town papers stand, readers had a choice of getting this Sun- day magazine supplement with a Miami paper, the New York-Her- ald Tribune and others throughout the country. The N. Y. Herald- Trib saw fit to give it a double impact. Also in the travel section was a story by Carmen McCor- mick. Yep, that was also about Jeannie and Buttons, and the The- ater of the Sea. Thus the twin stories served two purposes about two porpoises. But, it’s a case of the stories really being printed accidentally, on porpoise. Miss McCormack’s story couldn’t get more than a “‘spectacular seven- teen foot leap’ out of Buttons. Yet, in the same issue, the This Week writer, reports of Buttons, “Final- ly he was leaping an incredible 20 feet out of his swimming pool. Buttons’ record at this writing: 21 feet, 6 inches.” All of which makes the headline on the This Week Mag story all the more provoca- tive. . .““How High Can A Porpoise Jump?” Somebody tell us. . -huh? As for us. . .we’ve seen the show a couple of times. And, we're still of the feeling that some lepre- chaun gets Buttons up there with a “skyhook.” Via Red Cross: At the begin- ning of this month’s fund raising campaign, we tabbed the Mara- thon area of the Overseas High- way. . .RED CROSS DRIVE. The fund drive started out as beautiful as the scenic splendor of the high- way that goes to sea. But, reports, at this writing reflect current Red Cross membership in terms of some $500. That’s $3,000 short of the minimum quota. Maud E. Spence, in her capacity as Ameri- cau Legion Auxiliary Unit 154 Community Service Chairman, has had great success in her letter writing campaign to business pros- pects, both local and out-of-town. Pave the Via Red Cross with more members. In the last 10 years, U. S. farm production has inereased by about a third because of improved farm practices, although the amount of cropland has remained about the same. WELL, THERE WON'T BE ANY WORLD WAR IY, Hal Boy Says NEW YORK # — A wise man once said the best way to avoid) trouble is never to answer a tele- phone—or open your mail. But the greatest American uni- versity is still the U.S. postman’s pouch. Few of us can resist at least opening the missives he) brings—the stampmarked slender paper shells full of odd bits of yearning and learning, threats to sue, political preachings, past-due bills, charity appeals, great busi- ness opportunities, and bargain of- fers that (unfortunately) can only be made for a limited time. In this vast postal sea each let- ter sets sail bravely, bearing a plea or message from one human being to another. The fate of most vessels in this myriad paper fleet is sad indeed. They reach port} only to have their cargo—glanced at but often unread — tossed un- ceremoniously into a wastebasket, and their voyage is a failure. They have failed to deliver their mes- sage to Garcia—or Smith, Brown, Jones or McGillicuddy. The ruinous loss of ail this in- formation, the wreckage of so many facts and fancies that cry out to be heard, distresses me. So now and then I salvage from my own morning mail such tidbits of our time, such quaint items of interesting lore, as may brighten the daze of people tired of brood- ing over bus ads on the long ride home. Herewith are a few such nuggets of knowledge which, while they may fail to change your life, at least will provide you with an answer when your wife asks, “what’s on your mind?”: Paris, the capital of France, now has about 400,000 trees, or roughly one tree for every 10 people. . .not counting tourists, of course. . .it i estimated that the U.S. has 12 bil- lion dollars invested in plants and businesses overseas. . . ; His biographers say comedian Jerry Lewis won the heart of Patti Palmer, a singer, by hanging a Pair of baby shoes on her dressing mirror with this note: “I haven’t a buck, but what do you say we get married and fill these?” Now they have two sons (one is le ing to celebrate the 50th anniver- sary of the tea bag? Just taking it in your stride? Well, ponder this: Each tea bag has a blend of 20 to 50 different kinds of tea... the tea bag was invented acci- dentally by an Irishman (as an Englishman once remarked, “‘the Irish never really do anything on purpose.”) named Tom Sullivan, a New York merchant who put out samples of his tea in small silk bags. . .had no idea the customers would start dunking them. But the idea caught on so well that today 46 per cent of the tea sold in America comes in bags, now made of a special filter paper. Do you know. why many tall buildings don’t have a 13th floor? Blame it on an old human disease called “‘triskaidekaphobia,”’ or fear of the No. 13. It has been re- garded as unlucky by some ever since the last supper attended by Jesus and his 12 disciples. Don’t bet any money the horse will make a comeback on the farm soon, The only place the horse is safe from the tractor is on a racetrack or in cowboy operas. Farm acreage that used to be needed to feed the horse now grows pork or other food for people...a farm worker in 1940 could supply food for only 10 peo- ple; by 1951 he could feed 15... so long, dobbin! See you in the Sth at Jamaica... . Now that winter is gone, don’t hesitate to swat that fly. The fly is an insect, like 75 per cent of all living creatures, including your neighbors. . only 10,000 of the 700,- 000 or more kinds of inseets in this country infect man or his crops. But they cause about 50,000 different diseases, not counting spring fever. Remember, an insect never re- ally surrenders, repents, or will keep a promise to mend his ways. So swat that fly today. ..and next summer you won’t have to wear out your tennis arm swinging at his million descendants. That exhausts my mail bag ex- cept for a belated Christmas card ...Did you know that 16 per cent of all Christmas cards arrive late? And that one out of every 10 per- adopted), nine dogs, and nobody knows how many bueks. What are you and your wife do- sons you send Christmas cards to will visit you later? let that be a lesson to you. Human Body Is Really On Lazy Side By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE Associated Press Science Reporter KANSAS CITY #—The H-bomb explosive, tritium, is showing that our bodies are more on the lazy side than suspected. The chemicals which make up living bodies are not being con- tinuously and rapidly torn down and renewed, studies with tritium indicate. Rather, it seems a ma- jority of the chemical bricks of life are renewed only slowly. The tritium work was described to the American Chemical Society here by Roy C. Thompson and John E. Ballow, radiological sci- ence department, General Eelec- trie Co. at Richland, Wash. Tritium is triple-weight hydro- gen, and is radioactive. It is a explosive for the H-bomb. But it has peaceful uses, too. Tritium can be incorporated in water or other chemicals and traced by the rays it emits as it goes through the body or emerges in jobs in the body. Thompson and Ballow fed water containing tritium to rats, starting with the mothers before they con- ceived and continuing until the baby rats became six months old. Some tritium from the water be- came the hydrogen part of organic chemicals in the rats’ bodies. It appears that some 20 to 40 per cent of the hydrogen in these body chemicals derived from the water drunk. The rate at which tritium dis- appears later from these organic chemigals makes it possible to estimate how rapidly the chemi- cals of life are being renewed. The year 1953 was the Year of the Snake in China. I'S DEATH, MY DARLING! Chapter 30 FO one oe ae T hed the awful suspicion that may- be Beau had been right atter all, and the Dumonts were a little mentally unbalanced. If Amédée was doing to start babbling about three little strips of red cloth be- ing the reason why half of his en- tire family had been murdered... He must have guessed what was Passing through my mind. “It’s all right, Peter,” he said quickly. “Tm not crazy. But I see the whole thing now, and we were dead wrong about most of it. Claude and Grandpére may have been killed because of what they knew, but Lee and Uncle Raoul weren't. They were slated to die for an entirely different reason; and so, I'm convinced, were nearly all the rest of us.” It seemed to me that being the Prospective candidate for the re- ceiving end of a murder was hard- ly the thing to look so jubilant about, and I said so. He sol at once. “I didn’t mean it that way,” he said. “But the danger’s lays now that we know the truth. Of course, we'll have to produce some mate- tial evidence against our killer before we can prove anything. But I know w) to get that; or rather, Henri He and I will have to drive in to New Orleans at onee. Will you be afraid to wait here until we get back?” “Of somes Bate I ee with dignity. “But you said some- thing just now about now that we know eer . Wasn't that a slight everstatement?” “Sorry,” he aj = im “I for- got that’ you Gant know. The murderer is—” he stopped. “Td better not tell you,” he said more gravely. If you knew, should betray by a word or even a look that you knew—well, I’m not taking any chances.” I could have jumped up and down in sheer exasperation, ex- cept that I realized he was Tight. t evening immediately after supper Amédée and Henri set out for New Orleans, having ex- ained for the benefit of the Pi | others that they were going tol bered | of insanity hanging over the fam- By Amelia Reynolds Long rennaman. E was later that evening that Lewis Haye drew me aside. “Miss Peter,” he began, “I sup- you don’t believe in this| Lee idiotic Somerany idea of Beau's anymore than I d Henri must have some doubts about it, too, or they wouldn't have gone to see this psychiatrist, Brennaman. But do you think that he'll be able to give them definite roof that there’s nothing to it? Proof, I mean, that will convince the others.” ‘There were deep lines of worry in his face, and I thought I under- stood the reason for them. “You mean—Pick?” I asked. He nodded. “This afternoon,” he said, “I asked her if we couldn’t be mar- ried immediately, so that I could take her away from all this. But she told me that with this shadow ily, none of the Dumonts had the Tight to marry.” le looked so utterly wretched that I felt sorry for him. “Pick will change her mind as soon as she’s had time to think clearly,” I offered by way of con- lal solation. 5 But he didn’t look as though that had helped much. _ into the ousin Jeff came room. “Peter, will you go up and see what you can do with Aunt Del- phine?” Cousin Jeff asked. “She's got the idea into her head that médée’s been arrested, and she’s demanding to be taken to the sheriff at once.” “That's all right,” I assured ble “Tl see what I can do with rr.” I found Aunt Delphine in her room, wearing her hat and coat over her nightgown. “Peter, you'll take me to Jeff Wilkes, won’t you?” she pleaded, fastening both hands about my arm. “T’ve got to tell before he does anything to Dédé.” urged her gently back to her chair, and removed the hat. “Sheriff Wilkes isn’t going to do anything to Dédé, Aunt jo; and Dédé and] be; A? Newsfeatures phine,” I assured her. “Dédé and enri have merely gone to—” But she interrupted me. “No,” she said, putting the hat back on again, “but he will. I thought They had sent him for e and the others, but They didn’t, So now I'm going to teil fore he can hurt Dédé.” “Aunt Delphine,” I demanded, trying to control my tingling ex- citement, “what is it you going te tell?” But her attention had strayed to something behind me. Turning, Saw Beau standing in the open| loorway. . “Sorry,” he apologized, prepar- Poh hh abbas pe ore “When 1 glances il thought were Pick.” a eancaes “Is anything wrong?”I asked. “There's just been a telephone call from Duval in New Orleans,” he replied. Dédé and Henri are with him, and they want me te drive in at once.” Was this merely a ruse to draw Beau away from the house? If the} meu it could mean either a “You’H have to hurry if you want to reach New Orleans before ten o'clock,” I observed, suddenly talizing that I had been standing for several seconds with my} mouth open, and that it must} have looked odd to him, to say! the least. “It's after nine now.” After considerable persuasion, Ij finally managed to get Aunt Del- Phine tucked into bed, minus the hat and coat. Bobby met me in the lower hail. “What's going on around here? Sis saw Beau drive away in one of the cars, and he looked as though he was going somewhere in a hurry.” “He's iar, to New Orleans,” I replied. “Mr. Duval sent for him.” I sank down wearily uj the bottom step. “Two murders and an insanity scare all in one day,” I complained, “not to men- tion various and HES other, alarms and excursions! Now all we need around here to top it off is a good fire.” And believe it or not, within the next hour we had that, too! (Te be continued) LAD DIES AFTER STREET SHOOTING PHILADELPHIA #—A 15-year- old boy died of gunshot wounds early today shortly after he was hit by a bullet fired from a speed- ing automobile as he talked to two girls on a street corner. It was the third attack within 24 hours in what police described as a new outbreak of juvenile “gang warfare” in North Philadelphia. Robert Blocker died at St. Luke’s Hospital as all available policemen were ordered into the area to pick up all teen-age boys walking | streets. A total of 40 or more were taken to a police station for ques- tioning within three hours of the shooting. KEY WEST | Ten and Twenty Years Ago March 30, 1944 It was announced in The Citizen that the reconstructed Overseas Highway would be officially open- od on May 13, and that Govern Spessard Holland and other state officials would be in Key West for the big event. Arrangements were made to have two buses of the Florida Motor Lines take the Gov- ernor, his staff, members of the Monroe County Commission, the City Council and directors of the Key West Chamber of Commerce over for a ride over the highway. The senior class at the Convent presented a “new form” of Pas- sion Play to their fellow students. Miss Beatrice Moreno, lately re- turned from the Julliard School of Music in New Yark was the featured artist at the “Friends of Music” club’s bimonthly concert at the Woman’s Club. March 30, 1934 The Convent of Mary Immacu- late was planning its Silver Jubi- lee celebration to be held Easter Monday. Great improvement was noted in the work of beautifica- tion of Ft. Taylor. Under the di- rection of Et. George A. Ford, USA, over 800 cocoanut palms and more that 200 hundred other trees that are to be found on the island were planted. A bundle of “voodoo” articles was found in the city cemetery, but The Citizen was of the dpinion that it was placed there as a prac-| tical joke, and denounced the jok- er as having a “terribly perverted | sense of humor.” You could buy “any kind of pie” for 20 cents each at a local bakery. The Easter special was homemade Sweet potato pie with marshmallow topping. ANGLERS ARE READY TRENTON, Tex, (#—All the vol- unteers who showed up to dig a foundation for the new Baptist church here breught empty tin cans along with them. It didn’t take the Rev. Fred Thomas, the pastor, long to figure -PEOPLE’S FORUM paper.only. Signature of COLORED HOUSING SITUATION Editor, The Citizen Housing Situation: If you recall last August, 1953, Commissioner Delio Cobo and I re- quested the presence of Bill Lan- taff to note the deplorable and un- sanitary conditions of various sec- the Negroes. There are many co- lored property owners, who won homes and land. But many of them for some reason or other refuse to fix them up or sell some of their land in order that some of our co- lored citizens can live under bet- ‘ter living conditions. What is to become of us since we are living in these crowded houses? The other evening, I was inform- ed that there was to be a meet- ing in the colored section of our town to find out how many of our colored citizens would be interest- ed in acquiring or building their homes on Little Torch Key. Citi- zens, I am bitterly opposed to a colored sub-division on Little Torch Key. My reasons are the follew- the city limits. 2. Transportation would be an in- convenience for those who must by necessity come into the city re- gularly. During the same evening, I was conversing with another gentleman who informed me that he had a better solution for colored housing, He informed me that he owned a lot of land on Rockland Key, which is considerably closer to Key West than Little Torch Key. Registration of Colored Voters: I am told that there are three thousand or more Negroes in Mon- roe County. Citizens, if this is true, we alone can elect a City or Coun- ty Commissioner, if we all band together like we should. Registration is now open at the County Courthouse. I urge each and every colored citizen in Mon- roe County to take advantage of the heritage given by our great Constitution. Register and vote, Recreation: ies were being shown at the Ocean View Park by yours truly to help to curb juvenile delinquency as much as possible. But, after pro- tests from the management of the Lincoln Theatre to the County Com- missioners I was then asked to dis- continue the showing of movies in said park. I then went to my good friend, Mr. Wheeler Gandolfo, pro- prietor of the Blue Heaven Cafe, Thomas and Petronia St., and told ONE-WAY VISIT DETROIT (#—George Black, 33, it all out. Said the preacher: “Tl have plenty of help this week, but I may be hard--- 4 for volunteers until these fishing ‘worms are used up.” on his way to receiving Hospital jlast night to visit a friend. slipped and fell on the snow, striking his head on the sidewalk. He was dead on arrival at the same hospital. The Citizen welcomes expressions of the th tions of our town, especially among | F I 1, Because it is too far out of As many of you recall, free mov- | views of its read- y items which the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. him of the situation which existed. He then informed yours truly that he would loan the colored children of our community one of his lots located on Julia St., between Howe and Emma St. The summer is com- ing and we are in need of a pro- jector which costs approximately $419.00. Years ago, the colored citizens of our community were allowed to attend three theatres, the Monroe, Strand and San Carlos. Today we have only one which is the Lin- coln Theatre and is operated ex- clusively for colored. This present situation gives the colored people no choice in their selection of pic- tures, since we are allowed to at- tend but one theatre. I urge all our citizens and es- pecially our colored citizens, those who are not subscribing to the Key West Citizen to do so in order to keep informed of the current events. H. SUAREZ, 4-F Ft. Village. 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 Monroe County Elect A Senator For County Commissioner SECOND DISTRICT WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, JR. For Member School Board RE-ELECT J. CARLYLE ROBERTS 3RD DISTRICT For Member School Board ELECT KELLER WATSON 3RD DISTRICT Peer oonseteicenaiots Sos For Member School Board Re-Elect EDNEY PARKER STH DISTAICT —