The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 6, 1954, Page 4

’ Thursday, May 6, 1954) The Key West Citizen ee aily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Only Daily’ Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ‘1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ........... ‘ Editor and Publisher 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 ction of all news dispa credit or aot otherwise credited in this the i re pe paper, and also the local news pub- Member Associate Dailies of Florids —————$—————_ OE Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ese nese et tech Astle te hada St eet ih ete ie Menem ache ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issu and subjects of local. or general but it will Bot publish anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, More Hotels and Apartments. e Beach and Bathing Pavilion. ‘Land Sea. 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. $5. Community Auditorium. U. S. S. R. CUTS ARMS BUDGET Foreign Minister Arseny Zverne recently submitted the new budget to the Supreme Soviet, Russia’s top legis- lative body. Zverne announced defense costs were being reduced by ten per cent, which follows the reduction of defense expenditures in the United States by only a few months, Defense expenditures for the coming year are esti- mated at 100,300,000,000 rubles. This is equivalent to $25,075,000,000. Compared to the U. S. defense outlay, the $25,075,000,000 outlay is a considerable expenditure. In the first place, for that amount of money the Rus- sians will no doubt receive much more in the way of labor and materials. Whether technical services received will be as valuable as those in the United States is another question, but an expenditure of this size in Russia com- pares favorably with the expenditure of over $35,000,- 000,000 for U.S. defense, The new Soviet budget reflects a continued effort to expand heavy industry in Russia, and it is estimated that about 52,000,000,000 rubles more wil] be spent in the coming year on heavy industry expan#on than was spent last year. U. S. experts believe the Soviet Union is planning to spend a major part of a 94 billion ruble allocation for nuclear weapons. This amountg-fifteen per cent of the entire Soviet budget and is uné#f{Sined in the breakdown in budget expenditures as given=to the Supreme Soviet. In addition, many U. S, expertadelieve the Soviet budget does not accurately reflect “total Soviet expenditure for defense. Cnsidering these factors, -and the fact that the Soviet ruble buys more this year than it did last year, the outlay for defense in Russia is certainly an imposing one, even though it is reduced by ten per cent this year. 4 WALA S—e A total of 125,600 visitors came to Everglades National Park during the season which began the first of December and ended April 30, according to Superintendent Dan- iel B. Beard, who added that this total was about 12,500 more than the winter of 1952-53. They came from every one of the forty-eight states and over a dozen foreign countries to swell the number for the entire year beginning the first of last May to 216,500 (which was an increase Of about twelve per cent over the year before). “The popularity of Florida’s on- ly national park is definitely es- tablished,” Beard said, ‘‘and as the area becomes more fully develop- ed for conforming to public use through the years, it will be able to absorb many more visitors with- out destroying the natural values which have already attracted na- tionwide attention.” Cruise Boat ’ During the recent winter season, a cruise boat service was started in the park to supplement the very popular trips conducted by the Nu- tional Audubon Society. Four times each day cruise boats carried park visitors on ranger-guided trips into the wild and intricate mangrove Plan your vacation now and be sure you take it this summer, f The climate at Geneva will feature warmer air in the next few weeks, Their destinations were remote areas where concentrations of spec- tacular wading birds assemble to roost or nest. Since the park start- ed in 1947, almost 10,000 people have taken these wilderness trips without causing the least disturb- ance to the wildlife which was once so close to extinction. “The restoration and protection of these famous wildlife spectacles of the Everglades depend upon the continued protection not only of the Tookeries themselves, but of feed- ing grounds in the mangroves, cy- press country, and the open Ever- glades,” Superintendent Beard not- ed. He emphasized that several tons of natural food must be avail- able daily in the form of minnows, crayfishes, frogs, pollywogs, in- sects, and other life to perpetuate a single bird rookery. i “Disturbance of these feeding areas or watersheds by drainage, so-called ‘mosquito control,’ ill ad- vised road construction, or other forms of adverse human use would do untold damage to the key bird concentration areas that are now listed as one of the great sights in Florida,” the superintendent warned, We suspect about a billion working hours per month are lost at the bridge table. The other day we ran into a person who agreed with what we wrote, which makes us wonder. Don’t take it too seriously when someone pays you a compliment; there are people who make that a business. an The usual wave of apple polishing is now being ex- hibited by those who seek to be “in” with candidates seek- ing public office. a Crossword Puzzle frames AILIOTES ACROSS AAA) 2. Having PIER ILMESICIAIR SI wings 6. Seizure AICIE/SMRUINI UT) ‘111. Obtain 13. Mode of 4. Ne Merrhoril division 45. Related through the mother 47, Make lace 18. Japanese mi aes Ce R a AY trata TIEIRIMBEOIDIESS! Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 1. Second . pene U.S. Presi- 0. Measured dent 2. Acid fruits 3. Knack 4 Palm lily 5. Smooth 6. Cubic Night Prowl An innovation that proved popu- lar in the park last winter was the “night prowl.” Under the guidance of park naturalists, visitors came armed with flashlights for night nature walks under the stars. Their flashlights beams picked up night foraging raccoons, feeding alliga- tors, tree frogs, and the many crea- tures of the Everglades that are abroad at night. Night sounds which one visitor from Illinois called “the Symphony of the Swamp- lands” were identified by the na- turalists. Each Sunday evening, nature talks weré given at Royal Palm Ranger Station and have been so successful that they, and the night prowls, will be a regular activity in the park during winter seasons from now on. Hundreds of school children came in with their teach- ers for special naturalist programs this year. Park rangers’ unremitting effots to reduce the damage of fire in the Everglades have continued to meet with success, There were only nine fires in the past year (May 1, 1953 - April 30, 1954) which burned 4,820 acres of park lands. The previous year had nine- teen fires, but less acreage burn- one’s se! 13. Let it stand (6. High: wits . Took the nites . Negative 30. Fl 31. Siberian river 32. One who glides over a 125,600 Visitors Are Listed Glades Park Finishes Best Winter Season ed, 3,300 acres. The year before that, there were twenty-nine fires which scored 43,800 acres of park lands. Early detection, better equip- ment, knowhow on fire fighting in the Glades, plus improved public cooperation were reported as fac- tors which helped to stop the an- nual “‘burnoff” of the area that is now the park. Weather conditions have been favorable so far this year also. It used to be that be- fore the park was started, practi- cally the entire open sawgrass and hammock country would have been burned by the end of April, ac- cording to information collected by the rangers. Restricted Operation As the summer season began this weekend, the park started to oper-'| ate on a restricted basis. All sea- sonal park rangers nave left for posts in other national parks in the West or North. The park will remain open for the public as us- ual, but facilities and services for visitors will be necessarily limited. Fishing boats, gasoline, ice, bait, and other necessities will be avail- able for those who wish to fish the park’s waters, though. All naturalist programs, the checking station, and sightseeing boat trips have ended for the sea- son. The snack bar and service Station at Coot Bay (about 40 miles: southwest of Homestead) will serve Hollywood HOLLYWOOD (#—Janet Gaynor who won the first Academy Award for an actress, is taking another fling at acting. But she says it won't become a habit. Tonight she does her second TV drama, enacting the role of a mother on Lux Video Theater. When I saw her before rehearsals at CBS, she seemed excited over the role, “It’s fun to do a part that is intriguing,” she said. ‘‘But I don’t plan any full-scale return to acting” After all, I’ve had my share of the acting life. From now on, any- thing I do will be for pleasure alone. I have no ambition to re- sume my career.” This is actually Miss Gaynor’s third return to acting since she did her last film, “Young in Heart,” in 1938. (It is now playing on TV.) A few years ago, she joined her longtime co-star Charles Farrell in their classic ‘Seventh Heaven” over Lux Radio. Recently she did her first TV drama over Medallion Theater in New York. _ Both those shows drew an amaz- ing mail reaction. Officials of Medallion Theater reported the fan letters numbered 10 times the usual amount. Miss Gaynor has a solid appeal for those in their 30s and over, who Temember her winsome perform- ances in the ’20s and ’30s. A Phila- delphia girl, she rose rapidly to fame in Hollywood, winning the Oscar in 1928, She was chosen not for one role, as is the custom to- day, but for three films: “(Seventh Heaven,” “Sunrise” and ‘(Street Angel,” She, Will Rogers and Shirley cold drinks and sandwiches every day except Mondays. Gasoline and ice will be available there on the same basis. , It is expected that a major deve- lopment of the park will be well under way by next winter at Flam- ingo on the shores of Florida Bay. Bids were opened last week, but contract award has not yet been made for dredging 266,000 cubic yards of fill for boat basins and the development of sites for park- ing areas and structures. Clearing and diking has already been com- pleted. Dredge activities are ex- pected to begin in about one month. As planned, the location of the old commercial fishing camp at Flamingo will become a marina with coffee shops, a store, natura- list museum, overnight accommo- dations of the motel type, trailer park, campgrounds, picnic area, and waterfront. Superintendent Beard said that completion of the project will de- pend upon future appropriations and investments by the concession- er, but it is definitely under way. “The demand is so great” he said, “that we are all pushing to get the job done as quickly as possible. The park has already grown up| and there are not enough parking areas, rest rooms, picnic tables, boats, snack bars, or anything else to accommodate the growing num- ber of people who enjoy coming to the park.” Notes By Bob Thomas such hits as “Sunny Side Up,” “The First Year” and “State Fair” she moved to the David Selznick banner. One of her last films was the classic “A Star Is Born.” In 1938 she disappeared from the screen. “T never announced that I was retiring or anything like that” she recalled. “I simply moved into an- other phase of my life. My hus- band (designer Gilbert Adrian was tremendously busy and I felt I should help him. I was perfectly content to be a wife and mother.” They have a son 13. Adrian left MGM and started his own designing business. He was busily engaged in it until a year ago. “Then he had a heart attack’ said Miss Gaynor. “‘He had always worked too hard. When he left MGM they replaced him with five designers. After his attack the doctor told him he would have to give up his business. He still de- signs men’s shirts and ties but no more clothes for women. “Actually he is doing what he always wanted to do. When he was a boy he loved to paint animals. But his mother decided he should do something more practical so he got started in the theater. Now ‘4 2 tad By MANLY; WELLMA\ I HUNG up and waited again. It wasn’t very long before Ra- niel and Winkle came boiling in— they must have driven at J. D. Thatcher speed. “Let me speak the first word, Raniel,” I said to him, as quickly as I could get it in. “I didn’t kill these men. I called you up as soon a8 I was sure they were dead, and I didn’t touch either body. So help me.” “You'll have to prove all three of those things, especially about ‘killing them or not,” he said, tramping into the room. “Winkle, try the medical examiner’s num- ber again.” Winkle went to the phone and I joined Raniel beside what was left of Alchisez. “I can prove that first point,” I said. “My boss, Miss J. D. Thatcher, was here with me. We got a note from Alchisez at our office. She can clear me and I can clear her. Why don’t you go find the real bird that’s doing these murders, and let me alone? I could be a big help to you if the mood was on me.” “A big help like—like—” He couldn’t think of any figure of speech scornful enotfgh and he didn’t finish. Instead he went on, “Supposé you just stick around while we investigate. Maybe we'll find a reason to give you some more of our hospitality.” “That I can’t wait to miss,” I said. “Now let me put you right on something else, so you'll leave me alone. The false evidence against Dr. Stokes was planted by Attorney James Kuhl, not by me. He confessed it to me this morning and he’ll confess it to you if you ask him the right way, not too nicely.” Raniel ,writhed his lip—he was still wearing an adhesive patch at the corner—and frowned over one dead body, then the other. “Did you get the M. E, Winkle?” he call “Yep,” said Winkle, rolling into the room like a tractor. i “Okay, call the station and get the lab on the phone. We need a gun and print expert.” As Winkle swung around to return to the phone, Raniel faced me again. “Now, what about that boss of yours? Why did she leave here?” I was ready on that one. “She told me to stay and get in touch with you while she went ahead with business.” I waited until he opened his mouth to talk, then went on quickly. “Legal busi. ness.” “What kind?” “She can't—” “She can, he snapped. because she’s a .| lawyer,” I said. “They can come and go and hold out stuff and talk secretly to people, and they don’t have to clear with the po- lice. Only with the courts and the bar association.” , He might have gone deeper into it, but he had something else he was anxious to ask me, “" t pappees to the rod?” “What rod?” “The rod that killed these two.” _“I haven’t got it, Why would I Pick it up?” “Yah, you!” he snorted. “Win- kle! Did you get the lab?” “Sure,” replied Winkle from the phone. . “Now get the chief of detec- tives. I want one man to see At- torney James Kuhl and find out if he has anything to say about framing the false evidence against Dr. Stokes. And another man to find out where Al Bensinger was staying and go to his room to find any evidence that might bear on this latest killing.” Gen. De Castries Seeks Way Out Of Indochina Troubles By JOHN RODERICK SAIGON W—A gallant French army officer sits in a rain-soaked bunker on the plain of Dien Bien Phu, seeking the. key to victory in the darkest hour of his career. Brig. Gen. Count Christian Marie Fernand de la Croix de Castries, commander of the little pot-shaped valley position, is surrounded by tens of thousands of Communist- led Vietminh troops. They are try- ing to strangle his isolated for’ tress. The grip has been tightening for days. Against them stand about 14,000 French, North African, Foreign Legion and Vietnamese troops, crowded into a circle less than a mile in diameter. In the hands of the ‘six-foot De Castries, a champion horseman who wears. a red African cavalry cap instead of a steel helmet, is he—will leave the position alive. \ “He was meant to be a medieval knight, a cavalier in mail and armor,” said one of his intimates recently. “Failing that, he did the next best thing — he became a cavalryman.” S Jacqueline, his tall blonde sec- ond -wife, lives in Hanoi—187 miles from the battle—and talks to him by radio-telephone every day at noon. It was she who told reporters that hér husband was threatening to resign if he weren’t promoted immediately from year-old colonel- cy in the midst of the battle. The French government denied he had made any such threat, and attributed her statement to over- strain. Nevertheless, the promotion came through within hours after the denial, despite a French tra- dition against promotions during a battle. “You know,” she says now, “‘the general has never doubted even for a moment the possibility of holding Dien Bien Phu. If it falls it will be because the defenders have died to the last man, destroy- ing with them most of the Viet- minh.” . Dien Bien Phu was designed as a trap to lure the Vietminh into open battle. Now the French them- selves are trapped, defending a position that experts say no longer has any value — except as a pow- erful symbol of the free world’s stand against communism in Asia. De Castries’ only lifeline is through the sky. Everything he uses is parachuted from U. S.-sup- plied Dakotas and Flying Boxcars. The area where the parachutes fall may be overrun by the Vietminh whenever they want to take their losses. Then the battle can end only in a hand-to-hand struggle— unless help comes from outside. The situation must remind De Castries of his experience in the battle of France. Tank and dive- bombers supported the 2,000 Ger- mans who surrounded him and his 60 men in 1940, After three days he’s back to painting animals. We have been to Africa and South America for subjects. And he has already had two exhibitions of his paintings.” PECULIAR THEFT CHESTER, Pa. (#—Mrs. Vincent R. David told police two burglars ignored a pocketbook i about $10 on a bureau when they Temple kept the old Fox lot from | broke into her home and walked y in the early ‘30s. After 4 off with only a ladies’ girdle. of fighting he tried a breakout, was wounded and taken prisoner. He made three unsuccessful at- temps to escape, succeeded on the fourth try, and two years later was fighting on the Garigliano in Italy. De Castries was born in Paris Aug. 11, 1902, to a family of the old French nobility—and to the cavalry. One of his ancestors was the Marquis Charles de Castries, who fought under Louis XV, be- came minister of the navy, and went into exile with Louis XVIII. 4 His son Armand served under La- fayette in the American Revolution and died a lieutenant general. Instead of going to St. Cyr, the French West Point, young De Castries chose the cavalry school at Saumur. One day he saw a beautiful horse galloping in the pastures of a cousin’s estate. The animal suddenly made a_prodi- gious leap, clearing a hedge more than six feet high. De Castries had to have that horse. In 1933 he took the unknown jumper — named Vol Au Vent — over the barrier to a world record jump of 2.38 meters (7 feet 10 inches). When he dismounted ‘the crowd hoisted him on its shoulders and paraded him around the track of the Grand Palais in Paris. De Castries has carried over three habits from his jumping days. Once is to brandish a riding crop wherever he’ goes. The sec- ond is to bounce back fast from a fall, or any other blow, no matter how badly he is hurt. The third is to chew gum. He chews while rid- ing and he chews when the going in battle is toughest. In his younger days, he valiantly upheld the cavalry tradition of charm. Well built, handsome in a rugged way, his soft brown eyes peering from under big black eye- brows, he was surrounded by the Paris beauties of his time. His gentle manners, his impec- cable dress, his love of expensive cars and his position in the best French society made him particu- larly sought after. He married first outside the circle and the marriage ended in divorce. His second wife comes from a noble family. Not content with horses as a means of transport, he became in- terested in aviation and won his pilot’s wings in 1931. In World War I, when his di- vision was approaching Siena, his superior gave him orders to camp 10 miles outside the hilltop city. Later the commanding general ap- peared on the scene, looking for him, He was nowhere to be found. The general went on his way until he reached the city. There he found De Castries’ troops. Coming back down the hill, the general met De Castries’ com- manding officer. “Where’s De Castries?” asked the general. Why, he’s here, mon general,” replied the bewildered colonel. “That’s what you think,” general retorted. De Castries’ tactics were respon- sible for taking Karlsruhe and Freudenstadt, the key to the Black Forest. He captured the German crown prince. He went to Indochina in 1946 and stayed for 2% years to command the Spahis, an African light caval- ry unit whose cap he still likes to wear. It was with the Spabis that he was wounded for the third time and received his 18th citation for valor, He returned to Indochina for a second tour of duty after a year in France. In December of last year, after several hard campaigns, he was sent to Dien Bien Phu. He asked for a unigue Christmas gift — at least one tank. He got two, para- chuted in sections. Once he told a superior he need- the SOMEBODY else was coming in. Dr. Stokes—five or six min- utes later than Raniel, as I'd hoped. “What's this new outrage?” he demanded of Winkle in the hall. “Another false arrest?” He bustled into the room with Raniel and me. “I was in a mind to ac- cept a public apology before, but now—” “Doctor,” said Raniel, “it isn't you this time. It’s these two men.” He pointed. “Know them?” Dr. Stokes’s thick glasses al- most popped off his nose as he gazed. “That’s Alchisez,” he said slow- ly. “And that other one—” He walked to where he could see bet- ter. “That's Al Bensinger. A pri- vate detective. He was. — a little investigation for me.” Then he looked up and caught sight of me. “All right,” he began to bluster, “these men are e of- ficers, in performance of their duty. But you get out of here, or I'll demand your immediate arrest for trespassing.” “I want to ask Yates some juestions,” put in Raniel. “You ion’t want to obstruct justice—” “Justice be and double damned!” the doctor yelled. “I won't have that framing, double- crossing, Sonne: swine in my house! Get out, Yates! This in- stant!” I turned and walked out, while the battle of words began to boil all over the place. Walking out suited me fine. My suggestion about helping Raniel was so _ much ho; _ wouldn’t have told him the right time of day if I could help it. As it was, while he was debatin, with Dr. Stokes, J. D. and I = a few bits of information he didn’t have, and they might give us a lead over him, and we might be able to hold that lead. (Te be continued) Union Policy Makers Plan Negotiations PITTSBURGH (®—Policy mak- ers of the big CIO United Steel- workers open a two-day meeting today to draft final plans for the first nationwide labor negotiations of 1954, The union’s 170-man Wage Pol- icy Committee gathered to map strategy and put finishing touches on contract demands to be made on the basic steel industry later this month. ¥ Among the USW’s announced ob- jectives. this year are a wage in- crease and improved pension and insurance benefits, The policy committee said last fall the union would seek a guaran- teed annual wage, but observers believe this point won’t be pressed. Bargaining will begin May 18 with U. S. Steel Corp., the nation’s top steel producer and traditional leader of the industry. Other firms are expected to set dates for ne- gotiations soon. The USW sent out formal 60-day notices last week telling basic steel companies it wants to negotiate new contracts to replace pacts ex- Piring June 30 and asking them to set dates for discussion of “‘wages, pensions, insurance and all condi- tions of employment.” In its bargaining with U. S.-Steel and other basic producers, the USW will be representing some 600,000 workers. An additional 650, 000 members will be affected, how- ever, since the contract pattern worked out in these talks is ex- pected to apply in negotiations later this year with fabricating and allied industries. Last year the USW won an 8%- cent hourly pay boost, hiking aver- age hourly rates of steelworkers to between $2.14 and $2.24. Observers feel the USW will set- tle for less this year since the in- dustry is in the midst of a business decline. As for the chances of a strike, poeevers believe they are pretty Expensive Sugar CLEVELAND (# — The young woman handed the man 31 cap- sules containing a white powder and accepted $62 in return. Then the man, a federal narcotics agent, arrested her on charges of selling dope. But Federal Judge Charles J. McNamee yesterday dismissed the charges against Miss Josephine Evans, 24. Laboratory tests Showed the capsules she sold con- tained only milk sugar. Miss Evans went free and the agent is was out $62. ADEQUATE REASON GASTONIA N. C. A regis- trant wrote to the Gaston County draft board: “Dear sir: “I am suffering from romantic fever and my wife is pregnant Please excuse me from the draft. ed a division to do a cleanup job in the Red River delta. “But since I only