The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 14, 1954, Page 4

Page ¢ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, May 14, 19F The Key West Citizen Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher Sooner ATEN © 19S NORMAN D. ARTMAN Editor and Publishe: ; 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 bent lnerwiseexedhed sas faper sud Siete oc nas lished here. ; Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION subjects of lope Sor yan invites wil” not publish junications. The discussion and general interest, but it will not IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED | BY THE CITIZEN a THE TOLL ROADS The trend in some states in recent years has been toward through toll highways. A recent article describ- ing the opening of a new toll road in one of the Eastern states explained that motorists would pay $5 or $6 for the privilege of using that road for a day’s driving, and that they would be required to stop and pay a toll at num- erous points along the road. There is no doubt'that toll roads have been success- ful in many areas, ‘and that many highways could not have been built except for toll-financing. It is: also true that some of the nation’s best highways are toll roads, and that users readily agree to the levies in many cases. Nevertheless, it is a bad trend in a country where highways have been free for these many years. The best solution to the problem of highway construction and im- proving the nation’s highways is the enactment of a law which requires that gasoline taxes be-'to improve the highways. This law would make the motofists using the highways pay for their upkeep. Re Those Americans who still have that individuality and independence typical of the early American spirit de- test the idea of toll highways. If the trend continues to grow, it could bring the country to a point where a large percentage of the highways are toll roads. The stopping and starting, aggravation and extra cost of collecting tolls is something the average motorists wants to avoid. We hope the trend toward toll roads will be reyersed’and the highways of the United States will be kept free of toll stations. : THE CRUCIAL POLIO. TEST In the last few weeks American. newspapers have told the story of thousands of youngsters being inoculat- ed.with the new Salk polio vaccine. School children by the thousands have lined up in a number of states to re- ceive the injections and, in a few months, the world will probably know whether this vaccine will fulfill the prom- ise expected from it. ; Those who have made great claims for the Salk serum refuse to predict the outcome of the test, and, rath- er, say the test will prove or disapprove the value of the serum. In spite of this official comment, there is guarded optimism in the medical profession over respective re- Sults in these tests, and the results will naturally be watch- ed with great interest all over the country. If the results are what is hoped for, then 1954 might be the last year polio gets in its heavy licks against an Membership Committee Knights Of Columbus To Mark Anniversary Here This Rock Of Ours The Council Activity Committee is responsible for the general func- tions which take place outside the Council Home. Under this com- mittee are four sub-committee groups. A breakdown of their dut- ies are as follows: The Athletic Committee,. whose job it is to provide council mem- bers with leagues, tournaments, and- contests and to also provide the membership with talks by coaches and sports officials. The Civic Committee schedules such events as Firemen and Po- licemen Night, cooperates with lo- cal campaigns. for Community Chest; Fire Prevention; Safety; March of Dimes; and Christmas Seals. The Cultural Committee organ- izes hobby clubs, camera clubs, glee clubs, musical. groups; and arranges for demonstrations, ex- hibits, movies, talks by business |- and labor leaders, doctors, lawyers’ and other experts. By Bill Gibb What are you doing to help make the Fiesta Alegre y Beneficia a success? — ‘Nothing? — That is what I was afraid of! Maybe you’ve bought a ticket to either the play, being staged at the San Car- jos Theater or for the Fiesta Ball at the Casa Marina Hotel and figure that is about all that is re- quired of you! ‘When will Key Westers crawl out ofthat old Conch shell and realize The Social Committee makes all| that if Key West is going to be plans for excursions, tours, barbe-| Pushed ahead, every one of us has cues and picnics for members and | to exert a little energy. Spending unarmed youth in the United States. The Salk vaccine is relatively inexpensive, is capable of being produced in quantity, and if it proves effective in inoculation against Polio, it will be generally used by 1955. SS Crossword Puzzle WAIN] ICILJOIUTT MP TETS} AIGIOKSRIAILIPIHRBATL IL] : YIEITMAINIOMER! 11S [HIv) ACROSS HL IN OREM! 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They also schedule such events as banquets, card games, ladies night, fishfries, dances, Columbus Day social, par- ties, Christmas program, New Years Eve social and special din- ner dances, This committee has arranged for the Council Anniversary Banquet which is being held at Rauls on Monday evening. Louis M. J. Eisner is the cur- rent chairman of the Council’s Ac- tivity Committee. A minimum of twenty five members is required to successfully carry out the works of this committee. Poole, Martin Commended By Capt. Spicer sented letters of commendation by Capt. H. C. Spicer Jr., command- ing officer of Airship Develop- ment Squadron Eleven. Poole, was commended for his “excellent performance of duty in electronics” while attached to ZX- 11. He willingly assisted five elec- tronicsmen in testing and install- ing special equipment in one of the airships and has, among other things, trained 16 operators and five maintenance men in the new- ly installed high priority electron- ics gear. Martin received his letter of commendation for outstanding per- formance while attached to the squadron and while he was tem- .|Porarily attached to the engineer- ing groups at NADC Johnsville, Pa., and ONATE, Lakehurst, N. J. By willingly accepting responsibi- lity, he was placed in charge of .| Supervising ground maintenance and flight operations. He also “‘de- monstrated the rare. quality of molding the six men assigned him, into an experienced team who knew they belonged;” and he “‘in- stilled in them, team spirit and willingness to work at all hours in order to have the airship ready to fly.” Through his “unusual. fore- sight, initiative, high and continu-|-~ ed devotion tq duty and profession al skill” he contributed material- ly to the success of an important project carried out by Airship De- velopment Squadron Eleven: Capt. Spicer extended a done” to both men and wished them continued success in their aaval careers, r A a-couple of bucks isn’t enough. Volunteer workers are need to help iriject local color and énthusiasm into the big Fiesta parade that is being planned. i “The Filibusters,” a play direct- ed by our own Jack Clarke, is com- ing along fine. So are the plans for the grand ball being sponsor- ed by the Junior Woman’s Club. But the parade — the most im- portant feature of the holiday event — is entirely dependent upon large numbers of enthusias- tie Key Westers pitching in whole- heartedly to make it successful. Have you ever noticed how much publicity. New Orleans gets from its Mardi Gras? This Fiesta Alegre y Beneficia can be just as good an advertisement for Key West if the people want it to be! Perhaps I should correct that statement a little bit. Surely every Key Wester wants to see the Fies- ta succeed. Maybe a more accur- ate way of saying it would be “If the people will only participate actively.” How about going to the phone right now — to heck with wasting time reading this column. Call up Julio Cabamas, Miss Zola Camus, Misses Dora or Norma Marinez, Mrs. Eva Warner. Gibson, Cmdr. Ray Byrns, or any member of the Junior Woman’s Club. Tell them you want to be a part of the Fies- Flunk This Test And Iv'll Kill Ya, Riggers Claim . Every parachute rigger in naval aviation has to pass a final exa- mination unlike. those to which everyone is accustomed. In fact, if you don’t pass, “it'll kill ya!” The final exam to which the rig- gers are subjected, is making a Parachute jump from an R4D type aircraft, flying at an altitude of approximately 2000 feet. One of the riggers attached to Airship Development Squadron Eleven (ZX-11) described the or- deal af follows: “We? all knew that we had to jump: and no matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t calm ourselves down, After we boarded the plane, we flew around the field for what med like hours but was actual- bout 10 minutes. When the door was opened, we lined up, wait- ing for the “GO” sign from the phe Me ta parade and ask for further de- tails, The Cuban government has done a lot for Key West. Let’s show our appreciation by entertaining the dignitaries and visitors from that country next May 20-21, in a royal fashion. It is not only the proper thing to do but it is also a good public relations measure. Our Town can attract thousands of Cu- ban visitors if we just extend our- selves a little. Sometimes I won- der if we’re not making a bad mis- take when we spend practically ail our time and effort in catering to visitors from the North and ignore the South. Latin-American Gateway County Commissioner Joe Allen has long been one of the foremost proponents for establishing Key West as the “Gateway to Latin America.” From what I’ve been able to pick up, Joe feels that our best hope in this direction lies in developing air transportation. We've been negligent in the past concerning our opportunities. Odd- ly enough, Pan American Airways originated with a Key West-Hava- na flight. Although we lost this company through no fault of our own, we must be exceedingly care- ful to see that from now on, we exert every effort to help develop Meacham air facilities. The automobile ferry porposed by Joe Sirugo and his company will be a wonderful improvement for Key West if it goes through. I put that tentative “if” in there be- cause we’ve been disappointed so many times on this score in the past that I won’t believe we have the ferry until I’ve actually ridden on it. This is going to be a short col- umn. Don’t forget to get in touch with the Fiesta committee and of- fer yourself as a participant in the big parade! Do it now! A little dancing and fun-making won’t do you any harm. 7 Men Promoted At AUW School Four staff members and three students at Advanced Undersea: Weapons School have received no- tification of advancement in rate. They are: Delbert Sprague to EMC; James Smith to SKGC; George West to ET1 and David Nicastro to TM3, all staffers at AUW School. Students promoted were: Rolf Lotz to TM2; Howard Williams to TM2 and Wilbur Miller to TM3. that we* began to wonder what we were doing there. It seemed like an eternity before we started to move’ out the door. You don’t re- member much except the most im- port thing, and that is “Pull The Rip Cord!” “The chute gives you quite a jolt , | wien it blossoms out, but you des- cend as if you’re swinging on a swing. The ground seems to move up faster when you get closer to it, but after you’re down, it all seems like a dream. That's one fin- lieutenant in charge. It was thenal exam that I'll never forget.” Md A 2 were shot and instantly killed, at approximately the same time. Nine o'clock, a rege Fs of minutes either way, would be the time of their deaths” tes eal abn ia e? of rigor mortis?” ies “The bodies hadn't lost quite all the heat they’d had in i >» and there wasn’t enough rigor mortis to be noticeable, except to a trained medical man. Only its first traces. Enough to help me judge. ioe time of death—approximate- ly.” “How does a body 1 off?” I asked. . ae : “Body tem; it is normall: around ninety-elght dey rees, oj you must have known that. With cooler conditions surrounding this heat radiates and lessens it- self by degrees. Then comes rigor uu check mortis.” “Doctor,” I said, “did the temperature in it room where the bodies were I; er He nodded. “Certainly I did. It was part of my routine examina- tion. And the air was stuffy. I had a sense of heat, but it was a false sense. The temperature was sev- enty-two or three degrees.” I'd remembered that stuffiness, and my own check of the thermo- stat that regulated Dr. Stokes’s automatic heating system. “Sup- pose,” I said, “that the tempera- ture had been very high up, earlier. Ninety degrees or more, let's say.” “Then of course they’d have cooled more slowly.” “Thanks, and excuse me for butting in,” I apol about the bullets. Beyond all doubt they killed those men?”, “Beyond a reasonable doubt,” he corrected me. “I myself ex- plored the wounds and extracted the bullets with a thumb force; As I did in the case of the Ealing shooting.” At my request, he showed me the thumb forceps. “The penetra- tion of the skull weakened the force of the charge that propelled the bullets, and neither one pene- trated deeply,” he elaborated. “But deeply enough, you may be “Could you have put the bul- le at me i 2 yom sek jut where ieee T ha ‘only ho; I “I haye'only hopes,” i is R “oa said, as Thad said to your boss; or Alchi- sez, or a man er, who were found dead tod: at the home of Dr. Carl Stokes.” “No,” she said. “I didn’t. I give you we thought of doing it.” or ever of “You like Mrs. Ealing?” knew.” ~-; oe aa every truth you tell me will help her. That make you glad, eet a Now, at b i. ut ‘wynne Ealing. You use a job with him.” aie do wi “Tm ig to think that it may have,a lot to do with it. We're looking for a motive, Mrs. pie pah Ct 2 sik back Oe you we for Gwynne Ealing. About thasibad heart of his. When aie he fing out that his heart was prticahal at conan, when } ¢ work for ie been Ree ee for yearz, Dr. Stokes was looking after him, ee studying him and treating kes gave him medi- “All the time. Different kinds. I don't gd what ‘ized. “Now | cine? I didn’t hear T looked in. I to Stokes, who while were doctor, did you observe’ G Ealing? How did he look? Eo akon! Bia 8 CI E named Al Bensing- | ard 0,’ my word. If I dropped di Stok thigaptaate, Lasser did that, month hi ‘IT dont see what that has to it,” she argued. re} § Re ao88 Ma eetat hs sti 80) it he died—” I began. “I wasn’t there,” she said. She’d been gone from both the Ealings when they died, I re- fi . “But you discovered him dead,” I prompted her once more. “I came home after he’d gone to bed, and in the morning when -PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes ap perry of; ers, but the editor reserves the right to views of its read- éte any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer, must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested AULD CLOOTIE Editor, The Citizen: otherwise. ih Here’s a tale about Auld Clootie, The gent who’s never been ’snootie: He went to Janeiro In search of dinero And came ‘back home. with a cutie. Swinky Swanky. ; A footnote, Mr. Editor, please.i Mr. Clootie said he stopped subscribing for the Miami News because it didn’t publish a story about the Conchs when they beat the Miami Stingarees twice in one day. Maybe The Key West Citizen tatght the Miami News a lesson in fairness. When Miami’s Edison High baseball team defeated the Conchs, The Citizen ran the story un- der a streamer headline. Ss. S. May 12, 1954 & Key West, Fla. OE HE WENT THATASBAY Editor, The Citizen: Say, Ah’ say thar, Pawdner, this hyar newspaper to see what co been scrutinizing o’ that fellar what run down and killed that horse wit dad-blasted auto- mobile — right hyar in Key West, Eh say, West — but reckon Ah must’a overlooked it. Seems this feller. didn’t expect”td see a horse come trottin’ out onto the city street like 3 did. ‘Specially on an island out hyar in the ocean. nea the driver was charged with reckless drivin’ an (that horse had nothin’ to do with causin’ an accident !,) Ah been wonder- in’ if that critter (the horse, that-is) has been rightly lamented? Ah’ll keep a’lookin’, but can’tY rightly figger what that horse’ was a doin’ so far from {Réxas. H. VB. P. O. Box 642 May 8, 1954 ry iG; Key West, Florida 3 USS Sarsfield Off To Baltimore For AFD Celebration The USS Sarsfield (EDD 837), Flagship of Commander Destroyer Division 601, departed Key West Tuesday enroute to Baltimore, Md., to participate in an Armed Forces Day celebration in that city. ” (After the celebration is over, the Sarsfield will sail for Charleston, S.-C. for its regular Navy yard pire E. Johnson, com- mands the Sarsfield and Lt. Cmdr. A. B. Cosby is the executive of- ficer, Upon its departure from the area, the personal flag of, Capt. William S. Maddox, Commander Destroyer Divsion 601, was shift- ed to the USS Saufley (EDDE 465), OSE | REFERENDUM SET LAKELAND (‘#?—Ballots have been mailed to Florida avocado growers for a referendum on es- tablishing’ regulations for quality and m@fiitity on avocados shipped outside ‘the state. which will serve as division flag- ship unfi/it departs in June, While-tn Charleston the Sarsfield will updergo several major chang- es in its structure and several new featuréagwill be added. Strict emphasis will be placed on habital , the main concern of the U. S. Navy in its fighting ships today. Limited berthing and mess- ing facilities will be overhauled in an effort to better these condi- tions. __ Upon completion of the overhaul the Sarsfield will return to Key West and resume its operational projects and evaluation of new Na- vy equipment. cussing the subject, it must be re- membered that the letter was ad- mittedly written from a biased point of view. Stanton P. Nickerson, arrested on a D and D. charge, failed to exercise both the duty and the pri- vilege of an American citizen when he did not appear in court to face charges and protest his innocence, I think therefore, that much of his letter can be discounted. It is an axiom around law enforcement a- gencies that every arrested indivi- dual considers himself innocent. Fortunately, we have a fine City” Judge in the person of Enrique Es- quinaldo, Jr. Nickerson could have The “Disorderly” charge is an- other matter, however. A person with a few drinks under his belt is often booked for “Disorderly Conduct” rather’ than for much more serious charges. For in- stance, there are numerous cases of assault, indecency, attempted theft, etc., that reach the court with the lesser “Disorderly Con- duct” charge. I’m not insinuating that Nicker- son was guilty of any of these crimes. Since he didn’t abide by the law and report for trial, we can only take his complaints with a dash of salt. This much should be done — there is a drunkometer at the station and all people ar- rested for drunkenness should be given a test. Only motor yehicle operators are tested under present conditions because of the addition- al expense and labor involved. Per- haps stiffer fines on the guilty can be made to absorb the cost of giv- ing all arrested drinking indivi- duals a test. While I think the poli ment is sadly in relations program, I