The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 15, 1954, Page 1

Aimed Forces Day — 1954 - Power For Peace Key West Citisen Key West, Florida, has the "“eountry, with an average ange of only 14° Fahrenheit For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 25661 or 2-5662, VOL. LXXV No. 116 Educators To ‘Attend Fiesta Power Of Free Forces Day Address "Hits Dictatorship By ELTON C. FAY ASHINGTON \#—President Ei- Me fn an Armed Forces pute between Sen. MeCarthy (B- Wis) and top Pentagon officials. But most of the time the Presi- iscences” -of his long career as a He said that 43 years ago next month he took the soldier’s oath. He remembered the old Army and his days in West Point, in- cluding the professor in 1912 who gave a “long and learned lecture” to prove that because of lack of gold and money reserve no war in Europe could last more than 30 days, That, Eisenhower comment- ed, was before World War I. Back in the old Army days life was rather simplé, said old sol- dier Eisenhower. Second lieuten- ants didn’t even wear gold bars on their shoulders. And even then they were saying in the service that ‘the Army isn’t what is used to be,’ and someone would remark ‘and it never was.’” Sometimes it was a second lieutenant’s job to see that the captain got home in the evening without the major knowing about it. Things have changed since the days of the “old Atmy” of which Eisenhower spoke and, indeed, in the “We: short years since he es up his five-star insignia to run for , President. Today, in military shows around the country, the public peered at (Continued on Page Two) —— MASONIC NOTICE There will be a special com- munication of Anchor Lodge No. 182, F. & A.M. Monday evening, May 17, commencing at 7 P.M. State Dept. Issues Bids To Festival A group of 12 Cuban edu- cators will visit Key West to Participate in the~ Fiesta Alegre y Benefica here May 20 and 21, it was announced today by Julio Cabanas, Jr., president of the Club San Carlos. Cabanas said he had re- ceived a letter from’ Dr. M. Domecech, president of the National Association ucators of Cuba, am prgani- , {the meeting to preserve order,| | THE Police Beef Answered By Newsman Cop Says Story Was Twisted; Reporter Says, “Tain’t So” Patrolman Armando Perez today issued a statement criticizing a news story written by Citizen re- Porter Jim Cobb about Wednes- day’s Civil Service Board meeting, - In his statement, Perez says story “was twisted and Tate.” SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY. 15, 1954 After reading the Perez state- ment, Cobb issued a statement of his own. . The Citizen is printing the full | text of both statements. Here they ing. You said if it wasn’t libelous, you would print it. I appreciate this fairness. Here goes: In my opinion, Cobb’s news was not only twisted but it was inaccurate. “The second paragraph of his story says: ‘Flaming tempers re- sulted in three police officers, at stalking from the story. If Cobb wasn’t trying to in- fluence the reader’s opinion, why couldn’t he have said the same thing in a quieter tone? “For instance, that last quote could have been reported fairly in this manner: ‘Red-faced, Cerezo and Patrolman Perez then left the chambers apparently very angry.’ At least this would have given the Citizen’s readers a chance to know that Cobb was inserting interpre- tative opinion. “Cobb neglected to mention in g his story that a large portion of the crowd at City Hall that night were colored folks. In saying that Lt. Cerezo and myself attempted to j-|use force on the people however, British Nati By COLIN FROST LONDON —Queen Elizabeth II Came home today after*-a six- month tour of her farflitig com- Monwealth, Enthusiastic throngs jammed London for a roafing wel- come, Just before dawn, the royal Queen on the last leg of her journey, pushed into the “eastern ja baller Thames agit and Despite fog the En- glish Channel, the yacht and its Toyal navy escort were two hours ahead of schedule. 5 The new 5% million-dollar Brit- annia was due to weigh anchor at about 9 a.m. (4 a.m. EST) and steam up the Thames to Tower Bridge, in the heart of London. Here Elizabeth was to ‘step into a barge for the final 15-minute tide to Westminster Pier and a short trip by carriage to Buicking- ham Palace, °: In London, crowds camped on rain-swept sidewalks through the night to make sure of a front row place to greet the Queen; her hus- band, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. iy The police were ready for up to one million people to crowd the (Continued on Page Two) VETS! See Page 6 he succeded in creating an un- pleasant racial antagonism when your paper was distributed in the colored section of the City. You and I are both Key Westers and you know that we’ve never had this kind. of trouble here and we don’t want outsiders bringing race wars from up North to Key West. Your other reporter, Bill Gibb has never been easy on the Police but at least he has never tried to hide his opinions behind a false front of news. Why don’t you let a Key Wester like him cover Key West news? He’s always willing to tell a man to his face exactly what he puts in print. “Sincerely, “Armando Perez “Patrolman, ‘K. W. P. D. Saturday 15-May 1954 Cobb’s Answer: “Editor, The Citizen: “After reading Mr. Perez’ letter, I have arrived at the conclusion that if local police officers spent as much time at FBI training schools’ as they apparently do studying journalism, the depart- ment would not be in the sad pre- dicament it is at the present. “(Let me preface my remarks by saying that I understand Mr. Perez is one of the best regarded officers on the police force and that any statements I may make are not intended to be an affront to his personal character. I hope he can take it as well as he can disH it out.) “Mr. Perez says my story was ‘twisted and inaccurate.’ “I sey it wasn’t. “My advice, Mr. Perez, is that (Continued on Page Two) —————— (IDLE WORKMEN COST MONEY Get Prompt Service from é Strunk Lumber 120 Simenten Street, near Bank suicinssbsialigeenmabebilsennscma i Day message of R ¢ Adm. @. On this day we remember all the personnel of our Armed F ‘humble gt to these men and women our e call of duty.. We can askonly that God will grazt them the courage to ‘Serve their nation as those in the past have done. Let us; on this day, pray that the Almighty will give us the success to our undertakings aa end the forces of evil that now’ threaten the world. in bringing to ncert the year on Friday, May 21, at putich There were no immediate reports of damage or since. the big “quake of, \April, 1949, Prof. Howard Combs, director of the geology/ department at the University of Washington, said the quake c within a 25-mile radius of Seattle. He said the quake was of an intensity/ of 5 on a scale of 12. Prof. Combs said a five rating meant’the quake’ was just under the intensity neéded to cause dam- age. The university seismograph re- corded. the’ .first earth movement at 5:02.20.a.m. Combs said the quake lasted only for a fraction ofa minute, although shock waves continued to disturb the seismo- graph for some - time. The Washington State Patrol said it had received reports of the shock from as far south as Olym- Pia, 65 miles- down the twisting shores, of Puget Sound, and from Edmonds, 16 miles to the north. _ The temblor was felt in all sec- tions. of this city of 550,000 per- sons and police, newspaper and tadio switchboards were jammed with calls from citizens’ awakened by the quake. ‘The second story of the Times Building shook and pulsated as though .the~ heavy presses below were running at top speed. Paper Sponsors TV Hearings NEW YORK w—The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has’ become the first. commercial sponsor of the televised Army-McCarthy hearings in. Washi » The newspaper, which operates its own TV station, is buying time on. another outlet to do so. The Dumont network announced yesterday that its affiliate station WTVI in St. Louis, Mo., has sold sponsorship of the afternoon tele- cast to the newspaper. The price was not disclosed. In St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch said there will be no interruptions of the hearings for commercial an- nouncements: Bi Read Auld Clootie Today, Page 2 (Pa. “Pol. Advt.) { the 8:00 p. m. at the high school auditorium. The band has been rehearsing the concert numbers for the past six weeks. The program. will ‘fea- ture first line band music. Guest conductor will be Frank Crang; conductor of the Indian River Concert Orchestra. Now a resident of Vero Beach, Crang is former orchestral conductor and first horn player of the Toronto Symphony. 4 Always interested in the music development of young people. Crang now. spends much: of his time in. this pursuit. He will fly to Key West from Vero Beach in his own plane ar- riving on Thursday for a rehearsal with the band. Some of the program numbers in- clude the Overture “Tiberius,” a Roman tone .poem; Heinzelman- chen’s Wacht Parade, a German folk legend-from acient times; a Classic March, by Camille Saint- Saens, and several lighter numbers including some of the novelty type. The program also included a pi- ano and band, modern concerto and a cornet solo. Navy Invites Civilian Aid In Fund Drive ‘The Navy Relief Society today in- vited civilian aid in raising $21,000 for this year’s fund. The fund rais- ing campaign begins Monday. The Society, which is the Navy's organization for providing financial assistance to distressed ‘Naval per- sonnel and dependents, said it ue- lieved that many civilians employ- ed by the Navy here would want to contribute. Last year, the Society paid out $41,000 in loans to personnel faced with emergencies and $2,535 in gratuities — all money which was circulated here. Income Tax Form Directions Simplified HOUSTON, Tex. (@—T.. Coleman Andrews, commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, says instructions accompanying income tax form 1040 — the dag d cl so famil- iar to many. — simplified “even to the point of using comic strip illustrations if necessary.” The commissioner said yester- day another possibility under con- sideration is. elimination of returns from people who make salaries of less than. $5,000 a year. A) IN THE U.S.A. Civilians Johns Bids For Broward County Vote Asks Collins To Explain Tie With World Federalists By HAROLD PARR MIAMI (#—Acting Gov. Charley Johns headed into Broward County today after a round of Dade Coun- ty stump speeches in which he asked his governorship rival, Le- Roy Collins, to explain his con- nection with the World Federalists. Johns said the United World Federalists organization is a group that advocates a single govern- ment for the entire world. Johns hurled’ the World Federal- ist charge at Collins after an- nouncing he had wired a chal- lenge to the Tallahassee senator meet him in a debate on the paign issyes here next Thurs- tions to ask» Collins thac he was unable to ask in their joint tele- vision appearance over a Miami station Thursday night because of lack of time. Challenge Told He said he had suggested to Col- lins that each man have 30 min- utes to present his case, then be given 30 minutes for rebuttal. “Then let us ask questions of each other,” Johns said. He said he had included in the challenge 12 questions he wanted Collins to answer and had given his advance notice so he would have time to consider the queries. Johns did not make public the 12 questions in any of his. speeches and reporters were told they would be released by Bob Quinn, who is press agent for the Johns Dade campaign committee, at 4 p.m. today. However, in his stump speeches Johns said he wanted Collins to tell “where he got his World Fed eralist views.” He said that the 1951 Legislature was “misled” into adopting a resolution urging world federalism. Resolution Repealed “We came back and repealed it in 1953 after the ladies of the D. A. R. made us realize our mis- take.. My opponent got up and fought that. He offered an amend- ment to tone it down. He later withdrew the amendment.” Johns read from what he said was a photostatic copy of a letter *|of invitation to attend a World Federalist meeting, .He said Col- lins was among the signers of the | ; letter. The candidate also called upon his rival to “say if he is or ever was a member of the Klan. I’ve told the people I never was. I’ve never seen anything in the news- paper that he has made such a statement. I think he should clear this up for the people of Florida.” Speaking at Hialeah, Johns s: “as far as I’m concerned, as gov- ernor of this great state the rac- ing dates can stay as they are. T’m not going to use my influence as governor to change them in any way.” Unsuccessful Fight During the 1953 Legislature Johns was one of the leaders in .|the unsuccessful fight ‘to gain for Gulfstream Park a portion of the i held took. FREE SHRIMP COCKTAIL With Each Meal DUFFY’S TAVERN—218 Duval St. American & Italian Kitchen Entertainment . ELINOR WILLIAMS at the Piano PIZZA PIES 75 UP a PRICE FIVE CENTS Big Parade At 6:30 Will Include Seventy-Seven Participating Units Hundreds of civilians flocked to the Navy Base to- day to visit ships and submarines, watch diving exhibi- tions and to take boat rides. It was Armed Forces Day and the Navy threw open the gates to its big base here and took civilians on guid- ed tours of its many activities. The day’s activities will be topped by a huge par- Collins Urges Pressure For Heavy Vote Claims Johns Is Using “Scurrilous” Ads In Campaign By BENNETT DELOACH DADE CITY State Sen. Le- Roy Collins began a moving day of campaigning today after urging ade tonight at 6:30 p. m. A final tally of partici- pating units indicated that TT outfits will participate in the march. There will be five bands, 21 floats, 27 decorated automobiles, four miscellaneous units, and 20 marching units. The bands are from the Key West High School, Douglass High School, U. S. Fleet Sonar School, USS Howard W. Gilmore, and Welter’s Cornet Band. Theme of Day. The theme of this year’s Armed Forces Day is Power for Peace, which will be carried out in the parade. The route of the parade is along Supporters.to: get out and vote! Duval. Street to. Truman-Avenue~ because “the machine will have their voters out.” He urged voters yesterday to get out a heavy vote in speeches at Bradenton and Sarascta and in a television talk at Fort Myers last night. Collins went from here to Ocala and Gainesville and will top off the day’s ‘politicking with a television talk at Jacksonville tonight. He said 400,000 Floridians voted for him and Brailey Odham in the first primary and “it was the greatest vote that has ever been cast against a man who led the ticket. It certainly indicates that the great majority of people want- ed a change, and he’s desperate.” Collins was referring to Acting Gov. Charley Johns, who he said was using “scurrilous” and “‘shod- dy” advertising against him. Local Bills Hit Collins stressed his program, including abolishment of what he called the local bill evil. He ad- vocates home rule which he said would permit counties to do many things for themselves now being done through local bills in the Leg- islature. and then out Truman to Bayview Park where the parade will disband Tonight, at the Armed Forces Day Ball at the American Legion Home on Stock Island, trophies will be presented to representatives of the winning units. The trophies — provided by The Florida National Bank — will go be — — military float, the best ian float, the best marching unit and the best band. Cooperation Given In a statement today, the parade committee of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 thanked all civic organiza- tions and Naval units for the “won- derful support and cooperation” du- ting the planning stages of the parade. The committee also thanked the newspapers and the radio station “for their wonderful coverage of the events.” The committee is composed of Judson Stephens, chairman, A, Arango, Jr., M. E. Lewis, Lt. 8. P. Douglas, Navy Liaison Officer, Vance C. Stirrup, and Frank Ro- maguera. Paintings Shown ° One of the highspots of the open house was an exhibition of paint- ings aboard the USS Gilmore and the submarine Medregal. : The paintings all are the work ; {of Mrs. Van Noble, 1101 Truman Avenue. There are 10 paintings aboard the Gilmore and one | aboard the sub. “I want to assure you,” he said, “I will give you the leadership to 100 million dollars worth of roads. “But, Johns has included in this .| amount secondary gas funds which actually are county funds and also (Continued on Page Two) First Time In Key West! What? See Ad Page 6 One of the paintings — that of the USS Amberjack — was lent for the occasion by Cdr. E. L, Beach, .|Maval aide to President Eisen- hower. Cdr. Beach has the painting hanging in his office in the White House. This painting also was taken to the recent launching of the atomic- powered submarine, USS Nautilus. Mrs. Noble said today that she (Continued on Page Two) NOTICE To Members and Guests of the Key West Federation of Musicians Transportation to pie- nic site will leave Union Headquarters SUNDAY, AT 9:30 A.M. RUBY DICKERSON, Secretary.