The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 18, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN _ Tuesday, May 18, 1954 The Key West Citizen Ee natal Ene e Nieneo ncn ne Use eee eee Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citiz uilding, corn: Greene and Aun airecte cei za aie Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher rssernsersemnernne 1921 » 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN .....0:.0+ wmennee Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 SSeS Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for juction of all news. dispatches credited to it = ot pein ited in this paper, and also the local news pub- lished here. Member Associate Dailies of Florida PE SRI RISE nt haste aan Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 pase teal aia Botan eid Birra seated aces BS reat dha Area din sot ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of and subjects of local_or general interest, but it" will anonymous communications. : IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED : BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. L 2 3. 4 S PURPOSE BEHIND OUR SATURDAY’S PARADE STRESSED IN THREE WORDS You have heard it said, if you see one parade, you see them all, but that is true only of the representations in the parade, not of the spirit behind the manifestation. It was that spirit, actuated by patriotism, that stim- ulated widespread interest in the Armed Forces Day parade held in Key West Saturday evening. Ninety-one units participated in the parade, and thousands of resi- dents lined the streets to see it. : We are so used to our free way of life, we take it for granted. It is well for us to be reminded, as Saturday’s parade reminded us, of our great democracy that guar- antees our freedom. When that occurs, many of us reflect on the differences between our blessings of liberty and the ever-abiding uneasiness of the people in Iron Curtain countries. Those people are figuratively afraid of their own shadows, and actually mistrust members of their own families. Many a story has come out of' Russia of sons or daughters who have reported their parents to the gov- ernment for their criticism of communistic doctrines. And parents have informed against their children. The worst feature of this disruption in family life is that the Kremlin encourages members of families to “squeal” on one another. How are the victims punished? The Kremlin keeps to itself the punishments it imposes, and most of the time it is exile in Siberia or execution. So it is well for us Americans, who are so used to liberty we take it for granted, to be reminded occasionally of its security and social benefits. What was the objective behind Saturday’s parade? The nucleus of the demonstration was stressed by three words that headed a cut on The Citizen’s front page — “Power for Peace.” At no other time in the history of our, country has George Washington’s advice — “In times of hs: Kz NUdvege AN “% ores ont on anche RAY JENKINS, COUNSEL FoR INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE Brief Rundown Given On MeCarthy-Army Row WASHINGTON ( — Here is a brief rundown on the Senate Inves- tigations subcommittee’s inquiry into the dispute between Sen.: Mc- Carthy (R-Wis) and top Pentagon officials: The basic charges—Secretary of the Army Stevens and Army Counselor John G. Adams accused McCarthy and two subcommittee aides, Roy M. Cohn and Francis P. Carr, of using improper pres- sures to win favored Army treat- ment for Pvt. G. David Schine, a subcommittee aide who was drafted. McCarthy and his associates in turn accused Stevens and Adams of attempting to use Schine as a “hostage” in efforts to induce Mc- Carthy to halt or divert an inves- tigation of alleged subversives in the Army, particularly at Ft. Mon- mouth, N. J. They also accused Asst. Secretary of Defense H. Struve Hensel of seeking to dis- credit the subcommittee. peace prepare for war” — béén adhered to as much as it is today by the government of our country. : We frequently hear propaganda about Russia’s strength in planes, and submarines and other weapons of war, but we may feel sure that our government is well prepared to strike and strike hard. We hear, now and then, of this or that powerful weapon our country pos- sesses, but what we hear concerns merely the fringes of our strength. While Russia brags about its weapons of war, Washington officials‘keep secret its mighty striking power. The Citizen commends the persons who arranged for Saturday’s parade, the units that participated in it, and those who glamorized it with beautiful floats. We predict the current “Who’s a Liar?” hearings in Washington will end in a draw. AIBTURACTHIOIRIE] A (EILKRRIOILIEIS MAIL |P} IRIOIUTTIEMMEJAIT|AIBIL IE} lOWILIEITISMEPIA TIL] E MLE (CIT ME TIRIE|K/S| LIL MBRIAICIE|SMA TIN} IVE MEBIAIL IETS MOTO} LIOIPIE ID RM AINTE |W] SAB ILE] Crossword ACROSS 1, Geograph- ical reter- ence book 13. Emit light 14. Daughter of Minos 16. Austrian coin 16. Upright spar 17. Alternative 18. Unity 19. Wagers 20. Unit of work 21. Public vehicle 22. Minute orifice’ 23. Glut 34 Bymbol for ver 25. Pro (+--+) 2zle 26. Dance step Hiei 29. Sorrows 32. Contend RIE IEIRIRIOIR] AIUIRIABBRIEIAIRIE(D) IRIEISITIOIRIEMMAIRIOISIE] [RIE REI ILIETSBAUINIA} IGIAISHESTAL! INI THESIEIR) Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle DOWN 1, Inquire 2. By means of 3. Wild animals 4. English queen 5, Perceive 6. Photo- graphic apparatus 37. of Say 38. Ship’s material 41. European 2 Negati . ive 43, Ine line gir! 46. 48, Waki 49. Ancient Jewish sect 50. Thick 7. Make speeches 8. Fail to hit 9. 19. The one and the other 20. Facility 21. Strike a baseball 22. Boy at- tendant 23. Uttered 25. Destroy a ey : . Roman poet 29. Happy 30. Blossoms 33. Throngs 35. Meaning 36. Ties 37. American pioneer 38. Citrous fruit 40. Singing bird a foe . Coy 44, Small mass 45. Born 47. Exists Pertinent past testimony—Ste- vens denied trying to halt Mc- Carthy’s probe. He said he objects to methods which he - contended gave a distorted picture. He said McCarthy’s aides subjected him to threats of an “exceedingly seri- ous” nature in seeking Army fa- vors for Schine, and he felt the implication was that McCarthy would be easier on the Army if the Army did moré for Schine. McCarthy has said through his questioning that the answer to charges of pressure in Schine’s be- half is that Schine is still a private. He said the accusations against him and his aides stemmed from persons who objected to His cam- paign to uncover those in the Army who “‘coddled Communists.” Adams has testified Cohn flew into rages and fits of violence in discussing Schine and the subcom- mittee’s inquiry. He said Cohn threatened that if Schine were sent overseas, Stevens would be “through as secretary” and the Army wrecked. Adams said, “The pressure (from Cohn) became ex- tremely hard to bear.” Adams testified that it was at the suggestion of Sherman Adams, top White House assistant to Presi- dent Eisenhower, that he first started setting down a chronology of his relations with McCarthy and Cohn. Such a chronology became the basis of the Army charges. He said Sherman Adams made the suggestion at a Jan. 21 meeting at- tended by Atty. Gen. Brownell, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and others. Questioned about the meeting two days later, John Adams said he had been directed by higher authority to say no more about it. Yesterday’s highlights — The White House made public a letter from Eisenhower to Secretary of Defense Wilson directing Army witnesses not to testify about any role played by officials in other branches of the administration. He cited the constitutional provision for separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches. McCarthy called this order an “almost unbelievable situation . . . Tron Curtain . . . this cover-up.” He voiced belief that Eisenhower wouldn’t have signed it “if he knew what it was all about.” Subcommittee Democrats also criticized the order. Sen. Syming- ton (D-Mo) said that if it stands “the hearings may never start again.” Sen. McClellan (D-Ark) said unless it is changed “it means these hearings are terminated.” But Chairman Mundt (R-SD) said a decision to recess until next Monday, voted 4-3 on party lines, in no way “even remotely implies 'guments among themselves but By Bill Gibb I’ve made up my mind that I’m going to keep out of this City Hall — City Commissioner Police confusion that is going on at pre- sent. The only thing I could give you would be misinformation and you can easily get plenty of that by going out and standing on the street corner for a couple of min- utes, When the dust from the present fight is settled, perhaps “This Rock of Ours” will be able to re- Port the winner. We don’t have to wait that long to say who-the loser is going to be — it’s the folks who allow this temporary discord to in- terrupt life-long friendships. That kind of enmity that is being expressed at City Commission meetings isn’t conducive to good government. If these commission- ers ‘must be antagonistic, the least they could do would be to stop put- ting on a three-ring circus and meet behind closed doors. County Commission An observer can’t help but ad- mire the County Commission for the dignified manner. in which it conducts its meetings. The pro- blems that confront this body are just as important as any being faced by. the City Commission. Why so much difference then? I think the answer lies in the fact that county commissioners un- derstand enough psychology to rea- lize the harm they will do if they confuse the public by constant bickering. Tey may have stitf ar- when a matter is taken to the floor, personalities are eliminated. The situation is somewhat ana- logous to decisions made by the military. Probably admirals and generals vehemently disagree with each other before a campaign as to the tactics which should be em- ployed. What would happen to the morale of the enlisted men in their command if such arguments were made public, however? I once worked as a first-aid man and ambulance driver at a hospi- tal up in Tennessee. It used to be| Red Vessel Sunk TAIPEH, Formosa (* — The Chinese Nationalist Defense Min- istry reported a lone Nationalist warship sank one Communist ves- sel and damaged nine others in a clash off the Chinese mainland yesterday. ; The ministry said 10 Communist craft, including seven gunboats, opened fire and attempted to en- circle the Nationalist craft. The announcement said-the Nationalist vessel returned undamaged. a a discontinuation of these hearings for good.” : All four subcommittee Republic- ans voted for the recess until next Monday proposed by Sen ‘Dirksen (R-ll). Previously it had rejected 5-2 a move by Sen. Jackson (D- Wash) to recess until tomorrow. This Rock Of Ours interesting to hear doctors thrash out problems of a case. I’ve heard them in heated debate as to whe- ther an immediate amputation was necessary or whether it would be better to try to save a limb at least for a few more days. But — and this is important — they didn’t do this talking front of the patient, Otherwise the poor guy would have died. of fright! I’m not maintaining that public debates don’t serve a good pur- pose. Unless they are conducted in an orderly fashion though, the by- standing public merely has its emotions worked up and never re- ceives any intellectual satisfaction. Lighter Subject Let’s skip all of this and get off to a lighter subject. Tell me some- thing — every once in awhile my mail includes various invitations to conventions, dinners, lectures, ete. The location where these events are being held is scattered all over the nation. What I want to know is how anyone but a wealthy, retired vagabond could be expected to at- tend such gatherings? For instance, I have an invita- tion to attend a testimonial dinner and Sigma Delta Chi meeting in Athens, Ga., this week. Next week, I’d like to be up in Chicago to learn a little on National Safety. And there are some darn interest- ing doings going on at Northwest- ern Univ. in Illinois about this time of year. Wonder if the people that stage these affairs ever stop to think that the average working man can’t exactly yell ‘“Good- bye” at the boss whenever the mood strikes him? I know I’m not the only one both- ered with this kind of problem. Earl Lindsey was telling me the other day how the Alumni Asso- ciation of Ole’ Miss followed him around, Maybe the solution for us Key Westers lies in trying to at- tract. more of these conventions down this way. It would’ be es- pecially helpful to our motels and hotels for Key West to become known as a summer convention city. > ‘Gold Rush’ Fever Is Quickly Cured RICHFORD, Vt. (» — George Tyler will be remembered long as the man who spoiled the week-} end “gold rush” ir, this border town of 2,600. Diggers excavating a cellae for a Knights of Columbus building made the ‘strike’ and a nitric acid test, applied by a local jew- eler, seemed to indicate they had struck the real thing. But along came Tyler, principal of nearby Enosburg High School, to pronounce the “gold” iron or copper pyrite—‘‘fool’s gold.” Trade Pact Extended MANILA (®—The Philippine Sen- ate and House of Representatives last night passed an «administra- tion bill to extend the U. S.-Philip- pine Free Trade Agreement of 1946 to Dec. 31, 1955. A similar measure is pending in the U. S. Congress. “WELL, Yates,” said the voice of Dr. Stokes, and in he came from the front office. How long he'd been there, listening, I had no way of telling, He set on the desk a bag, the kind of little black bag all doctors carry. “Well, where do you go for new suspects?” “Right back to the head of the list, doctor,” I told him, in a voice I tried to make as smooth and good-humored as his. He pursed. his mouth. “Why, now,” he said, “that means me. I wes at the head of the list, wasn’t “Correct, doctor,” I said. “You were.” Mrs. Pettigrew had been look- ing at him, with fear beginning to grow and grow in her expression. “Do you need me any more, Mr. Yates?” she asked me. “If you don’t, maybe I’d better—” But before she got up, Dr. Stokes put his hand on her arm and gave her a little push to keep her in her chair, “No,” he told her. “I think you'd better stay until the end of this, Mrs. Péttigrew.” “T think you're right, doctor,” I agreed. “A third party as a wit- ness may help a lot.” “I was thinking that very thing.” He sat in a chair, skid- ding a little so that it was near the half-open door to the front office. He took his bag into his lap, idly snapped it open and rummaged inside. His eyes were on me, very steady and bright and smiling behind their thick glasses. “What's on your mind, Yates?” “One chief point, and I'll get to it at once,” I said. “The first murder was champion for slick- ness, and the two others were almost as slick. To do them the way they were done took some- body who knows all about death.” I paused, hoping that would make it impressive. “The man who By NORMAN CARRIGNAN WASHINGTON (®) —American authorities said today they are con- vinced Moscow has turned loose Communist agitators to foment strife and chaos in volatile Cen- tral America This belief, U. S. Diplomuts said, is based on recent developments in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Hon- duras and climaxed now by an apparéntly large shipment — of} arms to Guatemala from Commu- nist-controlled Stettin, once a Ger- man port but now incorporated | into Red Poland. / The State Department an- nounced late yesterday that an unspecified quantity and type of arms now are being unloaded from a cargo ship of Swedish registry at the Guatemalan port of Puerto Barrios. The announcement said that: “Because of the origin of these arms, the point of their embarka- ton, their destination and the quantity of arms involved, the De- partment of State considers that this is a development of gravity.” For a number of years the United States has blocked all arms sales to Guatemala. It has re- peatedly charged too that Guate- mala is the center of Communist agitation in Central America and that its government is “playing the Communist game.” Looking back over unrest in Cen- tral America during the past six weeks, American authorities said they ‘believe the signal for this activity came from Moscow late last year, At that time, they recalled Gua- temala’s three top Communist leaders visited Moscow. Since then, they said, these events have occurred: On April 3, Nicaraguan exiles from Costa Riea unuccessiuuy tried to assassinate anti-Commu- nist Nicaraguan President Anastas- io Somoza, Somoza has ruled Nicaragua for about 20 years and his death, offi- cials said, would cause political vacuum and a prolonged political upheaval. He is also regarded as om2 ef the most 7's has Sia munists in Central America and an_arch-foe of Guatemala. Subsequently a cacne of arms was found along a lonely stretch of the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Included were 2 submachineguns, 20 hand grenades, 4 automatic pis- tols and 40 rifles described as bearing hammer and sickle mark- ings. At the end of April, almost all of the banana workers, numbering | over 20,000, in the northern sector of Honduras went out on a wildcat strike. Workers in shops, telephone exchanges and hospitals also struck, paralyzing the entire area. Guatemala lies just to the north of Honduras. The Honduran government threw three newly arrved Guatemalan consuls out of the area and last week Secretary of State Dulles suggested they may have triggered the walkout. The strike has been well disciplined with little or no violence, but it has been endorsed by the Communst-<lominated Gen- eral Labor Confederation of Gua- temala_and the Communist-run World Federation of Trade Unions. “We feel even more clearly,” said one U.S. official who asked knows most about death is a doc. tor.” “Elucidate,” he said, in the most winning of voices. His hand was still straying inside his bag. “Let’s take the last two killings first, or rather one of them. Ben- singer. They found he died with- out his breakfast. But he would have had plenty of time to catch a bite if he got to your place, as you say, after the time you left,” “Well,” said Dr. Stokes, “I was gone from home to my office at about eight-fifteen or eight- twenty, and no inger shown up.” “Why didn’t he eat, then?” ] demanded. “T’m afraid you'll have to ask said the doctor. “Contact him in the spirit world.” Mrs. Pettigrew was looking from one of us to the other and back again. She gathered her big body together, as if for an effort to rise. But, “Keep your seat, Mrs, Pettigrew,” said Dr. Stokes gent- ly, and she kept it. “The medical examiner says that Bensinger died around nine o'clock,” I took up my review again. “But Bensinger didn’t die ite, as late in thé morning as t. “No?” He looked mystified. Too mystified. “No. He lay dead in a hot, hot room, both he and Alchisez. The heat of that room kept their bodies from cooling off at a nor- mal rate for this time of year, and made it seem as if they'd died later.” . Dr. Stokes tilted his head back and Jaughed, long and quietly, and shook his head from side to side. “You’re romancing, Yates, The heat of that room was about seventy degrees, as I remember.” “You remember?” I threw at him quickly. “What makes you so dead certain about the tempera- ture of the room?” “Because I noticed it when I came back home after you called me,” he said. “Being a medical man, I checked everything.” “That's right about the =| ature when you came back. H what about when you left for| your office earlier, about — thirty? Wiaat did the temperat read when you switched the au- tomatic thermostat back to brin, it down from wit ee pasted it up to, and walked out, ioe two dead men behind you to coo! extra slowly so as to pes you another of your clever alibis?” He smiled like an indulgent grownup at a fresh kid. “Doctor,” I said, “you don't seem to get mad at what I'm say- ing. ig. “Because you're me of murder.’ And heer! amuses me.” Mrs. Pettigrew got heavily to her feet. “I don’t care what = body says,” she told us hastily, “Tm going.” She started for the door. But Dr. Stokes got up too. His ba: hung open in his left hand, with his right hand he hit her with something he'd taken out of the bag. He hit her heavily, at the side of the head. She gave a sort of tired sigh and fell down. HAD started to get up myself, but Dr. Stokes shifted what he had hit her with. It was a short, black pistol and he'd held it the barrel, so that the butt had been like a peen of a hammer to smack home on her temple. Now he'd changed his grip to get it into firing position and was Pointing it at me. It had two bar- rels, one above the other, and they were .41 caliber. I relaxed in my chair again. “Yes, sit quietly, Yates,” said Dr. Stokes. “You know, you shouldn’t have hit Mrs, Pettigrew _. as hard as that.’ ae hit her?” I fairly gobbled at im. um. “Yes. You hit her. After a while, when I have leisure to ar- range it, you'll hit her again. Fracture her skull. She'll lie there a while, and die.” (Te be continued) U.S. Raps Red Efforts To Forment Strife Eisenhower May Retire To Farm Rather Than Run In’56 By MARVIN L, ARROWSMITH WASHINGTON (® — Watching Pesident Eisenhower roam around his Gettysburg farm, you get the impression he might be somewhat more interested in re- tiring there than he is in a second White House term. It’s nothing more than an im- pression and you could be dead wrong, The President himself never has given any public inkling as to whether he will seek re-election in-1956. Several of his close asso- ciates say they don’t know, and they speculate that he probably hasn’t made up his mind. They. say the world situation and the. political circumstances at the time undoubtedly will influence his decision. That and the fact he would be just a couple months short of 70 years old at the end of a second term. But when you see him these days at his 189-acre farm on the historic Civil War battlefield at Gettys- burg, Pa., you can’t help but feel that is where he would like to be to stay, just as soon as possible. The spacious new home the President and Mrs. Eisenhower are having built there has a lot to do with the impression you get. They visited it over the weekend and spent more than an hour proudly showing it off to the Presi- dent’s youngest brother, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, and his wife. The place in the rolling Penn- sylvania hills will be ready for ov- cupancy by fall. It will be the first home ‘of their own they have had since their marriage nearly 40 years ago. “Let’s go look at my joint,” said Refugee Beauty Queen Is Set To Graduate CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (» — A Uni- versity of Illinois beauty queen — a fugitive from the Red zone of Germany — is expected to receive to receive her degree in one cai- endar year of study. The student is Edithe Maria Binde, 20, who is to receive a bachelor of science degree Aug. 1 after completing two regular terms and one summer session at Illinois. She won credit for 69 «f the 120 hours of study required for the degree. by taking proficiency ex- aminations in various subjects. _ Miss Binde was selected as one of the six prettiest girls in the ica that cannot be.explained by sources wthin the area itself, “Each of these incidents re. quires time, organization and money. Conceivably each might be explained by some local condition, not to be named, “that there is a degree of activity in Central Amer- but ther timing and aim suggests central direction and purpose,” the President enthusiastically as he led his brother into the now roughed-out room which eventual- ly will be his den and office. And Mrs. Eisenhower remarked with a laugh to her sister-in-law as they wandered through the six bedrooms on the second floor: “Did you ever know a woman who had enough space?” Building a new home and fur- nishing it excites any man and his wife. But in this case you ‘seem to detect some unusual eagerness aft- er a life crammed as full of tre- mendous responsibility and strain as Eisenhower's has been for more than the last decade. Whenever he visits the farm there is a lively glint in his eye and he talks about such things as the sturdy oak beams salvaged from the old original structure for the :eiling of his den. And about the cross breeding of cattle he is planning when he ac- quires a herd of his own. There is plenty of room to smack a golf ball across the fields. There is a place, too, for another of the President’s favorite hobbies — fishing. A private pond has been built across the road from the house. And another thing: there will be a studio on the attic third floor of the new home. Nothing has been said officially about that as a Place for the President to haul out his oil paints and easel, but j there is speculation that is what he has in mind. Yes, the impression you get watching the President at the farm could be dead wrong so far as a }second term is concerned. But then again... | senior class by the university year- book. Francis J. Koenig, assistant dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said that in his 25 years of ex- Perience “this is the shortest time I can recall that a person has been able to get a degree from the university.” Miss Binde, who escaped from the Russian zone of East Germany to Berlin and thence to tie United States, was graduated from Goethe Schule, Berlin. CAPTIVE TURTLE BITES COLLECTOR BALTIMORE (®—A small land turtle bit 12-year-old Frank W. Anders on the nose Sunday and wouldn’t let go. The turtle, one of 14 collected by Frank and his friends, finally surrendered when Frank’s mother stuck a fork into a leg-hole in the turtle’s shell. Frank’s mother, Mrs Yvenne Ford, said last night the boys “no longer own 14 turtles.” The U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization thinks that it should be possible to produce 50 per cent more rice on areas now in that crop.