The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 16, 1954, Page 4

“Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, July 16, 1954 The Key West Citizen A NN ee Published ( ) from The Citiz i - Be nsont Sanday @ en Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ... NORMAN D. ARTMAN ... ee 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 P: entitled to for nea of all news dispatches Po is exclusively or not otherwise credi| lished here. n credited to it in this paper, and also the local news pub- Member Associate Dailies of Florida OOS ocr le aaa esis Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 — a ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION e Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public {: and subjects of local or general interest, but it seilfeact publish anonymous communications. a IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and one "Pavilion. Sea. Consolidation of pena a and City Goveraments. Community At SS INJUSTICE: U. S. STYLE A reporter recently visited the island of Kili, in the Marshall Islands, to see how 200 Bikinians were faring in their néw home. The United States moved these 200 form- er inhabitants of Bikini eight years ago when it began tests of atomic weapons in that area. The story which confronted the reporter on his ar- rival is not a happy one. In the first place, Bikini was about ten times as big as Kili. It included some 36 islands, Surrounding a lagoon, which had a plentiful supply of fish year around. Fishing, therefore, was the primary occupation of the Bikinians. However, on Kili, there is no fishing seven months in the year, because the high surf makes it almost impossible during this period. The lives of 200 natives may not have a major effect on the outcome of the struggle between the free and Communist worlds but a better fate is due the 200 Bikin- fans who were moved from Bikini some seven years ago. They spent two years on another atoll, after which time they moved to Kili. They were driven from their first new home by hunger, and it seems that they are facing the same problem in their new island location. An idea of the neglect of these natives, for which the United States Government is guilty, comes from the reporter who visited the island. His visit was the first time in six months an American had called at Kili. The number two man in the Bikinian village at Kili told’ the U. S: reporter Bikinians’ old clothes were falling off-and that they were hungry and that they looked to the United States to do something for them. Unfortunately, the United States’ record is not what it should be in our’history of dealing with: Indians, and other displaced peoples. While the case of the 200 Bikin- ians may not be of major signifiance to many people, the ’ U. S. Government’s reputation is at stake, and has been, and our record of the last seven years with these people is a sorry one. One need only imagine what Communist propagandists can do with this sort of inhumane bungling in Washington. L 2. 3. 4 5. After all, it would be rather tough to have to live forever. May is the month for memories, especially for those who lost a loved one fighting to protect your life and mine, The President says the McCarthy-Army hearing has cost this government prestige abroad and respect at home and we agree. If radio newscasters knew half as much about the news as their authoritative voices lead one to believe they would know enough. IPIAIO REE IRIC| ma ial) SITIRIAINIGIE AMIE TE RMR IAlT Ie SIIAIT EIS} | SI TIA T AICIE mn T/A HesisiEt a Ee AIN 7. Always 8. Pale 9. Begin 10. Velvetlike fabric 11, Change 17. Flaw 19. Places to sit 21. English consonant 23. Devoured 24, Mr.Lincoln 26. Return 38. Spout oratory 30. Spanish hero 32. Ascending 42. Eagle's nest 45, Large knife 46. Genus of the trog 48. Newt 50. Perceive 51. Makea mistake People’s Forum ‘The Citizen welcomes sions of the views of its expres- read- ranted. The writers fair and confine the 200 lene requested VOTELESS AREAS & Editor, The Citizen: Some of the fellows here in Wash- ington voiced surpzise that Sigsbee Park and Peary Court shared the same “non-voting” status as the District of Columbia! Florida is one of the very few states denying government-reser- vation residents the right to vote. Each state, I am informed, retains this authority to establish certain “qualifications of voters’ either locally, state, or federal. So the state of Florida is entirely within its rights, technically. The people of Florida make the laws. As I have previously stated, how- ever, such a denial violates the spirit of the Constitution of the United States. No one denies this. Is Florida trying to be unique, or infamous? I shall say this. Florida is being laughted at. If a comptroller general wants to’ make the state look foolish, he’s doing it. What’s more, I’ve reached the alarming conclusion these reservation-resi- dents don’t want to vote. Mr. D. L. Black, glorifying the Welfare State in his defense of Sigsbee Park in his forum letter of June 25th, openly voiced his desire to forego the privilege of becoming a “Key West citizen” to enjoy the many “advantages” of Sigsbee Park. What advantages? Of freedom? Not at Sigsbee Park. Mr. Black stated the Navy Wives have the privilege -of calling the Shore Patrol in times of emergency, or for arbitration in neighborhood dis- putes. This is no privilege. This is a limitation, especially when their neighbors happen to be the Shore Patrol and his family. I suspect it is not clearly under- stood the Shore Patrol has no au- thority except to maintain the peace when on duty. They cannot arrest any Navy wife anywhere at any time. They have absolute- ly no jurisdiction over civilian residents anywhere except to keep the peace on military reservations. Upon their recommendation, a Federal Commissioner or the FBI may be called upon the intercede. This is also the privilege of the Navy wives, make no mistake of that! What is so tragic is the residents’ resignation to such biased super- vision. Fighting such apathy ex- ternally is not only difficult, its nonsensical, come to think of it. Why concern ourselves with others’ inalienable rights if they voluntari- ly throw them away? Even the beguiled puppet does not concern himself with who pulls the strings. H. V. B. Washington, D. C. NEW TV TROUBLE PHOENIX, Ariz. Four police cars raced to a house where a bur- glary was reported in progress. “There’s a man in there with a flashlight,” warned Mrs. Lucille Patterson, returning home from a movie. Officers charged inside and dis- covered the light was cast by a TV set which Mrs. Patterson had forgotten to turn off. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CITIZEN a This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb Moni Gomez, 721 Duval Street, collects old coins—gold or silver. Personally, I do too. The differ- ence between us is that Moni saves his—the bill collector takes mine. But that’s getting off the sub- ject—what I started out to say is that Moni has built up quite a collection of old coins and he is looking for more. If you have anything in this line that you think is valuable, check with him —he might buy it from you. Paging The C. Of C. We'll let the Chamber of Com- merce answer this one— “What happened to the very necessary project,” writes a read- er, “begun by the Key West Chamber of Commerce to recon- vert the ‘Bridle Path’ into a super picnic area? “Boy Scouts and others devoted considerable time to clearing part of the path but nothing was ever done. To date, it is still being used mainly for a convenient— and very cool—spot to polish and repair cars. “There are some who use the area for picnic purposes but they either spread the ‘eats’ on covers placed on the ground or carry their own tables and chairs. The number of people who would en- joy seeing the C. of C. project carried to a successful conclusion may be judged by driving the length of the Boulevard from Bertha Street to the airport.” The writer is correct. I hope Harold Laubscher will give a re- lease to the papers or to “This Rock” on the subject of the pro- posed picnic area. While we're waiting for it, let me recount in- formation I gathered several months ago: Seems as though the Chamber of Commerce has been rather em- barrassed about not getting the project completed on schedule. First, it ran into difficulties con- cerning use of the land. Then Sitter Accused Of Cruel Acts PROVIDENCE, R.I. (#—Police today accused a 20-year-old baby sitter of inflicting cigarette burns on a 2-year-old girl—and then at- tempting to pass the burns off as a possible case of measles. Police Sgt. Edward J. Lovett identified the girl as Gertrude M. Polseno. She was booked last night on a charge of assault on Francine Coates, 2, daughter of Mrs. Dar- lene Coates, last July 8. Lovett said two witnesses told police Miss Polseno burned the child on the arms, legs and body, allegedly because she did not like the child’s looks. Miss Polseno de- nied the accusation. it was unable to get the proper equipment for the area. Laubscher is a hard worker. I could call him up and get the de- tails of why the picnic grounds haven’t been completed and I’m sure that there are justifiable rea- sons. Because the situation effects so many people, I -+think it would be nicer and more respectful to the Chamber of Commerce to let that organization answer the question itself, however. Praises Public Service And here is another note: “The growing interest that em- ployees of the City’s sanitation department are taking in their work is a source of satisfaction. “It is indeed gratifying to note that garbage trucks are being handled in a safer manner,” says the letter, “and that the employees on practically all of the trucks are more willing to cooperate with the public and are a great deal more courteous. “The other day I called the Sanitation Department and asked them to pick up a load of limbs and leaves in front of my house. It wasn’t long before a truck ar- rived and the men not only picked up the trash I called them about but went next door into a vacant lot and removed scattered debris. They then asked my wife to sign a certificate signifying that the collection had been made.and the job completed in a satisfactory manner.” “This Rock of Ours” likes to hear this kind of news. It means that we’re making progress in shedding the slothful habits cre- ated by WPA and other dole-like jobs. It is also nice to know that folks are following up on the Key West Safety Council’s suggestion to clean-up their yards as a hurri- cane season precaution, There certainly won't be any time to do it during the few hours before a storm strikes! Tots Really Take A Nap LOS ANGELES (#—Each day John Welch, 3, and his sister Linda, 2, seem to come up with new tries at avoiding their after- noon naps. What they did yester- day worked in reverse. Mrs. Lois Welch put them to bed, but as soon as she left the room John and Linda were up. Into the bathroom they went and found a bottle of white pills. They tried some and went fast asleep. Mrs. Welch, looking in on her children, spotted an empty sleep- ing tablet bottle. After a quick trip to a receiving hospital John and Linda are okay. ‘ Bail Reduced For Actress LOS ANGELES (#—Blonde act- ress Lynne Baggett faces Superior Court trial on charges of hit-run and manslaughter in the traffic death of a 9-year-old boy Municipal Judge Louis W. Kauf- man, after preliminary hearing hearing yesterday, ordered the 31- , year-old actress to appear July 29 for arraignment. Her bail was re- duced from $10,000 to $5,000. Miss Baggett is accused of driv- ing a station wagon which collided with another on July 6, killing Joel |Watnick. Two witnesses testified the station wagon was traveling 40 to 50 m.p.b WATER by DENIS SNEIGR A peculiar similarity exists be- tween Key West and France. The similarity’ revolves around the cases of three service men charged with committing crimes involving civilians. The serviceman in France was quiekly thrned over to French au- thorities for trial and sentence. In Key West, the Navy refused to turn over to civil authorities for trial, two Navy men. Why does our military brass readily hand over an American for trial by foreigners when, on the other hand, the brass refuses to surrender American servicemen for trial by fellow Americans?. Jack Kofoed, writing. in his column in the Miami Herald, de- tailed the case of Pvt. Richard Keefe on duty with our military forces in France. “One night,” wrote Kofoed, “he (Keefe) took on a cargo of vino, adopted a taxi cab, and drove off with it. The gendarmes arrested him.” For this “crime” the French sentenced Keefe to five years in solitary confinement. Get that, five years in solitary | ot. for driving around in a crummy French taxi. : And why did our brass in France let the French try Keefe? Because, Kofoed points out, the United States is a party to a treaty which places Americans in NATO countries under the jurisdiction of local civilian police and criminal courts. And, Kofoed says, thees foreign officials often are individuals with deep rooted prejudices against Americans. I agree with Kofoed. As far as I can determine from reading newspapers, about half the French are Commies anyway. Kofoed also wrote: “More than a century ago, Chief Justice John Marshall issued the dictum that service in the Armed Forces shall not abrogate or nulli- fy the constitutional rights of an American citizen. Keefe’s rights have been nullified. What are we going to do about it?” Keefe’s rights nullified? They were sandbagged. | But what to do about it? Kofoed suggests that veterans get on the ball and yell at our representatives and _ senators. After all, this is an election year and you know how skittisn our legislators are in the face of an election. Key West In Days Gone By JULY 16, 1934 “Clean up and keep clean” is the slogan of the FERA and a comprehensive start yesterday was made and the campaign is going on ceaselessly today. Harry D. Warren, who has been acting as deputy collector and acting cashier at the local custom house for several months, has re- ceived his. permanent appoint- ment. About 10:30 o'clock Saturday night Custom Officers Oscar Lounders and L. C. Taylor cap- tured the motor launch V-21239, a large quantity of liquor, some fruit at Curry’s abutement. When it was known that a large amount of alcohol was captuned some person asked what was done with the spirits. The reply was, it is made into “high grade” Bacardi, rum, aguardiente and other in- toxicants by the local bootleggers’ organization . (July 16, 1944, fell on & Sunday. No paper.) pesos ° Bumpy Ride WEISER, Idaho #—Vard Hogan, 49, a Weiser Flat farmer, told Jus- tice of the Pe: Joe Gallagher yesterday he didn’t even notice the bumps when he lost his way while driving home Wednesday night. Washington County Sheriff El- mer Hickman said Hogan had driven a half mile on a railroad side track before hitting a switch ae Hi tiokemceneentoiaernte Gallagher fined Hogan $100 and revoked his license for drunken “ I don’t know whether Kofoed has heard from the American Legion and the VFW in his area, but I'd like to hear the Key West veterans make a noise about the Keefe case. Td also like to know which group of fat-headed do-gooders okayed the treaty that turns over Amer- trial. Now to take up the case of the two Key West servicemen that the civilian authorities want but can’t get. Edward Peter Quick, 23-year-old sailor, was driving a car which overturned, killing a 24-year-old woman passenger, according to the Monroe County Sheriffs office. In another accident, the sheriff's joffice says Ray E. Drake, 20-year- jold sailor, was the driver of a car that overturned, killing a 20-year- old woman. Civil anthorities issued man- slaughter warrants for both sailors. Did the Navy brass here break their necks rushing the sailors in- to custody of the civil authorities as the military in France evidently did with Pvt. Keefe? The Navy brass certainly did The Navy told the sheriff's de- partment that if the department wanted the boys, the sheriff or a depuy would have to sign an agree- ment that at the end of the trial or sentence, the sailors would be returned to the Navy at no expense to the government, or tc the per- son delivered. A spokesman in the Navy’s legal department here said such an ord- er was contained in Section 703 of the Naval Supplement for Courts Martial, U.S. 1951. The section was issued by the Secretary of the Navy under the direction of the president as. con- tained in Executive Order No. 10214, The sheriff's department says Attorney General Dick Irvin has ruled that a sheriff has no author- ity to sign such an agreement. I wonder: if the military in France got such a signed agree- ment from tke French before they turned Keefe over for trial? And that’s the way things stand now. The Navy won’t surrender the boys and the sheriff won’t sign the agreement. Stalemate. But meanwhile, Pvt. Keefe is doing time in a French jug. How about it, Sen. Smathers? Would you pick your phone and call the Pentagon? Maybe the brass there can spring Pvt. Keefe. Gals, Grandeur, Gaiety Galore In Roman Film | “O. K. Nero,” American I. F. E. |release that opens Sunday at the | Monroe Theatre, was produced by Niccoli_ Theodoli who. felt that the public had wearied of seeing ancient Rome treated with heavy- handed solemnity in so many pic- tures and would prefer dancing girls ani milk-bathing beauties to roaring lions and pompous pre- lates. The exterior scenes for “O. K. Nero” were shot in Rome and its environs, but very few authentic backgrounds were used. Theodoli was determined to make an “un- realistic” picture, and he chose as the principal location site not the Colosseum but the buildings of the 1942 Exposition which blend ancient and modern architectural styles in a fashion designed to horrify stu- dents of early Roman history. The interiors of “O. K. Nero” were filmed at the Titanus Studios on -the outskirts of Rome and in- cluded several mammoth sets representing luxurious sleeping quarters, meeting rooms and the Empress’ bathing chamber, setting for Poppea’s sensational milk-bath scene. 1105 WHITEHEAD STREET Expert Repairs TAILORED INS’ MOTELS .. HOTELS . 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Deputy Constables Johnnie Cuc- cia and Frank Bankston ap- proached an address where they were to serve a warrant yester- day. * A large dog ran from the rear of the house and began growling in an unfriendly manner. “What will I do if he bites?” Cuccia asked. “Just bite him back,” Bankston ; answered. From inside the house a wom- an’s voice yelled: “Don't you dare bite my dog!” ———$—_—_.. About half the homes in the United States are more than 30 years old. Dick Says OTICE Tose REP. BERNIE PAPY “T have no intention of runs” ning against you in the next Political race.” 5 Now, maybe that will ease any undue fear on the part of Bernie at having to face such a formid- able opponent as myself! And it might stop folks from saying that I'm going to enter the political field because I’m putting “Dick's Tire Service” on benches all around town. Seriously, that bench advertis- ing is pretty good stuff. At least folks must have read it to be able to kid me so much! The thing I want to figure out now is how to keep people from sitting on the benches and hiding my message. A few well-placed tacks might do this but it wouldn’t increase good- will for the store. Dick’s Tire Service is headquar- ters for U.S. Royal. That’s the tire that you put on your car when you want the utmost in safe, economical, carefree riding. We have a special sale on right now. It might be worth your while to stop in and ask about it. Many people prefer to buy re- caps. Dick’s Tire Service has its own Lodi recapping shop and the best, most experienced work- men in town to do this kind of work. All our tires, new and re- capped, carry a “Double-guaran- tee”: (1) Guaranteed satisfaction; (2) Guaranteed without limit as to time or mileage. The sewer project hasn’t been exactly kind to Key West auto- mobile and truck tires. If you're one of the unfortunate many who have suffered damaging cuts in your tires from sharp rocks or knife-edged chuck-holes, visit Dick’s Tire Service. We’re special- ist in section repair work. Truck owners like our work of this kind because their tires cost so much. A proper “section repair” makes a tire as good as new at a frac- tion of the ori 1 cost! Again, Dick’s is located at 929 Truman Ave. Ph, 2-2842, The store with the revolving “U.S. Royal” sign.—(Advt.) TELEVISION SALES and SERVICE TELEPHONE 2-3449 Reasonable Rates JTALLATION for . HOMES . . BUSINESS ———L—_<_——— Presents Television Listingg—WTVJ, CHANNEL 4 ATLANTIC WEATHER TOPPER SIGN OFF SATURDAY, JULY 17 MUSIC SAT. MORNING WESTERN SPACE PATROL SUPER CIRCUS BIG ToP CARTOON-0-VILLE. COWBOY. G-MAN ROY ROGERS TO BE ANNOUNCED CACTUS 31M ‘MR. WIZARD TO BE ANNOUNCED STUDIO OF THE WORLD UNCLE MARTIN TROUBLE WITH FATHER 1195 1145 8:30 900 10100 10:30 1108 12100 12:30 100 10 200 230 3100 ‘31268 400 | 420