The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 20, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monree County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher... 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN me 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 dispatches credited to it or not otherwise ited in this paper, and also the local news pub- Tuesday, July 20, 1954 Member Associate Dailies of Florids ————— ——— esses Subseription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues terest, not publish and subjects of local or general int but it will anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and Ba’ Pavilion. Lai Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. 1 2 3. 4 5. WHAT CONSTITUTES LIBEL, ‘LAND GRAB,’ ‘LOCAL BILL,’ ‘STATE FUNDS’ ? How critical can a newspaper be about the way an attorney conducts his case in court? County Solicitor Marsh, who had charge of the prosecution in the Cothron- Bateman case in Key West, is suing the Miami Herald for libel for some of the things it said about him during the trial. That’s a matter for the courts to decide, but it does not stop us from expressing our attitude. Our sympathy was wholly with Marsh when he said State Attorney Mc- Ewen was “ungracious” in his comments on the way the case was conducted, in view of the fact he had been in- vited by Marsh to participate in the prosecution, but our sympathy is wholly with the Herald in Marsh’s libel suit. What constitutes libel? Stripped of its mile-long legal red tape, false statements that incite or tend to incite the public against the party injured. Any lawyer will tell you it’s hard to prove libel unless the charges are fla- grantly false. Now here are some false charges: , 1, — The Herald said that the bill that provides for the reversion to Monroe county taxpayers of acreage in the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District was “local.” False. It was a general bill. (See Chapter 24251 Laws of Florida, 1947.) 2. — The Herald referred to the reversion as a “land grab.” False. You don’t “grab” anything that belongs to you. The taxpayers of Monroe county bought that land from the Florida East Coast Railway. Further, they also bought the railway conipany’s right of way, which they are willing to transfer to the State Road Department. 8. — The Herald spoke about “state funds” in con- nection with the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District. False. The taxpayers in Dade or any other county in the state, except Monroe, did not provide one penny of the money to buy the right of way and the acreage in ques- tion. Monroe county taxpayers pledged their property, in- cluding their homes, to get the money from the Recon- structiom Finance Corporation. This acreage, which John Kilgore called a “land grab,” was referred to similarly in an editorial in the Herald. You would think, if you didn’t know better, when you read the Herald story and editorial, that state tax- Payers as a whole provided some of the funds to acquire the acreage and that, therefore, it should be returned to them. But the big hitch is you can’t return anything to anybody who had never owned it in part or in whole. Kilgore and the Herald spoke. about an “agree- ment” a majority of the Overseas Bridge Commission had made to GIVE the acreage to the State Road Department when the bonds were retired. Aside from a clause in the bond indenture that prohibited the commissioners from entering into any such agreement, wherein did they get the power to take such action? They were appointed by the then governor (Caldwell,) but he didn’t give them the power. And the power was not inherent in them. And surely they could not agree legally to give away acreage that was bought by all the taxpayers of Monroe county. The Citizen doesn’t know if the Herald’s story and editorial incited anybody into believing the people of Monroe are land grabbers, except one W. M. Egan. He went to Tallahassee and, according to Kilgore, spoke about bringing a taxpayer's suit against the “transfer” of the acreage to Monroe. What taxpayers? Does Egan think Monroe is a sort of suburb of Dade, which impowers Dade taxpayers to institute such a suit? We know a man who didn’t listen to the Army-Mc- Carthy squabble. The time to support your church is now; not when you have made your pile, which time may or may not ar- rive. Church-goers do not necessarily lead model lives, but on the average, they are each community’s best citi- zens. We saw a movie the other day in which the hero didn’t run around with women, didn’t drink and wasn't a killer. Things have reached the stage that when a per- gon writes a book he lowers his thinking to give the pub- lic what it wants. One reason the weather always warms up around the first of June is because of the hot air masses created by graduation speakers. The popular idea of a tax reduction bill is one that 4 reduces taxes in our income-bracket and increases them if necessary, in other brackets. . ¥ This Rock Of Ours “ By Bill Gibb George A. Wood, Navy Chief; and District Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, today concludes his discussion of ju- venile delinquency. Have these columns provided you “food for thought”? If so, let’s hear your opinions! It is a problem that faces the entire community! As the child grows older, he must adjust himself to the dis- cipline demanded by the customs and modes of society. The basic conflict between his innate, ag- gressive drives and the inhibitory obstructions of adult society must be successfully sublimated. Par- ents can be of invaluable assist- ance in helping their children make satisfactory adjustments be- tween their own selfish desires and the larger need of the com- munity, state and nation. Teaching children a sense of responsibility to others must, of course, be accompanied by emo- tional security and carefully su- pervised freedom of expression. The child who is loved and want- ed,” who knows that he can re- treat to the haven of the family while learning life’s painful les- sons, will have little difficulty in growing into a mature, well-ad- justed, socially-conscious adult. The first five or six years of a child’s life are the most vital to his future welfare. These are the years spent almost entirely in the home, far removed from the in- fluence of school, church and community organization. Beyond improving the general cultural environment, it is to the parents we must look for the training and guidance . that will enable the child to thread his way through the pitfalls of youth and adolescence, fully prepared to take his place on the complex adult world of the 20th Century. Solutions to the challenging prob- lem of juvenile delinquency, thep lie largely in the direction of! strengthening all aspects of fam- ily life. Share Activities Few delinquent children, for in- stance, are found in families that share their leisure activities. Un- tunately, this practice is not wide- spread among American families today. A Detroit study showed that only one boy in 12 had par- ents who regularly joined in this way; yet wholesome recreation, undertaken by the family as a group, is one of the most effective deterrents to delinquency. But strengthening the family entails far more than this. All the resources of the school, the church, welfare agencies, civic, service and fraternal organiza- tions, community councils, and juvenile court agencies should be trained on the goal of family in- tegration. And not only the par- ents of this generation, but each generation of prospective mothers and fathers must be instructed in ethical and spiritual principles of conduct, as well as in the ele- ments of physical and: mental hy- giene. An important field for imme- diate actions is the preparation for marriage. Studies have shown that most juvenile sex offenders are either utterly ignorant or grossly misinformed of sexual matters. This indicates a failure of schools and of parents (many “? counteracting acts. replace age-old methods of re- pression and revenge with scientific, curative approach of community of whom are themselves ill-ad- vised or steeped in Victorian in- hibitions) to take sex out of the back alley and poolroom, and re- place misconception with fact taught by trained personnel. Long Range Program The answer would seem to lie in a long-range public education program planned and prepared by educational, social, religious, law- enforcement and community groups, and disseminated by means of the daily and weekly press, mass circulation: magazines, radio, television, and. other im- portant media of communication. Such a program, properly co- ordinated, would accomplish sev- eral vital objectives. It would en- able the public to appraise more objectively and less hysterically the aggressive activities of the juvenile delinquent and the im- portance of the family group in these anti-social It would create a desire to the the psychiatrist, the social work- er, and the forward-looking and progressive juvenile court judge. And it would instill a willingness to pay the additional taxes and chest contributions that would provide needed e¢.pan- sion of treatment and rehabilita- tion facilities for present offen- ders and of preventative educa- tion to decrease the number of potential and future delinquents. THE END Grisly Story Of Old Murder Told TOKYO (®—A factory worker told a grisly story yesterday of killing a woman, sawing up her body and eating part of it, Kyodo news service said the tes- timony cleared up an eight-year- old mystery of a woman’s bones found buried in a Yokonama park. Hisanaga Sugiyama, 34, told po- lice he picked up a cabaret danc- er, lured her home while his wife was out, killed her with a hatchet and sawed up her. body. He told of burying three main parts of the body, boiling what re- mained and telling his wife the hu- man flesh was beef. “He was held on a charge of murder. LONG HAIR SET FOR PAGEANT TANEYTOWN, Md. (#—They’re letting their hair grow in this Car- roll County town so that they’ll all look like early settlers when cel- ebrating Taneytown’s 200th an- niversary next week. Tomorrow through Friday there will be a pageant depicting the history of this community of about 2,000. More than 600 persons will take part in the pageant. This is one of the places in which George Washington slept and it’s the birthplace of Roger Brooke Taney, who became chief justice of the Supreme Court. July 4 is celebrated as Inde- pendence Day in the Philippines where formal independence was granted July 4, 1946. HOR R/S—0 Dad Asks Court To Handle Boy BALTIMORE — Irvin J. Adams, 16, was brought before Magistrate Howard L. Aaron yes- terday and charged with burglary of $6.50, a novelty machine and a clock-radio from a grocery store. The magistrate offered to release the boy in the custody of his father. But the father, Thomas E. Adams, refused custody and said the boy belonged in jail. “I can’t handle him,” Adams told the magistrate. “The only time I ever see him is on Friday night when he comes in for his allowance.” The youth then was sent to city jail when he could not furnish bail of $1,000. Key West _In Days Gone By - July 20, 1934 Moving the offices of the FERA from the south side of the light- house department building to the Vie Realty building, formerly the Hotel Jefferson, wil start tomorrow afternoon, it was stated today. All tank partitions in the Key West aquarium have been installed on the eastern side of the struc- ture and most of those on the west side are in place. J. I. Phippenty, radio engineer with the lighthouse department, arrived from Washington, D. C. yesterday on business connected with the local unit, Game reservations at Key West and Tortugas are to be reposted, said J. V. Kelsey, United States Game Protector, who was in Key West this week, Kk & duly 20, 1944 LeRoy N. Myhre and Francisco Rodriguez, Jr., Key West, both aviation machinist mates, U. S. Navy, were members of Composite One, first of the Navy’s “Baby” Flat-top” air squadrons, and a pioneer in carrier plane operations against Nazi U-boats. Advocating Key West as an ex- | periment station between North and South America, the Rev. Sam P. Reinke, of the Congregational Church, today discussed the future of this community at the weekly luncheon session of the Key West Rotary Club, James D. Austin, who came to Key West two months ago from Tennessee, rode “around a block” that extended 40 miles to the toll bridge, which he tried to crash Lega re a toll, as a result of whic! is in county jail, charged with larceny, — —_—_——— THIEVES PAY OFF SANTA MONICA, Calif. uw — Three pairs of silk panties disap- peared from Mrs. Delores D. Stack’s clothesline yesterday. In their place, attached to the line with a clothespin, was a dollar bill. pi lela eat, SUBSCRIBE TO THE CITIZEN ‘ | Legionitems By JUDSON STEPHENS, Arthur Sawyer Pest, Ne. 28 American Legion Happenings At The Pest Meeting: Ed Bayly, recently appointed as Civil Defense Committee Chair- man, reported on his doings in this committee. It was an excellent re- port and Ed is to be congratulated on a fine start for the new year. If any disaster should happpen Ed will have things well organized to bring proper relief. Melvin Edwards was just ap- pointed to the first Un-American committee of this post. This will be a very important chairmanship for this year and I hope Mel can do something for it. 1st Vice Commander Lewis sub- bed it for Bill McLaughlin of the Boy Scout Committee (Scoutmast- er) and informed the membership that eight more boys were awarded their tenderfoot badges. Congratu- lations are in order for Scoutmast- er Bill and also to Louis Ismay, the institutional representative. At this time I would like to say that any Legionnaire with a son of Boy Scout age should have him get into our very active Scout Troep 256, New tents are being purchas- ed and the boys are really going te town. The Budget for the Legion Year 1954-55 was read and approved. A copy of the budget is available in the Post Home for any Legion- naire desirous of reading it. I will advise every Legionnaire to look it over at their first oppotunity in or- der that they might see where the money goes that we make ‘ For several years now we have. been carrying a large budget and this year is no exception. For our many programs we need plenty of do-re-mi. To get this, membership is the uppermost project. Witheut a membership the Post can’t do the swell job they have done in the past. Please work on new mem- bers, renewal members and rein- statements. This -is one of the most crucial years in our history and our membership rolls will tell the tale. Congratulations to the House Committee and Bethel Johnson, our immediate Past Commander and present bar manager. For the third consecutive month now they have shown a nice profit through hard work and untiring efforts. Carl Sawyer headé the House Com- mittee and I say he does a swell job. Without the full cooperation of his committee members though Carl couldn’t do it, he says. He has a couple of vacancies so if you would like to do some- thing constructive, just call on Carl and he will set you right up. The various committees that have been appointed for the new year made their first reports and from the looks of the activity Post Commander Kranich will have a very nice and busy year. x kek *& Junior Baseball League Team: The American Legion Post 28 Jr. Baseball team journed to Miami this past weekend to participate in the 10th District tournament. Prior to leaving they had several Practice games with various geams in Key West and came out very nicely in them. With only a couple of losses they beat some of the best on the Island. Tony Arango is do- ing a swell job with this program and is being isted nicely by Bill Cates as the Manager of the team. Results of their participation in Miami are not available, will give them next week. x k & Blood Bank: The American Legion maintains a walking blood bank which is made up by volunteer Legionnaires. Blood is given to persons who can- not afford to pay for it but it is maintained mainly for veterans and their families. If you would like to become a member of this walking blood bank, please call Post Commander Norman Kranich, who also is chairman of the Bank, and give him your name, age and type blood you have. We have a small list of donors now but need more all the time. We have given on the average of three pints a month since the bank was started. * If you can’t get in touch with Commander Kranich then mail a post card to P. O. Box 209 with the information above plus your telephone number. xk Crossword Puzzle across 1, Serpeat 4. Exist 7. Grain te be ground 28. Cheat 29. Rubbish 30. Split = Confined Hal Boy Says NEW YORK #—If the world of | today has you down, folks, just hold on—the world of tomorrow will be better. A designing young man named Paul Wrabli¢i, whose job is to help create new industrial products better geared to the needs of man- kind, says that in 10 yéars our civilization will be more fun for everybody inthe family—mama, papa, and all their little two-legged tax deducts, First, let’ us take up Wrablica’s vista of joy for Dad a decade hence: “The average man, because of greater production efficiency, will work only 30 hours a week—and for more pay than he gets now. “This will give him longer week- ends, more leisure to enjoy the hobbies he likes. And their cost will come down. Suppose he likes sailing. Motor boats and sailboats will be molded from a single Piece of plastic, as the bodies of seme cars are now, “That long wearisome ride from his job in the city to his home in the suburbs won’t take so long. He'll speed there in a fraction of the present time in a jet-propelled monorail train. “Even the parking problem will be solved to some extent with smaller cars and more automatic multi-level garages.” The housewife will have it even better, if the view in Wrablica’s erystal ball is clear: “Most homes will be air-condi- tioned the year around. This means less housework. There will be no danger of falling down stairs. There won’t be many stairs. They will be replaced by elevators or inclined planes. “The need for maids will practi- cally disappear. The kitchen will become less important, because families will eat out more in res- taurants that are truly homelike. There will be little formal enter- taining in the home. “Wives complain today about having to push or carry a heavy vacuum cleaner around. That won't be necessary at all. A woman will be able to plug a hose into an ordinary wall outlet and—zip—the dust will be sucked down into a disposal unit in the basemant. Wives will have more and more time to spend caring for their chil- EIRIAIT pial PIAIUMBAILIEIR ATRIXMRIE ISIE + meme WIE) Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie DOWN 10. Succession 1. Value for tax 11. Soprane 18. Golf mound 17. Knock 20. Grain 21. Sweet biscuit 23. Young horas 34. Hollow 26. Raise 37. Spring month 28. Finest 20. Joke 20. Barrel maker uu a E g dren, going into politics or doing communiiy work.” Wrablica is sure household gadgets of all kinds will be simpler, more durable, and less likely to need repairs. And look what a pleasant life lies ahead for the kids in 1964— if he’s right: “Movies will be piped directly into the home. “Toys will be designed better for a child’s real needs, and they’ll be safer. In fact, life in general will be safer because of better de- sign. “Television will be common- place in the schools. _ “The TV-telephone will be com- ing into general use.”” Personally, I am not so sure about this TV-phone gadget. What businessman wants to look another businessman in the eye when hs is quoting prices over the phone? Teen-agers, of course, will enjoy seeing each other in those long phone calls about their home work they make each evening. But why pamper them? It’s a mystery to grownups why any teen- ager can stand looking in a mirror, let alone look at another kid in the same age bracket. Most adults, remembering their own youth, are convinced that the kindest thing you can build for teen-agers is a cocoon in which they can hiber- nate until they’re old enough to vote. Wrablica, who teaches design at Pratt Institute, has another pre- diction that makes me even more unwary about his drafting board dreams of life in America in 10 yeers. It’s about beds. “You won't have to worry about electric blankets in the bed of the future,” he said. “It'll have ther- mestatic controls built right into it. It'll have vibrating equipment—so you can lie in your own bed and enjoy a massage before jumping up to go to work.” Jump up and face work when a man can lie in a bed that will automatically keep his neuroses at the right temperature, and give him all the exercise he needs, too? It'll never happen. Why, put a few beds like that in the nearest poorhouse — and who'd ever take a job, or get up and face life? TELEVISION SALES and SERVICE 1105 WHITEHEAD STREET TELEPHONE 2349 Expert Repairs Reasonable Rates TAILORED INSTALLATION for MOTELS .. HOTELS . . HOMES . . BUSINESS Presents Television Listings—WTVJ, CHANNEL 4 ‘TUESDAY, JULY 20 GLENN and MICKEY WILD BILL HICKOK SHOPPER'S GUIDE MARINE CORPS WEATHER JACK OF ALL SPORTS DOUG EDWARDS RENICK REPORTING MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY LONE WOLF TV TOP TUNES FIVE-STAR PARADE DANGER 1 LED THREE LIVES MEET MILLIE 1955 Carde: | The new 1955 membership cards ! are in and will be mailed to those | who have paid their dues for this} year. Have you paid yours yet?) If you haven't, now is a good time to pay them. Dues this year are! $5.00 as a result of an amend- ment to the Post by-laws. We still have the second lowest dues in the 10th District. Let’s get busy and see if we can't make the Post 190 per cent before December 31. This would be a big feather in the Post’s cap if we could do it. Contact every Legion- naire you know and have him re- new his membership now. OLD CARS TO GATHER ROCKVILLE, Md. (#—More than 150 cars of ancient vintage will be brought here nex* Saturday for the antique car meet of the Antique Automobile Club of America. 12:15 SIGN OFF WEDNEDAY, JULY 31 100 DING DONG SCHOOL ON YOUR ACCOUNT MENU MAGIC SEARCH FOR TOMORROW GUIDING LIGHT NOON EDITION LOVE OF LIFE WELCOME TRA 00 BRUNCH WITH VELERS JUDY BIG PAYOFF JACK COBB JACKIE'S HOUSE VALIANT LADY SECRET STORM ALEC GIBSON LATE NEWS ATLANTIC WEATHER EVERSHARP THEATRE COL. FLACK