The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 29, 1954, Page 4

Page4 ss THE KEY WEST Citizen Thursday, July 29, 1954 The Key West Citizen ee es (except Sunday) Published daily pen ffm ‘The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ————— rrr re movty L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publish PERE nS NORMAN D. ARTMAN .-ccsrewrnrrrimccnnsnsnane Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-46) and 2-5662 Member # The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all ‘news dispatches credited to it or ot otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news pub- ere. Member Associate Dailies of Florida Snbscription (by carrier), 25¢ per wesk; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION fi tiabibhdaileec lena oa The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues tnd subjects of local or general imerest, "bat iti wil aot publish anonymous communica‘ IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartment Beach and Bathing "Pavia Airports—Land and Sea, tion of Count; ts. Copmusity Avditoriun, “™! CY Government L 2. 3. 4 5. ‘ THEY YEARN AND YEARN TO RETURN TO THE ‘SOUTH SEA ISLANDS’ Key Westers fumed and some of them cursed, up to 10 or 15 years ago, when some Florida cities on the main- land almost continuously “knocked” us to keep, or try to keep, tourists away from coming here, but if they knock now, it is of little consequence to us. We are progressing as we have never progressed before, and have been given nationwide publicity that brings tourists here in summer as well as in winter. The Citizen, on Saturday, told about the “knock- ing” Key West got 20 years ago when the FERA took over the government of the city. But after the FERA ex- pired, the knocking was continued. Tourists (not many in those days,) who came here, said they had been told, when they were coming to Key West, to take water with them, because there was not any water here fit to drink. They were told further that we didn’t have a sewer. system ‘and no entertainment whatever for tourists. There were other disparaging things, but, like old times, “those days are gone forever.” ‘ No other city in Florida, comparatively, has had the upsurge in growth and prosperity that has occurred in Key. West. It is now outstanding, also on a comparative scale, as a tourist center. Last winter while some cities in Florida were complaining about a falling off of tourist trade, Key West’s hotels, motels, cottages and apartments were filled to overflowing. Month after month, the Over- seas Road and Toll Bridge District recorded an increase in traffic up to the end of February. : And-now, at the height of summer, tourists are still coming to town. Of course, their numbers are far small- er than what they were during the winter season, but they continue to arrive, day after day, and at least one place to serve them, which was closed during the 1953 summer, is now open. e Not only Key West but also the entire chain of Flor- ida Keys have been given nationwide publicity. As for Key West, it was also given international publicity dur- ing the eleven times President Truman occupied his Little White House here. As The Citizen had noted before, Key West’s growth in the last 10 years or so has been substantial, the chief manifestation of which has been the construction of hun- dreds of buildings. At least one city on the mainland is perturbed by the rapid growth of the Florida Keys, due, in a great measure, to the coming of more and more tourists. Years ago, the big majority of tourists didn’t come farther south than Dade County; now a big percentage of them stream down through the Florida Keys, with Key West, in most cases, as their objective. Once they see the “South Sea Islands” of America, tourists yearn and yearn to come back again. Most people are eager to help the other fellow, as long as he has the money to pay for it. 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My daghter Marjorie just jumped up and down. It made her very happy. “You know, it makes you feel sort of old, doesn’t it dear?” I told my wife. “Perhaps it will pass again.” She said. NICK GEORGE MONTOS, with alicses, Nick ‘Watley, “Little Nick," and others Unlawful flight to avoid prosecution— robbery: interstate transportation of stolen property. DESCRIPTION: Age 37, born Novem- ber 8, 1916, Tampa, Fla. (not verified) ; height, 5 feet 5 inches; weight, 160 frets; build, small; hair, black; eyes, ue, wears glasses occasionally; com- plexion, ruddy; race, white; nationality, American; occupations, laborer, painter, bookbinder; scars and marks, 6-inch cut scar outer left elbow, ong, dim scar on back of left little finger, 1/-inch scar on right side of forehead, 34-inch blue diag- onal scar on right temple, scar on left eyebrow, numerous skin blemishes and marks on face. Federal complaints were filed at Way- cross, Ga., on August 23, 1951, charging | Montos with unlawful interstate flight to avoid prosecution for robbery, and at Chicago, I!l., on March 4, 1954, charg- ing him with interstate transportation of stolen property. any Egetso having information which may ai juested to contact the nearest office of the FBI, the telephone number of which apeeats on the first page of local tele- phone directories, Gov't Takes Over Defense Of Coventry COVENTRY, England, #—The Churchill government took over the civil defense reins of this war- battered city this week. Socialist city councilors washed their hands of the whole business months ago, contending civil defense is useless against an H-bomb. Civil defense work will go on just the same, with the city’s 3,000 volunteer workers putting in two or three hours a week at first aid lectures and rescue drill—and the national government will continue to foot the bill. The Council voted last April to disband its preparedness machin- ery. One H-bomb on the city, they said, and there wouldn’t be any- body left to rescue anybody else anyway. Personal appeals by Home Sec- retary Sir David Maxwell Fyfe failed to move the Council, so last week the government stepped in and appointed three outside offi- cials to form a commission and run the show. It has all worked out nice and smoothly. The government keeps civil defense going in Coventry— and the Council has registered its protest. The only people likely to be not so pleased about the whole business are the local taxpayers. Getting three top officials in from London is going to add a penny or two to the local taxes. Under a 1948 act of Parliament, local authorities have to foot the bill for any outside help sent in to carry out duties they refuse to accept. / in locating this fugitive is re- | My boy Billy showed a complete indifference which I guess is the custom for boys in the age group of eight to nine. “How does it make you feel?” I asked him. “Yes,” he answered. In a way, it is sort of funny how a screw driver and a pair of pliers can play such an important part in your life. My hand was a little | shaky when I used them. “What are you going to do with it?” Billy asked yme. right now,” I told him. Perhaps we will all be better off now. The nights will be a little more quiet. The silence will not “I don’t want to think about it! ling machine that the Of Salt By Bill Spillman ing Von Phister Street in its pre- sent passable condition. In a way, I hate to see the time come when somebody gets around to fixing up the street with that wonderful new street marker. About eight months ago before the sewer was put in and the road left passable, we lived in fear for or children’s lives because hot rods, speeders, and careless peo- ple used our precious tree lined street for purposes similar to the Indianapolis race track. Now it’s different. It is not our childrens lives for whom we now fear. It is the fools who might dare to take their lives into their ‘own hands by being so silly as to think that they could make’ over ten miles an hour without ruining their nervous system or their car that we now fear for. Really, it’s quite a mental strain when you think of the subject. Do we want a nice real smooth street of the high quality that is made by the money saving, street pav- city now owns, where the automobiles can speed so fast that people can’t see them, especially little children who aren’t capable of proper thinking — or, do we want it left in its pre- sent passable condition where it may kill drivers instead of chil- dren. [Horrors Of War Yield To Uneasy Peace In Indochina, But Premier Is Ready For Battle This Rock Of Ou By Bill Gibb This is one of those weeks I’ve heard other people speak about — a week when everything goes wrong. All newspapers abhor typo- graphical errors yet every news- paper is filled with them. Some- times these errors can be funny — sometimes they sort of put a guy on a hot spot. Last Monday, I ran a column joking about women in shorts. Said, “I almost drove through 4 plate glass window. . .” When the col- umn was published, it read: “I drove through a plate-glass win- dow.” That mistake wasn’t too bad. Didn’t do any harm. However, Wednesday, the column, while speaking of charity said: ‘‘Most of us want to help folks in whatever way we can. Usually, our dona- tions may not be more than a dol- lar or two but we don’t want 90 Percent of this amount to go into the pockets of some grafter on the sidelines.” That ‘typo’ was rather rough! My original copy used the word “grifter”, not ‘“‘grafter.” I apolo- gize to anyone who read the col- umn and became angry. “Grifter” means a person who manages a side-show, etc. It is a legitimate term. The object of my column wasn’t to abuse charitable work but to find someway in which we could have more’ confidence that our money was being spent wisely. Nice Letter Here is a nice letter that I re- ceived yesterday and peeegey enjoyed — primarily cause it shows keen insight and praises a minister of whom I’ve heard many good reports: “Dear Mr. Gibb, I never fail to read ‘This Rock.” rs You write everyday and I sure do agree with everything you say. There is only one thing 1 know you need — and that is to be a Christian!. . .I with you would go to a good, Christian church and hear the Gosepl. The Reverend Link is a man of God, preaching the Gosepl. I think you would en- joy his preaching. In fact, I’d like for you to have a talk with him. To know him is to love him. What you need is some good spiritual food, What you write will do a lot of people good, it will open their eyes to a lot of things. Sincerely, (Name Withheld)” Eliminated Part of Letter’ T’'ve eliminated portions of the letter which might tend to identify the writer. As I said before, the letter showed keen insight. That sentence which read, “You need to’be a Christian” sort of set-me to thinking. © Am I a Christian?. . Are you a Christian? . . How many of us who profess the Name actually live the life of a Believer? Quite frankly, I’ve failed and most of my failure is due to sel- fish desire, to “ego” spelled with a lower case “‘e.” A Catholie priest once told our high school class that there was a little bit more to Christianity than just going around calling yourself a Christian. Although I was a Protestant and his words were being delivered ‘9 the Ca- tholic boys, I think tha! lecture was one of the turning points in my life. Ever since then, I’ve been trying to discover — what is a Christian? Do you know? I think I'll have a talk with Mr. Link, Red China’s View Of Overseas Chinese May Indicate Ideas About Rest Of S By FRED HAMPSON HONG KONG (H—A key to Red outheast Asia China’s attitude toward Southeast | Asia may be provided by its stand on the issues of overseas Chinese. Burmese sources said last week | that Premier Chou En-lai had promised to drop claims to “‘dual citizenship” for Chinese who live in Asia outside China proper. Not many Chinese here—and Hong Kong Chinese consider themselves overseas Chinese—think the prom- ise ever will come to fulfillment. The overseas Chinese are key people, of an importance far out of proportion to their numbers. Their strong ties with China last into fourth and fifth generations largely because they keep Chinese Key West In Days Gone By duly 29, 1934 (Sunday no paper) * ce July 29, 1944 now be broken with Marjorie kick- jing the slats in her crib as she |turns over for now I have taken |it down and given her, her- first jhonest to goodness real three | quarter bed. Now, instead of the sound of kicked slats we will probably have the silence of the soft nights brok- ‘en with a thump when she falls joff her new love, her grown-up | three-quarter bed. To change the subject, I want to |tell people that I am very thank- jful to the sewer people for leay- | .PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which considered libelous or unwarranted. 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 otherwise. A lot of drivers say, ‘Look at that fool kid, you would think that his parents would teach him bet- ter.” I got news for people who make statements like that. Little chil- dren aren’t capable of too much tinking. They aren’t old enough to have developed the second sense necessary to think two thoughts at the same time. They are not res- ponsible. It is the driver who must look out for young children. Speeds must be adjusted to allow for chil- dren’s one track thoughts, APPRECIATION EXPRESSED Editor, The Citizen: In appreciation of quick thinking on the part of Mr. Chas. Capps and Mr. Brown, we wish to thank them for their heroic deed Sunday afternoon, by hitching on to a trailer already in flames and pulling it out into an open space, which prevented the burning of three other occu- pied trailers in the park. We also wish to thank the Fire Dept. for their wonderful cooperation. GUY TIPTON, Tipton Trailer Sales July 27, 1954. SAFETY MOVE SET BY FIRM BOSTON — A technical firm; Robert G. Dexter of Barkley says it is planning to move 50|and Dexter Co. and the Barkley miles to Fitchburg to “get out of|and Dexter Laboratories, Inc., ma- the potential bomb target area of|chinery designers and electronics Boston.” researchers, said Tuesday the citizenship in addition to that of their country of residence. There are Chinese families in Singapore, for example, which haven't seen China for four generations but which still hold China citizenship. What is more important to China, they almost all transmit, or used to transmit, money home to par- ents, relatives, business associates and friends. These donations in past years have reached as much as 700 mil- lion dollars. They supplied the for- eign money that enabled China to make up an unfavorable trade balance. The revenue to the government was terrific, and the setup that made it last generation after gen- eration rested on dual citizenship. The Communist Commission of Overseas Affairs put such rigid controls on remittances, took such a big slice in direct levies, that the golden flow dried up. The cut- ting off of commerce with the West didn’t help. Business remittances | of overseas Chinese outlets to par-| ent companies in China stopped. | The shifting of trade to Russia and | the satellites brought the narrow | barter profits and certainly no | share of the earnings of the over-| seas merchant. The overseas Chinese were much | more than just a source of revenue, which the Reds lost but hope to; get back. They exert great influ- ence. There is no doubt that many of these overseas Chinese work in- directly for Peiping in various ways. During the American Revolution muskets were so scarce that Ben-| jamin Franklin advised the use of bows and arrows and New York militiamen were told to arm them- selves with shovels, pickaxes and seythes. firm will move to Fitchburg in| February. " ' By JOHN RODERICK SAIGON, Indochina #—The hor- {rors of war are giving way to an ‘uneasy peace in the Indochina jstate of Viet Nam, but for a shy |little man of 53 the battle is just | beginning. He is Ngo Dinh Diem, ‘‘the hon- est man” who became premier | barely a month ago. An ardent na- jtionalist, he was chosen by chief of state Bao Dai to rescue the na- tion in its darkest hour. He re- turned from France and four years of self-imposed exile. He arrived too late on a stage where the scenery already was in place. When the cease-fire agreement was signed, cutting the nation in twe, many observers expected the embittered Premier to- resign. In the end he took up the challenge which the elections of 1956 pose to the non-Communist half of the di- vided country. Diem’s job is a staggering one: 1. To rally the full support of the 13 million Vietnamese living in the non-Communist zone. 2. To bolster his military de- fenses to prevent the Vietminh from overrunning the country if they should choose to do so. His immediate problem is to transfer as’ many people from the North as wish to come and to en- courage those now living in the South to remain in place. In particular he must persuade 1% million Roman Catholics of the Tonkin delta that their hopes lie with him and not Communist lead- er Ho Chi Minh. 4 This Catholic element is most important to Diem, himself a Cath- olic layman and brother of a Viet- namese bishop. They could cast a decisive vote in the elections two years from now. Besides bodily transplanting this vart of the population to the South, Diem must undertake sweeping re- forms which will convince his peo- ple his is the right course for Viet Nam. The road will be thorny. Diem has his enemies, and many am- bitious men and groups in the South see no reason why they should be in his present nonpar- tisan government. He is bound to step on toes when he starts to eliminate the bribery, profit-mak- ing and dishonesty which have been hallmarks of other govern- ment. His second problem, self-defense, is linked closely to solution of the first. Vietnamese say there will be a greater tendency to support the army if they know they are shouldering arms in an honest cause. Diem has the support of the army chief of staff, Nguyen Van Hinh, an aggressive officer who was given little seope for ac- tion under the previous adminis- trations. Triplets Suffer Eye Disease FLINT, Mich. #—An incurable eye disease has left two 8-month- old triplet girls blin@ and the third sightless in one eye. The children are Anita Sue, Jan- et Kay and Debora Lynn Price, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Price of Flint. The triplets each weighed less Three mills was the millage fix-|than three pounds at birth—last ed by the Board of County Com- missioners as they agopted a bud- get for the new fiscal year at a lengthy meeting last aight. This represents a reduction of five mills from last year’s levy. The great reduction was possible through heavy racetrack payments and careful conservation of the tax- payers’ money, the county adminis- tration remaining in a healthy con- dition all through the year, it was pointed out. Water consumers of Key West were warned to day by the Florida Keys Aqueduct ‘Commission to use water sparingly. Request of the Key West Gas Company for a reduction in assess- ed valuation of its properties from the $200,000 set by County Tax Nov. 25, _ Their mother only recently no- ticed Debora and Janet were bee ian Price told doctors the girls In’t reach for thi: other children do. rene _ Specialists at University Hospital in Ann Arbor said the triplets were suffering from retrolental fibro- Plasia. They said the disease at- tacks underweight child: ic- aly. ight iren_ partic. The largest U. S. Post office serves Manhattan and the Bronx, two of New York City’s five boroughs, earns a tenth of U. S. Postal revenue and dispatches an average of 17 million pieces of mail a day. SL Assessor Claude Gandolfo was de- nied last night by the Monroe County Board of Commissioners. Television Sales and Service 1105 WHITEHEAD STREET Expert Repairs TELEPHONE 2-3449 Reasonable Rates TAILORED INSTALLATION for MOTELS ., HOTELS . . HOMES .. 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