The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 18, 1954, Page 6

| | i ; { Faveé THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, September 18, 1954 | The Key West Citizen FC] PW Br ey ky Rs paoeesrpagea ec Se Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of | Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County - \. P. ARTMAN, &diter and Publisher 1921 - 1954 IRMAN D, ARTMAN “Balter and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter { ‘ ELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 a ~ ber of The Associated Press—The Associated Press Gaites to use for Feproduction of all news rire Soe qumed te jt i not otherwise eredited in this paper, and also the local news pub- ere, { Member Associate Dailies of Florids tp pet mere eeeepaterss ener ubscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ¢ Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues , nd subjects of loca} or 1 interest, publish (ponyrnous communica’ ie Hegga - bot Sol oop rn \MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hotels and Apartmi 2. Beach and Bathin; Maviioae t arate se nsolidation unty end 5. Community ‘Auditoriura, sd lie eee ae ee IS IT RIGHT FOR DADE TO HAVE PARKS AND WRONG FOR MONROE TO HAVE THEM? The people in Monroe County pledged their real pro- rty to buy the acreage in the Overseas Road and Toll idge District, yet the Miami Herald advocates, in an eilitorial published Thursday, that they give the acreage ty the other 66 counties in Florida, Why doesn’t the Herald urge Dade County to give parks to the other 66 counties, particularly Crandon Park, to enter which you must pay a quarter? Where did the people of Monroe County get the mpney to buy the parks and parkways in question, which Herald insists be given to the other counties in the stite? From the now defunct Reconstruction Finance Cor- paration, a federal agency, How did they get it? By put- tie a lien on their properties, including their homes, as a rantee to pay the RFC and the interest on it. Here’s another question The Citizen wishes to ask tht Herald: assuming the tolls on the Overseas Highway wauld not have been sufficient to pay the loan and the interest on it, and taxes were imposed on Monroe Coun- tialns to satisfy the payments, would the Herald have ad- voyated that the other 66 counties chip in to liquidate the debt? The Citizen leaves it to you to imagine, for it is un- abl: to do so, a Miami paper urging Dade taxpayers to Monroe taxpayers to pay off a loan. The Herald says: “If this property (the Overseas acrpage) is handed over to Monroe County, the deed will In other words, if you get back property after you paid off the mortgage, it’s a “grab.” Monroe Coun- . | Tolls collected from people in every state in the Unibn made it possible to pay off the loan without tax- tract one bit from the fact that they pledged their pro- ies to pay it. Further, the people in the other 66 coun- ties| to whom the Herald urges the acreage in question be given, did not spend a penny as taxpayers to acquire that made possible by Monroe Countians placing a lien on thei real estate. Dade County has its parks and parways. So-why the Herald object to Monroe County having its parks and parkways? The Citizen grants without ques- tion the right of Dade to its parks, Does the Herald think it’s wrong for Monroe to have parks? Church is one place you can always get something for njthing. ACTUMMIRIAIP BEAR] | LIOISIE MeL |AMEVIE!TIO} AIGIE MMOIPIE INIEE VIER) 43. Female SIEIRIAIPIC MESICIRIT MIP} relative LIE INIAMBAISIE| i Percuven (QRIAMMRTSS ETHIE ETT instrument = APF INET T Ciara) jACROSS 1 Away 48. New Testa- E ment: abbr, iE IR 49. About LD MNIE IT] 51. Son of Seth Al! PIQIA!T] 53. Kind of meat 56. Shaving implement 59. Guido’s highest note 60. Alaskan mountain 44. imitation gold 15. Do wrong 16. False hair 18, Small finch 19. Grassiand 20. Saline 22. Compass Paint 2 Hegstive 3. Odd . Dreadful : : 61,Smoothead fps erence . Should 63. Makes 4 . Wait for amends . Shake . Soften in lectric: . Allow temper y 4 re os 40. Symbol for DOWN % taijtalum 1, Cain's . - maretine 41. Board brother 29. Be fond of 30, Man's name 21. Stumble This Rock Of Ours & By Bill Gibb T had a mighty nice letter from;ed is by a spiritual renaissance. Bill Williams a summer guest in| That calls for definite expressions Key West. He was discussing reli-| of opinion — keeping an open mind |. gion and ministers in general. Bill} and the avoidance of personal had a cheerful optimistic outlook | prejudice. but he seemed to be somewhat dis- gtuntled about the apparent Jack of sincerity amongst some folks who proclaim themselves Chris- tians. He is right of course. Whether this lack of sincerity can be attri- buted to hypocrisy or whether it is merely a matter of ignorance as to the true meaning of the word “Christian” is subject to debate There have been times in my life when I’ve run into ministers whom it would be hard to classify — ac- cording to my interpretation of the phrase — “true Christians.” The whole thing seems to boil down to a question of semantics — the meaning of words. Spiritual Qualities Spiritual qualities are not neces- sarily confined to the Christian re- ligions. You'll find them in all rac- es and all sects. However there 1s one particular quality which I think is more outstanding in Christiani- ty than anywhere else — compas- sion, I know that many will probably disagree with such a statement. Here’s my reason for making it... The life of Jesus shows that a- bove all, he was a compassionate man. He was able to not only ex- tend sympathy but to translate this sympathy into action — action which would spare and save suf- fering human beings. Since any Christian worthy of the name at- tempts to pattern his life on that of Jesus, it is only natural that compassion should play an impor- tant part in his conduct. s Faith, humility, and compassion are the three things around which most of my ‘petition’ prayers are centered. What do you pray for? Religious Subjects The religious subjects discussed in this column should never be con- sidered an attempt to teach. Hea- ven forbid! I honestly don’t know what I’m talking about a lot of times in these Saturday columns and I merely throw out a few ten- tative feelers to create discussion and thought on certain aspects of religion. We're not going to get anywhere by hiding our ignorance. The one way that this world can be improv- Russians Want Granary In Asia LONDON — A diplomat who recently arrived from Moscow says the Russians are making a major effort to establish a granary in central Asia as a precaution against war. The diplomat asked that his name not be used because he is returning to the Soviet capital. “I do not believe the Soviets are getting ready for a third world war,” he said, “but I am con- Incidently, I borrowed Paul de Kruif’s interpretation of the mean- ing of compassion for today’s col- umn. De Kruif is a well-known medical writer. He used the sub-| The planet Mercury has a dia- ject of compassion as part of an| Meter of 3,010 miles and circles in article entitled “Research for a| orbit an average disiance of 3 prayer,” published in Guideposts | Million miles from the sun. (Editor-in-chief, Norman Vincent Citizen Ads Bring Results 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, The 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 uni requested otherwise. THANKS FROM DADE Mr. Gerald Saunders, Chairman County Commissioners Monroe County Key West, Florida Dear Gerald: On behalf of the Board of County Commissioners of Dade County and the people of Dade County, I want to express our heartfelt thanks for the manner in which tyour Monroe County Board greeted the United States Congressional Secretaries upon the occasion of their re- cent visit to Key West. The tour, the lunch, the police escort, is something which in the minds of these fine young Americans has never been excelled. They have talked of your hospitality and generosity all over Washington, and it is just this sort of treatment which, in some measure, at least, makes your county one of the friendliest in the state. I want to add my personal appreciation for the time which you, Commissioner Bentley, Mayor Harvey and Commissioner Carbonell took out during your busy lives in order to make the lives of others just a little bit more pleasant. When it comes to generous treatment of visitors, Monroe County takes a back seat to no other in our state. With kindest personal regards, I am Sincerely yours, GRANT STOCKDALE County Commissioner. Wariemns wave] Counsie STREET BLOCK PROTEST Editor, The Citizen: You are down at City Hall and want to drive to your home, in Sigsbee Park or that vicinity. You can’t drive up Caroline Street, because it is blocked by ditch diggers at Grinnell Street. You can’t drive up Eaton because it is blocked at several places. You can’t drive up Fleming because it also is block- You can’t drive up Southard because you would be driving against traffic. Here’s a question that I'll appreciate City Manager vinced they are taking -definite| Lang’s answering: Why do you permit the sewer contrac- steps to see that their grain grow-} tors to block three main streets at the same time? ing areas be as far from the front as possible.” Here’s' another question that ‘should interest Lang: During the last war the Germans | What’ will happen should a fire break out in the vicinity overran the Ukraine and the north. ern Caucasus, both bread baskets, crippled the Soviet and greatly war y of the blocked streets? SAM E. HARRIS Sept. 16, 4954 Key West, Fla. Picture Prints Make British Leaders Popular BRAZZAVILLE, French Equato- rial Africa U — It was a wartime idea to print a picture of King George VI on the cotton cloth which forms the basis of the fe- male garb in Africa. It seemed to be a good piece of propaganda and a cheap one too. The printed cotton became a tre- mendous success, so that today, even in French Equatorial Africa, among natives who do not speak one word of English, Zorgey” is a well known ruler. There were also cotton prints showing Roosevelt and Churchill together or Churchill alone in a whole series of brilliant uniforms. “Kingey Gurteseil” in the average African’s mind is the ruler of some mythical country beyond the sea where they smoke cigars all day Except for ‘King Gurteseil,” the war leaders like Presideat Roose- velt or Gen. De Gaulle slowly “Kingey | dropped out of circulation. Strange Romance In Movie Slated At The Islander The strange romance of two strange young people in a so-call- ed “haunted house” provides an inspiring theme in “The Enchant- ed Cottage,” screen version of Sir Arthur Pinero’s love classic, open- ing at the Islander Theater. Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young are the two young fugitives from a world that seemingly has no place for them, in “The En- chanted Cottage.” She is » school teacher. He is an embittered young Army flier who returns home from a crippling bomber crash and chooses the weird cot- tage for a hideaway. How their mutual unhappiness brings them together into a marriage provides a tender and moving love story that remains long in the memory. Herbert Marshall co-stars as a blind pianist whose understand- ing plays an important part in the deevelopment of the romance. Also prominent in the cast are Mildred Natwick, Spring Bying- ton, Hillary Brooke and Richard Gaines. Key West In Days Gone By September 18, 1934 A regular meeting of the Key West Hospitality League was held last evening in the rooms of the Key West Public Library, with fifteen, out of the thirty-three members making up the organ- ization, being present. Matters pertaining to the Launch Ida, which was seized Sunday by customs officials, are being in- vestigated by United States Im- migration authorities in Key West, with a view to determining the exact status of the case relative to those who are alleged to have returned from Cuba on the boat. Dr. Antonio Sanchez de Bustamante, judge of the perman- ent court of International Justice at The Hague, is due to arrive in Key West tomorrow afternoon from Havana. ke -& September 18, 1y44 The idea to acquire that stretch of beach between the foot of White street on the south shore and the Boulevard ‘is. gaining approval among county officials. One com- missioner said this morning that the matter will not be taken up at the meeting tonight, as time will be devoted then to protests, if any, that taxpayers may make agi it budgetary items, but he added it will be considered later in detail. Key West’s occupational license “gold rush” is one, to the extent that the real “early birds” are showing up at City Hall and pay- ing the fees charged to transact business for another year . County commissioners will hold a meeting tonight to hear any pro- tests that any taxpayers may wish to make in the proposed increases of budget items. The county has a surplus of $100,000, the greater part of which it is intended to use to make improvements in the county in the postwar period. QUAKE IN FORMOSA TAIPEH, Formosa #—A brief, sharp jake rattled windows and swayed ings in this capi- tal of Nationalist yesterday. There apparentlf was no serious damage or casualties. A bbb bbbbbbbbbbiibodne nnn} The Ground By JIM COBB BOA042444404484442444.00000000000404, We have a communication from Conch Shelley, of lower Duval St. The bard says: Poison me with fluorides, Draw up the hearse, But spare me Cobb's verse. A lot of others feel the same way, Conch Shelley, but I'm going to make you suffer for belittling my verse. I'm going to write some more of it. For example: A flat foot fluoride with a floy-floy, Add it to your water, makes you jump with joy. I know you're going to say this verse is pretty smelly, But it’s the best I can do— I'm no Conch Shelly. we kek DUVAL STREET VIGNETTE: Charley Williams, a Conch who has been through his share of hurricanes was telling us about a hobby of his. It’s watching the barometer. Charley says it is amazing the accuracy one can develop in predicting the weather + .. Dario Garcia, of the Monroe County sheriff's office, who is authoring a novel, has an interest- ing writing habit—he writes only on colored (preferably pastel) paper. Doesn't like white. . .My dad enclosed a clipping from my hometown (Rochester, N. Y.), say- ing that their fluoridation program has been in progress for two years —and nobody has flipped their wig yet... .Best fluoridation story we have heard was told to us by a local physician, who asked that | he remain anonymous. Seems | officials in a certain town bay Defense Of Islands Set MANILA (®—Brig. Gen. William L, Lee says that the U.S. Air annoued to the public that they Poet laureate of would vegin adding fluoride to the Peele? ¢ 8 a.m. on a given date, Shortly yfter that hour, doctors in the tows began to receive hurry calls ffm the Populace. Folks were cofplaining of everything | from Tiling in their ears to nausea al blaming it on fluoride. Fact was, be fluoridation machin- ery or whtever they use, had broken dow and not one gram | of the stuffyad been put into the | water. Talkabout the power of sei same + .Any doubt that the ferry operato; aren’t really going | out after the usiness can be dis- pelled by goin to Miami and no- | ting all of thor big, eolorful Bill. jboards urging ourists to “Drive to Cuba”. . . .Te Citizen scooped the Miami papt_by about four | years—in the stay on a proposed Overseas Highwa from Big Pine |Key to Cape Sabl Airline Agent Rogelio Gomez, yy’]] remember, had a survey cCiducted three years ago of thearea. .. Karl | Agricola, we hope ji] soon have a huge party to dedate his new- ly built studio. . . San McAvoy is living in Jamaica jth her new husband. . . .I had too to Miami | to learn what a “Concyork chop” is. It's a grunt. . . Be Youmans, who masterminded themergency March of Dimes camign that just finished is hopefutnat Key West will lead the naty in per capita contributions. iq that may happen. . Chris, t. beaut- eous barmaid at the Dw] Club |has a pet monekey—with eg like Joan Crawford, yet. . .Ey stop to wonder how many d&erous hurricanes must have Wdered very close to Key West, inbe- knownst to the populace the days before they had radiang hurricane spotting planes, . jp Ira Albury, a dedicated Kiwjan dropped a copy of their nat) magazine off to me the other y. There's an article therein wip ought to be required reading everyone. Its title: “If Churey Were Closed.” City Manag Force is ready to turn back any | Vic Lang was telling us about t attack on the Philfppines “and /| stint in the Navy the other da, carry the battle to its point of | Seems that after a couple of year of wartime duty in the Pacific “The Philippine Islands are our|he returned’ to Norfolk to take strategic line of defense and of-)command of his first ship, a fense and are the hinge and key| minesweeper. Lang allowed |to the nfilitary endeavor in Asia,” | how he was pretty salty, the braii the commander of the Philippine-| on his cap was properly tarnished based 13th Air Force told the Ro-| and he had a couple of rows of tary Club of Davao City |campaign ribbons. But, he said, U.S. Secretary of State Dulles as soon as the ship put to sea he has assured the Philippines the| got seasick—much to his chagrin. United States “‘would act immedi-| Happens to the best of people— ately” if the islands were attacked. | landlubbers and an oid salt, alike. New Homes To Feature More Bedrooms, Better Lightning, Expert Says Next week—Sept. 19 to 26—will be National Home Week. All across the country, builders and lumber dealers will be showing the latest designs in homes and home equipment. David G. Bareuther, Associated Press real estate editor, in a story to The Citizen, said: “More bedrooms, fewer basements, a widespread increase in year-round air conditioning, better lighting both from windows and from electrical installations are among some of the features you can expect to find in more than 10,000 model homes to be on exhibit across the country.” Quoting Leonard Haeger, director of the Research Institute of the National Association of Home Builders, Bareuther wrote that more houses will be found in the $10,000 to $15,000 price bracket. Of the model homes to be shown, 43 per cent will be under $10,000; 48 per cent will be between $10,000 and $15,000 and only nine per cent will be priced above $15,000. “Trends do not move swiftly in houses,” Haeger said, “but many trends in the last 10 or 15 years have brought substantial changes in the manner and con- venience of living for the average tamily. “Kitchens have ‘opened up’ and have better equip- ment, vastly lightening women’s work in that area. In- door-outdoor living has been created by the use of window walls and development of living areas in the yard. Bathrooms are far moye convenient and attrac- tive. Better use has been mede of closet and storage space. Houses have tended to become lower and more spread out.” Haeger admits that an increase in the number of rooms has been in the making for some time. Couples who moved into very smal} houses after World War II are now raising families and need more space. So the average house shown during National Home Week is apt to have three or more bedrooms, Also noticeable is a trend away trom basements, he says. Following V-] Day, there was a distinct movement toward houses built on slabs. A few years ago that trend slowed down. Now the slab-type ? fas seems to be forging ahead as a favorite, i 4