The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 25, 1954, Page 4

‘ THE KEY West CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Groans and Ana Only Monday, October 25, 1954 Jeet Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of we Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County \. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher : cereenenseeenenent * NORMAN D. ARTMAN ; 1921 - 1954! eee ee Sener nee Pebliaher at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 25661 and 25662 tailed to use for roprodneisntaging Associated Press la exclusively to use for : crediiod in th fat oot dispatches credited to Member Associate Dailies of Florids Subscription (by ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum invites discussion of public end of local Pa subjects local or" geoeral interest ‘Sut i wht aa IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY West ADVOCATED : BY THE CITIZEN WHY BERIA WAS REMOVED Harrison Salisbury, for five years the Moscow cor- respondent for the New York Times, has returned’ to the United States. He has written a series of articles explain- ing the reasons behind the fall of Lavrenti Beria, the former chief of the Russian Internal Police. His articles are informative, and represent a frank appraisal of conditions and events in Moscow, which have not heretofore been passed by the censors. Mr. Salisbury could not have written his articles had he remained in Moscow, and, therefore, they are interesting reading. The most fascinating part of the former Moscow cor- respondent’s report is his contention that, for three days, immediately after the death of Joseph Stalin, Beria held Moscow in an iron grip with his highly-organized armed police forces. It is said that Beria moved his troops — most of whom were stationed just outside of Moscow — into the center of the city, taking over all important roads and strategic centers of the capital, only hours after Sta- lin’s death... This show of power, during which time Beria hesitat- ed to exert his full authority to make himself successor to Stalin, frightened other Soviet leaders by its scope — since they were completely helpless for those three crucial Tt is said that from these days on, Beria’s liquida- tion was inevitable, since he had not only demonstrated what his power. might do, but also aroused the anxiety of the Army. Therefore, when Beria was not aware of what was about to take place, other Soviet leaders, high in the inner circles, planned and executed a move to oust him from his powerful position. If this report is accurate, Beria missed becoming Dictator of Russia only begause he lacked the nerve to Move aggressively at the moment of Stalin’s death, Tt is difficult to change custom and practice law or decree.. é There is always someone available to lead any pro- . posed movement. : bie ot nt I A The price of popularity is paid by a surprising num- ber of the so-called society set, even when excessive. OSS EE AT ER The football season is underway and once again we eaution fans to drive with care, and practice moderation. While we have no objections to this year’s Oscar awards, we nevertheless think the best performance rare- ly wins, CE Re The Defense Department urges all those sending Christmas parcels to boys overseas to get them in the mail in the next week or so. SIE} EMS CIAINIA) word Puzzle are 86. Varnish ingredient ‘9. Calm PIEIT] PILATE OIA! (aang), aa PLP ‘ee ae Je “een issues publish carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 Key West Man Participates In Honduras Mercy Mission A mission of mercy to flood- stricken Honduras, in Central Am- erica, early this month, involved Carmen Attilio, chief boatswain’s mate, USN, from Key West now serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Monterey. The Monterey has just completed the task of saving thovsands of people from death by drowning, starvation and disease. The car- rier was dispatched to the strick- en country Oct. 6 and in five hec- tie days its personnel and aircraft saved thousands of lives. The country was paralyzed by flood waters and the carrier, dur- A Grain ing five days of rescue operations, dropped 69,170 pounds of food to hungry Hondurans. The ship’s mod- ern medical facilities and well- trained medical personnel travel- ed by helicopter to isolated villa- ges treating the sick and injured and inoculated the refugees. In one incident, a helicopter res- cued a mother who had given birth to two babies on a flood durround- ed hilltop. The helicopter rushed mother and children to a hospital where she gave birth to a third child. Another helicopter rescued injured Hondurans from a wreck- ed train. They had been trapped Of Salt By Bill Spillman From what I hear from the boys the fellow who wants to lease Gar- rison Bight is in for a shock. He will be granted the lease providing he begins construction within 60 days from the date of signing. He also must have attractive rates (for the yachtsman) for berthing space and have adequate facilities. I am told that this man has had a lease in the past on other city owned property that he did not fol- low through on development plans for a yacht basin, I have a friend who has been a yacht owner for years. He stopped coming to Key West a couple years ago in favor of a Southeast Florida city where the municipal dock space is free. A check re- vealed that most public yacht ba- sins charge very small rates to en- courage yacht owners to visit their fiar cities. I hope this will be the case here. To build a yacht basin by the man in question is now new. It has been going' on behind the scenes for some time. It seems that he approached Roberts and Delaney séveral months ago and he was referred to the mayor who in turn, did some preliminary en- gineering and sent him the sketch similar to the one that appeared in The Citizen recently. Still on the subject of Garrison Bight, it looks like the yacht club’s building and the “‘bar’’ are finish- ‘ed, on the former city owned land. -All-we need now is space for yachts. x ke * Guava Jelly — It is reported that the referee who missed the offside penalty in the Conchs’ attempt to make the extra point last Friday night said that he had taken his eyes off the line to observe the kicker.. Seems there had been pre- vious complaints to the fact tha‘ Conch kickers were being ed. — Two attorneys in private talks have agreed that in their opinion the injunction against the County in the NAL dispute will be made permanent, Sh — Ieoks as though the city is finally doing something about the city Pisa Tl believe it when I see it. -—— Some members of the Seecees are changing over to NAL’s side of the fence after a recent meeting brought out information- about ad- y visors and other hidden facts about the dispute. — A near mid-air collison be- tween a Navy plane -and a com- mercial aircraft recently is one of the reasons behind the objections to Meacham’s development. The present planned develop- ment and improvement of Mea- cham would only meet minimum needs for 10 years without tearing down houses for additional space. — Both the County Commission- ers and NAL take their respective stands as a matter of principle. The difference is $75 ($350 to $425). National will not agree to an offer to subsidize the difference. A local policeman was em- barrased the other day when he gave a ticket to a woman for nat having an inspection sticker. Seems the car windshield was tinted and the officer had on dark glasses. — There is a Mother and a bunch of cute little baby ducks on Unit- ed Street by the high school. Cour- teous motorists always stop to let them cross the street. : Some ciy employees ‘ who moved to the Poinciana building apparently aren’t too happy with the new location. Somebody said something about sardines. — Have you noticed how clean it is under the coconut trees on South Roosevelt Boulevard, Praise is in order, — Truman Avenue can be widen- ed about two lanes with just chop- ping off some curb and sidewalk space. You don’t believe it? Then go check yourself. — Paramount is considering the space of un-opened Havana - Ma- drid club for location of a Movie after the “Rose Tatto” production. — The Key West players are be- ing chosen for extra parts in movie of the Tennessee Williams play to be made locally. ders. He said that they thought his wouldn't look authentic enough. — Speeding back street in Key West by a m: who placed a thin _ wi were playing. -AND YOU SHOULD SEE HIS PRESS CLIPPINGS! in the wreckage for three days. Pedro, Navymen from the Monte- rey helped establish an emergency hsopital for children. In another flood surrounded town, Puerto Cor- tez, 10 Navy hospitalmen off the aircraft carrier assisted doctors and nurses in treating some of the 40,000 flood homeless. Helicopters from the carrier combed the country ferrying me- dical teams, carrying food and supplies to the Hondurans, and re- moving their more seriously sick and injured to hospitals. One heli- copter was assigned the task of rounding up other livestock so the animals would not starve and could be cared for until they were re- turned to their rightful owners, On Oct. 11, the flood waters re- ceeded to the extend that the car- rier could once again head sea- ward and regular operations. SEARCH STARTS FOR MISSING C47 NICE, France, — ‘French po- lice said today a U.S. Air Force C47 missing on a flight between Rome and Lyon, France, may have crashed in the snow - covered French Alps. The plane catried 16 Passengers and a crew of five. Police here said the throbbing of a plane’s engines followed by an explosion was heard last -night in Pierlas and Peone, two French Alps towns about 30 miles north of Nice. Officers began a search of the“area this morning. The C47 earlier was reported missing over the Mediterranean and an aerial search was begun in weather described as “downright prohibitive.” : All 21 persons aboard the craft were believed to @e military per- sonnel, The plane was based at Manston, England, Names of those aboard were withheld, Key West In Days Gone By “This is the first time I’ve ever been in the tropics,” said Mrs. C. A. Joynt of Algona, Iowa, to The Citizen yesterday, “and I think Key West is a beautiful place. The trees and flowers are gorgeous and wonderful.” Not since the palmy days of Key West has the Florida East Coast Railway station presented a scene of greater joyousness and happiness than was apparent yes- terday afternoon. x * * October 25, 1944 Changes in the ordinance limit- ing the number of liquor iicenses are in the making, it was revealed in a controversial session of City Council last night during which a proposed ordinance, which never was introduced or discussed NEW YORK @&—The outlook for eating this coming winter is pretty good today. Prices of most foodstuffs are down—at the farm level—to about where they were before the start of the Korean War sent them scampering upward. Large sur- pluses of many of the primary foodstuffs tend to keep them stable. The chief. upward pressure on food prices at the grocery level comes from the creeping rise in costs of preparation and distribu- tion. Drought or disease or tropical hurricanes have cut some crops in some sections, but shortages ex- ist in very few commodities. Storms hurt the apple crop in the East, Rains cut into the onion crop in the Southwest and on the West Coast Unseasonable hot wea- ther took a toll of lettuce in Cali- fornia, But the story in general is one of plenty. And when a major crop has been cut this year by weather or governmental planting restric- tions, there is usually a sizable holdover from previous years on which to fall back. The World By ED CREAGH (For James Marlow) WASHINGTON, (#—Once. again the Allies have taken a big gamble on Germany. Unless the Russians manage to upset the applecart — and they’re trying hard, though without much immediate chance of success — the 15-nation agreements signed over the weekend at Paris mean: 1. West Germany becomes an al- most free and not-quite-sovereign nation less than 10 years after ail Germany was at war with hoth Russia and the West, then allies. Business Mirror By Sam Dawson Another round in coffee price cutting started this week on the Pacific Coast and spread to the East. Futures trading on the New York Coffee & Sugar Exchange shows that traders are looking for ‘lower prices when the next crop is harvested in Brazil. In that country governmental agencies are report- ed buying up the green beans in an ear bolster gies prices, e ey crop is country yr il A ee oct 2, them. However, while wholesale prices are reported . ’ the lowest in 12 years, offering|A™t@rctic where ales are consumers something to be thank.| only hunted, the “spout' fu: for come Thanksgiving, Poultry | !#tse whale can be seen for prices are down and so ate eggs, |S0me distance, although. chicken farmers are ex-| town whalers’ cry pecting the price to stiffen with | blows!” This is the moulting season, white cloud of Meat supplies are abundant this | ‘he hot breath of the fall. Bargains are advertised every | 4e0ly expelled. In the week by the butchers. Poises, which belong to the All this is pleasant for the con-| °Tder, an enlarged section of sumer. For the farmer it’s some- | 00Stril passage allows any thing else again. to ei? fi then be expelled with an explosive snort. A porpoise “blowing his nose” ‘will likewise produce a size- able stream of mist. in early spring of 1951. en they have slipped back 21 per cent, Q. What is the largest E. Hendrickson, Punta | Reef of Australia areas. The massive, the giant clam may reach a of four feet and the | may reach a weight | pounds. Another huge s! univalve bailer shell also Australian waters, and employed by the natives as a dip- per with which to bail outrigger canoes, O. Is it true that whales hav lice? J. J. Fleming, Miami, Fla, A. It is true that certain whales become infested with small para- sitic amphipods, (Cyamus) whieh look and behave strikingly lice, crawling about on the skin of the whale and holding fast with their hooklike appendages. These are not true lice, of course. In addition to whale “lice” are also found with barnacles at- tached to them, certain of these and Today By James Marlow rearm even under the limitations agreed upon at Paris, This is a gamble the Allies took once before, and tragically lost — in the war of 1939-45. The West let Germany grow strong enough to fight that war out of (1) indecision and apathy, and (2) hope that Ger- many would act as a check on Communist aggression. The result, as six years of bloody history record, was war with Gez- many, not a checkmated Russia. And in the wake, Ru: emerged a far more powerful threat than before. Putting guns in the hands of the 2. West Germany — the stronger|Germans again is a calculated half of that split country — comes] risk, and one that American politi- into the Western defense setup, and! cal leaders on both sides of the ‘Defense Community fell apart be- will supply 12 divisions. 3. The Allied occupation of West Germany ends — as such. This doesn’t mean American, British and French troops will go home. dt means they’ll stay in Germany, but with German consent. All this is just what the United States wanted at this stage, anda lot more than it thought it would get only a couple of months ago, when the more ambitious European fore it got started. The Paris arrangement is just about what the Germans wanted, too. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was so eager for it, in fact, that he gave in to the French on the Saar-question to get their agree- ment on the Paris pacts. In short, almost everybody is happy. But not quite everybody. For instance: 1. The Russians. They’re beating drums louder than ever for a Big Four conference on “unifying” East and West Germany. That would mean, the way they want it, a helpless Germany ripe for Rus- sian plucking. The Paris agree- ments look like a safeguard against that. 2. Some of Adenauer’s Germans, who think he went too far in his Saar concessions. lawyers say, West Germany’s pres- lined up in the West’s system of jfor one thing. They promised at be fence agree should be taken, Re- arming Germany was first pro- | posed by the last Democratic sec- |retary of state, Dean Acheson. In |terms.of German manpower, ail Secretary.of State Dulles has done ig raise fhe limit of 10 divisions proposed by Acheson. The. reasoning is obvious: Russia, jg, the real threat — the “clear and present danger,” as the ent leader’ know that. Hence they defense. France’s -present leaders know it too, Hence they agreed—at a priceyto let Germany join up. P So much for the present. But what’s to stop some other set of German leaders from going on a Hitler-type rampage in the future? Well, the Germans themselves, Paris not to start any new war to| get back lost territory. And the} other Western diplomats figure, in the light of what happened to Ger- many in 1945, the Germans mean it this time. Then there is the 12-division limit on German troops. And there is new authority for the North At- lantic Treaty Organization over the arms and armies of all member countries, including Germany. Fi- nally, there is the fact that Anglo- 3. A number of people, and not only French people, who wonder just how safe it is to let Germany JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. # — Officials maintained a tight dis- ciplinary clamp over convicts at the Missouri State Penitentiary to- day after the third mass rebellion in a month, Warden Ralph N. Eidson told re- porters that “‘all is calm’ now and men seem relaxed, but 5e added, off a new rampage in the din- American-French troops will stay in Germany whether they're called occupation troops oF not. Tight Clamp Is Held On Cons After New Mo. Prison Riots yard and recreational freedom yes- | ® terday. . Meanwhile, Gov. Phil M. Don- | Proceeds? nelly and prison officials intensified Mee veindeghama ~ will be paid their study of the state penal a lump sum. system. = " The governor is trying to set up|_: (Veterans living in Key West a commission to survey the who wish further information Missouri setup. I "Just one silly kid could | Pt