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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06
Why many todays children turn to the path Of crime

mites the falling of children
continues because it is believed
in. The myth that to Jail is to
reform still has a firm grip on
many authorities and on large
segments of the population.
If more were known about
delinquency we would scrap
some of our judges and con-
fine some of our worthy
citizens TO see what lessons
they would learn in Jail.
HOUSES of correction do not
correct, penitentiaries do not
encourage penance-they mere
ly develop resentments.
Girls under 18 and boys I'M
der 81 cannot enter into valid
contracts, they cannot vote,
they cannot marry below GER
tain age without parental con-
sent, but in Illinois from the
age of 10 up they may be in
dicted. tried and sentenced III
our Criminal Courts for COM
hitting offenses against the
law.
Juvenile delinquency is So
cial disease, engendered, incu-
bated, fostered and nurtured by
our scheme of living, subject
to control only when we have
an understanding of the prob
lem of the Individual delin-
quent, when our way of life
and our everyday understand
ing of what constitutes leader
ship, success and competence
in the community takes diff
ferent form.
OUR laws have usually de-
scribed juveniles as children
under eighteen years of age.
The average child who comes
into conflict with the law
ranges from IL to Is years of
age. Let's look at little con-
temporary history:
Twelve to Is years ago we
were either in the depths of
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

and social factors in the life
of the child defendant to learn
what really motivated the de-
linquent conduct and to treat
the underlying causes.
1T should be recognized that
as long as our only concern
is punitive we shall have more
delinquency rather than less.
For our present discussion let
US forget about crime and its
cost in dollars. Let us rather
consider the cost in wasted
lives.
Here and in other commu-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

nal court and
punishment by
i m p + i S 0 n
ment for many
years.
N o elected
o f f i c i a |
has been heard
to suggest that
we o u G h t to
inquire i n t o
the emotional
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

People in high places, the
Rankins, the Talmadges, the
Bilboes were spewing their
hate about and Wanting their
riches, their dream houses, their
political, their social corruption
and abasement. And then we
went to war and again we
were to kill in defense of
democracy.
We all worked or fought in
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

He asked that the Progressive
Party be confirmed as new po
litical party entitled to put up a
full slate of candidates for all cleo
tive posts to be filled from Cook
County.
THESE posts are IL seats in
the us. House of Representatives,
states attorney, coroner, county
recorder of deeds, clerks of the
Superior and Circuit courts, chief
Justice and II associates of the
Municipal Court, and the Munich
pal Court clerk and bailiff.
The suit was filed on behalf of
the Progressive Party and George
r. Cermak, chairman of its CEN
trail committee.
~Cermak declared:
Were in fight to the finish
to win our rightful place on the
ballot, just as we have fought and
will continue to fight to give the
decent citizens of this county a
chance to vote for honest, liberal
candidates
BASIS for the suit is the show
ing made by the Progressive Par
ty candidates at the Nov. 4 cleo
ton for Superior Court judges.
The suit claims that state law
qualities a party to a place on the
ballot if any one of its candidates
wins at least five per cent of the
vote in general election.
The Progressives contend that
they met this requirement when
their top candidate, Homer F.
Carey, received A per cent OF the
total votes cast Their lowest cam
didate won 20 per cent of the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

the worst depression the coun-
try had ever experienced, or
we were gradually emerging
from it. One third of the ma
ton was i'll housed, i'll clothed
and i'll fed. Twelve to Is mil
lion people were unemployed.
Men OF family were on re-
lief, on WPA, on supplemental
ratlons supplied by government
tai instrumentalities. Mothers
sought work where fathers
found none.
Families were separated by
migration to other parts of the
country in the hope of finding
gainful employment. The in
security of the parents was
transmitted to the children.
ON THE international scene
we found growing the COLOSSUS
of Nazism and fascism, with
its hatreds, its lying prejudices,
its expressions, its lust for
power.
Might was right, brotherly
love was supplanted by hatred,
the will to hate was engen-
dered as an international pana-
cea for the economic ills of
a large portion of the world.
Power, brutality, the oppres-
sion of minorities, the suppress
sion of free speech, religion,
assembly, trade unions, all
these were steps in preparation
for world conquest. All were
transmitted through the press,
a large portion of which was
favorable to the ugly wave of
the future"
NATIVE fascists were de-
claiming upon the good to be
derived from the totalitarian
system. Anti Semitism, jim
crow, anti democracy, anti
everything that we. had thought
worth while was supported by
large portion of the Ameri-
can press.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

Don't miss the second in
this series of articles by lead
ing sociologist. Next week in
The Chicago Star Miss Hart
presents the mounting insecu-
rity of World War II and its
affect ON our youth.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06
proqressives file suit to
win place on 48 ballot

The
ION The n
Rtnnan1
udgmen on the Of
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

the war and another kind OF in
security descended upon US and
our children.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06
Court hears test cases
on freedom Of speech

Mailman, attorney Dearborn continuing his de-
PENDANTS fight against violate
the right of fl speech Chicago
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

total vote.
Named defendants in the Prog
ressive Party's suit were Michael
J. Flynn, county clerk; Ludwig D.
Schneider, city clerk; dward J.
Barrett, secretary of state; and
three election commissioners =
Harry A. Lipsky, William B. Daily,
and Mabel Reinecke.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06
BY PEARL HART

TOO often recently the
community has b n
shocked to learn that very
young children have committed
major offenses.
The only reaction of our
public officials has been to de-
clare that there would be swift
indictment, trial in the crimi-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

offered this justification for
Hecht's arrest: they claim Hecht
refused to step aside and permit
a lady pushing baby buggy to
pass on the sidewalk nearby the
street meeting.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

One defendent, Mike Hecht,
was arrested after speaking at
Communist Party open air meet
ing, at Washtenaw and Division
SITS, early in August. He had a
speaking permit.
His case, among several recent
ones, is, according to Mailman,
part of a plan to harass speakers
whose. opinions differ with those
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

There is no better authority IN
Chicago on juueniie Delinquency
than the noted attorney, Miss
Pearl N. Hart. Recently a can
didate for the Superior Court on
the Progressive Party state, Mss
Hart has had broad experience IN
the field of sociology. She as
former assistant states attorney
in the Jupende Court, and a public
defender IN Women's Court. Here
Miss Hart begins The first of a
series Of articles TO appear regu-
larIy in The Chicago Star.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-06

continued once more. TO Jan.
s. when the Municipal Court
judge assigned to the case failed
to show up in court because of
illness.
Late in the case, police feebly
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
Committee On
Budget Holding
Session Today
CBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.-One
hundred two members of house
committee is considering the bud
get today as proposed by Presi-
dent Truman, and it was said that
majority favors a six billion
cut.
Democrats on the committee
and a few Republicans are OPP
posed to the proposed one and
three-billion-dollar decrease in
Army and Navy appropriations.
Senator O'Mahoney declared
that a reduction of that amount
would lower the prestige of the
Army and Navy of the United
States among other nations, and
added that this is the time when
the prestige of this country's mill
tary forces should be kept at a
high level.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
Coal Situation
In Great Britain
Growing Better
tBy The Associated Press,

LONDON, Feb. I4.-With the
shortage in coal easing up and
the temperature rising, the gov
eminent removed restrictions on
the use of electricity in restau-
rants and food and drug stores.
This is the fifth day since the
government issued its first or
der of restriction on the use of
light and power, and, in connec-
ton with the lifting of restric-
tons in three instances, it was
announced that the situation is
gradually returning to normal.
Besides the mining of more
coal and its widespread dis
tribution, it was explained that
many ships are due to arrive in
the next few days with large
cargoes of coal.
A government spokesman said
that it has not yet been decided
when restrictions will be raised
entirely, but added an announce
ment to that effect will be made
shortly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
M a. SNIP TO
lRRIIE STNDAY

USS Suisan. AVP-53. Will ar
rlss in KEY West from the Pan
anna Canal Zone on Sunday, it
eas announced today. The vessel
a ca route Go Norfolk. Va.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
Turtle Vessel
Comes Into Port

There was good news for the
traveller, the tourist and winter
visitor down in Key West water
front today.
The turtle boat, a sailing vessel
from Grand Cayman, British West
Indies, got in this morning. She
has approximately $50 turtle, the
kind they make soup of, aboard.
Owing to low water the turtle
vessel did not put in Immediately
to the Thompson Enterprises, Inc,
docks for unloading. The turtle
crawls, the pens in which the
turtle are kept until required by
the soup kitchens, are ready to
receive the load.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14

The most widely-traveled man
in history-Robert L. Ripley
whose Believe 1t Or Not" car
toons are read by 100000 peo-
pie in 33 countries, sat on the
plush cushions of his fantastic
Chinese junk, "Mon Lei" here
yesterday and talked of Key
West.
Il don't know of any other city
so compact, yet SO diversified
and so interesting" remarked
the stocky man in the bow tie
who has visited more cities than
anyone who ever lived. "You
have so many influences at work
here-the vast Navy installation,
the fishing craft, the Latin eff
feet, the Bahaman, the negro,
the Northern tourist, the old
Spanish architecture.
key West is really most un-
usual. 1t is Believe 1t or Not
from start to finish. 1t is one of
the most interesting cities l
have ever been in"
So spoke the man who has
roamed the world looking for the
fascinating and unique, whose
travels into 200 foreign lands
make Marco Polo, Jules Verne
and other globe-trotters of note
look like claustrophobic hermits.
This is Ripley's first trip to Key
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
Virginia Kelly
Chosen Fishing
Tourney Queen

Virginia Kelly. ls-Year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas w. Kelly. 1918 White
Street. has been named Queen
of the Key West International
Fishing Tournament of ls47:
it was announced this noon.
The winsome beauty was also
one of the Key West queens
selected for the Orange Bowl
parade on New Years Eve in
Miami.
One of Miss KellY's atten.'
dants will be Norma Faraldo.
22-Year old wife of George,
Faraldo. 22l4 Seidenberg Ave.
The other attendant chosen is
l6-Year-old Nancy Phillips.
of 49-l Poinciana Place.
The queen and her atten-
dants will be at the reviewing
stand Sunday morning at 10
am. when a parade of Key
Vests charter fishing fleet
and other craft will inaugu-
rate the tournament.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
USS. Maine Memorial
Service To Be Held
Sunday In Cemetery
EXTENSIVE PROGRAM
ARRANGED FOR SERV.
ICES COMMENIORAT.
ING SHIPS SINKING

memorial services commemor-
HtinE the sinking of the USS Bat
ueship Maine on Feb. IS, 1898. in
Havana. during the Spanish
American War. will be held Sun
day al 4:30 pm. at the Maine
Plot City Cemetery.
Principal address will be deliv-
cred by Ii. Comdr, J. r. English,
UsN, commanding officer of the
USS Floss. al present stationed at
Key West Submarine Base.
Introductory remarks will be
delivered by Vance c. Stirrup,
post commander of Arthur Saw
yer Post % Of the American Le-
Eion The remainder of the pro-
gram follows:
Opening selection, one verse of
"America" by the audience. In
siFumental music furnished by
Mrs Claude Sails, at the organ:
Brian Lloyd. trumpet; Aren't T.
Slursen, Jr.. violin, and Miss
Becky Lou Gregory, marimba.
Invocation will be by Albert L.
DiAegro. Jr. post chaplain, Saw
yer Post. American Legion.
Remarks in Spanish by Martin
Lllraldi, Cuban consul in Key
West. In behalf of the Cuban Gov
eminent.
Gods Tomorrow, title of a
selection 90 be rendered by Mrs.
Flora Michael and Mrs. Carl Ber-
Naidi. accompanied by Mrs.
Claude Sails. organist.
After the memorial address by
CoFndF English. memorials to the
dgparted will be presented by
Post 1911. Veterans of Foreign
Wars the Auxiliary unit of the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars; Span
iah American War Veterans Camp
s. American Legion Auxiliary
Unii %. and the American Legion
Post %
Then will follow an instrument
A. eNl0Ntior -Sunrrxa', ay Miss
NctkY Lou Gregory, marimba.
Following the selection a salute
will BE- fired by the firing squad
~ The ksy West Guard of Honor.
Fspa Will be- sounded by Aren't
hlufacr. IT, and Brian Lloyd. The
bnitvd States flag will be raised
and lowered
Tho National Anthem will be
sung by the audience, and the
lsrncdiction Will be by William D.
Eyans. chaplain, of B. II. McCalla
Camp S, Spanish-American War
Veterans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14

but is also more subject to roll
ing. Ripley, however, never gets
seasick, Miss WISE remarked.
1T makes me mad" she added,
smiling.
Until recently the Chinese re-
fused to sell junks to the Occi-
dent; Ripley said they didn't
want to reveal the ancient Sc
crets of their vessel.
With stern high out of the
water, three masts towering over
head with their strange bat sails
furled, two great eyes and other
Chinese characters painted on
her gayly-colored sides, the
Mon Lei'' is without doubt the
most colorful craft ever to put
into the old port of Key West.
Interior Also Fascinating
! The, interior is equally fasci-
mating. AS Ripley and Miss Wise
led us below decks, we passed a
buddha-like shrine on our right,
the seated figure stretching null
tiple hands out in all directions.
Goddess of goodness" ex-
planned Ripley. "She has so many
hands so she can bestow kind
ness to everybody"
On landing to our left was
a complete bathroom with show
er bath. To the right were the
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
Hopkins,
Brock, Tennessee
Williams End Visit

Three of Key Vests prom
inent winter visitors, Mir
lam Hopkins, stage and screen
actress; her husband, Ray Brock,
New York Times foreign CORES
pendent; and Tennessee Will
liams, playwright, completed
their vacations here yesterday.
Miss Hopkins and her husband
left on the z a. m. express bus
for Miami where they were to
entrain for New York. While
here, the popular screen star ex-
pressed extreme reluctance to
travel by air since the tragic
death of her friend, Grace
Moore, famed opera singer, in a
plane crash in Sweden.
She made the trip down here
by station wagon, sent especially
for her to Miami by Casa Marina
Hotel, where she and her hus-
band spent their Today stay.
Tennessee Williams, author of
the Broadway hit, Glass Menag-
erie" left at l p. m, in his car,
apparently bound for his home
in New Orleans.
Miss Hopkins was the hostess
at a cocktail party Wednesday
evening at the Southernmost
House, from 6 to 9 o'clock. The
party then moved to the home of
Mrs. Pauline Hemingway, where
the playwright read play, not
of his own composition, to Miss
Hopkins. The actress is searching
for a suitable vehicle in which
to return to the legitimate stage,
as carried in the Citizen of Feb
ruary 4.
Those attending the cocktail
party in addition to Miss Hop
kins, Mrs Hemingway, Brock
and Williams were Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Barmine. Mrs. Jesse
Kirke, M, and Nine. Pierre
Charron of, Canada; Marjorie
Stephens, Grandfather Bakin
grandfather of Tennessee Will
liams): Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pol
lock, Commander and Mrs. Jack
Nolen, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee God
dard, Frank Sabini, Miss Teddy
Sabini and Mrs. Higginson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14

West and if the sun stays out he
is likely to remain for some time.
He is definitely taken by the
Island City.
Likes to Stroll Here
He likes to stroll along Duval
street leading from the. Gulf of
Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean.
1--WE walked the entire length
of it," he said, nodding toward
his pretty secretary, Miss Lisa
Wise. He likes to visit the
southernmost house of the Unit
ed States and chat about the
great concrete ciSterns which the
Navy formerly used for catching
rainwater here.
The cartoonist also likes the
behavior of Key Westers around
Porter Dock where his quaint
three-masted vessel is locked. In
Miami, he said, people clambered
aboard, yelled for him to come
out at all hours of the night and
threw insults at him if he didn't.
"These people here know about
boats" he said. "They haven't
bothered us at ALL"
The craft is the only Chinese
junk a-Sail outside of Oriental
waters. Ripley has only had
it about six months. The boat
has no keel. Consequently it
can turn around on fish-hook,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
City Has Ok eeeded
AZ Budget Figure
Before, Mayor Says
PROPOSED APPROPRIA-
TION is BELOW ACT.
UAL CASH OUTLAY IN
'46 AND '44-'45

Mayor w. w. Demeritt look
ed up from his desk at the City
Hall this morning and delivered
a sharp attack on those contend
ing that the 1947 city budget of
1862, 510.95 now under discussion
is the highest in Key West his
tory.
IF you consider what was ac-
tually spent" he said, "why this
budget has been surpassed. You
can set up proposed budget,
but that doesn't mean that that's
all the city would spend. Look
at this past year. We had no
idea of extra expenses at the
start of the year. Then we paid
back salaries, liquidated old
debts, made additional appro-
priations and so forth.
why they talk about $685.
600 budget in 1945. Nearly a
couple of hundred thousand dol
lars more than that was actually
spent"
A look at the record in the
office of City Finance Director
Comptroller Charles Roberts
showed that for the first nine
months of the present fiscal
year, $487 ,029.82 was spent. At
the same monthly outlay of $54,-
114.43, the total 1916 cash out
lay will be $649,373.11.
In the 1944-45 fiscal year from
July 1 to June 80, under the
City Council form of govern
ment, $562,674.22 was spent
also a higher figure than would
be spent in 1947, if the budget
is adhered to. The fiscal year is
now concurrent with the calen-
dar year. For l942-43 the cash
outlay was 1901, 242.57 and for
ssl943-44 it was 1857 ,650.57. The
anticipated outgo for l945-46
/ Judy / to June 30) was $43l, S46
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
SMITH WANTS TO
RESUME 'H4M' TALKS

Glenn c. Smith, HAM radio
operator, who lives at 1718 South
Main street, Kokomo, Ind, and
who had some conversations with
Key West men before the war,
states he has resumed his radio
work on 10 meters and with
the call number, W9PIJ.
II want to get in touch with
L. V. Taylor, ]. G. Cormack and
Albert E. Pierce, Jr., in Key
West and renew our friendships
of before the war;" Smith writes.
"They were interesting CONVEX
sations we carried on, and l am
very anxious to have them start
again"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
BOAT ME4SURER
HERE MONDAY

John A. Nicholson, a measurer
for the U. S. Customs Service,
will be in Key West Monday and
Tuesday for measuring boats in
Key West and surrounding wa
tiers, Customs Officer Floyd r.
Soper announced today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-14
Regales
Lions Club With
Graphic Stories

Direct from that master col
lector of strange and fascinating
facts, Robert L. believe 1t or
Not Ripley, the Key West Lions
learned many of the lesser known
unique facts of life last night.
For half an hour the famed
cartoonist alternately amazed
and amused the Lions with his
fantastic narratives culled from
the four corners of the globe. He
told of his Chinese junk anchor
ed at Porter Dock and how it
combines shipbuilding features
used by the Chinese a thousand
years ago.
The junk has no keel because
of the sand banks in the mouth
of the Foo Chow river where
it was built. The design, color
and lockwood construction of the
junk is 1000 years old, he said,
and because it has no keel the
50-foot ship can turn in a 50-foot
space. Junks were the first boats
to have staterooms, he said, be-
cause the wealthy Chinese want
ed safe places to keep their con-
cubines. The three-maSted sail
ing craft once crossed the Pacific
in 90 days, Ripley said, before
he bought it.
Had a Nightmare
The cartoonist explained how
he conceived the cartoon which
was the primary cause starting
him on his road to success. After
sampling a strong Chinese brew
he had nightmare and dream
ed of an endless line of Chinese
crossing his bed. From this M
drew cartoon, mathematically
substantiated, showing that j
all the Chinese marched fou
abreast past a given point i
would take forever for them t.
pass. !
Ripley told of the Chinese Gus
tom providing watermelon SEED:
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