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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
Local Bills
Become Lac

TALLAHASSEE. May a.
(PlsThc sollowing bills be-
came laws without Goyernors
app-oval:a
HB436-Putting Key West
fire chief tax assessor under
civil service.
HB458-Proyiding $500 sal
AIRY or Monroe, Judge Criminal
Court Record.
HB32s-Fixing pay Monroe
County Supervisor.
HB5l6-Fixing $3.50 salary
for Criminal Court Record
Clerk.
HB564-Authorizing Mon
roe County to establish build
ing permit system and fix
fees.
HB5S5-Requiring Monroe
County commissioners candi-
dates be district residents six
months.
MISUNDERSTANDING Mon
roe County to maintain and
operate public hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
70 Persons Have
Become Citizens
OF US. Here

Twcnty-six persons were adj
mitted to citizenship yesterday at
10 a. m. in the u. S. District Court.
Judge John w. Holland presided
Mrs. j. Lancclot Lester, Jr., ad-
dressed the group on Citizen
ship" after they were admitted.
The new citizens arc: John Den
ncston Rivers, Antonio Lconor
Perez, Jose Caledonia Avila, Rose
Louise Swceting, Mercedes Maria
Fernandez, Mary Keeling Sands,
Theresa Gcncvicvc VorsaS, Es-
Their Maria Juana Ogden, jose
Roman Rufino Diaz, Juana Maria
Villatc, Jeanette Eileen Maxwell,
Ruth Kathleen Teddcr, Edclmira
Marcclina Diaz, Isabel Bartlett
Lester, Gloria Carmona, Marion
Justina Cleare, Carload Gurri
Sibila, Rafacla Margarita Moon,
Richard Alan Montgomery, Lcida
Munoz, George Font, Jr., Roma
Jean Frecland, Corina Miranda
Pinkard, John Devoe, CelcStino
Diequcz and Ana Maria Herman
dcz y Gonzalez.
Each new citizen received a
copy of the booklet Welcome to
U. 5. A. Citizenship" given to
hem by the immigration and
Naturalization Service.
Standardization petitions of Tom
asita Ellis and Gray Knowles
we're recommended to be denied
Citizenship was not granted 10
! Elsie Hirschler Shoaeck because
! ,he was absent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
Naval Aviation
40 Years Old

Naval aviation is 10 years old
on May s, the anniversary of the
day back in 1911 when il bought
its first airplane.
The Navy bought from Glenn
L. Curtiss an ciGht-cylindcr BIZ
plane called the Triad, so called
because il could land on water or
on land. 1t had engine panels and
chassis and four interchangeable
wing panels, covered with rubber
lied linen on top and tightwovcn
special sail cloth on the bottom.
One main pontoon and a pair
of balancing hydroplancS with
pontoons and hydro-surfaces en-
abled it to float on water. Land
ing wheels had clinchcr tires,
capable of being housed above or
beneath the line of the main pom
toon by the aviator during flight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
$4,000 Suit To
BE Settled
Out Of Court

The $4,000 law suit
broue Il against the city of
Key West and the florida
Keys Aqueduct commission
by Bertha Denny Walker has
been continued by agree
ment Of counsel.
When questioned by The
Citizen. City Attorney M.
Ignatius Lester stated that
arrangements are being made
for on out-of-court settle
ment.
Mrs. Walker IS the admin
istratrix of the estate of Rob-
ert Franklin Walker. In her
suit. she charged the city
and the aqueduct commits
sion with negligence in the
death of her husband.
Walker died from a motor
cycle fall in l94S.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
Thief Steals
PRAYER. Book

2. 4
Sunday morning while attend
ing services at St. Pau's Church,
the car of Mrs. Hugh Williams,
parked beside the church on
Eaton street, was rifled-thc glove
compartment opened and contents
strcwn on the floor of the car.
A jeweled pin, three hearts en-
circlcd with pearls in a gift box
was taken and a fine leather
bound prayer book.
Thieves recently removed a
valuable sun dial from st. Pauls
Church yard.
The matter has been reported
to tie police department and to
tue sherifis office, il was stated
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
Starting. Time
For Child Told

Parents arc requested to note
the following correction of the
date on which a child must be
born before he is eligible to enter
school next fall. The date given to
the paper was December 4. 1916
The entire statement should read
ITO be able to enter school
next fall. your child must have
been born on December 4, 1945,
or before"
lie must be at least ) years and
8 months old on the opening day
of school, Tuesday, September 4
1851.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
90 Park Benches
Will Be Built

City Manager Dave King and
Superintendent Of Public In
struction Horace O'Bryant have
agreed on a plan of providing
seating capacity for some 800
$50 more people in Bayview
Park.
King will buy the lumber from
tn G ABCD corporation n d
O'Bryant will have the Douglass
schools manual training class
construct the sixty e d d
benches.
The youths will get the train
ing they need, and the City the
benches so much desired at the
park.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
City Fathers
Go To Aid OF
Local Labor
Had Heard Complaints
That Huge Motel
Apartment Was Using
Oui-Of-Town Help

City commissioners were told
last night that the notcl-apart-
mont building next to Raurs was
being constructed without use OF
local labor.
Even the nightwatchman was
said to have been hired in Miami.
Now the city fathers were NOT
opposed to the builders bringing
in key personnel, but thought
that other labor should be hired
here.
The commissioners realized
that they could only suggest
hiring of local help-that they
could not demand it
A committee OF Mayor Louis NJ
j. Eisner, City Commissioner
Louis Carbonell, and City Man
aSer Dave King called upon the
Continued On Page TWol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
Anti-NOise Ord.
Will Be Enforced

Noise-makerS in the city of
Key West had better watch out
City fathers have ordered all anti
noise ordinances enforced.
The action was the result of a
resolution from the Key West
EhSnlbersof Commerce complain
ing about the noises. Some tour
lists have left town because of
this condition.
> Mayor Louis NJ. ]. Eisner want
cd cupboard motor boats includ-
ed in the oise-abatement cam
align, City Manager Dave King
Continued On Page Two
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
Case OF Teen-Age Car Theft
To Be Discussed By Judge
Eva Warner Gibson Today

Juvenile Court Judge Eva
Warner Gib@on will meet with
County Solicitor Allan B. Clca c,
Jr., and Criminal Court Judge
Thomas S. Caro- this afternoon to
discuss the case Of the teen age
boys who committed a series of
car thcfts and robbcricS in this
area
In their confession, the boys,
one 10, the other lG, admitted to
houSebrcaking in Key West on
February ). They took a strong
box from a Scidcnbcrg avenue
} ono and obtained 81 300 in cash.
The owncr did not report the rob
bcly and tho theft was discovered
4 month later when the box was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08

found on the Keys by deputy
sheriff.
During the investigation which
followed, it was learned that the
two boys had gone to Miami with
The stolen money, bought motor
cycles. and clothes. then SGT out
for other points i'm Florida who're
they continued their thcf's. They
were finally unprecedented in Pen
sacola and held for Monroe coun-
ty officials.
The tccn-agerS arc from Texas
and left tail of car thefts and
houscbrcakipG and robbery all
The way from Congress, Texas,
through Arkansas, Louisiana
Mississippi and Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
Stock Island
To Be ZOned

TALLAHASSEE, May 8.-(Pl.
Representative Bernie c. Papy
of Monroe. county today intro
duced in the state legislature
House Bill $50 pertaining to the
zoning of Stock Island.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
US. Turns Down
Soviet Suggestion

WASHINGTON. May S.ACP,,
The United States has refused
to 20 along with a Russian sug-
gesticn for a four power confer
ence to draft a Japanese peace
treaty.
Russia had proposed that the
foreign ministers of the United
Continued On Page Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
City will Fight To
Purchase Boy Bottom,
Lends off Boulevard
See Day When
Boulevard Will
Be Hemmed In
By Businesses

City commissioners vot-
ed last night for a full in
vestigation into purchases
by private interests of bay
bottom lands off the boule-
ward and on Stock Island.
Not many months ago,
the City made application
to the Internal Improve
ment Board of the State of
Florida for purchase of a
large strip of bay bottom
land all the way around the
boulevard.
The request was denied.
And instead, the |. |.
Board has started to sell
land to private interests,
some 800 has already been
sold.
Land now up for sale by
legal notice in yesterdays
Citizen will be contested
by the city. And if neces-
sary, the city will make a
competitive bid for the land.
Commissioner c. B. Harvey led
the fight for the purchase of the
land.
Harvey envisioned the day if
this is allowed to continue when
the boulevard will be hemmed
in by buildings on both sides.
Preservation of t he scenic
beauty now existing on the boule-
ward drive was the primary con-
sideration of the commission.
Businessman Fred j. Dion
also spoke in favor of the mo-
tion. Dion declared that of the
5000 acres in Key West. about
1900 are owned by the Navy
and are tax-free. Of the re-
naming 1900. about 80 percent
is owned by the Key West I'm
provement Company. and this
brings in very little taxes.
The whole brunt of city taxes
thus falls on the owners of the
remaining 1900 acres or so.
There is something behind
this that we don't know about,
stated Louis Carbonell.
PlaYland Will Move
To Poinciana
Kiddie playland will move to
Poinciana in back of the stadium
grounds for two-week period.
1t was emphasized that no
gambling, or sideshows would be
permitted. Some of the profits
will go to the Poinciana Recrea-
ton Department for recreational
purposes for the youth of that
area. Taxpayer David McCurdy
made the request, ''''
Will Decorate Island City
Mrs. Blanche Miller of the
Beta Sigma Phi sorority re-
quested that the city grant $l5C
for decorating the town or
Armed Forces Day. The county
is expected to give a like amount
at its meeting tonight. The funds
were granted
Bids Received
Bids for supplying the city
Tor the next five years were sub
mitted by Orange State Oil, Gull
Oil and Sinclair. The matter wa!
referred to City Manager Dave
King
Order Building Demolished
The building at GOA DIVA
street has been ordered demol
iShed by the city, and cost o
same assessed on the property
Continued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
Senate Passes
Pension Bill

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May 8
-(P).-The Senate yesterday
passed House Bill It's by Repre-
sentative Bernie E. Papy of Mon
roe County authorizing Key West
Utility Board to establish pen
sion system.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
GoFboneII Addresses
Ministers Group On
Liberal Policy Here

feFe
Two Serious Charges
Mode; Doso Had On
Small Coffee Shop
Crossing $55M Yeorly
Two serious charges
were made yesterday morn
ing on the floor of the Key
West Ministerial AsSocia-
TONS meeting at the Elem
ing ST. Methodist Church.
Reverends Ralph Rog-
ers and Eldon Simmons
hurled the verbal blasts.
Said Rev. Rogers to
Louis Carbonell. city
commissioner: w hat
citv official in city car
makes regular weekly
visits to the holita head
quarters in the citv?"
Tho commissioners stated that
he did not know of anv visits
being made. Earlier. he had told
the body that when he, A. Matt
land Adams and Frec, j. Dion
we're elected commissioners that
they had all gambling places
"pinched" each month, with the
money going into the city treas
ury. Previously, il was going
into private pockets, he said.
Carbonell declared thai thiy
practice was still being followed.
tThis would, undoubtedly, OK
plain Rogers. chargc.l
carboneil further fold The
grour what politics" had done
10 his pocketbook. Before he
threw my hat into the ring"
, he said he YVES making some
$500 monthly from his resfsu-
rant on Duya1 street. He took
50 much finae eff offending 10
city affairs. csrboneli stated.
that his business suffered and
he was forced 70 sell out. Louis
readily admitted he almost
went broke.
REV.. Simmons, pastor Of the
Ley Memorial Methodist Church,
hurled another charge against
gambling here at the meeting.
The Simmons Abatement was
fhsf a small coffee shop" had
crossed s55.oo0 in, one year. He
wanted to know If thar was
"chicken-feed gambling"
The Simmons charge tan be
backed up in writing. it was re-
vealed.
Another question put TO Louis
Carbonell was whether gambling
at the Navy charity carnival
could be stopped. The commits
sioner declared that it could not
because of it being held on gov
ernment property. However,
Carbonell told Of all the goof.
works accomplished by the cal
nival, and how many local,
worthy organizations benefited
therefrom.
Evil In Gambling"
The ministers expressed Them
selves thusly after hearing Com
missioner Carboncll:
There is evil in gambling.
And / will fight II to my dying
day."-Rev. Ashworih.
I'VE cant legislsfe morals.
but hate gambling with
vehemence. REV. Ray.
Members Of the ministerial as
sociation did not agree with City
Commits ioncr Louis Carbonelfs
opinions on gambling. In fact,
they arc openly opposed to his
liberal policy.
However, after yesterday morn
ing's meeting they could not help
but admire the man for bis
courage.
Carboneli did not hedge.
He spoke his opinions before
group that he knew was i00
percent hostile TO his views.
Carbonell's talk before the
ministers, in part. follows.
chic very next day after the
Kefauver investigation in New
York, the Empire race track re-
corded an alltime betting rec
ord total. just last Saturday on
enc race in the Kentucky Derby,
S1.294,474 was Y5aged. The
horses owner received some $780,,
900 as his share Of the winnings.
You can go to race track
and bet all the money you want.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08
Bulletin
OFFERS RAISE

Ut EftS HAloE
ATLANTA. May s.--tP1.--The
! Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company today offer
ed its $4,000 employees raises Of
three TO six dollars week and
said if accepted il would have
to hike telephone bills.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-08

Key West. FlczidG. hos the
most equable climate in the
country. with ON average
Tunge of only Ia FoExenheit
Evening star., 1951-06-11
This

Mother-n you've not told Mary
about reproduction you should be
glad she was told in a clean way
by my daughter. She might have
been told in a vulgar way by some
one else.
Evening star., 1951-06-11

Now and then there comes to
the world a man who is far ahead
Of his time. He learns a great deal
about the past and present, and
figures out things for the future.
Such man was Roger Bacon.
He lived in the Middle Ages, during
a period which people sometimes
call the Dark Ages. As we look back
at him now, he, brightens the. age
in which he lived.
Bacon, however, had little honor
during his life. He was a great
scholar, but only a few men could
see his greatness. Most of those
who knew about him believed that
he was follower of the "black
art" He was a monk, but he fell
into trouble with the church and
was cast into prison. For IA long
years, he was a captive and was
set free only a short time before
his eyes were closed in death.
Bacon was given a Latin name
meaning miracle doctor" He knew
a good deal about medicine, but II
seems that he spent his years In
learning and teaching rather than
lin treating the sick.
Evening star., 1951-06-11
Answer to MINATORY.

Answer to MINATUKY.
mayor, main, many, martin, matin. mart
manor. minor. mint, miry, moan. moat
morn. moray. mont, into, iota, irony
atom, airy, tarn, taro, tiny. toyman, torn
tory, trio, trim. tray, troy. tram, train
tyro. omit. ratio, ration, rant, rainy
rayon. riot. roam roam, rota, yarn.
Evening star., 1951-06-11
Word Come
Find % or more words in
PROFUSE,
meaning, "bountiful, overfowing.
Average is 26; limit, % minutes.

letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition Of 's.'' such as "bats."
cats" are not used. Only one form Of o
"A list will be published tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-06-11
Uncle Ruy'sCorner

The writings Of Bacon give us an
idea Of the many things he knew or
believed. Long before gunpowder
was employed in Europe, this Eng
lish scholar told the way it could
be made.
Roger Bacon also gave hints
which may have led to spectacles
and microscopes. He wrote:
"If a man looks at letters OF
other small objects through a
(rounded) crystal or glass he
will see the letter much better
this is useful to the aged and to
those with weak eyes. :. Large
objects can be made to look small
and small objects can be made te
look large distant objects viii.
seem very close at hand -. ."
Because of those words, some
scholars have suggested that Bacon
should be given credit for inven-
ton Of the telescope. That may be
going too far: nothing in the way
of an actual telescope is known to
have been made until more than
three centuries after Bacon died
At the same time 1t is clear that
Evening star., 1951-06-11
Contract Bridge
By Culbertson

eCopyright. 1851 by Ely culbertson.,
One trick saved in the play would
have given a certain South top
score on the following hand in a
H1atch-point duplicate game:
South dealer.
Both sides Vulnerable.
81 NORTH
AK94
0K973
0Q9
@QJS6
WEST EAST
AA7 AQ1053
N10542 0AQ86.
110632 HJ54
&K74 &A9
SOUTH
Il AJ862
N VI
"a oAK87
&l0532
TThis was the bidding at the table
ID question:
South West North East
Eass Pass 1club Double
Redble 1heart Pass Pass
3clubS Pass Pass 2 2heartS
2spades Pass Pass Pass
West opened the heart deuce,
dummy played low and East won
Nth the queen. East returned q
INV diamond, and West sacrificed
his ten to dummy's queen.
NThe North-South trump resources
old not permit rump-drawing, so
South went about establishing the
club suit even at the risk of an
opposing ruff. On the low club lead
from dummy, East put up the ace
and again returned a diamond, de-
clarer winning. Now, on the follow
ing club lead, West went in with
the king and. seeing his partners
Iline, led another club which East
ruffed. Once more East exited with
O diamond.
with a good diamond and good
club In hand, 1t was now necessary
Tor South to attack trumpS, and he
led a low card toward dummy. West
uphesitatingly ducked-and declar-
erswent wrong. Apparently he felt
that playing the king would merely
beto sacrifice it to the ace in East's
hand, and SO he put in dummy's
nine. This was costly decision,
because when West got in with the
trump ace, he returned his fourth
diamond, and whatever South did,
East was sure to make his blank
trump queen.
If South had put up the spade
king instead of ducking he would
have saved trump trick and gone
down only one. A set Of only 100
points would have been excellent,
since almost all the other East
Vests Did and made two hearts for
1l0 points.
(Released by The Register and Tribune
Syndicate, 1951.)
Evening star., 1951-06-11
he had an idea of something in the
mature of q telescope.

14cIUIAXO VA o VS4SoNVPCs
Insofar as Bacon paved the way
for the microscope, he was helper
in the field Of medicine. Without
the microscope, modern doctors
would know much less than they
do about germs.
.sights in Strange India is the
title of picture leahet. It contains
10 pictures by Frank c. Pape and
seveyaI hundred words Of text by Uncle
Ray. TO obtain Q COPY, SEND SELF
addressed stamped envelope to Uncle
Ray In care of The Star.
Evening star., 1951-09-09

$250,000 over q four-year period.
Finally. he thought" it was gam
bling.
The committee had hit pay dirt.
Carefully. Mr.. Rice led Nelson along
until the witness remarked that he
couldn't answer question without
his records. Where did Nelson keep
his records? In q little red book.
No, Nelson said, he wouldn't mind
showing them.
The little red book" turned out
to be a file cabinet full of bound
ledgers and neat bundles of papers
set of by years. For an investigator
who had been picking up odds and
ends of facts, names, rumorS and
suspicious about Washington area
gambling for three years. here was
a gold mine.
The Maryland hearings were Off
cially over, but Mr.. Rice and the
Smith-Jackson team couldn't stop
there. They were too close. Mr..
Rice and the two detectives pored
over the Nelson records, interpret
ing, translating. picking up clues
to run down.
BY that time, however. the crime
hearings were in their final week,
the committee had turned it's atten-
ton to New Jersey and Chairman
O'Conor had told newsmen there
would be no further Prince Georges
County hearings. At the last min
ute, however, he changed his mind.
The Nelson hearing was reopened
on the last day of the Crime Com
mittee's public life.
Wonted: Mr.. Nelson
Nelson, by then, was nowhere to
be found. But Mr.. Rice called in
Nelson's farm stenographer-and an
accountant. BY the technique of ask
ing leading questions and usually
getting negative answers Rice
managed to get into the record much
of the information contained in Nell
sons papers.
The committee, once committed,
went all out to help. That davis
work opened the hoodgates. There
was sudden surge of telephone calls
and anonymous letters. What these
informants charged was protected
gambling complete with names,
dates and places.
Senator Wiley. Republican, of Wis
consin, Crime Committee member,
studied some of the letters and
promptly called for full-dress in
vestigation of crime and alleged cor
ruption in the Nations Capital. He
said there were obviously payoffs
"all along the line" in law enforce
ment here.
Commissioner F. Joseph Donohue
urged congressional investigation to
Evening star., 1951-09-09
RyuLus Have Long History But Times Don't Change Much

dome" laid claim to the islands, and
sometime after his death the island
rulers decided they had better pay
tribute to the Chinese court. For
centuries they ante-ed up for both
China and Japan. But they reaped
a harvest, too, because they were the
only trade communication between
the two nations.
Tocticol Error
In the century that ended with
the voyages of Columbus to America
and Vasco da Cana to India, Japa-
nese pirates used the islands as
bases for voyages to Java and Siam.
Had it not been for the arrival Of
the Portuguese and other Europeans
in the 10th century, the japanese
probably would have established
themselves in Formosa, the Philip
pines and parts of Indonesia. form
ing the nucleus of colonial empire.
At the start of the 18th century, the
rulers of the Ryukyus tried to main
tain neutral attitude in Sino-
Japanese war over Korea. Japan
did not appreciate this neutral at
titude. After the war the Lord Of
Satsuma invaded the Ryukyus to
force the issue of allegiance. The
king was captured and brought to
Japan. Ceding some Of his north
ern islands outright to the Lord Of
Satsumas he was allowed to return in
Evening star., 1951-09-09
BY George Kennedy

George Washington University has
been getting requests of late from
the State Department and the Far
Eastern Commission for copies of a
paper on the political status of the
disputed Ryukyu Islands. the archi-
pelago which stretches to the south
of Japan and which includes Oki-
nawa. The paper is a thesis sub
mitted for master of arts degree
in the George Washington School of
Government.
Thousands of these theses for
degrees are ground out annually in
the graduate schools of our uni
versities. All must be based on
research of original sources. But it
is very unusual for one to attract
such attention.
AS might be guessed. the author is
no ordinary graduate student fresh
out of college. He is As years old.
He is Robert P. Alexander of 4507
Van Ness street NV. He was born
in Tokyo, of missionary parents, and
he speaks and reads Japanese. AS
late as the summer before Pearl
Harbor, he was in business in Tokyo
as representative of American manu.
facturerS Of construction materials.
During the war he was Of great serv-
ice to our intelligence as Japanese
language expert. Today, one of his
greatest interests is the international