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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
Mrs. HI. Swain
Passes AWAY
In Maryland

Mrs. Helen Swain, wife of Capt
]. B. Swain, USN, died last night
at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda,
Md. after an illness of several
weeks, her friends were shocked
to learn today.
Mrs. Swain, her husband and son
were here for the last three years,
and before that during World War
II, while he had duty in Key West
She had left Key West only six
weeks ago planning to return for
the opening Of the school year so
that her surviving son Whitmel.
could graduate from Key West
High School in 1853.
Capt. Swain had been recently
assigned to the Industrial School
of the War College, Washington.
D. c. as an instructor. Mrs. Swain
had gone up to Washington to join
him till school started in Key West.
She was taken i'll and admitted to
the Naval hospital at Bethesda.
Funeral arrangements are in
Continued on Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
Marine Rescued

TOKYO N Navy headquarters
disclosed today that a Congression-
al Medal Of Honor winner, Marine
Col. Robert Caller, Seattle, Wash,
was rescued by helicopter after
being shot down over North Korea
Tuesday.
Details of the action were still
in censorship.
Caller won the Medal Of Honor
during World War II for his ex-
ploits during the fighting for Quad
alcanal. He is the commanding
officer of Marine Air Group IL In
Korea.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
oRT EGA Still
IN JAIL on
$1,000 BOND
US. Indictment
On Income Tar
To Be Tried
In Fed. Court

Don Rallo Ortega, Two Friends
bar operator arrested on Federal
indictment for false and fraudulent
income tax returns, remained in
Monroe County Jail today without
the necessary 5000 bond for his
release, the sheriff's department
said.
Ortega was arrested by deputy
u. S. Marshal Loren Wideman,
yesterday who came down from
Miami, and Chief Deputy Sheriff
Tommy Dixon.
He waived preliminary hearing
before U. S. Commissioner VIII
liam v. Albury, and will 60 to trial
In the U. S. District court in Mia
mi. Until bond is found by Ortega,
he will remain in county jail.
Ortega was indicted by a FEEDER
al Grand Jury in session in Mia
mi on the false income tax returns
charge. He was served the papers
BY Wideman and Dixon yesterday
when he returned from a visit in
Hollywood. Fla. Though he tried
to raise bond which was set by
Albury, he was unable to and was
still there at / pm. today.
Ortega was convicted, according
to police, of an armed robbery in
Cleveland back in 1928 and served
two years on the charge.
Ortega is a naturalized citizen,
born in. Licata. Italy His license
to sell liquor in Key West was TAX
en- out in the name Of his wife.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
Switz> Alias Carr Held In Jail;
Penn. Authorities Are Notified
Referendum
Must Be Held
Within, 90 Days

The Key West Kennel
club, sponsors of the pro-
posed 100000 dog track on
Stock Island, were granted
a permit for the track at
1880 this morning in Miami
by the State Racing Conn
mission, Abe Aronovitz,
president of the club told
The Citizen by phone.
The club asked that the
dog racing season open
February 1, 1853 and , run
for 90 days with two extra
days for charitable pur-
poses.
Racing Commission nnenbers,
four Of whom were present.
voted unanimously 10 sppro' .
the permit upon presentation %
a certificate of deposit Of more
than $25o,00o In the name of the
Key West Kennel club. This
amount had been placed in .
bank as concrete evidence Of
the clubs financial standing. The
Commission asked for this direct
deposit at its last meeting on the
dog track one month ago.
Aronovitz win ask County
Commissioners a their meeting
Tuesday night 70 set Q date for
the Monroe county referendum.
II must be called within 90 days
of today and not sooner than II
days, he said. The attorney hopes
it will be held soon enough 10
permit construction of the track
to begin in time for completion
and commencement Of racing
February 1.
The people Of the county will
have q chance 10 say whether or
not they approve Of the track
at their referendum" Aronovitx
said.
81 grew up IN Key West, ana
naturally I would do nothing
that would be detrimental 20
Key West. Also a. an adopted
Miamian ! can say that the dog
track 10 Key West viii not DO
detrimental 70 Miami. I hope 20
enhance Key Vests future
rather than hurt II, as well az
make some money for clients OF
mine"
The attorney and dog track
club head said that he hoped
Tuesdays meeting with the
county commission win hesuis In
an early election, and that the
commissioners would cooperate q
the fullest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09

Weech had been seriously wound
ed. Four days later she heard
from a Red Cross worker in Korea
that her son was writing to her
through her because his right was
wounded.
II haven't heard anything since
and am worried. He's a musician
and just don't know how bad his
hand is" Mrs. Stanton said.
Weech's wife, whom he married
just before leaving for Korea lives
at I'D Fort Village. Weech has
been in the Army for a year. He
left for Korea in March.
The last letter, that of the Red
Continued on Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
Mike Jacobs, USN
Wins l1lgh Praise
From ST.. rete MAJ,

Mike JACOBS. UsN, VINO won
fhs JayCee good citizenship
award iast year came IN TOR
anofner tribune in . letter 70.
.eiveu To-Day ny Inc citizen.
-sivso today py Inc Citizen.
Real estate man Ropert B.
'nock,ey or 1T. rsisrs1vrs sala:
THE CRY is fortunate IN nav.
.hg him m Insir town.
The Snoekleys wrote further:
"Ne've Just come nome from
4 visit there in Key West ana
"ere amazeo at trs fremenoov.
growth and the wonderful things
.sing accomplished. Key Wesi
has one asset that far exceeds
ali otners.
"iners Is . navy man there.
Mike Jacobs. VINO must DC vnof.
deialiy Key VESTS ambassador
OF good viii. We met MIN az the
Naval Air station. Through him
we saw many Interesting places
including The Little White
Reuse
''uniqvsIy this man expeeis no
faxors OF srsf0vhs5 but goes
about helping psepIe enjoy them.
selves ivsf tor tine human salts.
faction Of seeing others happy.
It's wonderful to meet people
with such hospitality. The city Is
fortunate In having him in their
town."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
Borileo Outbreak

SINGAPORE R - The British
controlled government of Sarawak,
on Borneo Island, declared a state
of emergency today as the result
of an outbreak of guerrilla activity
there this week.
A communique issued by the
headquarters here of Malcolm Mac
Donald, British commissioner gen.
eral for Southeast Asia, said the
declaration would be followed by
emergency regulations aimed al
preventing further incidents.
The Singapore and Malayan gov
ernments have operated under sim.
liar emergency regulations since
the start of Communicated guer.
rilla warfare in Malaga in 1913
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
Citizen Records
ShoaU SaUitz Had
Trouble RecentI'
In MEXICAN Area
BY JIM COBB

BY JIM COBB
That Michael Switz, 40,
alleged Philadelphia num-
bers operator and a fugitive
from police in that city, who
was taken into custody yes
terday by local law enforce
ment officers, was the same
man, going under the name
of Mike Carr, who was ar
rested by the Mexican gov
eminent on March 18th
when it was charged that
his shrimp boat, the "Sur-
prise, had violated Next
can Territorial rights, came
to light with a check of The
Citizen files. HI viewer.
Switz apparently escaped
detection, even after the in
cident attracted nationwide
attention.
Swift, also known as Michael Sc
rovitz, has been a fugitive from
Justice for IS months, according 10
pennsylvania authorities. He is
wanted on five separate warrants
charging the illegal setting I'D of a
lottery and setting up and main
tanning q numbers game in the
Quaker City. He is also charged
with fleeing the jurisdiction of the
Pennsylvania courts to avoid test
flying before grand jury investi
eating gambling in Philadelphi;
County.
Swift was captured yesterday af
ternoon after a rapid bit of polio,
work by the Key West Police De
partment following a small boy!
tip which alerted them to the fac
that the wanted man was in Ke,
| West. The unidentified lad said tina
he spotted a picture of Swift posted
on the wall of the Post Office ant
the police station. Police Chief 10
seph Kemp had already received 4;
letter from the Philadelphia police
notifying him that the man wa.
wanted and believed to be in Flor
ida.
Police Officer Irving Hall, work
ing in plain clothes, traced the mar
to the Southland Street address.
where he had been living for about
a year.
The police chief then notified
Justice of the Peace Ira Albury
Constable Harry johnson and Pc
lice Lieutenant Jimmy Jane:
made the arrest.
Switz was arrested yesterday a
Continued on Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
Jim Thorpe Ailing

HENDERSON. New. Up Jim
Thorpe, "a, the old time football
great and Olympic Games star,
today was undergoing treatment
for q heart ailment in Rose de
Lime Hospital.
His physician, DR.. ]. F. Coogan,
said Thorpe's condition was serious
but not critical. Thorpe was un-
conscious when brought to the hos
pital. He was placed in an oxygen
tent.
Thorpe operates a small bar
known as the Jim Thorpe Resort
near Henderson. He was voted the
greatest male athlete in the AS
ISOLATED Press mid-century poll.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
wine Bath" Act
Is Forbidden

NEW YORK Up - A platinum
blonde who did a "wine bath" act
In a Coney Island grille show
until authorities closed it last week
says the skit is educational and
even historical.
The blonde, Tirza, Friday told
Supreme Court Justice Anthony j.
Di Giovanni:
my presentation takes us back
to the year 200 B. c. in the city
Of Athens. Greek mythology. Very
beautiful and educational"
Giovanna reserved decision.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
Officer Ramirez
Sues ]. Scribner
For 10000 Here

City Police Officer Edward Ra.
mirsz has brought q SIC, 200 dam.
age suit against John Seribnsr
for injuries aIlessdly sustained
April Is, according to County
Clerk Earl Adams in whose Of.
flee the suit was filed yesterday
afternoon.
Ramirez claims that he was
injured In the same accident In
which Police Officer Frank ca.
rabalIe 10 suing Seribnsr for
$50, 900. according to the suit.
He is suing for personal dam
ages.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
PFC. Weech
Wounded In
Korean Action
Mother, Mrs. E. Stanton
Waits For Further
Word From Defense
Department

A worried mother awaited more
news of her soldier son wounded
in action in Korea on July 20.
The soldier, Private First Class
Edward r. Weech, q, is the son
of Mrs. Eleanor Stanton, 9O4 EN-
ma street.
The Department of Defense
wired Mrs. Stanton on July % that
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
Italians Strike

ROME R - Italy's tax collectors
served notice they will strike Mon
day and Tuesday unless they col
Iect more .money-for themselves.
The revenue men are members
Of the anti-C Communist Italian Con-
federation of Labor Union( CISL).
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09
3 Flyers Killed !

TOKYO % - The Far East Ar
Force today announced the names
Of three flyers killed In the crash
Of q bomb-laden Korea-bound B-zo
last Wednesday night.
They included:
Ii. orval Funk, The rsdar opera.
tor, husband Of Hildesard funk.
Lakeview, Sebring, Fla.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-09

Key West. Florida. has the
most equoble climote in the
country. with on average
ronqe OF only 40 Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1952-11-16
Mr.. Stevenson Advises Wisek

Adlai Stevenson has offered the Democratic
Party some sound political advice in suggesting
That 1t should take position of positive and
Intelligent opposition toward the incoming
Republican administration.
The new Congress will be narrowly divided
between the two parties 1t is clear that diver
gent sectional interests and certain factional
dlnerences within each group will result in the
crossing of party lines on some of the issues
facing the legislators. On others, traditional
party viewpoints and the accepted practices CT
disciplined party behavior will prevail
The Governor emphasized, in Offering guild
ance to his party, that his formula provides
way to serve useful purpose and to earn
the respect and esteem of the Nation It is
essential to the health of our political system
that the major parties warrant such respect
and esteem. completely partisan opposition,
that could result in sheer obstructionism, would
neither win nor deserve favor.
MIR. Stevenson's advice is in keeping with
his own past approach to public service But
the hatchet men in the Democratic ranks have
already been taking preliminary swipes at the
incoming Republican regime. It will be a good
thing If they heed the Governors advice But
1t will also be something of a minor political
miracle if that happens.
Evening star., 1952-11-16
Letters to The Star .
Pen-1,1naes may be used II letters carry
1riters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

each Of us now has title to our individual
portion Of America by the right of indi-
vidual sovereignty as set forth in our
Federal Constitution. Today, our house
is full. There is no room for hordes of
outsiders as. long as a single deserving,
loyal American Is displaced from iiveli-
hood by foreigners who have no rightful
claim or title to American bounty.
The Scribbler.
The letter signed by Albert E. Aren't
in opposition to the McCarran- Walters
law is very good illustration of why
the act should be kept on the statute
books. Mr.. Arent's argument is not in
the interests of the United States. but
in the interests Of racial group.
Most Of the arguments and support
Tor the law have come from patriotic
organizations in the United States,
whose loyalty and patriotism cannot be
questioned. There is long list of these
organizations. On the other hand the
opposition to the law is mostly from
racial groups whose interest in and 10y
atty to their particular racial brethren
always supersedes their interest in and
loyalty to the United States.
Few voices seem to be raised today in
behalf of the United States. With a new
administration. it is to be hoped that
Americans will be able to stand up for
the rights and welfare of the United
States without being accused of bigotry
or worse.
F. 6. WiIson
Evening star., 1952-11-16
MoryIund's Unequal Tax Rate

In The Star of November II an article
reported that the Board Of Revenue
Estimates of Maryland states that the
Maryland tax on income earned in 1852
will remain at 90.
I am wondering how many citizens Of
Maryland are aware that many widows
and retired elderly people in the State
pay two and one-half times that amount
-59d-because their income comes from
investments which the State terms "un-
earned"
Maryland seems not to tax according
to the amount Of income, but according
to the source of the income. This hits
hard the minority group whose principal
must of necessity be invested in order to
provide income.
The article also stated that a reduc-
ton of 1870 was made last year.
This would have been an excellent
opportunity to equalize the tax rate and
still achieve the reduction. An exemp-
ton of an amount equivalent to fair
salary could have been allowed and
taxed at 30. Any income over and above
that could have been taxed at SO. This
would provide uniform tax for all.
This group has no lobbyist nor labor
leader to raise voice in protest; and
even the Governor. who heartily agreed
with the issue of "too high Federal
taxes" in the recent campaign, has as
yet failed to secure an equal rate Of tax
for all citizens.
Concerned.
Evening star., 1952-11-16
Concerned.

east front, of the central portion Of the
Capitol, the finishing and redecoration
of the interior Of the rotunda and the
construction of an annex or office build
ing for. the use of members of the House
of Representatives to occupy one Of the
squares adjacent to and on the south
side Of the Capitol grounds" Half a
century afterwards the House Office
Building is so crowded that a supple
mentary structure of approximately the
same size is needed, the redecoration of
the rotunda finally is being done, but the
extension of the east front still remains
unauthorized. The skirt of the dome
"sticks out" over the portico Is feet,
and the whole sunrise side of the build
ing is. for that reason, unbalanced and
out of harmony. A bill to correct the
fault was passed by the Senate two
years ago. but the House has not acted
favorably as yet.
Featured in The Star for November S,
1902, was an account Of an explosion
of fireworks in Madison
Fireworks Square, New York City, the
Exnlos;on evening before. AS ex-
planned by the coroner.
"One Of the mortars was set of, and 1t
was pointed at a row of other mortars
in line" A 'fireball" from the first
protector set of all the rest in chain
Of blasts. Twelve persons. including six
children. were killed outright; "a were
injured. The crowd in the park when
the explosion occurred was estimated at
$4,000 people. gathered to watch elec-
tion returns displayed on screen on
the Flatiron Building at Fifth avenue
and Twenty-third street. Many persons
Evening star., 1952-11-16

thought the roar of the nortars blowing
up was part of the show" They were
made aware of the tragedy when they
saw the mangled body of a police officer
carried away. Instantly terrible calm
the returns Immediately died out" At
Bellevue Hospital SO emergency surgeons
and physicians, 40 visiting surgeons and
physicians and 200 male and female
nurses were summoned to duty in behalf
of the injured. John Dimundio of Coney
Island. who had been in charge of the
fireworks, was arrested for absolute
criminal carelessness."
On November 13, 1902, The Star took
notice Of the fifth birthday celebration
of Main Sandoe, then
Moin Sondoe's the only son of Mr.. and
Portv Mrs. David Lewis Sandoe
of Capitol Hill. It told
about the Jack Horner pie from which
his little friends had drawn gifts and
prizes. Among the children present
were: Charles and Robert Boteler, Rob-
ert and Crenshaw Holt, Charles Rich
mond and Richmond Brooks, Arthur
Thompson. Frank Foster, Marjorte
Wiley, Helen and Margaret Smith. Mil
dred ONeill, Frances Allen. Mildred
Copeland, Grace and Helen Cortelyou,
Nina Maynard and Dorothy Mack. The
parents Of Main now reside at 5025
Kansas avenue NV. and their younger
son. David Lewis of the Columbia Typo
graphical Union. says that Main himself
is a patent attorney in New York, with
a home at Pelham Manor. Richmond
Brooks is DR.. Richmond A. Brooks, nose
and throat specialist: and Charles Bote-
Ter is executive vice president Of the
Mutual Insurance Agency. Inc.
Evening star., 1952-11-16
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

The first paragraph in the society
column of The Star on November 3.
1902. read as follows:
Miss EIeonors Miss Eleanor Roosevelt.
Debut daughter Of the late Mr..
Elliott Roosevelt and a
niece of the President, will make her
debut in New York this winter and Will
be seen here also. no doubt, at some OF
the White House festivities" Three
decades later the girl thus referred to
was to justify that forecast not only as
First Lady Of the Land but as celebrity
in her own right. The Stars society
editor was more Of prophet than any
body knew.
When an anarchist attempted to
shoot the King Of the Belgians in Brus-
sells, The Star.
Attempt on under date Of No
Kinq Leopold sLife vember II, 1902.
said editorially:
"The wretch who tried to kill King
Leopold declares that during recent
stay in England he would have killed
King Edward but for the strong feeling
of the English people in favor OF the
monarchy This is not the talk OF q
real red but Of a boastful weakling.
The anarchist worthy of his infamy
never takes account Of what the people
anywhere want. He assumes that the
people do not know what is good for
them: that it is given to but few
choice spirits to determine 50 important
. a matter. Their decision Is that all
governments are bad and should be
. abolished. Accordingly. red will try
to put an end to despotism, or o
Evening star., 1952-11-16

Chaplain. united states Senate
days that marked the lowest ebb of his
fortunes he had achieved moral and
religious revolution among people sunk
In the abyss of Grass idolatry and had
transformed an ignorant, degraded ma
tion into a conquering empire which
spread from India, across parts of Asia,
Europe and Africa to the Pillars Of
Hercules. The cry, There is but one
God!" was not an empty fetish. That
belief, at its best. involved shining
virtues charity, justice, forbearance.
benevolence, self-denial. Mohammed
counselled his disciples to return good
for evil. to restrain the passions, to bride
the tongue, to be patient under injury.
to submit ones life to the Most High
and to pray to the one God.
There could be no more propitious
time for the erection of this place of
worship. Of study. of interchange of
thought, of mutual understanding than
this crucial day. Surely it is a time
not to emphasize the differences of
those whose faith is in the one God, but
to unite hearts and hands as Chris
tianity and Islam join in q cry resound-
ing around the world: There Is but one
God and He is sovereign over all!
The millions of Islam who today make
that affirmation are bound to deny the
materialistic basis Of atheiStic COM
muniSm. The essence of that goddess
system is to bow down to earthy idols
as pernicious as those against which
Mohammed protested in his day. The
followers of Mohammed, by their de-
clared creed, are against that which
denies the very essentials of their
deepest belief. Today the black flag of
a goddess piracy bent on world aggres-
sion waves over vast hordes of those
whose mad masters have as their prod
uct mechanical, regimented robots and
who ridicule the God whom both Mo-
hammedans and Christians worship and
adore. In the present world situation
the cross and the crescent are natural
allies in the solumn insistence, as Lin
coin put it. that life itself must be
under God." Forgetting the things
that are behind, these two faiths must
unite in building bulwarks against the
threatened flood Of atheism.
Spires and minaretS are the hope of a
fairer world. Their voices join in the
cry: There is but one God and He is
above the state! The mosques of Islam
and the churches of Christianity have as
part of their common creed the truth
enunciated by both Jesus and Mo-
hammed: Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart and with all
thy soul and with all thy mind and
thy neighbor as thyself"
This is the message Of the minaret
amid the spires.
Evening star., 1952-11-16

layed to a member Of our United States
Senate cannot be legitimately regarded
as al actual divulgence of confidential
information.
Within the Government service there
are many who are fully aware of the
truth revealed in this instance, directly
observing similar cases in their indi-
vidual experience over an extended pc
riod. They are. however, intelligently
aware that their request for any investi-
CATION would jeopardize their status
Miss De Haas deserves the gratitude Of
every American citizen for her remark
able courage and genuine loyalty.
Rawley Cartwright Donohue.
Editors note: This correspond
ent's unqualified statement as to the
specific nature of the information
which Miss De Haas relayed to Sen
ator Mccarthy Is not supported by
official announcements on this mat
ter. A grand jury is Investigating
the caSe.)