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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-23

the first steps in the $4s5, 900 ex-
pansion of the present IS inch pipe
line. That will up the supply oil
water in two years by two million
over the present three million gal
Ions Of water day.
This Is strictly Navy expansion,
however, II was brought out in
Congressional hearings on the ap-
preparation. II win not materially
affect the supply for the Keys,
where building is being held up for
lack of water.
The Navy has previously pointed
out that their only moral ,ohliss.
tion Is 10 provide water for Key
West, nor The Keys. Since n Is the
Island City where their personnel
and dependents live.
Meanwhile the building boom on
the Keys demands expansion OF
water at the earliest date. The
5000, 600 in building being held up
at present is just indicative Of the
greater development that will take
place in the future.
Members of the Aqueduct Com
mission Of which Ernest Ramsey is
manager, are City Commissioner
Louis M. ]. Eisner, Juan Lopez,
DR.. Hayes. Warren Sawyer and
Vance Stirrup.
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SEVEN NEW

&C. tinued from Page Three)
vent of Mary Immaculate will ar
arrive at a later date"
Thus concludes Sister Barbara
Mary's outline of the Sisters who
are the new faculty members and
Superior this year at the Convent.
However this reporter would like
to add a few impressions made on
q visit this week to the Convent.
u was indeed pleasure 10 meet
again Sister Superior Mary iss.
bella. ! had the pleasure Of her
seqvsinssnes when she was here
four years age although emily
briefly. She 10 . fine person. with
. iwiui<ly sense Of hvmer and en-
understanding heart. The com.
msut Of The day made by Sister
that will stick for Q long while
was, "lt's nice 10 DO nice"
Photographer Ellis Finch and
myself were conducted along the
Shrine on the grounds where we
took pictures Of five Of the new
arrivals In front Of the Shrine.
Sister Mary Isabella kept up a
fine commentary Of interesting
things | never knew about the Con.
vent. during our short walk. II is
not possible to report everything
here. but il you ever visit the con.
vent, you are sure TO hear these
and many other things too, because
Sister shows q love and enthusiasm
for this beautiful spot that is more
than the iustifiahle pride Of q true
Key wester.
News Of interest 10 parents In.
tending 10 send their children "a
the Convent. is that the Convent
win open formally ON Tuesday
September End. This viii not b
Q full school day. but viii be FOL
the purpose II Organizing classes
selling books, and getting the enr
fusion Of the first day ost Of IN,
way 50 that the pupils may settle
+ down TO the seFiosiS hussnc Z
study % Wednesday.
There viii be q meeting Of IN
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TWO PERSONS
CONTINUED From Page one)

N~OssS@~sr$~6 ivan 80 SAGN
crashed down into the streets or
onto nearby structures.
AT least four churches. some Of
them already damaged in the July
quake, suffered from Fridays
shock. Two spires on St. Francis
Catholic Church, built nearly half a
century ago, were badly cracked.
The brick front of the Presbyterian
Church, even older, fell into the
street. The Congregational Church
and st. Paul's Episcopal Church
were damaged.
Unlike last months quake, near
by communities reported no cas-,
ualties or serious damage from
Fridays temblor. The July shock
caused II deaths at Tehachapi. 20
miles from here, and three else
where, with total damage through.
out the affected area estimated at
20 million dollars.
! California Institute Of Technology
seismologists said the magnitude
of the latest shock was 6. com
pared with rs for the July tenn.
blor. They placed the epicenter Of
Fridays jolt only five to eight
miles from here, along the Kern
River fault. The July 81 quake
conferred at least 20 miles away,
along the Bear Mountain fault.
The scientists said Fridays TEN.
blor was a sort of sympathetic
reaction" to the July 81 shock,
which was followed by numerous
aftershocks, some of them damag-
ing.
Of the 50 injured, only six were
hospitalized after treatment.
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Number Building
Permits Issued

The following building permits
were issued this week from the
office of the City Building Inspec-
tor:
Philip Russell, 325 Peacon Lane
S65, to build fence.
Nathaniel Bennett, 314 Amelia
St. $3.50. for minor repairs to
kitchen.
Mr.. Hernandez, 1920 Harris,
$2,250 to stone residence.
Harry L. Rotas, 1120 Catherine
St. $3.50 to stone residence.
Raphael Lopez, 1116 Whitehead
st. $500 for concrete porch.
VIM. Carey, 1880 Eaton St. $500
addition to store.
A. M. Adams, Old Curry Sons
bldg. $3.50 addition to bldg.
James Carey, 1120 Elgin st.
500 repair to porch.
Navarro Inc, 421 Southard St.
$500 addition to shed. Work con-
tracted for by Amber.
Herman Hol' :, I'LL Flagler,
break curb. Amber, contractor.
Garcia (no initials), 412 Amelia
st. ST. 25 to perma-stone residence.
c. M. Larranage, 81 Whitehead
st. 500 to build new porch.
C.. M. Larranage. 300 Whitehead
st. $1,000 for general repairs.
Rosalind O'Flynn, 1909 Grinnell
St. $1,000 for general repairs.
M. Adams, brick building behind
Curry Sons on Front st. $500 for
repairs.
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stru-tion on new airport at San
Antonio will get underway in the
near future. Gomez said that il
would probably be q year before
the facilities : ready for use,
however.
City Manager Dave King suggest.
ed that President Harry TruE be
asked to :: :rcede if necessary in
guaranteeing ut service be con-
tinued.
The order for the suspension Of
the use of Colombia Field, which is
a Cuban Army airbase, was pub.
lished three days ago in the official
Havana gazette. It was signed by
the Cuban Minister of Commerce.
The possibility that the order
may have been given to eliminate
competition with the proposed Key
West-Havana ferry operation was
not confirmed by Gomez.
Whether or not the ferry COM
pany might be Endorsed or financed
by the Cuban government is a mat
ter for conjecture. Gomez discount
ed this idea but could not offer an
explanation for the move.
Conner has been The agent fer
The line since lie inception in
1916. He is also . stakeholder In
The concern. With five flights
daily and . soe pay load. 70"
has been handling $1,000 passen.
gers yearly. "a" also operates
swe flights weekly from Havana
TO Palm Bsseh. which would also
be discontinued.
Airline officials also are loathe to
use the Rancho Boyeros field be.
cause II is several miles further
from downtown Havana than the
present field.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-23

SIS, 900 RESTAURANT WILL BE BUILT
or BAY SIDE OF ROOSEVELT BLVD.


as was of them"
And that, he says, was why they
projected a ''ball of fire directly
for my head" when he came upon
the unearthly thing last Tuesday
night.
Desvergers went further into his
remarkable experience with a re-
porter from the Palm Beach Post,
after he was questioned for several
hours Friday night by "high-rank-
ing officers from Washington"
He indicated he and the officers
were substantially in agreement on
what the object was.
81 know what it is, and it's of
vital importance" he said. "But
it's better for me not to go any
further for the public good, be.
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COUNTY FREEHOLDERs
CONTINUED From Page Ore

VCoutinueu FTDIu rage Urel
revenue Of $3.50 for every dollar
they lend. DR.. Hayes said. There
win be no additional revenue COM
Ing In from the new pipeline while
II Is under construction.
The plan for the multi-million
dollar pipeline would carry Key
West and Keys expansion to the
year 1000. Aqueduct commission
members say. And even with the
vast expansion, they say that
water rates win remain the same.
Yesterday the Navy announced
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-
about the shrimp business.
Swift. the man continued, worked
for two and a half months without
a cent of pay and one day an
nounced that he thought he would
order a boat"
His associate said that Switz
never talked about his past ex.
cept to say that he had owned a
couple of barrooms in the north
but had sold them.
The man added that although
Switz always stayed in good hotels
and eaten in good restaurants, he
never gambled or drank excessive.
ly. :
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: KING ASKS
Continued from Page One

N0VuhAhaSo SkVm o6S WV
care who flies between the two
cities, but | am asking you to do
what you see fit to see that service
of some kind is maints Ted"
And Gomez tossed Dor: jshell
into the meetin- when he announc-
ed, will sever my connection
with Aerovias @ within the next ten
days. My health will not permit me
to continue. !"
Earlier he had asked that a COM
mittee of Key West City, County
and Civic officials journey to Ha-
yana to discuss TIE situation with
Cuban "cials in an effort to see
what can be done to maintain the
air traffic.
It is expected that Batista will be
urged to grant an extension In the
time for which the Colombia Field
may be utilized. The Cuban Gov
eminent has indicated that con-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-23
ScOutmaSter
Tells About
Flying Saucer

WEST PALM BEACH R - A
scoutmaster who believes he is the
first man ever attacked by a fly
ing saucer won't tell all he knows
or believes about it because it
might cause another Orson Welles
panic"
But D. S. Desvergers, 3O-year-old
hardware salesman and former
Marine, indicated he was con-
vinced the strange object housed
beings "who we're as afraid of me
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-23

cause it might cause another orsop
Welles panic"
He was referring to an ''inva.
sion from Mars" drama, presented
by the actor in a broadcast sew
eral years ago. which caused wide
spread alarm among listeners ID
many American cities.
Its not ours" he added. "lt'i
not foolish to say it will deter
mine the future of all of us soml
day."
Desvergers was taking three 30,
Scouts to their homes along 4
country road Tuesday night wheI
they saw bright red flashes" oveI
a nearby woods.
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SWTTZ' RETURN
CONTINUED From rage One)

tCOnunued From rage One)
ture before he left on a trip Friday
He Is expected to act on the re
commentator today when he will
pause In Tallahassee enroute firm
Georgia to Miami Beach.
Following a heated two-houl
hearing Thursday, Pepper said
that he could see mo legal justifi.
cation for recommending anything
but extradition.
Assistant District Attorney Vim
cent Panati Of Philadelphia repre-.
scented the Commonwealth Of Penn
sylvania and attorney Albert D.
Hubbard of Miami appeared on be-
half of Switz who has been held in
the Monroe County Jail since Aug.
ust 9Th when he was arrested by
local police.
Panati said that any refusal to
extradite Swift would be a gilt
edged invitation to all other Grim.
inals to come down and occupy this
fine state of Florida, immune to
prosecution for any crimes that
have been committed elsewhere. -
Earlier, Hubbard had asked that
q personal hearing be set before
Governor Warren. Extradition pro-
ceedings are invariably heard be.
fore by the Attorney Generals Of
flee and the Governor generally &C.
cepts the findings of that agency.
At a Habeas Corpus hearing in
Key West on Tuesday, Hubbard
had said that he wished to gain a
reduction in bond for Swift $50 that
he could take him to see the
Governor personally and show him
what an exemplary life he had led
since coming to Florida"
Yesterday, the attorney for Swit7
said that returning Swift to Penn
sylvania woulds mean that ''he is
going to be killed before he ever
gets to court"
He repeated statements made
earlier this week in Key West that
Pennsylvania authorities are ask
ing his return not to try him on
the misdemeanor counts they have
against him, but to make a stool
pigeon out Of him."
Hubbard informed Pepper that
Switz fled the northern city not to
avoid the law, but because he was
in mortal fear of his life because
Of threats from former gangster
associates"
"The moment Swift leaves the
Grand Jury room, whether he tes-
titles or not, his life will be in
grave danger" Hubbard said.
"This is an outgrowth Of the damn
able Kefauver investigation" he
added. "Kefauver subpeonaed him
and because of that, his former
associates ran him off,"
Pepper cut Hubbard short at this
time. He said his (Hubbard's) "ar-
guments are wasting our time. Ke-
fauver doesn't fit into this hear
ing"
Warren, who will decide on whe-
Their to sign the extradition war
rant after reviewing Peppers re-
port, is q bitter foe of Kefauver.
Swift was arrested after a year
and q half as a fugitive in Florida.
Today, a man who was associat.
ed with Swift in the shrimp bust
ness told Of meeting the northern
man over q year ago when Swift
walked up to him on the Gulf Oil
Docks saying that he would like
to make a couple Of trips to learn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-23
All 20 Acres
Have Been
Leased From
wilson, Gandolfo

A $4,000 restaurant
will 60 up shortly on
Roosevelt boulevard at the
corner of Sigsbee Park, on
part of 20 acres in the bay
leased by a Miami firm,
Howard Wilson and Claude
Gandolfo, owners, announ.
ced today.
The name of the firm
e being withheld, pending
the signing of the lease,
Wilson said.
Do far Wilson and Gan.
dOlfO have filled in q NU
by 100 foot lot of the bay
for the restauranteurs.
The Miami firm, ex.
perienced in the bust.
ness, iciiI put up a one
story, California type
restaurant soith a capaci.
ty for serving 200 din.
ers at a time. Primarily
a food serving establish.
nent, the neic restaIir.
ant iCilI not be a night
club, wilson said.
The firm plans full
utilization of all 20 acres
It has leased from Wilson
and Gandolfo. Whether
this means a swimming
pool and recreation GEN.
ter, Wilson could not re.
veal at present.
Only S45 feet back
from the boulevard will
be taken up by his restaur.
ant. That leaves Is acres,
Wilson said, for the other
developments by the mi.
amians.
The restaurant and other
acreage 10 ON il1eswest side
of Sigsbee park road.
All building will be done
by the lessees whose names
will be made public when
the actual signing takes
place, Wilson said.
The new restaurant will
be the first building in the
unbroken water front of
the boulevard, save for
Hilton Haven, between
Stock Island and Garrison
Blight.
Evening star., 1952-02-04
By Charles E. TroceweH

ard often contributes to our well-being
without ever realizing what he has done.
Old people who live quite alone take
on q look. They make themselves into
islands; they cut themselves OF from
the general humanity.
Odd characters who, despite their
wealth, live and die in old homes clut-
tered with piles Of trash, attract notice
now and then. They are striking ex-
anples, with whom one must sympathize.
Every one who has arisen in his place
to make speech" knows exactly what
they tried to do. They tried TO run
away from public speaking!
To grow old alongside heaps Of papers
and cardboard boxes Is at least to pass
out Of the boundary Of the precious
wight who smilingly says, "And now
perhaps Brother Jones viii favor us with
q few remarks"
Brother Jones rises in his place. smil-
ing III his turn. but his knees knock
together, and his mouth is dry. Worse,
his ideas, If he ever had any. have all
disappeared.
How can this happen to man. to the
very same man who. over . cup OF cofIee
or glass Of something or other. can
talk the coconuts on q coconut tree2
It only happens because that man.
at the proper age, failed to foresee this
very hour. II be had. be would not now
be barrett
Evening star., 1952-02-04

writer's, those indispensable If anonymous aids
to public speaking. DR.. Walter p Bowman, head
OF the university's Department OF Communities
tions, explaining the new venture, said most Of
the great speeches we hear are written in whole
or in part by someone backstage. It is time We
recognized the fact and offered suitable training
in the art of writing speeches.
This is good news for the American public,
which is rapidly battening down the matches In
preparation for deluge Of political speeches.
Some Of these may be ghost written but it is q
safe bet that lot OF politicians despite nnitless
enthusiasm for their candidate or themselves as
the case may be. viii base their oratorical
tributes on a few renovated remarks made in
Dubuque or Sheboygan last year. Although these
neophyte ghosts may not be on hand to save
some audiences from cases Of acute boredom
this year, the emergence Of ghost writing from
the underground may eventually mean few
wide-awake members in every audience If not
necessarily chicken in every pot.
Evening star., 1952-02-04

public speakers often say that no
matter how many talks they make, q
muscular tremor passes over them Just
as they begin.
They are afraid. and admit it-but no
one else knows 1t.
Their speaking is as smooth as velvet.
Those who do not make speeches. in
the usual senSe, often wonder why IL iS
there is such difference between private
and public talk.
Most persons, at ease with friends.
have no dificulty in saying what they
think, in the way they think It.
Let few strangers happen to be 10
the room, and the speaker Is called
upon for "a few remarks" something
happens to them.
Their mouth becomes dry, their knees
knock together. the aforementioned
spasm may pass over them. and they
feel as If they are making complete
fools. out of themselves. and maybe
they are.
This difference between the private
and the public talk has been recognized
by educators Of all sorts.
In recent years not only private classes
have grown up, In an endeavor to teach
one how to overcome the difficulty, but
public speaking has become favorite
high school and college subject.
The debating societies attempt to give,
their members 3 chance to learn how.
rpt only to debate. but also to speak
-. d
Evening star., 1952-02-04
This and That

Debating, of course, is something else.
calling for qualities of its own. but 1t
Is based solidly on speaking.
There is no good reason, certainly.
why any one should have any difficulty
in talking to others on his feet. il he
can do it at table with cup Of coffee
in front Of him.
No real reason
But all the reasons that do make
us human.
The mind Of man seemingly is two
coupartmented thing.
It has an individual part, and Q mob
part.
Each division takes care Of certain
trends in human psychology.
Each human being Is two persons.
not Just one, as most think. He Is his
own man, and also somebody elses man.
Many somebody else's.
All the great depths Of history. re-
ligion, politics, learning. custom. myth
Each Of these impinges upon the In
diyidual psyche.
This contact is what makes US truly
human. No man is an island, we have
been assured, and 1t is true.
Those who live completely by them
selves not only miss much but become
less; the curses every sensible human
heaps at times upon his baser humanity
are lost finally IN the blessings he re-
ceives from others.
Even the worst "other" can help us.
Evening star., 1952-02-04
Harold L. Ickes

Harold LeClair Ickes had campaigned for
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the reward he sought
in March of 1888 was to be made Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, relatively unimportant job.
Instead, the new President took him into the
Cabinet as Secretary of the Interior, as much
to the surprise of Mr.. Ickes as to anybody else.
He made good custodian of the natural
resources of the Nation When the Public Works
Administration was added to his assignment, he
managed it with skill and devotion which
even bitter enemies conceded. Though he held
his position at the head of the Interior Depart
ment until 1946 and spent billions Of dollars of
Government funds, he kept himself and his
office free from scandal and in his custodianship
of such responsibilities, nobody ever succeeded
in robbing him of his self-imposed title, Honest
Harold"
But many critics lured him into other diff
culties which he seemed to make no effort to
avoid. Mr. Ickes enjoyed controversy and some
of the discussions and debates in which he in
yolved himself continued for years Few OF them
were worth his bother, yet he spent countless
hours of labor on them. He prided himself on
his capacity to demolish an opponent with pyro-
technical displays of his own brand of logic and
his own caustic variety of sarcasm. His political
speeches were classics Of invectiye. He was,
however not anti-conservative simply for the
fun Of vilifying those who were less ardently
progressive" than himself. He really believed
In q socialistic system of society on national
scale But he insisted that any such experiment
must be, in fact, systematic. He wanted to con-
serye-and put to practical use-the peoples in
heritance No man of his generation knew more
or cared more about the Nations soil, forests,
water oil and coal reserves. He made himself
a master on what the country possesses. And
l,a cat on eyannle of po0d MANAGEMENT for his
successors in the Secretary Of the Interiors
chair.
What more he might have done had ne
been better manager of his own life IS ques-
tion which cannot be answered. He was an "Old
Curmudgeon" only when it suited him to be.
More often he was q reasonably agreeable indi-
yidual, displaying sense Of understanding
which the contemporaries he irritated hardly
would have believed to exist He should be cred
tied with having served his country well II one
Of Its greatest crises. q
Evening star., 1952-02-04
By Robert K. Walsh

THE Securities and Exchange COM
! Il mission has always operated on
the margin Of threatened all-out in-3
yestipation. Since its establishment
some 10 years ago. SEC has been fairly
secure as Congress turned the heat and
light on other administrative bodies
which possibly were less circumspect
and certainly less complicated.
But SEC never has gone unnOticed
or totally unsupported. Various legis-
lators mot to mention Wall Street and
other quarters since early New Deal
days have periodically demanded that
somebody look rehensively into the
law and the profits that SEC is sup
posed to supervise.
Some would-be examiners Of SEC
quickly sold short on the idea Of spec
tacular public hearings when they real
lied SEC administers q half dozen ex.
tremely technical and specialized stat
utes aimed at preventing fraud In the
purchase and sale OF securities. They
generally concluded that quicker as well
as greater dividends would come II they
turned their investigative talents else
where.
Moreover, many a congressional COM
lnittee In the past may have hesitated
to exchange quotations at any length
or to any dangerous depth with such
adept and distinguished SEC commits
sionerS as:
Joseph P. Kennedy, who became Am-
bassador to the Court Of st. James's:
William o. Douglas. now a Supreme
Court justice: Jerome N. Frank. now
United States Court Of Appeals Judge
in New York: James M. Lands, former
dean Of Harvard Law School; Leon Hen
derson, onetime OPA head: the late
Edward C. Eicher. former chief Judge
of District Court here: Sumner T. Pike.
until recently on the Atomic Energy
Commission. and Donald c. Cook. for
mer alien property custodian, who now
is SEC vice chairman.
Suddenly. SEC now finds itself be-
tween two fires. More accurately. Chair
man Harry A. Mcdonald, first Repub-
lican ever to be commission chairman, is
caught. in crossfire OF Senate and
House committees, besides q barrage