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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-10
KEEPS HER PROMISE

There's been a lot of talk of
late about the way the beach
has been stripped of driftwood,
not by summer people, who pick
up an occasional piece as a SOU
venir, but by firms in the north
which send trucks in and cart
away driftwood in great piles.
In fact, the beach has become
so bare of driftwood that Mrs.
Clayton Tillett had to go to
Camden county to find a few
pieces. She had promised them
to a friend in Norfolk, Va, who
wanted to use them in a garden
club program.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-10
BACK YoNDER

Someone mentioned that there
weren't as many shipwrecks as
in the days of sailing vessels
with wooden hulls, before the
time of radio, wireless, radar,
and weather reports. This recall
ed to T. E. Erickson of Kill Devil
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-10
WANCHESE PERSONALS

Mrs. Thomas G. Gaskill and
small daughter Glenda, have re-
turned after spending the Easter
holidays with Mrs. GaskilPs moth
err, Mrs. Ida Bridges in Raleigh.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-10

Snoring can be cured by offering
the offender good advice, cooper
alton and kindness, and by stuff
ing an old sock in his mouth.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-10
HIGH TIDES
AT OREGON INLET

During month of April-Fur-
nished by U. S. Coast g. Geodetic
Survey.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-04-10
CONTEST
CONTINUED from Page One)

Danny Moulson; flower girls, Ann
and LaVerne Davis; Mrs. w. R.
Pearce will be pianist.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
IL. Board To
Offer 33-Mile
Strip For Sale
From Key Largo
To Key Biscayne
Will Be Bid On
By Promoters
BY Promoters

The Florida Internal Improve
ment Fund is advertising for bids
and objections on the IS miles Of
publicly owned oceanfront arun-
ming from Key Largo to Key Bis
cayne, the AP said today.
The magnificent strip of bay
bottom and sea shore is being
sought for outright purchase by
Thomas H. Horobin, promoter, who
wants to make a private real es-
tate development there.
He has offered $100, 900 to the
II Board for the invaluable land
and waterfront.
/ Horobin originally asked State
Representative B. C. Papy to ask
the legislature to permit the sale.
He withdrew the bill when it was
learned he did not have to have
legislative permission to purchase
the strip, according to the APP.
Attorney Gen. Richard Erwin has
said that the hearing win 'bring
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Son OF Key West
Winter Residents
Was Crash Victim

The son Of welfknoxn Key West
winter residents was q victim a.
the worst airplane crash In history
near Tokyo last week. 4 was learn.
ed ioday.
Air Force Corporal Robert q.
Van Allen. 2. son Of Mr. and Mra.
c. B. Van Allen Of Bellport. Ioua
Island. persisted n the crash which
claimed the lives Of 10 service
men. The Van Aliens are annual
visitors here. residing a the home
theY own at 100 johnson Street.
The crash Of The Air Force Globe.
master Il apparently Unexplained.
Il wss earring combat veterans
back 70 Korea after leave IN Iapan
when i plammeiea b earth 70 car.
r ail aboard % flaming Aeafh.
Al CIobemastefs Transports ha4
been grDinkfed 3 wesk befgre ths
crash after failure q eersain esa.
erai0T parts had caused fires n TIE
engines q 10 planes. There was
% trace u fire 10 tie etriekes
plane before L crashed. WITNESSES
said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Judge Gibson,
Joe Allen To
Attend Meeting,
Juvenile Detention
Problems To Be
Aired At COnclave

Juvenile Court Judge Eva War
ner Gibson and County Commits
Sioner Joe Allen have been invited
to a meeting next Wednesday in
Tallahassee to discuss juvenile de-
tention problems in counties with
0,000 to 5000 population.
The conference called by the
Florida Children's Commission viii
make recommendation to the Chill
dren's Commission which holds its
annual meeting July Il, 13, Ii.
The meeting was suggested by
Leon County Judge RenfrOe who
has been active in his own county.
He particularly suggested that the
meeting be confined to representa-
tives of counties of similar size.
Invitations were extended to
Judge Gibson and Commissioner
Allen, who is also chairman of pub
lie welfare for the county, by Syl-
via CarotherS, executive secretary
of the Children'S commission.
She wrote Susan McAvoy of The
Citizen:
"The Commission is studying
what citizens consider as practical
goals and procedures pertaining to
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Churchill Saws
Britain DeplOres
S. Korean Action

LONDON ~ -- Prime Minister
Churchill told a cheering House Of
Commons today 1--WE have not com
mitted ourselves in any way 70 60
forward and conquer the whole
area Of Korea and place il under
the authority Of Mr.. Syngman
Rhee.
At the same time. the prime
minister disclosed Britain had sent
stiff note 10 Rhee denouncing his
"treaeherouS action
Churchill said TIE South Korean
presidents release Of thousands uf
anti-Communist prisoners Of war
had created a situation ''falI Of
danger. "
Churchill said the note warned:
Unless there Is 4 government IN
the Republic Of Korea which VIII
cooperate Loyalty with the United
Nations command, the security
and welfare At its people. IS vel
as all the gains which have been
made BY the sacrifice Of so many.
including the gallant Republic of
Korea army, VII be jeopardired. I"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Marathon Man
Wounded In Gun
Accident Sunday

James Arlington, %, is recover.
ing from a gun wound in his stom,
ach allegedly inflicted when his
wife Nellie, accidentally shot him
at their home in Marathon yester-
day at 3 p. m.
Arlington was rushed to Monroe
General Hospital by Deputy Sher.
iff Sidney Curry who happened to
be at the Big Pine toll gate wait.
ing for the Key West High base.
ball team.
The wife and husband both agre.
ed that the shooting, which took
place at The Rocks, Marathon, was
strictly accidental. Mrs. Arlington
said she was holding the ~ pistol
when it went off.
Arlington is in the hospital to-
day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
To
Bows State Now
In Tallahassee

TALLAHASSEE tR More than
$50 delegates to boys state started
setting up their rival political or
CARNATIONS here today as they
opened the annual American Le-
gion sponsored week of mock gov
eminent.
They organized city govern.
ments, elected mayors and began
campaigning for positions In the
boys state legislature.
Later in the week they viii take
over the state Capitol House and
Senate chambers for serious de-
bate on bills involving some of the
major political questions Of the
day.
They also VIII elect state off.
Gals from governor down.
When the boys move out al the
end Of the week, girls from all
over Florida viii move IN 70 try
their hands at playing government
in the annual girls state. sponsored
by the Legion auxiliary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Joseph Pierce,
Key Wester, Here
Visiting Father

A former Key West Citizer
newsboy who has risen to the job
as field commissioner of the Fed
eral Meditation Cancellation Ser
vice, is in town today visiting
his father.
Joseph Pierce, Key West born
and his wife and two children are
visiting w. H. Pierce, 622 Ashe
street. They live in New Or.
leans.
Pierce, who dropped in to see
his former fellow employees al
The Citizen. said it was his first
visit in three years.
Il. am amazed at the changes,
he said. 'T'm kind of lost look
ing at all that's happened to the
place"
Pierce's region for his Federal
job covers Louisiana. Texas, Ar
kansas, Oklahoma and New Mex
leo.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Added In
AT Budget Is
Accessibility
Wilson Replies
To Questions OF
Senate And Gen.
HOyt Vandenberg

WASHINGTON R-Secretary of
Defense Wilson, Stcutly upholding
his controversial five billion dollar
cut in proposed Air Force funds,
declared today 1.-The real question"
is whether a further cut should be
made.
In letter to Sen. Ferguson (R-
Mich, Wilson said that if Congress
approves his recommendation of
ST., zoo, 100000 of new appropria-
tons the Air Force will have $4O,-
200, 200, 900 available at the start
of the 1854 fiscal year-the IL
months beginning July /.
The additional money is "carry
over" funds; that is, appropria.
tons made in previous years and
not spent.
Wilson said there would be $23.-
20, 100000 available for aircraft
procurement, or purchase of new
planes, at the start of fiscal 1854
and called the program "over-
financed"
This sum, he wrote. provides
financing for over AZ months-for
all of fiscal 1854 and two and one
half years beyond-not considering
any new funds for fiscal 1856"
1.-THE real question K K is
whether further reductions in new
authorizations for fiscal 1854 should
not be made to reduce to a reason.
able basis the two and one hall
years of financed lead time which
viii be carried into fiscal 1855"
Lead time" is the period be.
tween the letting Of a contract and
the completion of the first plane
under the contract.
Wilson'S letter was in reply TO a
request for comment on one sent
to senator's a week ago by Gen
Hoyt S. Vandenberg, the retiring
chief of staff of the Air Force. Van
denberg in effect urged restoration
of 81, 4OO, O0O, 900 Of the five billion
cut.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Pair Jailed For
Throwing Eggs

Two teen.age boys were jailed
Sunday after the complaint Of a
Southland Street resident that they
threw eggs at her as she sat on
her front porch. police said today.
Mrs. Sarah Watson. sI5 Southland
Street, said that she was struck In
the back of the head with one Of
the eggs which were thrown from
a moving car. She noted the license
number of the car and reported 1t
TO police. A short time later. pa
trolman Armando Perez made the
arrest.
A search In the ear revealed that
an egg was lying on the back seat
aud the two youthful passengers
admitted that they had thrown a
total of five eggs at the woman.
The pair was lodged in the coun.
" jail and a report of the incident
made to juvenile authorities who
viii handle the ease,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Two Injured In
Auto Accident

Two persons we're Injured early
today In an auto accident after
which the driver faces three traffic
charges. police reported today.
The driver Of the car. john ".
Mastingly. 81, OF the USS Clagma-
gore. was taken to the Naval Hos.
pital suffering from a broken nose
after hts car went out of control
ard struck a palm tree In front ot
100 South Street. The vehicle was
overturned By The impact Of the
crash.
A passenger. Miss Catherine Zig.
ley, IS. was also taken 10 the hos
pital suffering from bruises about
the face.
MaEtiagiy was charged with driv.
lEg while under the infsuenee AZ
alcohol, reckless driving and Caas.
h9 al accident.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Reciprocity In Teacher
Licensing To Be Discussed
End OF Interstate
Barriers To
Teachers Urged
BY Educators

Monroe county educators viii at.
tend the four day conference of the
National Education Association
opening in Miami Beach tomorrow.
They win join with some 500 edu-
Gators from the nation meeting as
the National Commission on Tea.
cher Education and Professional
Standards.
The educators will map .
course fer eliminating The bar.
riers 10 interstate exchange Of
teachers and nationwide Fseip.
satisfactory ways Of licensing
teacher and nationwide raeip-
roeitY in the esrfifiestien Of tsa-
cheers.
These problems win be highlight.
ed in the keynote address of Lucien
B. Kinney, professor of education,
Stanford University. His subject
viii be Teacher Certification:
Quest fer New Bases Mrs Ssi ah
c. Caldwell of Akron, Ohio, presi-
dent, National Education Associa-
ton, win preside at the initial ses-
sion.
Other major addresses will be
given by Herman Cooper. execu-
tive dean for teacher education,
State University OF New York, Al
bany; Ralph W. Mcdonald. presi.
dent, Bowling Green State univers.
lily, Bowling Green Ohio. and Alb
ram L. Sachar, president, Brandeis
University, Waltham Mass. DR..
Cooper and DR.. Mcdonald viii dis.
cuSs teacher certAication from the
view points of Appraisal and
Projection and Challenge and
Opportunity" DR.. Sachar's subject
viii be The Certification Of Man. +"
One evening OF the conference
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Local Food Handlers Will Attend
Free instruction Course At H. S.
Health Dept.
Urges Persons
Working With
Food To attend

A free Food Handlers
School opens Tuesday and
continues through Thursday
at the Key West high school.
1t is sponsored by the Mon
roe County Health Depart
ment and is a brief but thor
ough training program for
anyone who handles food or
drink. Not only owners, man.
ayers, operators, mattresses,
barten d ers, grocerymen,
meat cutters, frozen food
operators, cooks, school food
servers and other profession
ais in the food and drink
field are urged to attend at
least one of the daily ses-
sions, but housewives are al
so welcome.
The purpose Is 10 train food
and drink handlers so as 10 GET
the most out Of available equip
mani and in making the lob
easier on the worker as well as
takInu In other factors such IS
pleasansness, speed and safety.
Specialists and top speakers viii
conduct the program which is back
ed By the Florida State Board of
Health, the Key West Naval Base,
the state Hotel Commission, the
city of Key West, the Monroe Coun-
~ Health Department and other
organizations trying to improve all
eating and drinking establishments.
The methods are especially inter-
esting to people In the food and
drink business. not only from the
sanitation point, but from the view
OF how to improve business, service
and the trades.
Mayor G, B. Harvey has oil.
ready issued an official proclaim.
alton in connection with the train.
ing sessions. All employers in
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Coach Davis Will Be Retired
Next Year, Board Head SAYS
Adams Denies
That Baseball
Mentor Was Fired
At Park Meeting

Key West High School baseball
coach Paul Davis, who guided his
team to the first state champion
ship in the city's history, will be
retained at his post, it was an
nounced yesterday by chairman OF
the Monroe County School Board,
Gerald Adams.
Adams told a huge crowd gath
cred in Bayyiew Park Sunday af-
ternoon to welcome the team home
from a tournament in Selma, Ala
bama, that "Davis never had been
fired" He added that whoever
started the rumor was ''misinfor.
med"
And today Superintendent OF
Public Instruction Horace 0'Bry.
ant pointed out that not only will
Davis be rehired for the coming
year - he will be given an in.
crease in salary.
Coach Davis will be rendered
another contract and will be Civ.
en- On increase in salary along
with everyone else" o'BrYant
said today.
The story that Davis had been
fired, which was definitely
more than q rUmor, was veFi.
fled three weeks ago by Davis
when querisd by ihe press Is to
his future plans.
According to informed sources
when the contracts Of Institutional
personnel in the county school set
up came up for renewal, Davi!
was not offered a new contract.
When the news hit the public, in
dignation reached the boiling poin
with Key Westers asking why thu
man who brought Key West it!
first state championship should b.
fired.
The Key West high baseball
squad backed up their coach. say
ing as a group that IF Davis wa!
Continued on Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Five Contracts Let By stdIifooF Board
For Summer Repairs And Building
Painting. Roofing,
Plumbing Part
Of Program,

The School Board at a
special meeting last week
awarded 1924 IN contracts
for extensive repairs and
paint-up jobs on county
schools, Superintendent of
Public Instruction Horace
O'Bryant announced today.
Largest contract, $4,000
went to Contractor w. H.
Roberts for painting the ex-
terror of Key West High
School. The interior of the
gymnasium at the High School
will be painted also. This
award went to Hoecherl.
Alonzo Cothron won the contract
for $2.250 to make two acres of
playground at Coral Shores school.
He win install 1900 cubic yards Of
sand at the school which is in
ISlamorada.
Ceramic tile win be installed a
the showers of the Key West High
School gymnasium at a cost Of
Sl400. Ernesto Viladostiqui was
awarded this contract by the School
Beard.
Giffen won the contract for re.
pairing the roof at Douglass
School, His bid was 81 ,oS4. The firr
went to work today on the Job.
w. B. Hansen was awarded The
81, 1885 contract for resettins
plumbing fixtures at Harris School,
connecting the sewer line and In
stalling a new water line.
0'Bryant also reported thai
Joseph L. Gates, maintenance
superintendent Of Monroe county
schools has a crew Of men work
1lg thrntwh0ut the eehe0l syefam
q make repairs ~ Tie September
school opening.
The brand new Administrative
building for the School Board and
its employees win be completed
by October /, o'Bryant said If con-
tractor NJ. E. Bennett finishes on
time.
Though o'Bryant had hoped that
The eight new class rooms at Tru.
man would be ready for occupancy
September /, he does not believe
they viii be.
Plans are being made now for
double sessions Of certain classes
10 run in the fall II the new rooms
are not finished. 0'Bryant said.
The delay in completion was caused
by trouble in geeting the plans pre-.
pared.
o'Bryani said that between sheer
maintenance and necessary expan-
sion the school board and It's
employees get no rest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
Full House
AT JaiOyer
Past Weekend
20 Adults And
Nine Juveniles
Arrested I'm
Busy Two Days

Sheriff John Spottswood had a
full house at the jail this weekend
with more than 20 adults arrested
and nine juvenile delinquents.
The busy Sheriff's department
arrested six Navy men for tres
passing" at the Islander drive-in
theater. processed the traffic ar
rests of violators on u. S. One ar
rested by the State Highway Pat
rol, and had to admit nine iuven-
lies to the already crowded jail,
Sheriff SpottSwood said.
In addition to these chores, the
Sheriff's office provided the escort
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22
MESSAGE TO RHEE

WASHINGTON 1.-TWO assist.
ant secretaries of state leaving
here by special plane this after.
noon will carry a message from
Secretary Dulles to President Syng.
man Rhee of Korea.
The State Department in an.
nouncing this gave no hint about
the nature Of the message.
An announcement said assistant
Secretary Walter S. Robertson,
who is in charge Of Far Eastern
affairs, would Ely to Seoul &C.
companied by assistant Secretary
Carl w. MeCardle, who Is in
charge Of public affairs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-22

Key West. Florida. hos the
most equoble clirnute in the
country. with On average
runge of only lao Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1953-05-04
500 Tuberculosis Death Drop
In District Tops 21 Nations

The District, since the war,
has waged better fight against
tuberculosis than much of the
world.
The World Health Organiza-
tion, according to an Associated
Press dispatch from Geneva, re-
ported today that there had been
so per cent drop in the tuber-
culosiS death rate since the war
according to figures received
from 81 countries. The United
States as a whole has had q SO
per cent drop.
The District, however, has
knocked tuberculosis for a so per
cent drop in the death rate, &C
cording to figures taken from
1945 through 1852. In 1945 there
were 581 deaths from tubercu-
losis, while in 1852 there were
235. Washington, however, still
has the second highest death
rate of American cities with over
100000 population.
The World Health Organiza- :
ton said that tuberculosis,
which ranks with cancer and
heart disease in it's deadliness.
mo longer represents the as
poets of a social scourge."
It termed the Extraordinary"
Evening star., 1953-05-04

at all, at least for American staff
cars. There are a couple of
humps in the middle of the
street, a little bigger than the
ones built to discourage speeders
at home. But the Red German
policemen standing there salute
as you drive by.
Americans Get Stares.
In the Russian sector, there
seem to be fewer people in the
streets, and almost all of them
turn to watch your car. An
American uniform is still rare
enough in this part of the city
to bring business to a standstill
if an officer walks into a shop
or a theater. The stareS seem
more curious than hoStile-about
what you'd expect if you walked
around Miami in an Eskimo
suit.
You drive down Stalinallee-
past huge apartment develop
ment that the Russians have
built for good Berlin Commu-
nists. Some of the buildings
Evening star., 1953-05-04

cut in the tuberculosis death
rate "one of the most sensa-
tional developments ever re-
corded in the field of public
health"
Some of the factors in cutting
the rate were said to be mass
X-rayS, control of foodstuffS
such as milk, and recent prog
reSs in treatment methods.
officials of the local tuber-
culoSis association said one rea-
son for the drop" here in the
District was that more TB cases
were being found and arrested.
The number of tuberculosis
cases under supervision of the
Health Department on January
l, 1852, was 5,735, or about 700
per 100000. This is one of the
highest rates in the United
States. About 600 were "active"
cases in the home without ben
eft of hospital care, while 1,483
were hoSpitalized.
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, Health
Department director, has termed
the tuberculosis situation here.
"the city's worst health prob
lem"
Evening star., 1953-05-04
No One Minds
As Dulles Stands
On His Rights

Secretary of State Dulles
stood on his constitutional rights
today and refused to give a
direct answer to a congressional
questioner.
Unlike some witnesses, how
ever, the Secretary did it face
tiously-and left his listeners in
good humor.
Representative Boggs. Demo-
crat. of Louisiana, asked Mr..
Dulles about provisions of the
Simpson bill to modify reciprocal
trade. Mr.. Dulles said he was
against it now-but couldn't say
how he would feel in a year. Mr..
Boggs asked him what he thought
about the bills limitations on
the power of the President in
tariff matters.
Il must exercise my constitu-
tional right to make the same
answer" he said.
Evening star., 1953-05-04
Artie Shaw Asserts He Never
Was Red, as Far as He Knows

I'm going to answer every
question as honestly and as fully
as I possibly can"
During the 1916 period, he
said, he was associated with the
Independent Committee of the
Arts, Sciences and Professions,
which advocated, among other
things. a fair employment prac-
tices act.
About this time, he said, a
Communist representative ap-
preached him under a CLOAK
and dagger atmoSphere"-by
calling him anonymous several
times on the telephone and in
SiSting on a 10-minute inter-
view.
Signed Paper, He Says.
Mr.. Shaw said he finally
agreed to see the stranger, and
signed a paper using a fan
taStic alias" after being told
the signature merely meant he
would be allowed to attend some
party meetings to see how the
party operated.
1T was found out I was going
to be a bad communist" Mr..
Shaw said, "and 1 was dropped
as quickly as was picked"
He said he attended a meet
ing somewhere in Laurel Can
yon." Only first names were
used by those present, he said.
He added he knew some of them.
But I don't know that they
were Communist Party members
or if they were in my category"
he said.