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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-23
IT'S Not Very Funny" Says
Housewife Of Pramkster
UnaCasted Goods
ArriUe At Her
Home As Result
OF Unfurlny Joke
BY jim conR

Key West businessmen are
going to think twice before
they make deliveries to 1929
Harris Avenue.
Nearly q score. including
The Citizen have been vic
timized by an unknown
prankster who has dispatch
ed merchandise ranging
from a load of concrete to
a parade of taxi cabs to the
home Of Douglas Trevor at
the Harris Avenue address.
The yard looked like they
had won a radio giveaway
show.
The Trevors suspect that the mis-
chief Is being undetermined by an
unfriendly neighbor.
meanwhile, merchandise has
been relllns In 81 Z steady Pats.
Az u That were noe enough, MRS.
Trsvor complained todsy ihst
her phone has been ringing ell
nlshi and when she answers,
tiyaTe u no enc enc the lIna. IT'S
not very funny" she declared.
Operation Revenge. she said,
started on Tuesday when Q taxi
pulled up at the house. The driver
said that he had been dispatched
BY phone call 10 her address.
Thinking II was q mistake, she
went on about her homework.
But, when The cab wus followed
" three mere, she began to sus-
vect that something was up.
She was right
Finally. ahe FsiFsassd 10 HE
house whore she ignored HE
cabs. They continually honksd
their horns. 10 no avail.
Next surprise In store for Mrs.
Trevor, came In the form Of .
White Laundry truck. The driver
gave a story. later to become
familiar. that he was sent there
BY q phone call to pick up the
family wash.
An ambulance joined the parade,
arriving at the home to pick up .
sick person.
Pedro, the upholsterer. was
Eight behind. He said that he was
here ito pick up the couch"
Mrs. Trevor said that she was
'.really shook up" when . Topping
Construction Company truck pull
ID up bearing q load Of ready
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-23

news to Monroe County.
There was more good news, too.
The polio case reported yssssr.
day YVES not polio. The Navy 70.
ported u 10 the MenFes County
Health Unit and then today she
Navy issued ssoshsr report say.
Ing that the diagnosis had been
changed.
Today's report did not say what
the disease was. but II was de-
finitely not polio. That leaves Mon
roe County's total for the year at
S. cases.
Or. BeSnss's statement ives
spanked by The fact that no cas-
Oh es polio had The ensst here
this week.
Onset Of the disease means, DR..
Bernet explained, the first day q
report received.
Two cases were reported this
week - on Monday and Tuesday
- but those cases had the onset
last week.
The letter IRON DE-. Parks wss.
Assessed 10 DR.. Be.sset, who has
been In Key West for the past few
days. Dr.. Bernet left today for his
home office In Jacksonville.
Dr., Parks letter follows in full:
CDR. Carl p. Bernet
eco Monroe County Health De-
partment
"P. o. Box 81
''Key West, Florida
"Dear Doctor Bernet:
Enclosed you will find a con-
firmation copy of our telegram
sent you regarding the postpone.
ment of the Key West Miami
game. Also enclosed is a copy Of
a telegram sent to Capt. Simpson.
II talked with DR.. Cato this
morning as indicated In my tele-
gram. We agreed that it was pro.
badly best to postpone the game
this weekend.
81 would advise that the theaters,
swimming pools, schools, churches,
stores, Fairgrounds and beaches
not be closed because of the num-
Der Of cases of polio in Key West.
! feel that this is not practical pro-
.cedure and viii not influence the
number Of cases which may occur
in your area.
"The only real advice I can give
is that II individuals show signs Of
Illness, such as an elevation Of
temperature with general maIaise,
they be confined to bed. II should
also be generally advised that chi.
dren should not over exercise, how.
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-23
Tests OF New
Vaccine
Paul Sher Reports
On March OF Dimes
Pre-Campaign Meet
In New Orleans

The American people win b,
asked to contribute SIS, 900, 900 Il
the 1854 March Of Dimes mex
January, II was disclosed today
by Paul ]. Sher, Monroe County
chairman, March Of Dimes.
This sum, Sher said, represents
almost half again as much as was
raised In last Winters record.
breaking appeal, and win be need.
ed In shifting from defense to at.
tack in the fight against polio.
For Is years." Sher added,
'the National Foundation for In.
fantile Paralysis has fought polio
through its programs Of patient
care, research and professional ed.
Iucation. In q sense these were
defensive, but now we have added
an aggressive new fourth program
Stop Polio"
These encouraging Developments
were revealed during Z two-day
regional precAmpaigri meeting Of
March Of Dimes ehairmen and
leaders, held In New Orleans, La.
Iln which Sher participated.
AFTER years of exhaustive re.
search" Sher said, Eve now have
gamma globulin, q temporary de.
lterrent to paralytic polio. II was
lput 10 use this past Summer In
mans first attempt to alter the
course Of polio epidemic. But
GG Is only . holding action.
Our highest hopes lie in an en-.
detrimental vaccine which other
March Of Dimes researchers have
developed. Extensive tests for this
promising new substance are plan.
med to determine II it win provide
iong-lasting immunity to infantle
paralysis.
Greatest need for the immedi.
ate future is money to continue this
advance In polio prevention. At the
same time we must have funds L
provide the best Of medical care
flor everyone who Is stricken
lSher said.
I'VE stand on the threshold O
the greatest victory ever achieves
against infantile paralysis. We vii
try to enter the door in "a. So W,
have made our slogan for the drive
More in '54'," Joseph r. Ne,
of, New York City, National Direc
tor Of Fund Raising for the Marcel
Of Dimes, told the volunteer cam
lpaign leaders.
/ The great result of the 1858 driv,
la new high record Of $Sl ,0O0, OO'
mot only provided care for III,
/ Continued On Page Tenl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-23
Carbonell Makes
Announcement In
Statement Today

John Carbonell, Jr., candidate
for city commissioner in Group 5,
today made the following state
|ment:
81 have served the people Of this
community as a public servant for
the past sixteen years and my re-
cord speaks for itself. Never have
II used your trust in me to serve
myself personally, regardless o,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-23
Engineer Advocates Immediate
Keys Water Line Construction
Water Debate
Continues At
County Court
House Meeting

A marathon debate on the merits
of Q proposed 14-million dollar
bond issue to finance q new keys
water pipeline continued last night
when John H. Gfeenleaf, an engi-
neer for the RAIDER Engineering
Company, and State Representa-
tive Bernie C. Papy matched
words with Mayor c. B. Harvey,
who Is opposing the bond issue.
The three hour meeting took
place in the County Court house.
The question will be settled
next Tuesday when Menres
County frssheldsrs % 10 tho
pells 10 vsfs On me proposal.
Greenleaf, In half hour address,
outlined the findings Of his COM
pany during q detailed survey OF
the Monroe County water situation.
Speaking off the cuff, and with an
obviously huge fund Of information,
he said hatly that ''the engineers
are convinced that the water rev.
enue, with the new pipeline. win
be sufficient to pay for the opera
ton and financing Of the ISSUE"
Ne pointed cut that she I'd
valersm FAX elsvse was inserted
In HE bond prepe,si - lHaske !
shs beads mere stytsslIFs Nj ~ !
ssnsial buyers. u
eft win have the effect Of re-
ducing the interest rate since there
win bsp . competitive demand tpr
the bonds IL they are appr6ved z
he said. He predicted that the
bonds would sell al NEARER four
than five per cent interest"
He called for On immediate
start on the pipeline u the bends
ere approved ssyins inst n
shovld bs installed before The
sisvasien assin becomes acute.
Experience has shown rs that
people in the keys and Key West
win use all the water they can OBJ
tain," he pointed out. Greenleaf al-
50 cited the fact that the popula-
ton of the city has grown II per
cent since 1850 while the keys
have shown a growth Of 20 per
cent in the last year.
Mayor C. B. Harvey then took
the floor to outline his objection
to the proposal. He displayed q
chart on which he had outlined the
situation as it stands. His main OBJ
lection was that the keys below
Islamofada win not grow as fast
rs the upper keys. The same situa'
ton will be true Of the area below
Marathon, he declared.
Ne said that no recommended
bviIdina me line lust 10 Isiame-
rada In shs first siege and then
when necessary advance u 10
Marathon, and then Key West
-- although no avsrrsd that u
mishs never be necessary 10 o..
| tend n HE limit.
"With the line to the upper keys
the strain would be relieved on the
Navy lire and we'd all have enough
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-23
State Health Board Sees Decline Of Polio:
Advises Against Closing Of Public Places
New To Ask Cab Licenses Be Revoked
No Onset Of Polo Is Listed
This Week; Total Back To So

DENIS SNE1GH
Il think that the incidence of polio here is definitely
on the decline"
That statement today from DR.. Carl Bernet, of the
bureau of preventabe diseases Florida State Board of
Health, plus letter from Dr. L. L. Parks director of the
bureau advising not to close public places was good
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-23
License Numbers
In Prostitution
Cases To Be
GiUe,, Officials

The Navy today announ-
ced that they will request
that the city suspend at least
five taxi drivers licenses as
a result of charges that they
have been engaged in pros
titution operations.
The action was recon-
mended at q meeting of the
Armed Forces Disciplinary
Board at the Naval Station
yesterday. The board, con-
sisting of Naval officials,
meets once a month to con-
slider reports on areas where
undesirable conditions exist.
The board yesterday spent most
Of its session reviewing prostitu-
ton, most Of it at the north end
Of Duval Street which they said
has resulted In six eases Of vsner-
cal disease in, the lsst month,
They heard detailed repairs
from senisr Share Patrol Officer
lsks uF(sh giving names Of
ssiler Aeustemsrs" end The u
esnss numbers n esb drivers
whe had procured wemsn for
nam. ~
UrRh pointed out however, that
It would be difficult to prove the
charges. I'VE would have to catch
them in the act. he said. He also
pointed out that his report covered
the preceding month. Situations
change, you know" he told the
board. Several arrests have been
made and we've chased a lot Of
people out Of Key West"
He pointed out that an efficient
working agreement with local pol
Ice has been organized and that
good results have been shown In
the drive against prostitution. But
Captain c. L. Murphy, chairman
Of the board, asked: "What do you
think about these cab drivers whom
we have the evidence on?"
Urech said that the point was a
illegal question" and that he could
not answer il.
81 believe that what we have
here is sufficient evidence in itself
to take direct action" Captain
Murphy said.
Tho report named fwo hotels
and . house 81 ll9 Dvval Streets
- places where prostitution has
been praefiesd. One Of She 70.
ports also said that the acts took
place In taxi cabs parked n
various paris Of the city.
Captain Murphy said today that
the license numbers of the offend
ing cabs are being forwarded tc
City officials with q recommends
ton for action. Under the law, il
win be necessary for the city com
mission to take action on them.
Police Chief Joseph Kemp, Sher
iff John Spottswood and Mayo
C.B. Harvey were spectators at tn,
meeting.
Kemp said today that he vii
continue 10 work in close cooper
alton with the Navy to wipe on
this situation"
The beard aise heard . report
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-23
PROCLAMATION

The Key West Community Concert Association
IL holding tn onnuol campaign for members for
the purpose Of assuring series Of concerts by
worldtumous cudsts during the coming seuson.
Every community 10 improved by the odvm-
tUges OF schools. churches. libraries and all orgon
autons Of cultured nuture. The availability of
line music presented by authoritative musicims 10
another advantage which win be Of inestmobls
benefit to those making their homes in Key West
Such cultured advantages become even more
mporunt to thoughtful people in times Of stress ond
world crisis umong the more voluobls elements
OF our nutionol heritoge These things ore sus
toined by the work ond effort Of such citizens an
the officers and workers OF the Key West Commun-
lily Concert Association.
Therefore On moYor Of Key West. procloim
this week Of October rs to October 81. 1853 off.
ciclY On
COMMUNITY
CONCERT WEEK
Csignsd c. b HARVEY.
Mayor Of The City
OF Key West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-17
the Giampietros, art
is a family affair.

nor the Giampietros, art
l. is a family affair.
Master potter Alexander
Giampietro and his sister,
Isabelle, a sculptor, share a
high-ceilinged studio in Eek
ington. There, Mr.. Clam
pietro experiments with forms
and glazeS while his sister
creates portraits, her favor
ties, and has reliefs.
Mr.. Giampietro, who is as
sistant professor of art at
Catholic University, takes
those experiments home to
his wife, Daphne, for use in
their Mount Rainier home,
which is filled with hand
some free-form dishes, beau
tiful bowls, lamps, plates and
ash trays. His work depends
on form and color for its
beauty. The lamps and free
form dishes are nodded like
sculpture; the other work is
thrown deity on the wheel.
Amazingly, the breakage is
all but nil, despite four lively
children in the household
Matilda, S; Laura, 8; Isabelle,
2, and Joseph, 7 months.
The Giampietros, who were
born in Italy, came to the
United States with their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-17

a degree in languages from
Manhattanville College, then
went to Italy to study art.
1T had always been my
dream to study there" she
says. She stayed for almost
five years, helping to support
herself by writing articles
and reviewing art for Eng
liSh-language and Italian
newspapers.
Miss Giampietro is a grad
uate of the Royal Academy
Of Rome, as well as the
School of the Art of the
Medal there. Her work has
been shown in Naples and
Rome, and at the Corcoran
and IFA Galleries here.
Fluent in four languages, she
teaches French at Trinity
College and lives at Interna-
tional House. In her spare
time, she designs many of
her own clothes.
The GiampietroS see signs
of a return to the old artistic
tradition, the days when one
person had complete reSpon-
sibility for his work, in OPP
position to the piecework
principle of the Industrial
Revolution.
Continued on Page 3O)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-17

father, a symphony violinist,
many years ago. A graduate
of the College of Ceramics,
Alfred University, Mr.. Clam
pietro received an earlier de-
gree from Brooklyn College,
studied at the De Vinci Art
School, the Beaux Arts In
stitute of Design and the
New Bauhaus in Chicago. He
worked, too, with Katherine
Frazer at the Cummington
School of the Arts.
Mr.. Giampietro also is a
sculptor, which he regards
as mostly personal" al
though he won first prize
with Fragment" the first
time he exhibited in the
Washington Sculptor's Group
show, in 1850. Coming to
Washington to teach cera-
mics at the Institute of Con-
temporary Arts in 1948, he
joined the staff of Catholic
University two years later.
His sister came here last year.
Il wanted to be an artist,
but thought 1 should get
my formal education f1rst,"
she explains. So she acquired
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-02-28
Nashville NAACP Accuses Radio
Station OF Exploiting Community

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - CAMP
- The Nashville branch of the
NAACP last week accused a 10
cal radio station of exploiting the
Negro market and of reneging on
promises to feature cultural pro-
gram on the Negro market.
In protest against the policies
of radio station WSOK, commonly
referred to as Nashville's only
Negro" radio station, the NAACP
has withdrawn its regular Is
minute Sunday program produc-
ed over the station as a public
service. The organization also sent
letter to the station criticiZing
it for what it termed not having
lived up to promises made the
colored community and the Fed
eral Communications Commission.
The NAACP contends that des-
pite its agreement to offer a cul-
tural and educational program,
the station has featured "blues,
boogie and spirituals." Nashville
sepians also say that the station
has failed to live up to its prom
Use to integrate colored persons
in all phases of the radio field,
and that the policies of the sta
ton are against the best inter-
eSts of the Negro community.
WSOK is owned and operated
by the Nashville Broadcasting
Company, of which H. Calvin
Young Jr., white, is president and
general manager, and majority
stakeholder.
Copies of the NAACP letter to
the station have been filed with
the FEC, Washington.
Specifically, colored people
here contend the station has ig-
nored the counsel and advice of
Negro associates, stockholders
and directors in matters of pro-
gram and labor policy, and re-
mains officially out of contact
with the colored community.
The labor policy of the station.
according to Negroes, has been one
OF intimidation to keep employees
out Of labor unions. A competent
announcer was discharged and a
program director resigned and
advised Negroes to boycott be-
cause they protested against re-
hgiouS program where the SCI
ing was to be segregated.
In regard to Negro members of
the staff, colored people say they
are underpaid and restricted to
announcers, copy writer's and re-
ceptlonistS. There is only one Ne
gro advertising salesman; the
others are White. This lone COL
ored salesman was given strict
orders not to attempt to sell ad-
vertiSing to White trade accounts.
Advertising representatives are
guaranteed wages which are more
than double that of the Negro
employees. The station has siA
colored employees.
AS to program policy, the Ne
groes contend that the station
promised the FEC to make the
station educational, religious and
cultural, and carried to the FEC
statements Of endorsement from
Negro citizens and groups. In
practice, however, the station en-
ploys principally cheap" record
ed music, both secular and sacred
and is advertised as the station
Of "blues, boogie and spirituals."
Educational programs of the
station have been reduced to nil.
except on Sunday, the Negro
community contends, in the face
OF a promise to the FEC that the
station would give 80 per cent of
its time to public service pro-
grams.
The station also was accused
of making huge profits through
its oDerati0nS
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-02-28
HAITI OPENS
NEW DAM AND
SUGAR FACTORY

PORT-au-PRINCE - CAMP
President Paul Magloire presided
at two important events last
week. The first was the opening
of the new $4,000, 900 Cages sug-
ar refinery. La Central Dessa-
lines will turn out 235. 900 saks of
sugar every 100 working days.
A crowd of $4,000 people gath
cred for the Inauguration cere-
monies. The main addresses were
delivered by M. Vincent Domin-
guez, director of the sugar refin-
cry Finance Minister Alexandra
Dominique.
The next day President Magloire
journeyed still further south in
Haiti to Camp Perrin where ne
inaugurated the new flood proof
dam which has been erected
there. 1t replaces an ingenious
old system of Avezac irrigation
which the French installed in
Haiti more than 800 years ago,
but was destroyed by flood sew
eral years ago.
The Cooperative Inter-Amer-
lean Service of Agricultural Pro-
duction working with the Hal
tian department of agriculture,
built the dam. The project cost
$4,000 with the Haitian gov
eminent putting in So to every
dollar the United States spent.
The dam viii water great area
in the Central Plains.
Evening star., 1953-05-19

tax collections in the District" )"
Furthermore, the Budget Bu-
reau pointed out authorization
for any Federal loans should in
clude the interest cost, since the
Government would have to pay
interest on funds borrowed for
loan to the city.
Proper Legislative Step.
Even though the Budget Bu-
reau had made critical sugges-
tions about the Commissioners
plan for financing the program,
Mr.. Simpson said it was a proper
legislative step to introduce legis-
lation and let it be ironed out In
orderly Congressional procedure.
Emphasizing he is strongly
favorable to 'betterment of
Washington" the Illinois law
maker SAID he is willing to get
the program under official Con-
greSSional consideration.
"The give and take and checks
and balances" of procedure, he
believes, would have a chance
to result in some proper deci-
sion. Mr.. Simpson was not pre-
pared, he said. to discuss de-
tailed merits Of the bill, since
he had not yet made a careful
study of it.
Evening star., 1953-05-19
Prentiss Would Cite
Continuing Lag Of
Federal Payment

Undismayed by the Budget
Bureaus backing away from
wholesale Endorsement of the
District multimillion dollar
public works plan yesterday,
Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss.
engineer Commissioner, said he
would go to Congress today with
q new counter-proposal.
Referring to the Budget Bu-
reau's suggestion that Federal
contributions to the District pub
lie works program be based on
increased tax collections here,
Gen. PrentisS declared:
"I see no reason why we can't
go to Congress with retroactive
tax figures dating back to the
last 10 or Is years. and then
compare these data with the
tagging Federal payments to the
District.
ST intend to discuss all as
poets of financing the public
works plan with the chairmen
Of the House and Senate Dis
trict Committees today-partic-
ularly that the Budget Bureaus
suggestion for an alternative
financing plan be put on a retro
active basis"
Gen. Prentiss spoke at a
meeting of the Chevy Chase
Citizens Association last night.
The Engineer Commissioner
scored the wide disparity be-
tween Federal payments to the
District and the city's own meet
ing of its financial obligations.
He pointed out that, while the
District budget has grown to
$148 million. the Federal Gov
ernment is still paying the city
only $l1 million a year.
In other business, William A.
Xanten, superintendent of the
Division of Sanitation, spoke to
the group on the city's cleanup
campaign.
Donald Merryfield, president,
conducted the meeting in the
Chevy Chase Community Gen.
ter, Connecticut avenue and
Mckinley Street NV.