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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
Baby Plus Cake
Pan Equals Lots
OF COmmotion

BAYONNE, N. J.. R-Take an
inquisitive three-and-a-haH year
old, his nine-month-old baby broth
er and a deep cake pan, stir to-
gether and what have you got?
Answer: A baby with his head
stuck in the cake pan, q scared
mother and grandmother, frantic
cal to the police, and . trip to 9
tinsmith.
Michael Basile was the three
and-a-hah year old. David Basile
was the baby brother. It happened
Monday.
The policemen brought along an
oxygen tank in case David was
In danger of suffocatine. His l''-.-.
cries reverberating from ne cake
tin were proof that he wasn't.
Tinsmith Edward Fishman sore
five blocks away went snip-snip
with his shears and off came the
cake pan.
David claimed down and was
taken home for q nap. Mrs. Irene
Basile and her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Charles BasiIe, Gained down. Mi
chael didn't have to calm down.
He was never excited.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

The yachtless Yacht Club must
have a yacht of fun = (phewl that
pun smell as bad as some Of Dot
Raymer's. Maybe we had better
stick to semi-literate English).
Is the Yacht Club an exclusive
organization which limits its mem
bership to certain social strata?
If so, why was it allowed to locate
on the public-owned waters of Gar
rison Blight? Especially in view of
the fact that no decent size yacht
can maneuver in that vicinity.
Being sort of a low-brow indi-
vidual, I've never dared to APP
proach the members of the Yacht
Club for an answer; however, also
being columnist, / know there
are dozens of people in Key West
who are curious about the club.
1t would be to the latter's adj
vantage to make their aims and
ideals better known to John @.
Public Raymer's Society Page
is a good medium.
Pelican Club
Personally, I've been thinking
that it would be good idea to
reorganize the Pelican gang, (beg
your pardon), / mean the Pelican
Club. We could take about a square
acre of Garrison Blight and after
the next hurricane. secure enough
drift wood to build a fairly res
pectable clubhouse.
True enough, the old time Peii-
can gan / mean Club, used 20
dive for liquor that rum-runners
would hide off-shore. They were a
respectable bunch of men however,
because in taking the rum-runners'
hidden rum they were simply aid
ing the Coast Guard and Prohibi-
ton Agents who were engaged in
the same task.
Nowadays there is no rum for a
newly organized Pelican Club to
dive after. That is a minor item
as long as we could secure the
land in Garrison Blight. After all,
does the Key West Yacht Club have
any yachts? The ideals of the out
fit are what count and there may
come a day when Prohibition viii
return. With a well-founded Pelican
Club already in existence, we
could Immediately aid the govern
ment by taking the rum-runners'
caches. Who knows, perhaps the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
Mrs. StrahOrn Is
As La.
Welfare Worker

Mrs. Laura M. Strahorn has re-
Gently been hired as q childreD's
case worker in the Orleans Parish
Department of Public Welfare.
State Commissioner Edward p.
Damercn has announced.
Mrs. StrahOrn, a native Of Geor.
gia, formerly resided In Key West,
where she was . child welfare
worker. She has worked with the
Florida welfare department for
several years, and before that
taught school and worked with the
American Red Cross.
A graduate Of Florida State Col
|lege for Women in Tallahassee,
she holds q Master of Social Work
degree from Tulane University
School Of Social Work, and also
attended Georgia State Woman's
College In Valdosta, Georgia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
lose May1iS Centennial
BY DARlo a. GARCIA

honorary consul of several Latin
American republics. During this
rowing struggle away from his
country, he conjured vehemently :
quietly In the solitude of his ex-
istence, the precise moment to
strike the alarm of the final re-
evolutionary uprise to free the land
Of his ideals, the consummation Of
his mission.
In this incessant wandering from
port to port he visited New Or
leans, Tampa and Key West, (Ca-
20 Hueso) several times. Each
time he pleaded and begged for
the cause Of CUBA LIBRE" for
the sovereignty of another Latin
American republic.
On one of his many trips here,
he stayed a longer time, the sandy
shores of this beautiful island
awakening his most emotional
idealism.
From our beaches he often look
ed to the South, where the pearl
Of his illusions layed subjugated
by the Spanish yoke. It is here
where he often sat on the soft
sand of the South Beach, when
the skies resembled dome OF
blue, pink and mauve; when the
sun sunk slowly into the sea, like
a ball of fire plunging into the
horizon, spreading its yellow rays
in a radius of hope and dreams
while a carpet Of molten gold
across the turquoise blue vanished
into a bleak grey mist which
closed down upon the smoldering
ashes Of his imagination.
It is from these shores that he
made the final jump to Santo DO.
mingo to join the invading Army
Of Maxine Gomez, to enter Cuba
by Playitas, and to sound "El
Critic de Barre" and to be killed
in action few days later.
1t is to Key West (Cayo Hueso)
that he wished to win whatever
was left of his heart. :.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

party, senator's or state political
committees are consulted.
Postmasterships are about the
only choice patronage House mem
bers have, and many Republicans
don't like the idea Of being barred
from controlling them.
Openly, Republicans aren't say
ing what they intend to do about
it. But privately they are consider
ing repeal Of the law.
1--WE are studying the situation, =
said Chairman Rees tR-Kan) Of
the House Post Office and Civil
Service Committee. He said he
opposed the 1897 Law blanketing
postmasters under Civil Service.
So did House Republican leader
Halleck Of Indiana, who claimed
the avowed purpose Of the law.
to put the jobs on merit basis
has been forgotten. During 20
years Of Democratic administra-
tons, Halleck said. apparently the
only meritorious applicants for
postmasterships were Democrats.
He predicted Congress would take
some action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

ROME r. Al Italian airliner
crashed In flames in the moUn.
tains Of Sardinia Monday 10 min
utes after taking off for Rome The
fate Ut the Is passengers and four
erew members aeexrd vas not i'm
meciatsgy known.
Rescue parties st Cus for the
scene Of the crash In the Slnaai
Mountains nearly seven niles east
of the Sandman capital Of Gag.
liari. poliee said the nlane had
heen seen diving in Games into
the mountains.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
.POstmasters May
Be Deprived OF
Lifetime Tenure

WASHINGTON "a - House Re-
publicans, shy on patronage for
20 years, are casting a jaundiced
eye at a law which bars them
from control of thousands Of post
master jobs.
The law. enacted Is years ago
when Democrats were calling the
shots. had the effect of giving
postmasters lifetime Civil Service
tenure. It didn't bother the Re-
.publicans at the time because, as
the party out of power, they were
not able to reward the politically
faithful with patronage jobs.
But it's different now that 4
Republican occupies the White
House and the COP controls Con-
gress.
Normally, postmaster appoint
ments are the patronage Of House
members Of the dominant politi-
cal party. In districts with no
House members Of the dominant
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
THIS ROCK OF OURS
By BILL GLIB
b. RnL cIBB

Pelican Club and the Yacht Club
could unite forces, one to supply
the yachts and the other to dive
for the whiskey. 1t is Q wonderful
idea, isn't it?
Seriously Spaakina
I'm all for yacht clubs, beach
clubs, anything that win make our
community more desirable to CUT
siders. Key West needs q good
safe anchorage for boats whose
owners would like to visit the u
land.
Our local Yacht Club is com.
posed OK leaders in the community,
A half-dozen Of its members have
more power and control over local
conditions than a thousand Ordk
nary citizens like you or me. Why
don't they get together then and
really force the issue concerning
the yacht basin?
For at least q dozen years,
every thinking person in Key West
has heard the old story about .
proposed anchorage for visiting
yachts. The story is as stale rs
promises of q Cuban ferry or
paved streets throughout the town.
Now that the Yacht Club seems to
be expanding with its own club
house, etc, perhaps it viii see fit
to really start an about drive for
better boating facilities.
Again / say, for its own good
the Yacht Club needs to make
known its ideals. Knowing the men
who are members, I'm sure that
they plan to have more than q
gosSiping, social organization.
Anonymous Letters
Occasionally, this column re-
ceives letters without signatures.
They 60 into the waste basket with
out being read. Surely anyone who
has sufficient reason to complain
about anything should have enough
courage to sign his or her name.
Signatures are withheld upon re-
quest : not even The Citizens edi.
tor knows who furnished the in
formation for many Of these
columns. II isn't hard TO guess the
reason for most unsigned letters :
thew are usually filled with libelous,
Goa e remarks that indicate per.
sonal spite on the part Of the
writer rather than a desire to im-
prove conditions constructively.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
COST OF LYING" RAISE

by virtue Of increased academic
standing and raises from local
funds. while the cost Of living has
increased only - per cent
The present average salary OF
s. ,237 still Is more than most 9th
er Southeastern states are paying
their teachers and is CLOSE 10 the
median family income for the ma
ton" the report said.
Other school law changes rec
commended by the Council would:
Cut off all state funds from jun
Tor colleges, kindergartens, auto
driving instruction courses and
summer recreatlonal programs
and put the emphasis az support
ing grades through II
Abolish By constitutional afnera.
menf the office Of school trustee
and turn al trustees duties over
to county school boards
Amend the constitution Ia ahol*
ish the elective office II county
school superintendent ard eFnpox-
er each ecvnty school beard 70
hire q superintendent.
Provide that teachers cossie sff-
crease their pay-Scsle rank esai1
By actually earning advanced eoi
Ie9e degrees. not b. eaass aassli
years IL training. saeh specialists
"a kanGmzssers. athistsc c14ehes
and socass0aai eaacatssa inssFase.
tors w0usd remain ua8ey the pres
ens system
Require cus1nsses "a pa ~
teachers Al least 20 per eeas .
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
THE RISE OF TELEvIsIoN

David Sarnoff, chairman of the Board of the Radio
Corporation OF America, recently announced that the
number OF homes equipped with teevson had increased
from 15,000OO0 at the beginning of 1882 to nearly 81
100000 at the end of the year. This increase amounts to
gain of about DO per cent.
estimated that than one-third of the popu-
aton in this country unable to receive teevson trans
mission However this situation is likely to be cleared up
rapidly since Mr. Sarnof reported that compared to 1T
elevson stations the air. at the end of the year.
struction permits have been granted to 1875 Others
seems likely that considering the number Of new stations
which expected the air this year. the sale of
new teevison sets will increase the remarkable fig
ure of 1862.
In fact the 1853 will be the greatest teevson
year yet realized with the greatest number of stations
and the greatest number Of viewers BY December 31st
1858 it is likely that the IS per cent of the population
which now outside the reception capabilities of present
televson transmission will be reduced very figure
The year expected to mark the end Of the teevson
drought in all large and make the country truly
thoroughly 'televised" from coast to coast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
EXPLOSION IN BRITISH
SHIP KILLS CREWMAN

PORTLAND. Eng. IA stoker-
mechanic was killed and three
other naval ratings injured in an
explosion Monday in the boiler
room Of the Duchess, one Of Bri-
tain's newest destroyers.
The ship was preparing for sea.
The explosion was followed by =
fire which burned an hour before
being brought under control.
The Duchess is the seventh OF
Britain's crack new Daring class
destroyers. Almost up 10 cruiser
standard. they are lampacked with
the Royal Nays latest anti :
submarine and anti aircraft de.
vices.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

the salary allotment Of the teach.
er's rank in order to assure teach
eTs OF receiving The maximum ben
eft from increased state fund al
locations TO the counties,
Tighten The penalties for failure
Of counties TO follow the Lave which
requires them 10 hire teachers for
IS per cent Of the Institutional
units for which they receive state
funds,
The Council SHE'D away from
suggestion that IL recommend
changing the homestead Tar ex.
empai0i clause ~ the constitution
TO permit taxing homes for school
purposes. II said there vas little
chance for adoption Of the pro
posal
Teachers who nos earn ire high
81 salaries BY virtue Of college
training heyend = bacheloss' Dc.
gree uoaId gHt The least raises Va.
der the Legislators plan.
Members of fhe Council sasd
shey Iess there IL too much a .
spread ID tie present rank sys-
TEN They expressed aeaht that
4 Is particularly beneficial 70 ~
tract TOO mary teachers wish mas
ters' ard a1esors' degrees 70 TIE
grade sehoxsx
TIE eggnea proposes TITS scale
81 aneFrsssa aia9essl0ns - eoan.
ties tor seaeher saiaFSes
Fer BARK Or teachers. wB0
hase scar u mere "a e0slsxe
neyoad . masters degree, from
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
"COST LYING"
Maximum Raise For Teachers May Be Set At $3.50

the present slloestion Of ss.soo 70
s.. 700.
Rank Two. . years work beyona
. bachelors degree. from $500
70 s. 200.
Rank Three. 3 bachelors de.
gree. from 1850 10 t1soo.
Rank -Four, At least three years
OF college. from si.e09 10 81 90.
Rank Five. IT least tNo years
of college, from sI.Soo b sI.7po.
Only about five per cent Of TIE
teachers now lack college degrees.
Counties could pay teachers
more than the state salary rank
provides Il they wanted 10 do Il
with local money
The Council approved The ldes
d consolidating 81 The IA cd.
isetlns functions 81 he Compsrnl-
lsrs Office. Beverage Department.
RAclna ComDaisslon ard Motor Re.
kicfe Department into : new D.
parfmsnt q Reverse. Tegeiher.
The four agencies noH eollset abosit
IS PER eent q the stxie,a taxza.
a Miami research fires ssllmnf.
90 tie eonsolsdasloa wosad save
nboSit u per eess Ii eolleetioa
costs.
Details 81 TIE plan were lefs fsg
diaeuatl1n ~ . Feb. ~ msetiae.
Tie CeuaeI a5spted : asbeeaB-
misfee FseomMshdsiiss hat al
fhs Esss's anissFail.ss - pal Ia
Der > ssagIe ADMINISTRATORS had
hkf Fsszss tnsEF a&mes anA baea.
tssef.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
sy MALCOLM .. JOHNSON

Dy MALCOLM B. JOHNSON
ORANGE SPRINGS LR-- Florida
school teachers who have been
talking about annual pay raises
Of as much as fat $3.50 had
some disappointing news from the
influential Legislative Council Mon
day.
The Council wound up . week
end meeting here by proposing q
maximum increase OF $3.50 from
state funds for the IS per cent
OF teachers who hold bachelors
degrees: and smaller raises for
all others,
Instead Of the fat eoSt-of-living
increase which teachers have
sought, the Council recommended
the pay raise be written into
revised salary formula under the
minimum foundation Law which
ranks teachers on their education
al training.
The senator's and representatives
whe head the legislatures 0wn
fact.findlng body estimated II viii
take about % million dollars ex.
TIA darang tie next two years 70
provide the raises they proposed
ard finaAce norrnxI EFuwsh q tAx
sehSol system.
The Cosneii's research staff re-
ported Florida teachers have had
Ia q per rent assraEs salary In
crease during the past tegF years
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

pounds overweight, maybe he
should avoid big checked patterns. I"
he said. Striped suits might help
him hide his size.
But when you're rs pounds
overweight, there is only one way
to dress-so you're comfortable. !"
Herman is about the most COM
Portable looking man in Manhattan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

The name Of Jose MART should
be- familiar to all Key Westers who
are interested in the history Of our
city. His life marked a turn in the
destiny of this beautiful rock Of
ours. He visited this southernmost
point on many occasions to plan
the independence Of his oppressed
land. Il was from there that he
gazed with enthusiasm, over the
sleepy swell on the sea across
which lay the shores Of Cuba. So
close and yet 50 far, were the pos
sibilities Of reaching the goal Of his
life. And here he found the help
ing hand he sought to materialize
his dream.
This year 10 the Centennial Of his
birth. A life Of unselfish abnega-
ton and duress. From his early
youth he endured continuous per-
secution by the Spanish Metropolis
for the ideals which eliminated in
the freedom Of q country, and
which ended with his death at
Dos Rios, Cuba.
AT the break Of day on January
%, 1853, q great man was born
at Havana, Cuba. This man was
to be admired later by the Ame-
rieas for his idealistic perseyer-
ance. His birth was to decide the
fate Of a nation whose people moan
ed in servitude. The decisive en-
|terprise was reserved for Jose Mar
Il, who was conscious, since his
school days, of his election for the
great mission.
From then on, he imposed upon
himself the task, with a firm re-
solution, to cultivate, wherever he
went, q desire to aid the indepen-
dence Of his people to appraise
the need Of freedom. To preach the
duty Of all men to answer the call
to arms; to denOunce the oppres-
sive tyrannic regimes in America.
and to coordinate the possibilities,
In order to break The chains which
enslaved the land of his birth. And
to build, from a starving and
abused colony, a republic conse-
Grated to Progress; Liberty Demo.
cracy and Justice.
Except in the French Revolution,
no historical center was as suit.
able as that IN which Jose MART
was formed, to develop those hid
den forces which humanity holds
as in reserve, and which are not
seen but in the days of excitement
and peril. He lived at one of those
times when the game Of public life
can not be freely displayed. and
when the stake Of human activity
is increased by the hours. when
every cali or liberal expression Is
punished BY death.
The history Of the Americas Is
rich with heroism. Jose MART gilt.
tiers In this history with surprising.
" many facets. He was like a
beacon, pouring light from every
angle. and q master In politico.
social science by intuition. He dis.
dained the ungrateful ostacles that
he found in the rocky path Of his
mission. but continued serene "a
the accomplishments of his self.
imposed duty.
Some great liberators we're mill
taTy genIuses, such as oar Great
George Washington Jose Mart
was = great liberator, but here
comparisons end. for be was d
man a thought. not ore Of action,
He spent most Of his life away
from Cuba. After graduating in
Lave and philosophy at Sarag0sa
SHais. an Tsyine aroana Csntral
America. hs landed Ia these United
states tie land II promise and
Hospitality 10 oil wh0 seek refuge,
In New York City he worked as q
reporter and translator for the New
foFk world, ard kept books fol
&
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27
HAL
BOYLE
SAYS

NEW YORK R-Once upon a
time when most guys starved
themselves to get that beanpOle
look and the gals dieted to get
toothpick thin there lived a happy
fat man.
The time is now. The man is
Herman Hickman, the roly-poly,
ex-Yale football coach who has be-
come one of teievision's biggest
personalities.
Herman's career is proof that
whoever said Nobody loves a fat
man. must have been underweight
and jealous. While other hefties
count their calories, he counts the
dcllars he makes out of being
pleasingly plump.
81 guess I'm up to about 800
pounds now" he beamed content
edly as he dipped into four-inch
deep luncheon serving of lamb
stew. "But have trouble finding a
place to weight. either have to
60 to an ice house or a Goa,
yard"
His gusty enjoyment of living
overflows in several directions
eating his own cooking, reciting
poetry, smoking cigars, and telling
tall tales of his Tennessee home
land.
His philosophy of life can be
summed up: Keep interested in
everything-but don't spread your
self too thin"
But Herman himself is gaining
weight on a schedule that would
turn an average man into skele-
ton. In addition to a daily tele-
vision program for the Robert
Burns Cigar Co., he cooks all the
meals in his home, is writing a
book, and sandwiches in about 100
after dinner speeches a year.
His raconteur touring takes him
all over the country. He talks to all
kinds of groups Boy Scouts,
coaches, insurance executives. and
women's clubs.
81 enjoy an audience of women, "
he said, because they like to hear
poetry"
Herman gets lot of fan mail
from women, and says:
II must look comfortable. They
never suggest that reduce"
1t might be because some women
still like to see a man as robust
cheerful and friendly as Hickman
His own wife, Helen, has never
tried to put him on a diet.
II guess / started her Out
right" he said. ''I've been doine
all the cooking for 20 years. We
put up a kitchen first, then bull
a house around it.
Helen eats as much as / do
but doesn't put on o pound. She's
awful good about letting me mess
up the kitchen, and then cleaning
up after me"
Herman is proud of being presi
dent of the Connecticut Amateur
Chefs, and likes to mix the Con
tinental and Southern styles o
cooking"
Here is the menu for one o
the recent snack meals" he con
cocted for his fellow amateur
chefs:
| ID Italian ham wrapped rount
Persian melon slices;
| (2) Jellied consomme with SOU
cream and chopped chives;
! (3l. Chicken Brunswick stew
made from the meat of a four
pound hen stewed with onion
saute, fresh lima beans. corn of
the cob, fresh tomatoes, Italial
red peppers and garlic. Serves
with his own home-baked corn
bread.
| (4) Pecan pie and Italian coffee
| Hickman is known as one o
the better dressed fat men arount
town. But he has no particulal
advice on how fatties can. drapl
themselves to look simmer.
IF a man is only 40 or s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

Students Of war point out that
weapons always have been costly,
the aims Of Achilles being q great
prize and a modern big gun cost.
ing q fortune, and they conclude
that only comparatively wealthy
communities can wage war effec-
lively.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

1t never pays to tell other people how to live their
lives; IT they don't have much you do they
won't take your advice and if they do they don't need It.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

When the volcano vesuvius
erupted in 70 A.D.. At least three
towns were destroyed Pompeli,
HercuIanezm and Ssabiae.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

And then there people who think the world Is
coming to end in the future who remind you to
make ready for the event.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

It's often easier to charge goods than pay for them
and that fact remains true after the bill arrives
fortunately.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

good friend is who doesn't how much
money you have
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-27

IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED
BY THE CITIZEN
!. More Hotels and Apartments
2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
3. Airports-Land and Sea.
4. Consolidation of County and City Governments
& Community Auditorium.
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Misnomer: Inside information.

When in doubt about a controversial point, say
nothing.