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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02
REGISTRATION LACS, THOUGH IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS FACE KEY WESTERs

How much interest manifested in the city election to
BE held next November Little IN ITSELF Is not enough to
quay the apathy and unconcern must tack adverb
g little That condition apparent in the
G registration and the lack Of discussion either of the
election o. of the chances Of the few who thus far have
announced their candidates. for the City Commission
~ this time. during other election years. more candi
dates II the field and had made their formal state
mens u The Citizen practice that has been going on
since the turn Of the century Interest in the coming cleo
ton Tor two reasons should be greater this year than ever
before First the next City Commission will have far more
power than any other since the form of gov
eEnment established in Key West secondly voters for
the first time in the cis history, will be given an oppor
uny % decide what form Of government they want city
manager Or cOuncilmanic.
They we're not accorded the privilege to choose be-
tween those two types when the city switched to the city
manager form neither did they have chance to decide
when Board 81 Aldermen changed to City Council
Both changes were made through legislative acts How
ever changing from aldermen to councmen was merely
substituting for another because all other city
officers that elected under the adermanc form were
elected also when the changed to City Council
Doubtless there will be decided seppinsup in reg
iraton Thousands Of Key Westers who have not regis
tered. intend to do They putting off registering
from day to day because they know they have much time
a which 70 quality But that reasoning faulty; they
should register now, and be done with it II they don't do
that Just as sure a. two and two four many of them
for one reason or another viii fail to qualify It has hap
pened ii other elections and viii also happen in this
Politics can't be kept out Of election campaign but
politics should figure little as possible in campaign
% elect five City Commissioners Every voter if he guild
"a ~ his interest in the welfare Of Key West should
search his conscience and let dictate to him in choosing
The candidates he believes viii best serve his city
Do you or do you not favor retaining Key Vests city,
manager form Of government? It is Of no consequence
how you feel about that question you don't register Bet
Ter register. Better register now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02
NOTAS CUBANAS
por RAoUL ALPIZAR PoYo

en- relaciofl con la claSe de misica
que habria tocado su orquesta.
Figueredo, siempre animoso, no
dejo terminar al Maestro Munoz.
LIE dijO asi: Isl 81 Gobernador le
dice aIso. eonssstels que me pre-
svnfe : mi; que fUi qUien 10 ii .
listed esa pisza musical para que
10 tocass en- ambos aetos Fslisio.
sos.
Ante tan valerosa resolution, tan
terminate, Ell Maestro Munoz,
acepto complacido, 10 que lie pro-
ponia Perucho Figueredo.
La noticia de que ell himno iba a
ser ejecutado en- esas festividades,
Sc corri6 por TODD Bayamo. Els de.
cir entire las principles faInilias
de Ia localidad, todas elias relacio-
nadas intimamente con los eonspi-
radores.
Asi fue, que al llegar Fl dia de
la fiesta, desde horas tempranas
estaban completanente ocupadas
todas las sillas y bancos existen-
ties en- Ell temple.
No haLia llegadO, segiin la or
denanza militar, el peloton de in
fanteria, nj la plana mayor del
Ejercito ali destacado, cuando va
era entertainments impossible dar
Jun paso en- ell interior de Ia iglesia.
| A viva fuerza y mediante sendos
empujones, pudo el Gobernador
Udaeta, ir a ocupar 81 puesto de
honor que Sc lie deSignaba en- esa
clase de fiestas.
Los que estaban en- ell stcreto de
10 que Sc preparaba, de 10 que iba
a suceder, Sc miraban hurta-
dillas, animosOs unos y temerosos
los otros, acaso pensando en- las
lrepresalias que habria de tomar
la autoridad espafiola ALI presente,
al darse cuenta de la jugada que
lie habian preparado los conspira.
lrores bayomeses.
En- medic de un siIencio mas Sc
lpulcral, que conventual, hizo su
aparici6n en- el altar mayor, el
Padre Diego Jose Batista. Por Ia
magestad de su semblante, por Ia
suavidad de su mirada, parecia Ia
limagen rediviya del propio Naza.
Ireno. Inici6 sus oraciones. AL ter.
minar la misa, volvio a imperar
Jun silencio profundo. al extreme
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Sensational Movie Menace
Doesn't Like Soaring Folks

time at Stanford. That's when he
turned actor.
Among his early experiences was
understanding Anthony Quinn In
road company Of "A Streetcar
Named Desire" His salary was
SIS a week, which seemed i'm.
mense to him. His parents in Lat.
timer. Penn, had the same reac-
ton.
II think that was the first time
they approved Of my becoming an
actor" he recalled. my father
had never earned more than so
a week in the mines land for doing
hard work. .
Quinn turned out to be q hardy
soul, and Palance only replaced
him twice during the plays run.
He then shifted to New York to
understudy Marion Brando. In the
week end he arrived, he was told
Brando had broken his nose In .
fight. Palance played the role for
q month and was then on his way
to big things.
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held on to fortunes made in waves
|of wealth from many sources
first tobacco, then salt, then pri.
watering and smuggling. the ex-
port of fresh vegetables, prohibi-
ton whisky. and, finally, real es-
tate and tourists.
Today the colony depends for IS
per cent Of its trade on tourists.
and the old families own or control
most OF the hotels and shops that
cater to them. The wealth IS hand
ed down from generation to Gen.
Grafton. and few sons Of the old
families migrate.
Halt . century ago Bermuda was
NOTED for having more old maids
per capita than any other place
| In the world. This was because Of
4 Quirk in the inheritance Law
then.
Il provided that, in family
without sons, the property would be
divided among the daughters. But
|if q girl married her share then
went back to the other daughters.
This created old maids wholesale
because:
(Al Many daughter hesitated
to trade . steady income for q
husband who might not be 50
steady: and
OBJ Many . gallant sutton hesi-
tated to wed q wealthy girl who
would become q pauper at the
altar.
A taxi driver told me:
''You cant blame the first fam
lilies for holding on to what they
have. but il you aren't born in one
of those families you fight as well
leave. A poor man doesn't have
the same chance to get ahead here
as he does in other countries. "
But many Of those who do
migrate elsewhere In search Of
more opportunity often come back.
They miss the leisurely life. After
all there is little utter poverty here,
no real slums, and . man who Is
willing to work can usually find
q job.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02
NuEsTRo ltlMNo 90 sAYAlAo /

En- anterior trabajo dijimos de
manera sintetica, Ia forma en- que
fue concebido nuestro gl0rioso
Himno de Bayamo. En- este modes
to articulo, queremos dar algunos
detaIles muy interesantes, en- rela-
ci6n con este asunto.
la coRspiraci6n que tuyo su
amanecer ell 10 octubre de 1858,
CANADA cada dia mayor numero
de adeptos. Fran muchos los que
diariamente querian sumarse q Ia
lista va numerosa, de los que esta-
ban dispuestos todds los sacrifi-
clos, en- aras de Ia hbertad de Ia
Patria.
Pero, 81 mas enthusiastic de todos,
ell que mas Sc exponia, el Que cada
dia tenia mayor fe en- el triunfo
de Ia santa causa, era Perucho
FigueredO. No descansaba. Cada
instante tenia un nuevo plan. una
nueva combination, que de triun.
far, daria q los conspiradores una
gran ventaia.
Sc acercaba Ia fiesta del Corpus
Christie. Esta solemnidad catolica,
| Sc celebraha con verdadera pom.
| pa y entusiasmo en- Ia ciudad de
Bayamo. Hasta los Iniembros mas
prOminentes de institnciones frater-
males. cooperaban en- su organiza-
cicn.
Con TODD csc fervor, Perucho
Figueredo fu& a visitar al Padre
Batista, parroco de II Iglesia del
Salvador. Este excelso sacerdote,
cubano de nacimiento y mas patrio-
10 que sacerdote, acept6 jubilOs0 Ia
proposition de Perucho, de que
len Ia fiesta del Te-Deum anterior
1 Ia procession del Corpus, Sc tocara
por Ia 0rquesta dem Maestro
Muh6z, su Himno recien compues.
Ito.
Teniendo "a Ia adquiescencia de-
Padre Batista, FigueredO visit6 a
Maestro Munoz. Este acepto tocal
ese Himno en- el Te-Deum y en- ID
procession, pero nam6 Ia atenci6r
IA Figueredo, de que en- ambas fes
tividades estaria presente Ell Cob
lernador Udaeta, y no sabria qut
decirle, en- el case probable de SCI
linterrogado por dicha autoridad
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cERMANluM IRON coal

TOKYO IN - The Tokyo Coal
Gas Co. expects to extract 200 to
800 Kilograms Of Germanium .
rare metal important for making
electronic instruments : from the
one million tons Of coal Il VIII con-
sumo this year. The newspaper il
ii Shimpo said the company re-
Gently perfected . patented pro-
cess for extracting the metal from
the coal as a by-product.
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THANKS ExPREssED

Editor, The Citizen:
We, the Fla. State Registered
Nurses Of Sub District No. S, wish
to take this opportunity to thank
Miss Dorothy Raymer and your
paper. for the nice notices, about
our Fashion show and card party.
given on June q. at the American
Legion Home.
Your cooperation helped 70
make our party = great success
Thanks again to al.
Sincerely,
Carolyn B. Knopp.
Chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee
June q, issS.
Key West, Fla.
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gy BoB THOMAS

11OldItA NOO0 NhF--aaSh AtouNNS
the most sensational movie men-
ace In many years. wants to give
up soaring people.
The squareIy built coal miners
son and former prizefighter made
solid impression with film fans
when he played a murderous game
of hide-and- seek with Richard Wild
mark in panic in the Streets.
He landed an Oscar Nomination for
trying to bump off Joan Crawford
in sudden Fear" He's q bit now
in his role Of attempting the same
for Alan Ladd in Shane.
81 want to get away from sadis-
tic killers" he remarks. when I
90 home at night, get the feeling
that people are following me.
/ think he's testing on that score.
But he isn't kidding about wanting
to escape the tight-lipped gunner.
HE admits that such characters are
snowy and attract much attention.
"But don't want to get typed
as a sadisic killer" he said. Il
like being an actor, and know
YOU have to get varied roles 70
stay in business. "
He says his fan mail supports
his theory. He gets q lot OF letters
to the effect Of Don't LET them
! type you in pictures. Right now
he's getting his wish. He has Joan
Fontaine and Corinne Calyet clam
oring for him in Flight to Tan
GER" Nice clamoring.
Palance's career is following the
pattern established by a number
Of film greats. Humphrey Bogart
started in films as the gaDgstef
Duke Mantee In ''Petrified Forest"
| and spent years trying to get on
the right side of the law. He finally
made II. Clark Gable also started
as a dame-sIapping bad guy, then
mellowed into leading man parts.
James Cagney (''Public Eene-
| my,,l Edward G. Robinson t"Lit-
Tie Caesar j. George Raft oscar
facet and Richard Widmark
ts.Kiss Of Deatn'') also got their
start 10 film fame on their crimi-
nal records. Spencer Tracy was an
| eariy-talkies gangster and even
Robert Taylor got his start IN 2
t.crime Doesn't Pay short.
Crime apparently does pay for ac-
tors but only for getting an I'M
pressiye sendof in films.
palance appears less menacine
lin person than he does IN films
when ne lunched, be didn't smoke
drank two glasses Of mix and
| smoke ii quiet, well-modulate0
zones He IS handsomer offscreen.
his face being mOre rugged and
not as severe looking as IN his pic
lures. We we're joined by his. lovels
wife Virginia. with whom ne mas
acted on Ts.
she reported be was devoted 70
their two children, Holly, ;, and
Brook. IL months, and never car.
I ried On the way be does II the
movies. Except once when he
broke two windows with his list
il their New York apartment.
Palance interrupted his college
studies at the University Of North
Carolina to enter the ring as .
professional boxer. His promising
ring career 10 fights, ID wins
was ID tstrn interrupted by the Air
SIR YBa1 he ont 81 the
-erYi1a, lie returned 70 school, thia
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02
sEp woMEN SEEK MONEY

HONG KONG LH - Press re-
ports SAYS the Chinese Commun-
lists have issued an increaing
number of r0und-srip tickets to
women crossing into Hong Kong
from red China to demand money
for their relatives here.
The independent Kung Sheung
Daily News estimated 80 women
and children, mainly from the
otwns Of II shaa ard caui RI
Kysa ~ Hes
Of the Fe1SaG AItlax.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02

de la nave, muy cerca del altar,
estaba Perucho Figueredo, con Sus
amigos, esperanto ell moment0 de
escuchar 10 que habria de ser ell
Himno Nacional de la Republica
de Cuba.
Comenzo ell Te-deunl. Los cora
zones parecia que habian eesado de
latir. Todos esperaban la bora
suprema. La de la gran emocion.
Cuando rompiera aquel silencio,
la belleza de las notas marciales
del Himno de Bayamo.
Y asi Sucedi6. .. FL Himno fue
tocado una y otra vez. la multitud
ALI congregada 10 escucho la pri-
mera vez con verdadera devotion.
Las otras veceS, con una algeria y
lentusiasmo, que temia, lamar la
atencion de las autoridades es-
pafiolas.
Cuando ell Maestro Mun6z. va
terminada la festividad, sc di.
rigi6 a su hogar, Su sorpresa fue
grande, al yer que ALI, en- la puerta
una pareja de Ciyiles,le aguardaba,
con ordenes de neyarle ante g
Gobernador Udaeta ~
va en- su presencia, fue interro-
gado el musico, de esta nlanera:
lie he mandado . bvsear para
que me Olga que elass de misiea
Is esa que I'd. ha tocado en- 81 Te.
DeUm y en- IL procession"
Ell Maestro Mun6z sin innutar-
Sc, respOndi6: "Esa Is una marcia
eompvesia por 81 pr. Fisueredo.
Fl me IL fseiIifo para que la TO.
cara"
"Psro ussed debe saber que ess
no Is misies religiosa. Esa IS On
canfo pafrictieo."
Isl 10 es. 20 10 ignore. Me
Iimit6 ! foearle, completeness z
| mi amigo 81 ST.. FisUeredo.
No satisfecho ell Gobernador. hizo
venir a su presencia al prOpiC
Perucho Figueredo.
Senior Figueredo--le dijo-- Us
! ted So he excedido 81 faeiIfaris
81 sr. Munoz una Marcia, CUE
NADIA iiene de relisiosa y 81 muchc
de patri6iiea."
"Sefor Cebernsdor-- respondid
Figueredo-- No me equiyoeo al
asegvrar que listed no es n1isico
como 10 ssegvre. Por 10 tanfc
NADIA ID autcri1a I'd. para decir
me que sss Is IN eanio Pasrioti
cd.
"piee listed bien,--diio ell Gober
Inador--no soy miisieo: Pero fengs
IL segvridsd de que no me ensafo
Puede usFsd TetIrarse con esa Ger
siduInbFe."
Y asi termin6 la entrevista.
Como dato interesante para Il
historic, copio a continuation, lo'
lnombres de los mnsicos que pol
lprimera vez, ejecutaron eI Hinnc
de BayamD.
EStos fueron:
Manuel Muf6z CedeTo, yiolir
| DIRECTORY Pedro Mufoz Jerez, VIC
lin: Juan Ramirez, violin; Manue
lMun6z Jerez, ciarinete:: JoaquiI
IMun6z Jerez. clarinete; Joaquin
Fonseca, clarinete: Jesus Echevar
IRA. clarinete: Jose Carload &c
deho, bombardino; Francisco Ma
ria Tamayo, figle y Jose Manue
AguiIera, contrabajo.
| Estos fueron los insignes cuba
NOS, que tuvieron el honor de ejecu
tar en- Bayamo, pOr vez primera
nuestro beIlo e inspirado HimnC
Nacional.
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DUTCH TAKE PIcTUREs

TUCSON. Ariz. (tH) = A Dutch
motion picture crew has been on
location 1t 4 nearby flying school
making pictures Of Dutch Royal
Air Force cadets In training there.
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Communists IN Japan are eager to talk about former
Jap islands now held BY the U S. though USSR possession
II the Kuries-some only ten miles off the japanese
eoast-is not mentioned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02

The Key West Citizen tries to print all the legitimate
news; You help BY calling in tips and events which
you think are being missed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02

Every adult should take time to exercise physically
snes or twice week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02

Millions Of husbands try to remake their wives and
aone succeed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02

Those who decided to wait to build a house until
prices went down. in 1915, are still waiting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02

Recent studies show newspaper advertising is the
galn OF the advertising world If yOu have something to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02

Poor work. completed. Is better than brilliant work.
promised
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02

business brush-Off Is generally accompanied BY
smiles and lavish compliments
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02

=. AappIs.t psopl. ars ot.sn ne sinplest people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-02
Hal BOYLE SAYS

!. +!
HAMILTON, Bermuda tK-Pages
from 4 Bermuda notebook:
Bermuda is 4 real tourist para
disebit il is 4 paradise on .
long term basis only for the home
folks.
Many 4 visiting American capi-
taIist, on first view, says:
Boy. this is for memo income
tax, no inheritance tax, no sales
tax, no big public debt. think
I'll move my money over here and
90. into business"
But If he investigates, he learns
the sad fact that this is . tight
little island, and that Bermuda is
[ for the B ermudians. He finds hat
he cant 60 TO work here unless
he has lived in Bermuda for seven
yearsor gets special permission
from the government. He find that
any company that does business
here must be at least 90 pr cent
owned by British stockholders. He
finds that only a fetal of 1000
acres of the 2l-square mile colony
| can be owned by non-B ermudians.
He may also be dolefully
surprised to learn that property
| along Front ST., the main business
thoroughfare, is about. as high-
priced as footage on Fifth Ave. in
New York.
One American tax attorney,
whose inquiries disillusioned him
on the future of Bermuda as 4
refuge for the wealthy tax :
oppressed, said:
''You have to get an act of
Parliament here even to open a hot
dog stand"
Real financial and political con-
troll is held by dozen or so old
Bermuda families-here from 100
/ TO 800 years known jocularly.
even among themselves, as "The
Forty Thieves"
Bermuda has known many eco
nomic ups and downs in the last
three centuries. But some of its
first families have over that time
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Cheetoh in Avo's Boudoir
Gives Hunter Big Laugh
By Bob Thomos
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
This story might be titled
Hits and Misses Below the
Veldt." or They Pulled a
Wrongo in the Congo"
1t concerns George Michaels,
a ruddy. English-sounding ma
tive of South Africa, whose
forebears hailed from Lebanon.
This chap is actually a white
hunter, and he has a merry
chuckle at some of the boners
pulled by Hollywood epics
about Africa.
Mind you. American films
are very popular with movie
goers in Africa" he remarked.
But some of the things in
those films are so off the beam
that they're ludicrous.
For instance, in 'Mogambo'
Clark Gable shoots a black
leopard out of tree. There
are no black leopards in
Africa!
Big Coward, He
"The picture also showed
a cheetah walking quietly
through Ava Gardner's tent
at night. That would never
happen. At the slightest
Evening star., 1953-12-27

sound, the cheetah would be
racing away"
II have been watching some
of the African shows on TV,
too. The other night I saw a
chapter of 'Ramar of the
Jungle which had a battle
between a tiger and a water
buffalo. Neither is found in
Africa"
Another thing Michaels finds
amusing is the elaborate safari
in most African films.
"They usually show dozens
of native bearers, a vast num-
ber of tents with mosquito
netting and natives in white
jackets to serve dinner" he
observed. Il have been taking
hunters on trips for Is years
and 1 never saw anything as
fancy as that. Once I took
out a couple of people from
here in Hollywood and they
were terribly disappointed be-
cause we took along only the
bare essentials. They expect
ed big production.
Africans are also amused
by the portraya1s of the COL
ored people in African films.
The tribes are often mixed up,
with one kind of people shown
as living in a type of village
that another tribe uses. And
they are generally shown all
decked out in feathers and
fancy attire. That is only for
ceremonies. The rest of the
time they wear only a loin
cloth.
Natives Are Mild
Many pictures show the
colofed people as fierce and
menaclng. Nonsense! There
are no hostile natives, except
in the most remote and mac
cessible areas of Africa. Even
those who haven't seen white
men are curious about them.
They'll gather around you in
interest, not poise spears at
you.
Another common scene
shows the animals charging
the hunters. African animals
are so wary of humans that
they will run away at the first
sound. Only those which are
maddened by disease or the
weak weapons of natives would
charge"
Michaels has made a lucra-
tive. business of combining
hunting and movie making. He
long acted as guide and oper-
ated a gun shop in Victoria.
Now he has made full-length
movie, African Fury" which
Allied Artists will release early
next year. You can bet that
it will be authentic.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
A New DeIius DeIioht
Both FumIiur and UnfumiIiur Works
Are Heard on Beechom Recording
TurntobIe Talk
By lomes G. Deons

The word ravishing is q dan
gerous one. but I would apply
it without hesitation to SO per
cent Of the sound encom-
passed on the new Delius disc
which has come from HMv.
AS one might guess even
without looking at the label,
Sir Thomas Beecham is the
presiding dignitary. AS one
also might guess, "On Hearing
the First Cuckoo in Spring" is
part Of the repertoire. But the
chief delight Of the disc is the
proof that DeliuS under a
number of much less familiar
titles was no less q tonal
craftsman and q poet Of dis
tinction.
In the first Dance Rhap-
sody," q more extended and
exuberant piece than one as
sociates usually with Delius,
the orchestra does all but kick
up its heels, an enlivening ap-
proach for which due credit
must be given to Sir Thomas
own lively impulse. The rest of
the fare, however, is more in
the accustomed self-contained
DeliGs vein, warm, flowing and
melodious, deeply rooted in
the landscape. The titles give
witness: Summer Night on
the River" "A Song Before
Sunrise" Summer Evening"
which was unearthed recently
by Sir Thomas, and when
Twilight Fancies," a song man
aged quite prettily by Elsie
Suddaby. There is also a brief
piece written to go with play
called "Hassan, and giving a
prominent place to the harp.
All this is enchantingly pur-