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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-09-05
Best Beef

Thus tall is he TINE, when
beet Is abundant for all good
niaor COOKS and outdoor chefs
10 hring form Their iavoriie re-
clpc,
Grass Ted cattle are coming
10 market In ever greater mum.
bers. and il looks as II beet
supplies would reach high
peak from about The middle Of
September through ociobsr.
Siuce lower glades ~ beef Viii
he especially plentiful home eco
numlsis Of the L s Department
~ Agriculture suggest featuring
tnlilv and flNofi,i dishes made
with hamburger
One recipe That MAY he Aew
90 some cooks Is Filled Ham
burger Paiiles. easily prepared
in the oven htoiler nr over an
open ire Make him palte>
Before cooking, season IA
salt and place iNn togelht Win
tlIiiue between plnchng edges
ioeeiher Fo filling. use 6 aled
cheese seasoned with chill sauce
ar calSnp and thin slices Of onion.
BrWl or Grill
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-09-05

Greer. Mr.. Ellington. is sill
me greatest drummer. and in
my opinion. the only drummer
for your band.
lehor sax man Ben Webster
PLAYING around town Drum
mer Crawford guitsrist Bsrks.
dale and pianist Billy KYLE out
on the road Hear that Don
hedmsn VIII record for Deccs
Songslress Dinsh Washington
should watch her step MANY of
her fans have been heard 10
opine that her actions are not
exactly ladyllke Sarah
Vaughan they say IS separated
rom her hubby George Tread
well
Billy Eckstine hos popular
dance record out on W. e Hsndv's
popular 81 Louis Blues Handv's
immortal number takes an both
SIDES ~ TINS MGM platter
Leroy Holmes and his ark have
recorded Julie" and $50 THIS y
Love and they are really g,ca,
MGM thrush cinny Gibsons
waxing OF "Dsnssro" Is a good
one. Every once in q whils
Lsfin-flsvorsd ballad becomes
q big hit, and II seems Cinny
has one in "Danssro"-a dash
ing. DARLING ballad that she
sings 10 a fsrs-ihss-well.
On The flip there's more good
listening IN pretty ballad ma
More Teas"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-09-05
JATP SIotes
For japan, Chino

World femutE lall mpge n
Norman GRAM has anno9'c~a
mat he plans 70 take his jar
., the Philhal NONE crew on
concer. appearances 20 Iok o.
Hong Kong Honolulu Ma u
and sydney Australia tins pcaf
These Trans oceanic dates will
follow the annual JATp Fall
tour Of the States and Canada
which will commence Sept II
in Hartford. Conn.
Among the ilhlstnous iayy STAYS
FOR the 1853 JATP series Wli 81
Ella Fiizeel aid Gene Krupa O,
car Peterson. Flip Philip, Lester
Young Charlie Shavcrs BIZ ila
RS. Roy Eldid dye Ben Webster
BENNY Garter Ran Brown J &.
Heard Herb EIlis and RAYMOND
Tuna
Fought Jim Crow
n Spcaking % tas com &
tour Il seems Vel 20 aY 'ets
words about Glanl and ns con
sIsieni efforts 10 break daNn ans
and ell forms ~ segregation ari
discrimination N me iasy world
Since JATp's f,s' concert h
Los Angeles IN l945 Gtsrl ~.
inserted clause 10 ali h.s con
tracts with theatre aia ea
hall managers speeding 'na'
segregation can be pfayN.ei 81
the hall for a JATP concert
In well over two dozen agce
cities GRAM troupe broke taf
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-09-05

ferrsd STOCKHOLDERS and allow
rebate OF $3.50 . bale on all
cotton ainnsd by both common
and preferred stockholders.
There are rs OF the former,
On an average, the gin has been
processing about 1000 bales VI
cotton a year Al present. II takes
500 bales to meet all obligations
Tie isie for ginning is about Sl2
pm hale
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-09-05
BIZ LARRY poudLAa

NEW Yohh o~nAL' Wei fabulous Lucky Mlhgdei mas
sly proved that he's still, the Snowman he and his d
LONG little Leslie u csyns really stopped the Apollo Tb
dlasfu leak
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-09-05

CT TREAT Contributions 10
the Torch Drive make n posi-
bic for Detroit ssrviesmsn TO
enjoy themselves in 2S7 UsO
csnisrs in the United States.
as well ss in foreign countries.
Altman Third Glass Ruppsri
Howard. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Cox Of 2i377 West.
view. Fsrndsis tsfsndins) chats
with another ssrvicsman and .
junior hostess at the Phyllis
Whssilsy branch USo-YWcA
club In 81. Louis. Mo.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-09-05
farmers Combine to
Build $4,000 Gin

The NJ how few cooed farmers together and built
so 400 Marion reported by n
Fam the August OF News fo Farmer Coopersves pub
1lal on nf EaLn edit Admin III alInn
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1953-09-05

TO PLACE YOUR AID IN
THE DETROIT TRIBUNE
Call Wo. 4.s20s or Wo. 7.ts37
Our Man Will Pick II Up
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07
HEARTLEss DRIVERS

Editor, The Citizen:
Heartless drivers should have to
experience the loss of a pet by
someone who is merciless.
The time of the driver of the
vehicle, which struck and killed
the English Bull Dog in Poinciana
between 100 and 800 p. m.
Christmas Eve, must have been
too valuable for he or sfr r 49,
their journey long enough to see
how badly the animal VS. a.. ..--.,
or try and locate the owners to
advise them of the accident. Evil
IDENTIFY so as the animal was found
dead by a neighbor about rs yards
from its home. True, the dog could
have been at fault.
How would you, Mr.. or Mrs. Pet
Killer, like to return to you home
to fine that relation or pet Of
yours had been struck by a hit
and run driver, then left unable to
care for its injuries. It could have
been possible. that a bit of aid
might have saved the injured's
life or at least made the last mo-
ments on earth more comfortable.
1t is hoped that the above mention
ed accident is no way caused the
guilty party any uncheerful
thoughts during Christmas.
Mariory Albury
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07
THIS ROCK OF ours
By BILL GLIB

struck anyway, SpongerS or no
Spongers.. Its presence however,
served to stir up hard feelings.
Clevy Niles, Captain of the char.
ter boat Lucky Strike, was sheriff
at that time. He was honest, Ca
pable, and all in all, proved to be
one OF the best She-iffs Key West
has ever had. Sheriff Niles, realiz-
ing that the rising temperS would
soon give way to open violence,
loaded boat with ammunition and
arms and went out IN search of the
invading Greeks. Near the Mar.
quesas he intercepted some of them
and after checking their load, ar.
rested them for taking underSize
sponge. Up at Marathon, he caught
five more Greek sponge boats. Four
had undersize sponge and were
promptly taken to Key West. The
fifth boat, though empty, was only
too glad to hoist sail and head for
home = Tarpon Springs.
The arrested spongerS were given
trial and sentenced to six months
in the County jail. In this way,
Sheriff Niles nipped in the bud q
situation which would have soon
developed into open warfare.
Mrs. McAvoy mentioned that the
sponging industry fled from Key
West. She probably had in mind
the Greeks for since the late TWEEN.
ties, they have never returned.
Only a few Key Westers went to
the West Coast. The blight that hit
Key West sponge gradually spread
throughout the Gulf and nowadays
most of Spongers have converted
into Shrimpers, hoping to give the
sponge grounds chance to re-
grow.
The old auction dock at the foot
of Grinnell and Caroline Street is
thing of the past as is the vege-
table auction market which Mrs.
McAvoy mentioned as being locat-
ed at Simonton and Greene. How.
ever, SpongeS are beginning to re-
turn. The quantity is small though,
and Spongers now sell their pro-
duct directly to buyers in Miami
and New York as well as to local
curio shops.
'old Ropes" Higgs reaped
the biggest haul since the blight
when few years ago he CHANGED
to go through a nine foot channel
just off the Navy Yard. Usually
cloudy with mud, the channel on
this particular day was clear. He
discovered huge bed of sponge
and his luck held for nearly week
while he hooked the biggest and
best. Then the waters clouded up
again and he had 10 quit.
Incidentally, enmity still exists
between Tarpon Springs and Key
West. Any Key Wester who visits
Tarpon Springs and who doesn't
wish TO reach Heaven sooner than
he expects, will find it advisable
to keep his mouth shut as 70 where
he came from. and the Ten Thou
sand Islands is still a place where
law enforcement officers find the
natives stubborn and backlrails al
most impossible Of investigation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07
Is Dan McCarty
3lst Florida Gov!

TALLAHASSEE R-The official
program calls Dan McCarty Flori-
da's slst governor but II -depends
on how you count them.
The program has list Of 81
names of governors beginning in
1S45 when Florida became a state
and running through retiring Gov.
Fuller Warren.
If you counted them all, Nc
Carly would be the SIND governor.
But the list contains the names
of Marcellus Stearns and william
ID. Bloxham twice. Bloxham is the
only man who actually served two
terms. Stearns served out the term
of governor who died, then
served term of his own.
Also on the list is Samuel r.
Day, who really wasn't governor,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07
Smathers Suggests
Churchill Speak

WASHINGTON B-sen. smath-
erx lD.Fla.l suggested that
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
be invited to address a joint ses-
sion of Congress during his current
visit to the United States.
He made Tire surgexticn in q let.
new Senate president pro TEN.
Churchill has addressed hsmt
COS sseSz.saAi sessions befaye. The
last tine . year ago Rhsn be
came - Nashiast0a IL e0nfer with
President Truman.
smsshsrs sad that IL formal
gpsech 10 both bTaaehes "mmsd
nos fE saso the plsns II Mr. g.hyFch.
81. Il right be hat he emsa n
formally address the Seaats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07

Lih-NY), who Is quarterbacking the
move for a change, contend the old
rules expired with the last Con-
gress. and that the Senate now is
free TO adopt new set. They say
II should include one to permit a
debate limit-death knen to a fill
huSter--by a vote of only - Sena-
tors, a majority.
Taft told reporters he win try
to bring the issue to . head not
later than Wednesday. He has in
dicated he may try 10 do this
BY moving to table the whole con
troverSy.
Unless somebody springs q sur
prise, this would halt debate and
force an immediate decisive vote.
The Taft forces are hulwarked by
Dixie senators and seemingly hav-
iag p1c@tv Of vi,.s = 2 = -
issue. Only tew republican sena-
tors have lined UP publicly with
the Lehman group
Taft ana other Senate leaders
met yesterday with Oh newly elect.
ed Republican senators. aud Il vas
learned be told them not 70 stray
Tar from he Senate uatll the fSGht
has ended
foa cant tell SHAT maEhf hap
pen" ne vas quoted as sayInT.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07

Perhaps Mrs. Susan McAv0y will
forgive me for sticking my nose
into a subject which she mentioned
in key West Is My Beat. 1t con-
cerned sponging. She did an admir-
able Job but since her column was
devoted mainly to a new film that
would be made soon, she left out
much of the exciting battle that
might best be called ''The Key
West-Tarpon Springs War;" It re-
sembled some of the old Western
range feuds.
Tarpon Springs lies on the West
Coast of Florida and was populated
principally by people of Greek an
cestry. Key WesterS on the other
hand were people of English and
Spanish stock. They were humble
folks but proud and had no inten-
ton of yielding their surrounding
waters to intruding Greeks from
Tarpon Springs. The feud began in
the early part of the century and
continued internationally until about
1928.
In the earlier struggles, Tarpon
Springs Spongers moved into Key
West waters with their two-mas-
tiers and began to sweep the ocean
floor clean, taking any and all
sponges that they found. Key West
Spongers had always been conser-
vative. Using hooks on poles some
times as long as fifty feet, they
harvested only the largest and best
of the sponge and left the rest for
another time. In this way they were
assured of a steady income year
after year.
Emotions~concerning the situation
reached battle intensity and both
sides went armed. Greek sponge
boats ted up at a dock near Curry
Sons began to mysteriously go up
/ flames = their lines cut so that
..e burning boat would drift out
30 tc:e open and not damage near
- structures. 1t should be men,
soncd that two-mast spongerS and
fishers from Key West were also
,.oing around the Ten Thousand Is
lands and Tarpon Springs to work
When they would tie up at night
near the coast, gun fire from shore
would rake their ship. Both sides,
the Key Westers on the West Coast
and the Greeks in Key West de-
cided that life would be sweeter at
home and they eac' evacuated to
their respective po1.S.
In 1928, through the invitation of
several local people, the Tarpon
Springs crowd invaded Key West
again. Using diving suits with big
leaden shoes, they trampled the
ocean floor grabbing any and all
sponge regardless of their value or
size. Unfortunately, blight began
to hit the sponge grounds and many
Key Westers blamed it on the way
the Greeks stirred up the ocean
bottom by using diving suits. Key
West spongers still used the old
method of hooks and took only fully
developed sponges. Without doubt,
the sponge blight, one of the the
peculiarities of the sea, would have
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07

Iut served while Gov. Harrison
Reed was impeached.
So If you disregard Day-which
the program writer's apparently
did-McCarty would be the 3lst
governor.
If you disregarded the partial
term Of Stearns. he'd be the 30th.
II you counted Bloxham's two
terms as only one governorship,
he'd be the 18th.
II you wanted TO 90 beyond state
hood, you could count Gen. Andrew
Jackson as military governor and
five territorial governors. includ-
ing one who served twice.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07
Filibuster Fight To Finish
Looms In Congress Opening
BY 6. MILTON KELLY


WASHINGTON Up - The Senate
Republican command called its
COP hands on deck here with
orders to stay there if it takes
all week, for a finish fight in the
battle over filibusters.
The orders came from Sen. Taft
Of Ohio, Republican floor leader,
as opposing factions squared off
to start the scrap late Tuesday.
The filibuster fight seemed likely
to be the only concrete business
to come before the new Congress
this week.
Senate and House had a date
to meet In joint session for
the formal counting of Electoral
College votes which win make
Dwight D. Eisenhower the next
President. Tomorrow they will re-
ceiye President Truman's final
State of the Union message, but
he won't deliver it in person. Fri
day the Truman budget message
will be sent to Capitol Hill.
Otherwise, most of the work was
being done behind the scenes to-
ward completing the organization
of the COP Congress, which met
for the first time on Saturday.
Committee assignments were the
biggest and TOUGHEST problem.
In the filibuster scrap. the issue
Is a move by self-Styled liberal
Northern senators to make it east
er to muzzle the endless debate
with which Southern senator's in
the past have talked to death civil
rights bills.
Anti-lynching and anti-poll tax
bills, and proposals to forbid racial
discriminatico in employment,
have been victims of filibusters.
Even staunchest civil rights sup
porters conceded they have prac-
tieally no chance to win. Taft is
seeking to prevent the row from
blossoming into a full-fledged fill
buster which could paralyze the
Senate for weeks and tie up the
Legislative program of the incom-
ing Eisenhower administration.
Sen. Dirksen (R-IlD, one of Taft's
lieutenants. is reported to be
drafting civil rights bill around
which he expects the COP to rally
later--a measure seeking to dis
courage racial discrimination in
employment without providing for
criminal prosecution of offenders.
Its details have not been made
public.
In that connection. Rep. Sam
Rayburn of Texas, dean Of all
Democrats in Congress. said Mon
day that be expects that any civil
rights program which Eisenhower
proposes win help united the Dem
ocrats.
Some Democrats who hated
President Roosevelt and Truman
because Of their civil rights pro-
posals win now start hating Presi-
dent Eisenhower for the same
reason" Rayburn said in an in
terview on the eve of his list
birthday today.
Rayhurn. speaker of the House
IN the last session, said he thinks
his party win be more united as
minority than II was during the
nearly % years it ruled the gov
eminent.
In the Senate maneuverfng. Sen.
Anderson (D-NM) had made the
opening move Saturday. with
motion challenging the long-he.d
theory that Senate rales--iacluGing
the one which gives = hlbUsger
is strongest baiwark-rsfnain in
effect from year 20 year. The
storm centers about Rule p,
which requires the votes Of g. Of
the IS Senate members 10 put
time limit on debate. ard whieh
torhsdS any time limit at al n
debating rules changes
AncerSon and Sen. Lehman ID
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07
JACK FROST is ONE VISITOR THAT HAS
NEVER COME TO KEY WEST

Key Westers know their greatest is their cty's
cmate Business may come and business may co. but
climate, like Tennysons brook, goes on forever The
brook continues to babbe and our climate continues to
draw dividends We rightly representative about our
climate because it means much to economic well
fare.
We are quick to react if you say something about our
climate that not true. writer Miami paper two
days ago, said " with frost forecast for Monday morn
ing for all Florida" That was not So The Lakeland
Weather Bureau did not forecast frost for a Florida
Two when the bureau made similar forecast
The Citizen informed the bureau that Key West is part
OF Florida and that frost had occurred here in the
then 80year history of the local Weather Bureau Since
them the Lakeland bureau has confined it's frost
to peninsuar Florida which excludes the Florida Keys
What does it for Key West to be the only frost
free city in the United Staes Due to the publicity that
has been given Key West in the last few years. we are
now realizing prediction that W. Ricketts, vice pres
ident Of the Coral Gables Corporation, made 1926
AT that time movement was afoot to construct a
pipeline for fresh water from Florida City to Key West
The late Captain Clark D. Searns USN), who was the
commandment at the Key West Naval Base at that time
the leader of the movement Ricketts, an engineer
said in story published in The Citizen the project was
perfectly feasible
It was a cold morning in Coral Gables when Ricketts,
spoke about the feasibility of supplying Key West with
running fresh water In his office, he bundled up in
an overcoat and had electric heater on the floor near
ed: Fl
Some people to Florida in the winter for
sports and other entertainment but the bulk Of them
come to get week two month or so Of warmth.
They don't always get to the extent they hope get
but the day will when they will discover the Florida
Keys and learn that the farther down the Keys they 60
the will be the weather The result will be that
many of them will not stop going till they reach Key
West, the countrys southernmost city,"
That prediction is being fulfilled and every win
ter an increasing number of warmthovers will come to
Key West For that Key Wesers are on ptoe to
cry Nay, nayi" when their town is included in the
Florida frost belt When that Miami writer included in
the belt Monday morning lowest temperature was g.
20 degrees above the temperature when frost begins to
form
Naturally. because it means much to us, we want
the world to know that Jack Frost has visited Key
West in the so Weather Bureau has been oper
ating.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07
Sonny Tufts
Has Changed
His Outlook
By BOB THOMAS

HOLLYWOOD Ri-Meet the new
Sonny Tufts.
The blond actor, once known as
Hollywood's prime party boy and
jokester, is back in town after
graduating as the first man in the
"18-Month Club" That's the ex-
elusive group of Hollywood people
who spend IS months abroad for a
full tax exemption.
But that isn't the news about
Sonny. It's his new behavior. He
has been in town month and
hasn't had a date. What's more,
he says he's through with the party
life and the elbow-bending that
goes with it.
"Sure, / used to drink" he ad-
mitted, "but l did it just for the
fun of it. ! can remember execu-
tives who asked me why didn't
do like some other stars did. When
these guys wanted to let off steam,
they'd take a couple of cases up
to q far-oH mountain cabin and
have a bender.
81 could never see that. And /
wasn't like some others i could
mention who always started fights
when they get loaded. My trouble
was that when l got a couple of
cocktails under my belt, / wanted
to have fun. If were at Mocambo,
I'd know all the boys in the band,
and I'd get up and play the piano
and sing. l guess this gave people
the wrong impression"
But that isn't what tripped up
his film career, he remarked.
"It was a series Of bad pictures,
he explained. I'm fact, had only
one good picture while ! was at
Paramount. That was my first one,
SO Proudly We Hail.
II wasn't told about ii, but |
made the fan magazine polls faster
than any star in history. After one
picture, l was No. 3 on the lists.
preceded only by Alan Ladd and
Van Johnson. / was also given the
Star of Tomorrow award by the
Motion Picture Herald.
$50 Paramount started putting
me into anything. At one time, l
was actually working in four diff
ferent pictures at the same timel
The pictures were so bad that my
former classmates at Yale would
write and ask me: What are they
doing to you out there? Those last
two pictures Of yours were aw-
full"
Sonny said he never allowed
pleasure TO interfere with his work.
even in his party days. 81 never
held up production for a minute. "
he said. Anybody at Paramount
win tell you that"
He hit q slack period after his
departure from Paramo but his
career is getting into high gear
again. This is largely due TO the
fact that he pulled up stakes and
headed for England
He was the first Hollywood figure
to take advantage Of the ls-month
tax arrangement, and he indicated
that be had profited nicely from IL.
He toured England. Ireland. Wales
and Scotland for % weeks IN .
play.
al -ss - r.
The Gin Horse" a Big p9c4gzs.on
By the Wolff brothers. who made
African Queen and "Moalin
Rouge" Sonny ~ill Fetarn 10 ap-
pear in another fGlm for the same
producers next spFsng.
Meanwhile. be is resumiaT bis
Hollywood career TIE If carrsnsIg
playing oVpasSts Barbara Psyson
u Run &c ne His. Also eoox5nS
Is q ~ series.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07

Next time you are planning on
roast leg Of lamb for Sunday din
ner. have the butcher bone and
roll the meat for easy carving.
Slices Of the leftover lamb viii
make delicious sandwiches when
teamed with lettuce and naayon-
naise or thinly sliced drained
mustard pickle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07
Peoples Forum

The Citizen welcomes express
siOns OF the views OF fits rend-
ers, but the editor reserves the
right to delete any items which
are considered IibelOus or umwar-
ranfed. The writer's should be
fair and cOnfine the letters to
zoo words and write ON ONE side
of the paper only. Signature of
the writer must accompany the
letters and will be published un-
less requested otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07
FIRST SNOW OF
'53 FOR LONDON

LONDON R - ons-buffeted
by gales. BACKED out by fog and
begged down by ice and frost so
far this winter had their first 1858
taste of snow
London and parts of southeast
England were blanketed by three
to five inches Of snow which start
ed falling early this morning.
Thousands of commuters in the
London area were held up be
cause the snow delayed rail and
bus services.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-07

There is still considerable debate as to whether sins
result from ignorance or wilfulness.