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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-26
HAL BOYLE SAYS

him, he viii speed up. Or, he viii
pass you. then drop to his normal
cruising speed, which is usually
somewhat slower than yours. Bet
Ter let him stay IN front; he win
only race you 10 the next curve
otherwise.
The eyes front-oalv 5ird-He has
a rear view mirror above the wind
shield, one on sacn door and two
more on the Tenders. But they are
solely for decoration. He never
uses them. Thus. on a crowded
parkway. rolling a; 56-pluS, he viii
start out of his lane without a sec
ond thought. Sometimes he never
lives to have another. either-but
neither does the driver beside him.
The cOrner-euIter - Center lines
on the highway mean nothing to
him. Taking a curve. he is too lazy
10 keep from drifting across into
the lane of traffic eoing the other
way, May he rest in peace under
that quiet headStnne.
Space does not permit listing all
the menaCeS.
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BY RELMAN NORM
tFor Hal Bowel

NEW YORK Tiff the facts and
figures could ever be compiled.
believe it would be found that most
traffic accidents are not the result
of speed, lack of judgment, drink
ing. or driving with one arm aroun
a doll.
Each of these undoubtedly con-
tributes to the grand total.
But, in my book. the top cause
for tragedy on the highway is plain
lack of courtesy.
Something queer seems TO hap
pen to many people when they get
behind the wheel o. an autOmo-
bile. The same man who will po-
litely hold the door for a lady, or
struggle to get his hat off in
crowded elevator, takes a strictly
acknowledgement 4ck attitude once
he starts down the road in a
jalopy. Anybody know why?
For one thing, ! suppose, there
IN a sense OF power. To be able TO
direct couple hunjred horses and
two tons of metal engenders a
sense of release.
There are many people today
who feel frustrated, insecure. and
inadequate for this harsh world.
For them, perhaps, an automobile
is the great equalizer.
The little man who takes beat.
ing in his office, and viii be
nagged and pushed around by the
bride when he gets home. is on
even terms with princes and DO.
tentateS once he starts down the
road.
All the inferiorities, suppressed
emotions. and plain spite seem TO
surface then. This. / think. is the
explanation for the commoner
forms Of highway nuisances. to
wit:
The road-runner-ThiS is the guy
who can't stand having anybody in
front of him. If y0C start to pass
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Assistant Secretary of the Inter
Tor Orme Lewis has written Mr..
Mullen that Mullen's proposal to
create the Marti shrine 'is an in
teresting one and will be given
careful consideration
Any proposition for a national
historic shrine must undergo rigid
examination. The Historic Sites
Act Gao Statute Sc: August Fl,
1885, provides 'that the proposed
site must be recommended by the
Advisory Board on National Parks,
Historic Sites, Buildings and Mon
umentS."
Ordinarily this board conveneS
but twice a year. Spring and Fall.
The Interior Secretary advised
Mullen to put together an illustrat-
ed report including the history of
the MART House, its location and
present condition, upon receipt Of
which the National Park Service
twill be happy to make whatever
further Investigations are neces-
sary to determine whether the pro-
posal should be submitted to the
Advisory Board for consideration"
In addition to the requirement
that a building must have national
significance, there are other sub
stantial requirements: One of these
Is with regard to the Integrity of
me site; another has to do with its
immediate surroundings" and a
third Its possible usefulness in a
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national program of Historic Con-
Servation.
The Interior Secretary points out
that these criteria are necessary
considerations as it frequently hap
pens that an important historic
building has been marred by later
construction, its surroundings rend-
cred unsightly by commercial or
other developments, or it is so re-
motely situated that public access
to it is extremely difficult. b."
The suggestion of a national
shrine in the MART House is fur
Their complicated by its information
al aspect which would involve the
possible participation of Cuba. In
view of this, Interior Secretary
Lewis says, II am asking the Ma
tional Park Service to discuss this
matter with representatives of the
State Department ii order to OBJ
tain thc.r views with regard to the
propriety of the undertaking."
The inter relationship of Key
West and Tampa's Ybor City where
the Marti House is situated, is ap-
parent to all who study the thrill
ling story of what the young Cuban
patriot did to free his island from
the Spanish rule.
MART worked between Key West,
Tampa and New York City in car
rying out his daring plan. The
cigarmakers' strike at the Seiden-
berg factory in Key West, brought
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|bo City Plans National Historic Shrine In Honor Of Jose Ma
art Key West Played In Fight For Freedom Of Cuba Is Revealed

to that city in 1894 the young law
yer, HoFatiO S. RubenS, for more
than 30 years in touch with inter
national and internal affairs hav-
ing to do with Cuba and the Unit
ed States. In Cuba he was hailed
as "El gran amigo de Cuba" and
was known as the islands adopted
son although an American citizen
and sole survivor of the Cuban
Revolutionary Junta.
Until the Seidennerg strike there
had been no Spanish cigarmakerS
in Key West, Authorities came to
believe that importation of Spanish
cigar workers to supplant the Gu
bans would quickly restore peace
in Key West.
But when the Spanish reached
Key West they proved a two-fold
menace. Such importation clearly
violated the immigration laws of
the United States, but local FEEDER
al Authorities seemed to pay no
attention, presumably because feel
ing had been artfully aroused which
was proof enough against the out
ragged protest of Key West citiz-
ems.
Reprisals were to be expected
but soon another group of Spanish
cigarmakerS was landed at Key
West from Havana. The Key West
Cubans continued their bitter OBJ
jectionS but the local Federal auth
critics ignored them. Two Cubans
were jailed but no facts could be
learned as to why this was done.
The Cubans knew they had COM
mitted no unlawful acts but it soon
became obvious that they were be-
ing held to cow the ardor of their
fellow Cubans, to the end that it
might be considered Just as well
by the whole Cuban population of
the Island City not to hit back for
the replacement on Cuban by Span
ish labor.
Cuban leaders believed the law
must be invoked and word was
hurried to New York to Jose MART,
leader of the Revolutionary Party.
Spain had representative every
where and the Spanish Govern
ment was reeking with SPIES"
Horatio S. Rubens wrote In his
dramatic book, Liberty" publish
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ed by Brewer, Warren and Putnam
Company, New York.
MART had no doubt but that
"the invasion of Cuban rights in
Key West would cripple the Re-
evolutionary Party organization"
Rubens told Marti he would be
glad to go and take over.
when can you Start?" MART
asked eagerly.
Tonight" Rupens replied. And
the young lawyer went.
The dock at Key West was
crowded with Cubans "to see the
man Marti sent" They sized him
up as "too young for the business.
But a spokesman for the Cubans
said. well, MART sent him and
the Master knows"
The Key West authorities believ-
ed the Cubans could do nothing:
that without counsel they were
beaten, diStraught by the force of
the economic blow the Spanish i'm
porteeS brought against their trade.
Lynching was anticipated and
plan was hastily made to throw a
Gordon of Cuban Shock troops"
around the Jail where the two
countrymen were held, threats
we're made against Rubens but he
persisted in his plan, demanded a
speedy trail for the prisoners.
A time was set for the trial but
neither complainant nor witnesses
showed up. The two men were
freed and put aboard a steamer
that night for Tampa.
Marti was happy over the out
come of this hostile procedure
and bemOaned "tkcSe Americans
meddling in our affairs" He in
sisted on going to Key West, fear
full he would be thought a coward
if he did not go. The lawyer, Ru-
bens, pleaded with him not leave
New York, but he finally COM
promised and seeking shelter of
his revolutionary headquarters in
Ybor City, MART agreed to meet
Rubens at Port Tampa. Rubens
was on his way to Washington.
Rubens went on to Washington
and was met there by a committee
of Key West men, Mayor Robert
J. Perry, Hon. Geoi ge w. Allen,
and Jefferson B. Browne. MART
went with them and on the way
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court-'to break up, by intimida-
tien, the MART organization
The Judge then said Rubens ap-
peared to know nothing of the ha-
beas corpus case. Rubens said he
had not volunteered either as
witness or as counsel for the gov
eminent simply that he had the
legal right to appear in a Federal
Court.
Rubens eabled Washington that
the writs of haoeas corpus had
been granted. The matter went be-
fore the Appellate Court where it
was decided the Judge had no
right to grant the writs. Ultimate
ly the imported SpanIardS were re-
turned to Cuba.
But when that victory was won
the CubanS decided to remove a
number of important cigar fac
tories to Tampa - to the great de-
triment of Key West which the
Cubans were loath to leave.
One. of them said to Attorney
Rubens: 1--WE practically founded
this city. We are proud of its
growth. We cherished it because
we could almost see our native
Cuba from its shores. Our children
were born here; our dead are bur-
led here, but We have been so
badly treated that we will now
abandon the city Of our hopes and
sorrows, and move on as our self
respect demands"
"This sentiment" wrote Attor-
ney Rubens, aroused in the local
Federal officials nervous qualms.
Before / left Key West some of
them asked what would happen to
them now. After all, the COM
munity had been swayed as a
whole by a few hotheads and a
few venal politicians, and it would
have been extremely difficult if
not impossible for the officers to
stand out against such situation. /"
Marti's work with his organiza-
ton continued. Years later his eff
forts were crowned with success.
Because so much of his planning
was done in the little Tampan
house in Ybor City, it is proposed
to make of it a National Shrine.
Most Of Greece can be seen from
the top of Mount Olympus.
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wrote a memorandum to Walter
Q. Gresham, Secretary of State.
This was Immediately delivered,
and contacts were made with At.
torney General Richard olney and
Treasury Secretary John G. Car
Isle.
These efforts, based on the i'm
migration laws, resulted in a Fed.
eral order for the deportation OF
the Spanish cigarmakers. In the
work, Samuel Grompers, president
of the American Federation of La
Dor, took an important part. He
had been greatly aroused by the
fragrant violation Of the immigra-
ton laws at Key West"
The Key West committee return
ed on the same ship that took the
attorney, Rubens, back. It was
met with brass band. An open
air meeting followed. Over the
platform blazed a sign praising
Jose MART: "Hurrah for the young
Napoleon!"
In front of the Cuban news
paper, "Yara," was a retort
courteous: Napoleon has Met His
Waterloo! Welcome the Duke of
Wellington"
Attorney Rubens said, "I found
the dual welcome most embarras.
sing"
Upon arrival of the deportation
warrants, they were served along
with writs of Habeas Corpus to
cover each Spaniard. Attorney Ru.
bens appeared at the hearing, and
the judge called him as witness,
Rubens says in his book, THE
Batting was on" The judge said
the 24-year-old lawyer had mo
business to take up the cause of
those CubanS." Rubens replied
that as an attorney with permits
sion to practice before the Sup
RENE Court of the United States,
he certainly had the right to de-
fend criminal in a Federal
court.
The judge launched into a trade
charging the Key West CubanS
were criminals, raising funds to
start revolution in Cuba under
MART or anybody else, against
Spain. He shouted, "You should ali
be in jail" RubenS said then that
he realized the real aim of the
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AussieS Shocked

CANBERRA, Australia R-For.
eign Secretary Richard C. Casey
told Korean President Syngman
Rice in a personal message Thurs.
day, Australians are greatly
shocked by your actions in releas-
Ing prisoners held by the United
Nations Command"
Your action has ieopardized ne.
gotiationS in which we have been
engaged for two years" the mes.
sage said.
Casey urged Rhee to reconsider
his action and desert from a re.
ported intention of drafting re-
leased prisoners into the South Ko-
rean forces.
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Lowering Tells OF Bringing
Foreigners To Key Vest To End
Strikes In Cigar Factories Here
BY FRANK W. LOWERING

TAMPA famed House Tampas Ybor City
patriot Mar did much of the planning which
brought freeing of Cuba from the of Span
come national historic shrine.
Senator George Florida informed
director of the PanAmercan Commission
this Muens plan
building Smahers said making Roadway,
but probably months before final
Washington We have not been turned down. but great
deal of painstaking and careful work must be done"
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Most Of Greece can be seen from
the top of Mount Olympus.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-10-17
Cooper Stars ln High Noon

High Noon. the Academy Award winning picture. star ring Gary Cooper is showing tomorrow and Monday at the Crpheum Theatre.
 Cooper won an Oscar in this picture. Academy awards were made for the best song, best score and best film edit ing in this picture.
 The picture is filled with suspense. Cooper portrays a frontier marshal. The support ing cast is composed of Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly and others.
 John Fletcher has announced that the theatre doors will open Sunday at lz:40 pm. The picture will start at one pm and run continuous. Tuesday and Wednesday the title of the movie is Francis Goes to West Point. Its about
 a mule attending the military
 academy. lex. G.I.'s will re-
 frain from any comment. Ed.
 Note. NOT the theater's)
 For one day only the movie is Encore. The picture is three stories complete from the ] works of W. Somerset Vaughan. It is showing Thursday.
 The Return of the Texan is the Friday and Saturday movie. Dale Robertson has the leading role.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-10-17
NorIc,E

A $500 reward will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who broke into my hunting camp ac Uga nix Bay. Name of person fur
Kodiak mirror., 1953-10-17
NOTICE

The Informal Group of Christian Scientists meet for Sunday services in the main floor of the Bank Building every Sunday at Il am.
 Sunday School is held at the same hour.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-10-17
NOTICE

If you can not get us on phone 3131, call 4303 for oil delivery. Office hours, l pm to , pm Monday through Thurs day, 1 pm to 7 pm Friday.
 Thompson Transfer
Kodiak mirror., 1953-10-17
FWS Lists Waterf0 VI Shooting Hours

The shooting hours for mi gratory birds in the Kodiak Afognak area are as follow:
Kodiak mirror., 1953-10-17

Mir. and Mrs. Verne St. Louis returned to Kodiak Tuesday after spending six weeks in the states.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-10-17

nishing information will not be revealed.
 Isl Ali Madsen P. o. Box A-848
 Kodiak. Alaska
Kodiak mirror., 1953-10-17
Parents Warned About Quarry

A warning has been issued to parents regarding children playing on the hill above the rock quarry at the site of the housing project.
 There is danger of slides a. bove the quarry from the fre- quent blasting.
Evening star., 1953-11-18
NCHA Head Sees
Families sDispIaced by
DC. SIum Program

James Ring, executive director
of the National Capital Housing
Authority. yesterday warned that
District efforts to improve slum
areas are bound to result in dis
placement of lower-income fam
lilies.
Speaking at a luncheon meet
ing of the Washington Housing
Association, he declared:
"Any effective improvement
program the District Commis-
sioners undertake will result in
displacement of families in over
crowded areas. This will place
a strain on the present limited
facilities of public housing.
IF there was ever time when
the people of the District should
demand an enlarged public houS-
ing program, it is now. The
ground for public housing should
be secured without delay as 1t
will take some time to draw plans
and erect building on it."
The VIVA, ousted from the
Community Chest. has embarked
on its own fund raising pro-
gram. Former Commissioner F.
Joseph Donohue, fund campaign
chairman, reported that about
$4,000 of the $4,000 goal has
been raised so far.
Assistant Engineer Commis-
sioner Giles Evans also spoke at
the luncheon. He is heading up
the city's new slum Improvement
program.
In outlining the progress so
Evening star., 1953-11-18
VOL Closed 9 Hours
As Staff Walks Out
To Protest Firinqs

Engineers and announcers at
radio station VOL walked off
their jobs yesterday to protest
their projected firing by new
owners. The strike caused a
transmission blackout of about
nine hours until normal sign-off
time at / am. today.
The station resumed broad
casting on schedule at am.
today with a new engineering
and announcing staff. A picket
line was established at the broad
casting studio, 1000 Connecticut
avenue NV, when the walkout
occurred about 4 pm. yesterday.
The pickets left at the sign
off time. l am, today, and re-
turned at 6 am.
Gerhard P. van Arkel, attorney
for the two unions of which the
IA employees are members, the
Washington unit of the Ameri-
can Federation of Radio and
Television Artists and Local 1915,
international Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (AFL), termed
the planned action a lockout.
He said the eight engineers
and six announcers learned Mon
day they would be dismissed
when the Washington Radio
Corp. took over the station at
/ am. today. The former own
ers, Peoples Broadcasting Corp,
arranged to pay severance and
Evening star., 1953-11-18

vacation pay when the plan to
replace the men was disclosed,
he said.
George A. Bernstein, station
manager under the Peoples
Broadcasting Corp, said the new
owners gave no indication
during sale negotiations that the
change of personnel was contem-
plated. 1t was assumed, he said,
that the contracts covering all
employees would be continued.
"As soon as we learned about
the plan we called in the men
and said we would pay the ter
minal and vacation pay which
would have been due them un-
der ordinary circumstances. We
didn't anticipate this expense
but we felt it was the least we
could do to help them" he said.
Charles Dillon, new manager
under the Washington Broad
casting Corp, said the new
owners "did not inherit any la
Dor contracts" He said the new
owners made it clear during sale
negotiations that a reduction in
staff was contemplated.
The new Set-up of the sta
ton enables the new owners to
use combination engineer-an-
nouncerS as an economy meas
ure, Mr.. Dillon declared.
Mr.. Bernstein said the clerical
and sales staff of about nine
people was retained by the new
owners.
AnnouncerS who participated
in the walkout in protest of the
planned firings included Milt
Grant, George Crawford, Jack
son Lowe, Gene Berger and Les
Sand.
Mr.. Van ArkeI said the unions
are considering filing an unfair
labor practice charge against
the new owners with the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board.
Evening star., 1953-11-18

far. Col. Evans said work is
under way on an enforceable
housing code. He said the Dis
trict hopes to achieve results
in improving rundown areas of
the city with the aid of private
enterprise and citizens groups,
both before and after such a
housing code is enacted.
A first step would be to get
regulations to rid the city of
fences and sheds which create
health or fire hazards and to
rid the city of outside toilets,
he said. In addition, he added,
a law is needed to give the city
authority to tear down con-
demned buildings. At present
the city can condemn unsafe
buildings, but can't force the
owners to demolish them.
Evening star., 1953-11-18
Animal Enemies Play
Together at Glacier
By The Assoeiatsd Press

WEST GLACIER, Mont
Ranger Harold Estey reports a
sight as strange as if a sheep
and wolf were playing together.
At the Logging Ranger Sta
ton in Glacier National Park,
Estey said he saw a half-grown
marten tusseling with a gopher
The ranger said they were play
ing like a couple of cub bears.
Ordinarily martens eat
gophers.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Announcement

Announcement is made by
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter M. Eber-
man of Washington of the en-
gagement of their daughter, Jean
Marie, to Capt. Manuel j. Fer
nandez, jr., son of Mrs. Effie Fer
nandez of Miami and of Col.
Fernandez, U. S. A. F. The we'd
ding is set for November 81.
Miss Eberman attended George
Washington University. She has
been a resident of Miami for five
years and is a stewardess with
National Airlines.
Capt. Fernandez has been in
the Air Force for the past IL
years. He is stationed at George
Air Force Base, Victorville, Calf.
are the house guests of Mrs. Ano-
polls son, Mr.. Gerald G. Wagner.
Mr.. Wagner will entertain this
evening at dinner for them.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Miss Henderson
To Become Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wesley
Henderson of Arlington and
Tampa, Fla, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter,
Margaret Anne, to 1t. G.gD
Franz S. Yeomans, U. S. N, son
of Mrs. Floyd D. Rollins of
Wytopitlock, Me The wedding
will take place in March.
Miss Henderson is a graduate
of Peace Preparatory School of
Raleigh, N. c., and of the Uni
versity of Florida. She is a mem
ber of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
1t. Yeomans graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1851.
Following his graduation, he
served with the Pacific Fleet in
Japan and Korea on the U. S. S.
Bataan.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Christening Reception

seph Ku, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Laird
Dunlop. Mr.. D. S. Giorgantopou-
los, Mrs. Estes Kefauver, Repre-
sentative Louis Heller, and DR.
and Mrs. Frank Hendricks.
Others were DR.. and Mrs. N
D. Pappas. of Knoxville, Tenn,
Mrs. Charles j. Anagnos, and her
three daughters, the Misses
Athena, Alice and Stella Anag-
nos: Mr.. and Mrs. George Pap
anlcolaS, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kalivritinos, and Mrs. S. Gior-
gantopoulos and her daughter
Nitsa of Athers, Greece.
Evening star., 1953-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Peter
Kostopulos entertained at a
christening reception on Sat
urday afternoon. The party took
place at the Woodner following
the christening of their Z
month-old son, Nicholas Peter
KostopuloS, jr.
The 4 o'clock service took place
at st. Soph!a's Church with the
Rev. Analianos LalouSis officiat-
ing. the godparents are Mrs.
John Kopsidas and former Dis
trict Commissioner Joseph DON
ohue. Mrs. Kostopulos is the
former Miss Madaline Anagnos
of Washington and she and her
family are now living at Vir-
ginia Beach, Va.
Among those expected to drop
by were Mr.. and Mrs. Blake
Clark, the First Secretary of the
Chinese Embassy and Mrs. Jo-
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Dance Wednesday

The Junior Metropolitan Heart
Guild is having a cabaret dance
Wednesday from 8 to IL o'clock
in the Palm room of Hotel 24OO.
Music will be furnished by Larry
LANES orchestra and there will
be refreshments.
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Visitors Feted

DR.. and Mrs. George Anopol
of Pearl River, N. Y, are here
to attend the Association of
Military Surgeons meetings. They
arrived in town yesterday and
Evening star., 1953-11-09
Photo.

Miss Marie F. Trapani.
Miss Marie Frances Trapani,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
TTapani of Washington, became
the bride November 8 of Mr.. AL
bert Anthony DiPietro, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Toby DiPietro of
Baltimore. The ceremony took
place in the Annunciation
Church, MSgr. Russell Phelan
officiating.