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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
Membership Committee
Membership Committee
Knights OF Columbus To Mark Anniversary Here

The Council Activity Committee
is responsible for the general func.
lions which take place outside the
Council Home. Under this com.
mittee are four subcommittee
groups. A breakdown Of their dut.
les are as follows:
The Athletic Committee, whose
job it is to provide council mem
bers with leagues, tournaments,
and contests and to also provide
the membership with talks by
coaches and sports officials.
The Civic Committee schedules
such events as Firemen and Po-
licemen Night, cooperates with 10
cal campaigns for Community
Chest; Fire Prevention; Safety;
March of Dimes; and Christmas
Seals.
The Cultural Committee organ
ICES hobby clubs, camera clubs,
glee clubs, musical groups; and
arranges for demonstrations, ex-
hibits, movies, talks by business
and labor leaders, doctors, lawyers
and other experts.
The Social Committee makes all
plans for excursions, tours, barbe-
cues and picnics for members and
their families. They also schedule
such events as banquets, card
games, ladies night, fishfries,
dances, Columbus Day social, par
ties, Christmas program, New
Years Eve social and special din
ner dances.
This committee has arranged for
the Council Anniversary Banquet
which is being held at Rauls on
Monday evening.
Louis M. J. Eisner is the cur.
rent chairman of the Councils Ac-
tivity Committee. A minimum of
twenty five members is required
to successfully carry out the works
Of this committee.
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which will serve as division flag
ship until it departs in June.
While in Charleston the Sarsfield
will undergo several major chang
es in its structure and several new
features owill be added.
Strict emphasis will be placed on
habitability, the main concern Of
the U. S. Navy in its fighting ships
today. Limited berthing and mess
ing facilities win be overhauled in
an effort to better these condi-
tions.
Upon completion of the overhaul
the Sarsfield will return to Key
West and resume its operational
projects and evaluation of new Ma
Wy equipment.
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Poole, Martin
Commended By
Capt. Spiicer

Burchard Poole, ATC, and Frank
L. Martin, Att, were recently pre-
sented letters of commentator by
Capt. H. c. Spicer Jr., command
ing officer of Airship Develop
ment Squadron Eleven.
Poole, was commended for his
excellent performance of duty in
electronics" while attached to TX
IL. He willingly assisted five cleo
tronicsmen in testing and install
ing special equipment In one of the
airships and has, among other
things, trained 16 operators and
five maintenance men in the new
ly installed high priority electron-
les gear.
Martin received his letter of
commentator for outstanding per-
torrance while attached to the
squadron and while he was tenn.
porarily attached to the engineer
ing groups at NADC townsville.
Pa, and CNATE, Lakehurst, N. j.
By willingly accepting responsible
lily, he was placed in charge of
supervising ground maintenance
and flight operations. He also "de-
monstrated the rare quality Of
molding the six men assigned him,
into an experienced team who
knew they belonged" and he ''in-
stilled in them, team spirit and
willingness to work at all hours in
order to have the airship ready to
fly" Through his unusual fore
sight, initiative, high and continu-
ed devotion to duty and profession
al skill" he contributed material
ly to the success of an important
project carried out by Airship De-
yelopment Squadron Eleven.
Capt. Spicer extended a s'well
lone" to both men and wished
them continued success in their
naval careers.
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FUNK This Test
And It'll Kill va.
|Riggers Claim

Every parachute rigger in naval
aviation has to pass a final exa-
mination unlike these to which
everyone is accustomed. In fact If
you don't pass, eth kill ya!"
The final exam to which the rig.
gers are subjected, is making a
parachute jump from an RAD type
aircraft, flying at an altitude of
approximately 1000 feet.
One OF the riggers attached to
AirShip Development Squadron
Eleven (ZX-1D described the or.
deal ais follows:
We all knew that we had TO
Jump, and no matter how hard we
tried, we couldn't calm ourselves
down. After we boarded the plane.
we flew around the field for what
seemed like hours but was actual
" about 10 minutes. When the door
was opened, we all lined UP, wait
ing for the "GO" sign from the
lieutenant in charge. It was then
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
This Rock
Of Ours
Bv Bill Glib
By Bill Glib

What are you doing to help make
the Fiesta Allegro y Beneficial a
success? - Nothing? - That is
what / was afraid of! Maybe
you've bought ticket to either the
play being staged at the San Car.
los Theater or for the Fiesta Ball
at the Casa Marina Hotel and
figure that is about all that is re-
quired of you!
When will Key Westers crawl out
Of that old Conch shell and realize
that if Key West is going to be
pushed ahead, every one of us has
to exert a little energy. Spending
"a couple of bucks isn't enough.
Volunteer workers are need to help
inject local color and enthusiasm
into the big Fiesta parade that is
being planned.
"The Filibusters," play direct
ed by our own Jack Clarke, is COM
ing along fine. So are the plans
for the grand ball being sponsor
ed by the Junior Woman's Club.
But the parade - the most i'm
portant feature of the holiday
event is entirely dependent
upon large numbers of enthusiast
tic Key Westers pitching in whole
heartedly to make it successful.
Have you ever noticed how much
publicity New Orleans gets from
its Mardi Gras? This Fiesta Allegro
y Beneficial can be just as good
an advertisement for Key West if
the people want it to be!
Perhaps l should correct that
statement a little bit. Surely every
Key Wester wants to see the FEES
ia succeed. Maybe more accur-
ate way of saying it would be eff
the people will only participate
actively"
How about going to the phone
right now - to heck with wasting
time reading this column. Call up
Julio Cabanas, Miss lola Camus,
Misses Dora or Norma Martinez.
Mrs. Eva Warner Gibson, Cmdr.
Ray Byrns, or any member of the
Junior Woman's Club. Tell them
you want to be part of the Fies-
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zxz nEg <Nzsy;'
BY MANLY WELLMAN

But deeply enough. you may be
Gould you have put the bul.
lets back where you got them
into the wound?"
He peered at me curiouslv
May I ask just where these ones.
tons are leading?"
i have only hopes" said as
/ had said to Raniel. -
II GOT back to the Office with
! five minutes to spare. At i've
thirty, right on the nose in
walked Mrs. Pettigrew.
] led her into the bach ofsce
and switched on the light. "Sit
down" ] told her. "I'm going TO
start by asking you if you Shot
Mr.. Ealing, your boss; or Alchi-
seq. or q man named AL Bensing-
er. who were found dead TODAY
at the home Of DR.. Carl Stokes !"
NO., she said. 81 didn't. I give
you my word. If dropped down
dead this minute, I never did that.
or ever thought of doing it."
"You like Mrs. Ealing?"
Better than any woman I ever
knew"
Then every truth you tell me
will help her. That'n make YOU
glad, won't it? Now, about
Gwynne Ealing. You used to have
a job with him."
Il don't see what that has to
do with it." she argued.
I'm beginning to think that il
may have a lot to do with IL
We're looking for motive, Mrs.
PettigreW. Think back to when
you worked for Gwynne Ealing.
About that bad heart of his. When
did ne fpd out that his heart was
"He had that condition when I
first came to work for him. He'd
been that way for yearA DR..
Stokes was looking after him,
studying him and treating him ali
the time"
Or: Stokes gave him medi-
"An the time. Different kinds.
/ don't know what they were.
Anyway. Mr.. Ealing began to get
better. He'd talk about his heart
improvement to DR.. Stokes and
he'd feel. better still"
"The night he died" I began.
u wasn't there" she said.
Shed been gone from both the
Ealings when they died, / re-
Elected. "But you discovered him
dead" ! prompted her once more.
II came home after he'd gone
to bed. and in the morning when
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USS Sarsfield Off
To Baltimore For
AID Celebration

The USS Sarsfield (EDD 1917,
Flagship of Commander Destroyer
Division COL, departed Key West
Tuesday enroute to Baltimore, Md.
to participate in an Armed Forces
Day celebration in that city.
After the celebration is oser. the
Sarsfield viii sail for Charleston.
S. C. for its regular Navy yard
overhaul.
Cmdr. Richard E. Johnson, COM
mands the Sarsfield and 1t. Cmdr.
A. B. Cosby is the executive Of
ficer. Upon its departure from the
area, the personal flag OF. Capt.
William S. Maddox, Commander
Destroyer Division COL, was shift
ed to the USS Saufley (EDDE 1857,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
Chapter %
THE medical examiner was in
his Office, glad TO talk.

Chapter %
THE medical examiner was in
his Office. glad to talk.
Both Bensinger and Alchisez
were shot and instantly killed, at
approximately the same time.
Nine o'clock. a short space of
minutes either way, would be the
time Of their deaths"
"How do you establish that
timer" ! asked him. by progress
OF rigor mortis?"
"The bodies hadn't lost quite all
the heat they'd had in life, and
there wasn't enough rigor morris
TO be noticeable, except to q
trained medical man. Only its first
traces. Enough to help me Judge
the time of death--approximate-
ly."
"How does a body cool Off"
I asked.
Body temperature is normally
around ninety-eight degrees, and
you must have known that. With
cooler conditions surrounding it,
this heat radiates and lessons it
self by degrees. Then comes rigor
norris"
Doctor" I said, did you check
the temperature in that room
where the bodies were lying?"
He nodded. Certainly ] did. It
was part of my routine examina-
ton. And the air was stuffy. had
q sense of heat, but it was a false
sense. The temperature was sew
enty-two or three degrees"
I'd remembered that STIFFNESS,
and my own check of the thermo-
stat that regulated DR.. Stokes's
automatic heating system. Sup
pose" l said. shat the temporal
ture had been very high up,
earlier. Ninety degrees or more.
let's say"
"Then of course they'd have
cooled more slowly"
Thanks, and excuse me for
butting in" ! apologized. 'sNow
about the bullets. Beyond all
doubt they killed those men?".
Beyond a reasonable doubt"
he corrected me. II myself ex-
plored the wounds and extracted
the bullets with a thumb forceps.
AS I did in the case of the Ealing
shooting"
At my request, he showed me
the thumb forceps. 1.-THE penetra-
ton Of the skull weakened the
force of the charge that propelled
the bullets, and neither one pene-
trated deeply" he elaborated.
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I didn't hear him moving around,
! looked in. He didn't move when
I spoke to him. So I called Dr..
Stokes. who came over and"
And pronounced him dead,
yes" ! finished for her. 'sBut
while you were waiting for the
doctor, did you observe Gwynne
Ealing? How did he look!"
"Natural,s she said. "He was
an old man, pretty pale from be-
ting sick and indoors so much. He
lay there in his bed and looked
well, just natural"
II see" I said. And ] was seeing,
more and more clearly, through
five or six tangled and crumpled
wells. Nov, after that, you and
your husband went to work for
Gwynne Ealing's nephew, Rich.
ard Ealing"
That's right"
"Try to think of anything that
may have happened between DR..
month ago."
She clicked her tongue a little.
We'll" she said. ~the doctor was
over one afternoon when Mrs.
Ealing was gone. And the two Of
them talked quite a while, pretty
seriously. I've never thought much
about it until now"
Think about it now" I told
her.
well. I was in the han and
they were in the gun room. The
door was open. ] heard DR.. Stokes
say something about, Hasn't this
gone on long enough? How long
do l have to waltz Maybe not
those words, but like that. And
Mr.. Dick said, Just trust me. but
don't try to shove me, or you
don't get anything. This isn't what
you call a formal business DEAL
Then the doctor said, You mean
for me to forget it?' And Mr.. Dick
said, :! said I'll fix you up. and
Elk the doctor I'D how?s
She shook her head. 81 COULDN'T
say. Because Mr.. Dick heard me
or saw me and called out Is that
you, Mrs. Pettigrew7 Bring us in
some soda and bottle Of rye /
went and got 1t, and when I came
back, MIR. Dick was laughing &C
something the doctor said. Mr..
Dick said, That might scare some
people, Carl, but not me. You
know you'd have to be scared.
too. You'd be even worse hit than
I would ! brought in the whis-
key and the soda, and they closed
the door when ! went out"
Go be continuedl
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ia parade and ask for further de-
tails.
The Cuban government has done
a lot for Key West. Let's show our
appreciation by entertaining the
dlgnitaries and visitors from that
country next May 20-21, in a royal
fashion. 1t is not only the proper
thing to do but it is also a good
public relations measure. Our
Town can attract thousands of Gu
ban visitors if we just extend our
selves a little. Sometimes / Won
der if we're not making a bad mis-
take when we spend practically all
our time and effort in catering to
visitors from the North and ignore
the South.
Lafin-Ameriean Gateway
County Commissioner Joe Allen
has long been one of the foremost
proponents for establishing Key
West as the Gateway to Latin
America" From what I've been
able to pick up, Joe feels that our
best hope in this direction lies in
developing air transportation.
We've been negligent in the past
concerning our opportunities. Odd
ly enough, Pan American Always
originated with a Key West-Hava-
ma flight. Although we lost this
company through no fault of our
own, we must be exceedingly care
full to see that from now on. we
exert every effort to help develop
Meacham air facilities.
The automobile ferry proposed
by Joe Sirugo and his company
will be a wonderful improvement
for Key West if it goes through. l
put that tentative ''if'' in there be-
cause we've been disappointed so
many times on this score in the
past that l won't believe we have
the ferry until I've actually ridden
on it.
This is going to be a short col
umn. Don't forget to get in touch
with the Fiesta committee and Of
fer yourself as a participant in
the big parade! Do it now! A little
dancing and fun-making won't do
you any harm.
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Dick


A Peoples Forum" letter last
Wednesday concerning the Police
Dept. was both startling and
thought-provoking. Before even dis.
cussing the subject, it must be re-
membered that the letter was id.
mittedly written from a biased
point of view.
Stanton P. Nickerson, arrested
on D and D. charge, failed to
exercise both the duty and the pri-
vilege of an American citizen when
he did not appear in court to face
charges and protest his innocence.
| think therefore, that much of his
letter can be discounted. It is an
axiom around law enforcement a.
gencies that every arrested indivi-.
dual considers himself innocent.
Fortunately, we have a fine City
Judge in the person of Enrique Es-
quinaldo, Jr. Nickerson could have
cleared his name if he were inno-
cent and chose to 60 before Es.
quinaldo. Bill Glib, a former men,
Der of the police force and one of
its sharpest critics in editorial col
umns, tells me that he has never
known of an arrest being made
solely on the basis of drunkenness.
Cases of this kind are either taken
directly home or are held in jail
for a temporary period until they
are sober enough to remember
where they live.
The "Disorderly" charge is an.
other matter, however. A person
with few drinks under his belt
is often booked for 'sDisorderly
Conduct" rather than for much
more serious charges. For in
stance, there are numerous cases
of assault, indecency, attempted
theft, ETC., that reach the court
with the lesser '.Disorderly Con-
duct" charge.
I'm not inSinuating that Nicker-
son was guilty of any of these
crimes. Since he didn't abide by
the law and report for trial, we
can only take his complaints with
dash of salt. This much should
be done - there is a drunkometer
at the station and all people ar
rested for drunkenness should be
given a test. Only motor vehicle
operators are tested under present
conditions because of the addition
al expense and labor involved. Per-
haps sitter fines on the guilty can
be made to absorb the cost of Civ.
ing all arrested drinking indivi.
duals a test.
While l think the police depart
ment is sadly in need of q public
relations program, do not think
that we should convict it of any
misdeed based upon the word of a
man who travelled a couple Of
thousand miles away from town be-
fore he complained of unfair treat
ment.
Dick invites you to visit his Lo-
di recapping shop and also to ex-
anime his new U. s. Royal tires.
Located at 929 Truman Ave-,
Dicks Tire Service is famouy for
irlendliness, courtesy, and exper-
fenced workmanship. Phi. 2-2Sl2.
(adv.)
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that We began to wonder what we
were doing there. It seemed like
an eternity before we started to
move out the. door. You don't re-
member much except the most i'm
port thing. and that is "Pull The
Rip Cord!''
"The chute gives you quite jolt
wien it blossoms out, but you des-
cend as if you're swinging on a
swing. The ground seems to move
up faster when you get closer to
it, but after you're down, it all
seems like dream. That's one fin
i exam that I'll never forget"
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Key West, Fla.
HE WENT THATAWAY

Editor, The Citizen E@
Say, All say thar, Pawdner, Al been scrutinizing
this hyar newspaper to what O. that fear what
run down and killed that horse wta dadblasted auto
mobile right hyar in Key West, Al say, West = but
reckon All musta overlooked it.
Seems this Teller didn't expect to horse come
trotn' out onto the city street like IT did, Specially
island hyar in the ocean But since the driver was
charged with reckless drivn' and causn accident
(that horse had nothin to do with I'D All been wonder
in if that critter (the horse, thats) has been rightly
lamented?
Ah'll keep a'lookin, but n'tErighty figger what
that horse was doin so far from Texas
H. V. B.
P. O. Box 642
Nav g. 1854 49, Key West, Florida
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
z Men Promoted
At AUJW School

Four staff members and three
students at Advanced Undersea
Weapons School have received no.
LITIGATION of advancement in rate.
They are: Delbert Sprague to
ENC; James Smith to SKGC;
George West to Ell and David
Maestro to TINS, all staffers at
AUW School.
Students promoted were: Rolf
Lott to TM2;; Howard Williams to
TM2 and Wilbur Miller to TM3.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-14
AULD CLooTlEE

Editor, The Citizen:
Here's tale about Auld Clootie,
The gent who's never been tsnootie:
He went to Janeiro
In search of dinero
And came back home with a cutie.
Swinky Swanky
footnote, Mr.. Editor please Mr.. Clootie said
he stopped subscribing for the Miami News because it
didn't publish story about the Conchs when they beat
the Miami Stingarees twice in day.
Maybe The Key West Citizen taught the Miami News
lesson in fairness. When Miamis Edison High baseball
team defeated the Conchs The Citizen the story
der streamer headline.
Nav r. 1854 8 Key West, Fla.
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REFERENDUM SET

LAKELAND R-Ballots have
been mailed to Florida avocado
growers for a referendum on es-
tablishing regulations for quality
and maturity on avocados shipped
outside the state.
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PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions ofe views Of IFS
ers but the editor the right TO delete any items which
considered beiovs vnwarraned The writer's should be
fair and eonne the letters 200 words write
Of the only Signature Of the writer accompany
letters and will be published unless requested Otherwise.
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May IL, 1854
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-26
NOW BEING DONE

Inland Waterway Corporation sold private business.
2. Price support loans sold to banks.
3. Home mortgages sold.
4. Rubber plants and a smelter offered to business
5. RIG held securities sale to investors
6. Some military commissaries being closed.
STEPS NOW PROPOSED
L. Stop Federal relief aged Pay only old age
2. Turn all relief to states and localities.
3. End other subsidies.
A. Sell PUBLIC POWER private industry.
B. Sell Government warehouses and other real estate to
business.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-26
MINE-MILL DELEGATES
prepare DEMANDS
FOR NEW AcM CONTRACT

BUTTE-Rank and file delegate;
representing $4,000 workers at Il
properties of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company in states met here
Tuesday and Wednesday for two
day meeting of the Mine-Mill Ana
conda Council, co-ordinative bargain
ing body of the International Union
of Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers in
the Anaconda chain.
The two-day session, called to pre-
pare new wage and contract demands
for Mine-Mill locals at mining, smelt-
ing, refining and fabricating prop
critics throughout the country, was
held at the Miners Union Hall of
Butte Miners Union No. l here in
Butte.
Mine-Mill Montana locals repre-
sented at the ACM Council meeting
Tuesday and Wednesday were: Butte
Miners Union No. 1, Anaconda Mill
& Smeltermen's Union No. 1T,
Butte Stationary Engineers Union
No. 83, and Great Falls Mill & Smelt-
ermen's Union No. 16.
Other Mine-Mill local delegates at
the Butte meeting represented the
workers at Anaconda properties at
Ansonia and Torrington, Connect
cut; Buffalo, New York; Miami, Ari-
IONA; Darwin, California; Conda, Ida
no, and Tooele, Utah.
John Clark, Mine-Mill International
chaired the meeting as
chairman of the unions Anaconda
bargaining council. Also participant
ing were Mine Mill International Vice
President Orville Larson, overall bar
gaining Co-ordinator for the union,
and Ernest Salvas, Mine-Mill Execu-
tive Board Member for District No. |
1.
Delegates elected by Butte Miners
Union No. 1 to attend the ACM Coun-
Ill meeting were: Leo Rooney,
George Kalafatich, James Hartzell,
Doc Dougherty, Glen Zorn, Eli Hill,
ernest Moody, Carl Salonen, Martin
n. Hale and Earl Morrison, with Mike
Barry and Dan K. Smith as alter
lates.
Delegates elected by Anaconda Mill
I Smeltermen's Union No. lit to
ttend the Council meeting were:
eter Augustinelli, Albert Bushley, {
ohm Sajacich, Howard Thomas and
homas Dickson.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-02-26
Can They Kick the Fe
Out of the "Iron Duke?

In an editorial in the Missoula
County Times last week it was asked
"Will Rankin Help or Hinder?"
First the editorial gives Wellington
D. Rankin, Helena attorney and oft
runer on Republican ballots, a right
royal kicking around, saying he is
not able to get support in campaigns
because he is unable to muster enough
friends. The reason according to the
TIMES editorial, is that everything
Rankin does or ever has done is on
a bought and paid for basis, that
Rankin has no true friends and has
never made much attempt to make
true friends.
Of course, the pitch in the edi-
torial is to try and get Rankin to
stay out of the primary Republican
contest for Senate against D'Ewart.
The TIMES editor then asks Rankin
to make himself beloved forever more