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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
By i'm COBB

Vsrte Greene ST. to Sloppy Joe's.
We went in to order some fine.
Joe Galaskas, genial proprietor
of that establishment, was there to
attend to our wants personally.
"Give us two fines" said. try
ing to be blase about the order.
"I'm fine too, what'ya want to
drink" Joe said.
"Some fine," said Sneigr.
"You mean quinine, maybe with
some gin?" Joe suggested.
81 got fined $40 in city court last
week." commented a barfly.
We left Sloppy Joe's. After hur-
ried conference, we decided to try
the Sand Bar.
We were confronted by BIB (the
beauteous barmaid, otherwise
known as Lynne Hambly).
We asked for some fine.
what are you, couple Of wise
guys?" she retorted.
When we explained, our refer
ence to Mr.. Hemingway reminded
Lynne of an anecdote concerning
the authors last visit to Key West
when he stopped in to see his old
friends at Pepe's Cafe.
An argument developed.
To put over a point, one Of the
debaters tapped Hemingway on the
chest, just below the beard.
''Stop beating around the bush, /"
Hemingway quipped.
But Lynne had no fine.
Many hours and several bars la
ter, we still had not obtained any
fine.
But we had fine time.
/. We heard the city has a fine and
forfeiture fund. The city commits
sion has the money set aside for
themselves to buy fine.
Maybe they'll give us some.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
MRS. E. CURRY

Navy people, you should realize
that the native Key Wester il
proud Of his island home and his
traditions. This Is his heritage,
and he cherishes it. He Is proud,
and Justly 20, Of his fighting foot
ball and baseball teams and
their outstanding records. He is
proud of Key West, and all It
stands for, just as you are proud
of your hometown, whether it be
lost in the plains Of Texas or
hidden in the hills Of Tennessee.
He is a conch, and wouldn't be
anything else. It's the same with
the Hoosiers, the Tar Heels and
the Jaw Hawks.
The average Key Wester 10 not
gouging landlord or a clip joint
proprietor. He is q working
man or a small business operator,
and q solid citizen. He is inter-
ested in good government, good
schools, good roads, and = bigger
and better Key West. He Il pro-
gressive, but not overly 50. He
Is reserved, but mot unfriendly.
Key Westers, you should realize
that the great majority of Navy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
By Dill spillmsn

I heard he other day that there
IL q move afoot for the city to con.
slider the annsxation Of additional
territory = up b and including
Big Pine Key.
Since the courts have decided
that the county does not have the
power to zone sections Of land, ]
think the proposal sounds pretty
good. OF course the big land own
ers Of That portion Of the Keys viii,
naturally, oppose the plan - this
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02

Marianne was reading Heming.
ways novel, TIE sam. Also Rises,
the other night.
She laid Il down and yawned.
"You know" she said, 81 don't
think much Of this book - nothing
ever happens. It just tells about
q lot Of young men with no visible
means of support who loaf around
Paris eating and drinking"
/ agreed. The book has always
eKasperated me for exactly the
same reason. The plot Is very oh.
seure despite the fact that ] believe
Mr.. Hemingway 10 be one Of the
worlds great authors.
The next day ] was discussing
the book with eo-worker Denis
Sneier.
He agreed.
II can write q book like that, I"
h sid.
"Show me-" replied.
Snsigr sat down at his typewrit.
or and tapped out the following
paragraphs: eve walked along the
Rue Truman and turned into the
Place de Ia Dsval. When We got
% sloppy Joe's, we went in. We
had eight fines.
'Bfstt said: 4 think I'll 80 I'd
Australia
"cohen disagreed. He ordered
another fine"
sneigf ID right. He can write like
Hemingway.
what IL this fine stuff?" I ask.
I'd Sneigr.
''Somk kind Of drink" Sneisr re-
piled.
'Whsrs can you buy it," I in
quirsd.
"Any BARI guess" said Sneigr.
''Lst's Try some," I suggested.
We walked slowly down the Rue
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
Ike Inspect
Flood Control
Developments

DENVER R - A vast land
where men fought to the death for
water and one where surging floods
have torn apart the works of man
viii unfold before President Eisen-
hover when he makes four-state
flight Saturday.
Millions of dollars - including
federal funds ~ have been spent
to channel churning streams of the
region into giant irrigation and
power projects or to confine flood
waters behind dams to save farms
and towns.
Billions Of dollars win be needed
to carry out other projects under
discussion, some Of which are
arousing bitter controversy.
The Presidents flight, designed
to give him a glimpse of reclama-
ton and flood control develop
ments, win take him across Colo
RADIO, wyoming, Nebraska and
Kansas. Twice he win pass over
the Continental Divide with peaks
towering up to 1900 feet, then no
will fly over deserts, grazing lands
and high plains which usually grow
much Of the nations wheat. This
year some of the plains country 10
in the drought disaster area.
Reclamation officials and Secrs-
tary of Agriculture Benson win %
along to give Eisenhower briefings
during the trip, which viii cover
nearly 1000 miles.
The President has scheduled -.
minute stops at Grand Junction,
Colo; Casper, Wyo.; and McCook,
Neb., during which he win shake
hands with Republican political
candidates and make informal air.
port talks.
For 10 minutes the Presidents
plane Is due to circle above isolat.
ed Dinosaur National Monument,
along the Colorado Utah border,
where a proposed dam at Eche
Park on the Green River has
stirred nationwide debate. The
dam would be a key unit Of the
proposed billion-dollar upper Colo
RADIO River storage program but
would inundate q wilderness which
many conservat;onists insist should
be preserved for future genera
tons.
In central and eastern wyoming
Eisenhower viii see units Of the
Kendrick project, where demands
for release of water to save
parched crops downstream have
stirred q two-state court fight.
After taking off from the Sum-
mer White House at Lowry Air
Force Base, Denver, the President
will see the site Of the newly ap.
proved Air Force Academy north
of Pixies Peak.
He viii cross the Continental DE
vide to Aspen, taking look at the
proposed 176-million-dollar Frying.
pan-Arkansas diversion project.
approved by the Senate this year
but allowed 10 die in the House.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
PROTESTS PUBLICATION OF
LETTERS

Editor, The Citizen:
This is addressed to the Editors
Of the Citizen and to, the reasoning
public, both Navy and civilian.
The subject is the recent out
break of Navy versus civilian
letters published by The Citizen.
Those letters are filled with
sneers, jibes, unfounded accu-
sations and insults. They are in
f1amatory and libelous, and they
perform no public service. The
writer's presume to speak for q
large. group Of people they have
no authority to represent. In
short, they should never have
been published and the fact that
they were reflects no credit on
The Citizen.
Since it appears that both Navy
and civilian win continue to reside
in Key West throughout the fore
seeable future it behooves US al
to try to understand one another,
to take a more. tolerant and less
critical attitude, and to work to.
gether for our mutual benefit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
|Turboprop Plane
ok. On Test Hop

BURBANK, Calm. N-The M.
vy's new turboprop military yer.
sion Of the Super Constellation, the
R7v2, has been successfully tsst
flown.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp, builder
Of the personnel-cargo- evAcuation
craft, says 1t 10 the worlds fastest
prOpeller-driven transport with q
cruising speed Of 40 m.p.h. II h
powered by four s,s0o-horsepower
turbine propeller engines and car
fly lS-ton loads across the natiop
nonstop In less than SIX hours.
The planes maiden flight wAs
made here yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
Ring Rescued

CONCORD, N. c. W-fhe maid
dumped q siassful Of ammonia So
luton down the kitchen sink and
Mrs. John o'Dell frantically called
In q crew Of plumbers.
Her 1850 diamond ring Was IN
the glass.
The plumbers placed q screen
over the sewer feeder line from
the block in which Mrs. O'Dell
lives and cooperative neighbo-s
turned On their water taps to flush
the line.
Soon ne ring was recovered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
Site OF Catholic
Congress To Be
Developed Soon

RIO DE JANEIRo, Brazil ~
The site here for the 36th Eucha.
ristic Congress, expected to draw
two million Roman Catholic pi.
grims next July, doesn't yet exist.
It is still part of beautiful
Guanabara Bay, around which Rio
de Janeiro spreads.
Before next June municipal and
church authorities hope to fill in
more than $1,000 square yards Of
land in the bay, only q short dis
lance from the heart Of the city.
Here the pilgrims viii meet and
pray before a gigantic altar Of
Brazilian wood.
The reclaimed area - ultimately
to stretch for IL miles along the
shore - will eventually be q site
for highways, parks and housing
developments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02

Eeifsr's Nsss: The CHI.
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HE Forum ell letters, Sxssps
tksss which esnsain Hbsisvs
msifsr. which ere sent 10 Ne
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ivFs. In essss whore h 10 re-
evssssd, HE signature b smis.
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p. who psefsrs 10 rsmaln
snenymevs - shs pvhlje, Ne
editor q The cItizsn feels shss
n 10 . public service 10 psr.
mil people 10 Voice shsir visws.
In many instances, svsh
bedlss ~ shs elsy and ssvnsy
esmmlsslsn wsUld hear snly
ems aide 81 Q svblses. sseh
90 ths prspsssd utility ssx -
build . mvnieipsi swimmtns
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eslvmn In which any person
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Hen 81 pvhlie Interest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02

men do not patronixe the strip
tease joints, do not engage in the
Duval Street brawls, and in fact,
only know OF these activities
through the medium Of The Key
West Citizen. The average Navy
man 10 married, has two or three
children, has a car partly paid
for, owns some furniture and has
q dog. He saves 4 part Of his
salary and sends his children 10
church whether he goes or net.
He Is interested In good housing,
good government. good schools,
and he wants 70 live IN q decent,
law abiding community.
Approximately seventy five Der
cent OF the first enlistment Navy
men 60 directly back 10 civilian
life when they leave Key West.
They 90 10 every state in the
union, every sizeable city, ana
many small towns and COM
munities. They enter colleges
and universities all over tAe
country. These men win become
farmers, engineers, doctors, busi-
nessmen; the tourists Of the ID
ture. Every one Of them i q
potential Key West booster, the
best advertising medium any
Chamber OF Commerce could ask
for. They should leave Key West
reluctantly, promising shemssives
that they win one day return and
telling the world Of ne beauty
Of the Island City and Of Ne
hospitable and friendly people.
II these men leave with the feel.
ing that they have been rejected
and abused It 10 q sad loss 10 the
city Of Key West.
n n
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
ALL'S QUIET ON THE KEY WEST FRONT
BUT POLITICAL POT BOILS ELSEWHERE

All is quiet politically along Key Vests front, as
well as elsewhere in Florida, where Democratic nomin
alton equivalent to election; but in other states
where party balance uncertain polcos both sides
OF the fence are shaking accusing fingers and roaring
charges and counter charges
And each side is grabbing at straws and holding
them up supposedly show in what direction the po
cal wind is blowing. Republicans have cutched one of
these sraws and using to indicate that Eisenhower
is maintaining his strength popularity
That straw is Governor Shivers victory of 100000
over marlborough in the Texas second primary Satur
day. The Republicans would have you consider the VIC
tory only and not dig under the surface find out how
it attained. Before ballot cast, Shivers had
head start of twice that 100000 from the state machine
The Republicans would have you forget that Shivers
two years ago. beat Marlborough by $4,000 votes.
Flordians, wiser than the Texans, know the power
of state machine and for that reason, they put pro-
vision in the state constitution prohibiting governor
from succeeding himself Were not for that prohibition
governor backed by the machine could be reelected
and over.
Consider Shivers 1t is safe to say that every sheriff
in Texas supported him. sheriff Yields great political
in his county and when he works to get out the
vote for SoandSo, he usually gets it in preponderatng
numbers Besides in Shivers case other state officers
supported him. inactive because of the fear Of
his power to remove them from office.
&c. all in all, we to measure Eisenhower's popu-
larity in Texas by Shvers popularity it cut down.
in two years. by 245000 votes the difference between
Shvers majority Marlborough in 1852 to the majority
he got last Saturday over the opponent
The ncsve thinker takes the baloney out of politics.
whether it from Democrats Republicans, and
weighs facts but millions Of voters carried away by
bayhoo We getting superabundance of that bally
hoo now from the 80 cent of the nations daily papers
that supporting Eisenhower regardless of facts that
punch the thinking between the eyes.
Those papers stress the numbers of people working
in this country but say little about the almost four million
who are obess, The stock market is booming but its
booming does not provide bit of comfort for the
and the women who want work and can't get it.
lnval is assurarco az ha,r;nn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
Reds Back To DC.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. N--The sum-
fner-long stir over the presence Of
members Of the Soviet Embassy
and their families In fashionable
Bay Ridge has lost lie cause.
Residents reported yesterday
that the Russians went back q
Washihgtou last weekend.
Bay Ridge residents had CON-
planned that the house where il
children were staying was bei-g
used 10 4 summer camp" n vio.
lation Of soning laws.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
WHAT ARE THEY DOINC7

Editor. The Citizen:
H. V. B., just tell me what the "sam hill" the Key
West Police Department is doing about the BGirls in
local establishments? It to they're q rather
hot and cold program They have been for the last
three years.
I'm not disagreeing with you on the basis that the
local police department should be cleaning the 'eeches
of the underworld out Of these establishments but thus
far they have cleaned them out and have failed to keep
constant vigil.
That leaves alternative, either the local po-
lice department. the Navy start cracking down said
vice. and the K. w. p D. hasn't done anything to date
that is relevant B-drinkng the Navy going to do
it. That's logical isn't it? Believe the Navy do darn
good job, too.
That's all have to say on this matter. just can't
agree with you all the time, old man.
]. Ed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions 81 hs visws 10 reed.
but HE editor The right 10 delete any items which
considered bsiovs vnwArransd The writer's should be
fair and eenns the letters 10 100 words side
OF hs only Signature Of the writer aessmpeny mo
letters and will be pvbshsd vnsss requested otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
A Grain
Of Salt

is to be expected - it will raise
the taxes.
The idea of the annexation plan
was thought OF in the hope that it
allowethe city to zone that area
and Keep the some 30-odd miles of
approaches to Key West from be-
coming the Stock Island type of
scenery. -,
Key West has the warmest wea-
Their of the nation in the winter
time. It averages about ten de-
grees higher than Miami. With pro-
per thoughtful development, Key
West could easily become the tour
list metropolis of the South.
On the subject of the merging
Of the city and county tax assess
rnent offices, I have no opinion
that / wish to express. My advice
to the people, is not to listen to
anyons's opinion on the subject.
Instead of listening to opinions,
/ would suggest that interested par.
ties pick up various property a.
bout town - then 60 down and see
what assessment has been assign.
ed. This should tell you if the pow.
er to assess should be in the hands
Of one man.
The state statute says that pro.
perry will be assessed at 100 per
cent Of the value. II does not say
that 1929 or 1885 win be the basis.
To obtain a real opinion, try for
example, to find the selling price
Of land along the boulevard and
compare it with the assessment.
In the analysis of tax theory,
assessments should rise or fall with
the value of property. This chang
ing value usually eliminates the
need Of 4 raise or lowering taxes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
COOPERATION PACT

GUATEMALA 0--The United
States and Guatemala signed an
agreement yesterday for technical
cooperation under the Point Four
program. us. Ambassador John
Peurifoy and Guatemalan Foreign
Minister Carlos Salazar signed for
their countries.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02
SspssaWSsr 4, lM
(SuundAy. No pspsr)
4 4 4
Sspssvnhsr 4, M

(Suunday. No papsr)
4 = 4
September 4, lM
Only one delinquent occupation
license, tax has been paid this
week, and that occurred today, City
Tax Collector Sam B. Pinder ST.,
said - City Han closed at noon
today.
News has been received in Key
West stating that Private Frank
lin W Saunders, q, son d Mrs.
Charles Gibson, TO White street,
was sefisusly wounded somewhere
in France On August 3.
Alarm has been broadcast over
South Florida for two German
prisoners Of war who have escap-
cd from Kendall, south Of Miami,
the Army Intelligence office at
Key West Barracks notified local
enforcement officers today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02

Note to beauty contest losers the prettest girl does
MT always win the contest
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02

The earth ID 1918 miles h dia-
meter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-02

loyal dog is your assurance of having one friend.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24

the environs of the project.
Despite frequent urgings by
the Chicago branch and the
national Office of the NAACP
neither the city nor the federal
government has taken any eff
fective punitive action against
the mobsters, many of whom
do not live in the project.
The NAACP spokesman call
ed the Atty. Generals atten-
ton to the federal statute
which provides penalties for
the destruction of government
owned property. Persons con-
victed under this law may be
fined $4,000 and sentenced to
10 years in prison. The attorney
general was asked to invoke
this law against the instigators
Of mob violence in the Chicago
area.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24
AID SOUGHT
TO CURB HOODLUMS

WASHINGTON - Attorney
General Herbert BroWnell has
been urged to make a thorough
investigation of the race-hate
inspired violence at Trumbull
Park Homes in Chicago and to
prosecute vigorously those res
ponSible for such incidents.
This proposal was placed be-
fore the attorney general on
July IA in a conference here
with Walter White and Clarence
Mitchell of the NAACP Brown
ell promised an investigation.
For year now police have
been maintained on a 24-hour
vigil to protect colored families
who moved into Trum.bull Park
Homes, a federally owned pub
lie housing project. Violence
has flared repeatedly and da-
mage has been done to the
government owned property by
hoodlums. who gather nightly in
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24
RAINEY GOES
UNDER KNIFE

Attorney Julian D. Rainey
this week is reported resting
comfortably at Veterans Hos
pital, Jamaica Plain, after an
operation for hernia.
He had planned a trip to
Paris, where his daughter Pat
ricia (Pat) is filling engage
ments in Paris theatres and
night clubs. Comments received
here from the French capital
tell of Pats triumphs.
Illness forced Rainey to post
pone the trip.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24

assisted by Mrs. Matilda Hec-
tor. The festivity drew a large
attendance. Among out-of town
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. John
H. Sampson of Philadelphia,
Pa; Mrs. Hazel L. Taylor, Pine
Bluffs, Ark; Mrs. Anna Terry,
Wilberforce, Ohio; Mrs. Velma
Barker, Montreal, Canada.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24
|DR. TUCKER'S
FATHER DIES

William T. Tucker, father of
DR.. Artemus I. Tucker of Bos-
ton and of Edward F. Tucker,
New York City, died Tuesday,
July 20, after a long illness.
For the past seven years he
had resided with his son, DR..
Tucker, well known dentist,
1859 fremont Street.
Funeral services were held
Friday, July %, l pm, at the
Norris Davis Funeral Home, 80
Walnut Avenue. Interment was
in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24
HOUSEWIVES LEAGUE SEEKS
PICTURES OF BUSINESSES

The Housewives League
wants pictures of all business
places owned and operated by
local colored men and women
to be displayed at the Nation
al Leagues Convention which
will be held at Durham N. c.
Mrs. Estella Lee Crosby, pres
ident of the Boston Housewives
League, stated that the Boston
display of business pictures won
first prize at the National Con-
vention last year in Cincin-
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24

The Auxiliary of the Boston
Branch, National Alliance of
Postal Employees, gave a most
successful garden party on the
lawn of Past President James
Jones's residence, Plat Washing
ton Street, Roxbury. The lawn
was beautifully decorated. The
refreshment table, cleverly set,
was handled by the Auxiliary's
president, Mrs. Rita Merritt,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24

natl, Ohio.
Some pictures of Boston bus
ineSses are on view at the Full
Ter Products Store, 1920 Ire
mont st. For futher informant
ion contact Mrs. Crosby, II
Greenwich Pl. or John Wilks,
asst. manager of Fuller Prod
ucts.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24
BETTY TORN

iSh f1uently and beams her pro-
grams to those who like the
rhythms of the mambo.
Discovered by Symphony Sid
late in the spring, she was
groomed and coached before
being added to the talent staff
of WBMS, as soon as the sum-
Continued on Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24

Born in Havana, Cuba, APP
proximately twenty-one years
ago, the one hundred and two
pound, five foot five, bundle of
golden tan loneliness has both
feet on the rounds of the radio
ladder of success. Betty, who
will tell you that she is a New
Yorker by choice, speaks Span
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-07-24
HIGHWAYS

Modern highways are costly,
but with care they should last
to handle boats as they are
as long as any the Romans ever
Quilt.