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The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17

nationwide broadcast of yester-
days "Strike it Rich" program
featuring Mrs. Disgdiertt, little
Dolores and this newspaper, at
11:O0 a. m. this morning over ra-
dio station WHO'D, Miami.
On Miami Station
The TV "Strike it Rich" pro-
gram will be re-telecast over sta
ton WTJV, channel 4, Miami,
next Tuesday morning, March %,
at $50 a. m.
Originally Dolores and her par
ents were scheduled to appear on
the "Strike it Rich" program
Tuesday morning, but the infant
had not sufficiently recovered
from last Fridays reported eye
surgery.
The weather turned extremely
cold accompanied by high winds,
and the parents decided not to
chance the possible adverse re-
suits from exposing Dolores to the
northern cold outdoor weather.
Disgdiertt elected to remain at
the Bronx apartment of his brother
Mario and baby-sit with his six
months-old daughter.
Mefher Appears
Mrs. Disgdiertt, in the interest
of her ailing infant daughter,
agreed TO face tha NnkAMliAz
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
Radio -N Show Pays Off
Especial To The Citissnl
Nv JACK "A, LEVINE

Little Dolores Disgdiertt struck
it rich here Tuesday to the tune
of 1925.
Her mother, Alba, appeared on
the nationally famous TV and ra-
dio program "Strike it Rich" and
gave the correct answers to all
questions asked by master Of cere-
monies Randy Merriman, substitu-
ting for vacationing Warren Hull.
The net result was the programs
highest cash prize of the day,
$S25, to Dolores mother.
Recognition for Citizen
The Key West Citizen also struck
it rich through the resultant na-
tional recognition.
Mrs. Disgdiertt told a television
and radio audience throughout the
United States how The Key West
Citizens front page stories spark
ed the Key West community fund
raising campaign that made pos.
sible little Dolores New York
mercy Flight to Sight"
Key West and south Florida ra-
dio listeners heard 4 coast to coast
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
Lawyer Seeks
Close Doors
Tn BakerCa

NEW YORK RHThe first wife
of Jack Benny'S new son-in-law
has been accused of trying to ex-
tract money from him through
the courts and newspapers.
The attorney for stock broker
Seth H. Baker, 26, made this claim
in asking that reporters be barred
from court to protect Baker and
his new wife, the former Joan
Benny, 10.
The request came yesterday dur
ing a hearing in which Joan Scott
Baker, q, sought to invahdate a
Virgin Islands divorce from Baker
and instead get legal separation
and support.
Baker, who married Miss Benny
last week in a lavish $4,000 Holly
wood wedding, is now honeymoon
ing in Hawaii.
His lawyer, Harold S. La1ar, told
State Supreme Court Justice Nor
riS Eder that Joan Scott Baker
brought the action because she
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The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17

Dolores flight to New York would
not have been realized.
Sky Coach air lines vice preSi-
dent, Paul Zerler, helped bring
this reporters files of the ''little
Dolores" stories in The Citizen to
the attention of the "Strike it
Rich" program producers.
Pictures Taken
The Associated Press assigned
a photographer to take pictures
at the TV studio. Following the
program, the photographer ac-
companied this reporter to the
Disgdiertt family's temporary
Bronx residence. Here additional
photos were made of little Dolores
and her father greeting the jubli-
ant mother as she presented her
husband with the "Strike it Rich"
check for 1925.
Little Dolores has another ap-
pointment with the New York eye
specialist for Saturday morning,
March 20. AS of this date the par
ents advise that the doctor has
given no indication as to the pos
sible course of further medical at
tention. They have no idea when
they will be permitted to return
to Key West with their baby. They
hope to obtain a definite answer
Saturday morning.
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17

is devoted to the elimination ot
any prejudices due to differences
of race, creed, or color. Here was
an organization that was free ot
politics and expressed no political
conviction. This was the organiza-
ton ! had been looking for.
As I became more familiar with
the Legion and its work l found
that I enjoyed it more each day.
The American Legion's vast youth.
training program was viyidly
brought to my attention right here
in Key West. Through American
Legion Junior Baseball, 0ratorical
Contests, School Medal Awards,
Boy Scout Troops, and sponsorship
of Boys State, we are constantly
contributing to the health and
knowledge of our future citizens Of
tomorrow.
To explain in detail exactly what
the American Legion stands for
would like to quote the preamble
to the American Legion:
"For God and Country we asso.
ciate ourselves together for the fol-
lowing purposes: To uphold and de-
fend the Constitution of the United
States of America; to maintain Law
and order; to foster and perpe-
tGate a one hundred per cent Am.
ericanism; to preserve the mem.
orieS and incidents of our asso.
citations in the Great Wars; to in.
culcate a sense of individual obi.
cation to the community, state and
nation; to combat the autocracy Cd
both the classes and the masses;
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
US. Medical
Aid Offered
Test Victims
Joint Investigation Of
Injury Incident In
Bikini Tests Asked
BY JIM BECKER

TOKYO R-The United States
today offered top-flight American
medical aid to % Japanese men
burned and blistered by ashe
from a supersecret US. test blast
in the Pacific.
us. Ambassador John Allison
also proposed a joint Japanese
American investigation of the
March l incident in the Bikin-
Eniwetok test region.
Only one. OF the q crewmen
was considered Ii dangerous con-
dition when their boat arrived
Sunday but all had entered hos
pital today. Three were added to
the serious list but doctors said
they expect all q wild live.
The intensity of their burns
skin blackening and hair falling
out-and their story of the blast
stirred speculation that the March
l test may have been a thermo-
nuclear (probably hydrogen) ex-
plosion. The crewmen's reports
indicate they were about 80 miles
from the blast center.
The us. Embassy said a team
of three American and three Japa-
neSe doctors associated with the
atomic bomb casualty commission
in the bombed city of Hiro-
Stima will treat the victims.
First Official Word
Allison's offer was the first Off
cial comment from the United
States on the incident.
Kyodo news agency said the
Japanese Foreign Office intends
to take up the matter with the
United States officially.
Japanese officials say they will
ask compensation for the victims.
In Washington, Rep. w. Sterling
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17

west, SIJ,05,- -a--a--------------
Philip A. Saunders, of Marathon,
81, $50.
a srxSte Cons lr'uction. Co., OF Del.
rayy Beach, $74,364.
Marathon Addition
A new wing will be added 10 the
Marathon School. Included are four
classroomS, two of which will be
primary rooms set up as are the
primary rooms in the new wing
at the Poinciana school, O'Bryant
said.
Also in the new wing will be a
library room, a principals office,
teachers lounge, a storeroom,
an addition to the kitchen and GER
tain alterations around the build
ing.
In addition, O'Bryant said, a
cloister will be built in front of the
new classrooms to match the clois-
ter that is in front of the existing
classrooms.
When completed, the new wing
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17

The $648,000 improve
ment plan is broken down
this way, according to the
papers filed with the Civil
Aeronautics Authority:
Preparation of site-$2O0, 600.
Paving runways, taXiways and
apronS-$150, 900.
Lighting the field-$20, 600.
Building costS-$150, 900.
Other miscellaneous conStruc.
tion-$30, 900.
Engineering and supervision
$35, 900.
Administrative costs-$3,0OO.
Contingencies-$60, 900.
Features of Plan
The planned improvement pro-
gram will include paving and ex-
tending runwayS, building an air.
craft parking apron, and con-
Structing an airlines' terminal
building.
This building will include a con-
troll tower.
The CAA, Bentley said, does not
at the moment have funds for air.
port improvement but it is expect
ed that the present session of Con-
greSS will grant such monies.
The CAA has incorporated pro-
visions for such funds in the CAA
budget, Bentley added.
counfy's Share
The county's share of the inn
provement, Bentley continued, will
come frem, airport revenues.
He points out that the 50-cent
per passenger charge brought the
county better than $4,5OO in Feb
ruary from Aerovias @ operations.
If necessary, Bentley said, the
county can borrow on the antici-
pated revenues to raise the money
to match the Federal grant.
He added that in all likelihood
it would not be necessary to put
up the entire county share at one
time.
On The Ground Floor
BY filing the papers now, Bent
ley said, it is felt that the county
will be in on the ground floor for
such Federal-aid requests when
Continued on Page Eight
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
Vim. Primrose
Will Appear
In Key West
Worlds Greatest
ViOlist To Mark
Musical Milestone
In Concert Series

A capacity crowd is expect.
ed tomorrow night in the Convent
Auditorium when william Prim-
rose, billed as the worlds greatest
violinist, makes his first Key West
appearance.
His performance will mark the
third community concert event Of
the year. The concert is open only
to Community Concert Association
members.
No less an authority than Serge
Koussevitsky has said: II consider
Primrose an incompatible artist
whose name will remain as the
greatest viola virtuoSo of our
time"
PopvIsrixsd vioIs
william Primrose is the man who
has popularized the viola as solo
instrument in this country. He was
born in Glasgow, Scotland. AS a
child, he studied the violin and was
only ten when he made his first
public appearance in the Mendles-
sohn Violin Concerto. At sixteen,
Landon Ronald heard him and was
so impressed that he arranged
with the Corporation of the City of
London to finance Primrose's edu-
cation at the Guildhan School of
Music of which Ronald was then
principal. He made his London
debut playing with the Royal Al
bert Hall Orchestra.
All this time, however, Primrose
nourished a passion for the violin S
bigger contralto sister-the viola.
The beautiful mellow tone of the in
strument attracted him irresistibly
ana In secret ne wouio Try ouI MS
fathers wonderful Amat Viola
(the very one Primrose plays to-
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The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
BY Lewis Bays. YNl. UsN

BY Lewis Bays. YNl. UsN
When became a member of
Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, Am
erican Legion, / didn't realize at
the time what a wonderful 0rgani-
zation l was joining. l only knew
that as a veteran with overseas
service during World War II and
holder of an honorable discharge
I was eligible to become men,
Der. The night l was initiated into
the American Legion l found out
the solemn duty that / was as
Stunning as a Legionaire. At that
moment l began seriously thinking
about myself as an American cit-
zen.
In 1913, when seventeen years OF
age, I joined the Navy. Shortly
thereafter | was sent overseas and
served in the Pacific campaign for
over two years before the war end
ed. Sure, I served in the defense
of my country when l was need
ed. At the same time, however,
several million other young men
and women were doing the same.
When the war was over the big
question was yet to be answered.
What was doing or what could /
accomplish for my country here
at home? This was the question
that was answered when became
a Legionaire. For the first time in
my life felt as though belonged;
was actually a part of this great
nation of ours. For the first time
could help my fellow man. Here
was an organization that recogniz-
es no rank or station in life and
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
Service Meet Starts
90 Personnel
Executives To
attend State
Conference Here

The 18th annual confer
ence of the Florida Associa-
tion of Civil Service and
Personnel Agencies will get
underway tonight with a re-
ception at the Casa Marina
Hotel.
City Clerk Victor Lowe,
president of the association
said that more than 40 civil
service executives and per-
sonnel specialists from all
corners of the state have al
ready arrived for the annual
meeting with more than a
score expected to arrive
shortly.
The group will launch bushes
meetings tomorrow morning at
a. m. in the Casa Marina with I
invocation by the Rev. Ralph r
ers, pastor of Key Vests CHI
of the Rock, and welcoming
dress by Mayor C. B. Har
Then, Mrs. Alma Arm.
Jacksonville, secretary of t
sociation will address the group,
followed by introductions and the
appointment of committees to con-
slider bylaws, nominate officers
and draft resolutions.
Address Slated
At 1850 a. m, Oliver Short, ma.
tionally known personnel author
ity and author will address the
group.
His topic will be: "The Federal
Loyalty and Security Program
and It's Application to Local and
State Government"
Although retired, Mr.. Short serv-
es as a part-time consultant to the
Hoover Commission on personnel
problems. He is a past president
of the Civil Service Assembly of
the United States and of the So
ciety of Public Administration. He
also served as Civil Service Com
missioner for the State of Mary
land. During the war years, he
became Director of Personnel Ad-
ministration in the Department of
Commerce.
Mr.. Short is the author of several
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
BUSHNELL SCHEDULED
TO RETURN THURSDAY

The USS Bushnell lAS 15) is
expected to arrive here about
7:3O a. m. tomorrow, the Navy
said today.
Tentative plans call for the sub
marine tender to anchor in the
channel and come alongside her
dock Saturday. The ships move
ments depend on the weather and
ship movements inside the harbor.
The Bushnell left here last Wed
nesday for New Orleans. Training
exercises were conducted en- route.
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
CONDITION OF AILINC
SEAMAN GOOD TODAY

Marshall Gown, seaman off the
tanker SIS Lucille Bloomfield,
was reported in good condition
today by the Naval Hospital.
Gown was removed from the
tanker yesterday by a Coast
Guard vessel after he had suf-
fered a hand injury. The Coast
Guard vessel met the tanker off
the sea buoy and removed Gown.
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
Purchase Of New
School Buses Set

The purchase of two new &C.
passenger school buses was auth
orized last night by the school
board.
Horace O'Bryant, superintendent
of public instruction, said it is hop
ed the buses will be delivered by
Sept. 1.
The county school system now
has four 48-passenger buses in SER
vice and one 60-paSSenger bus on
order.
Bid will be called for to pur-
chase the two new buses.
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
MACHIN CLEARED

Armando Machin today was
cleared of a charge of serving
beer to a minor when Judge Tho
mas S. Caro-, in criminal court,
dismissed the charge. It was al
legged that Machin, then a barten-
der at the Boat Bar, 5O3 Duval
St., served beer to a minor Navy
man last Sept. IS.
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE.

properly Damage -So,6ou SSS.ZJe
Two accidents yesterday,
which sent the number of ac-
cidents in Key West soaring
to 126 for this year, were botl
caused when cars pulled away
from the curb into traffic.
Damage in the accidents
amounted to $145.
Turning to the lighter side
of things:
! think fhat shall never
Along the road an vnmsr.
red tree,
With bark intact, and pain
ted white,
That no car ever hit At
night.
For every tree that's near
fhe road
Has caused some auto TO be
towed.
Sideswipins trees Is done .
lot
BY drivers who are plum
haIf-shof.
God gave them eyes 50 they
might see,
Yet any fool can hit . tree.
Finland Tips)
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
County Requests $324000 In Federal Aid
For Meaeham Field Improvement 5Pfoqrar
Papers Filed atA! Gn Dfsribe
s64S,OO0 Progfqn, ,PlannedHere
~ DENIS s,,xslasga go
BY DENIS sNsR -

$324,00O request for Federal aid to improve dea-
cham Field has been filed County Commissioner Frank
Bentley said today
The total planned for field improvements is
$648,OO0 The county will put up half the amount.
Harold A. Wilde county airport consutant, prepared
the forms which signed yesterday by Bentley Any
member of the county commission sign such FORMS
The Key West citizen., 1954-03-17
Sue M. Moore
1. ,hool Size
! ,BeDoubled
ID OF $73,135
Cothron Group
,west Received

< on doubling the size of the
Moore School at Marathon
Monday, it was announced
BY Horace O'Bryant, super
public instruction.
chool board last night a.
the contract to the A and
er and Supply Co. of Is
concern headed by
1thron.
se bid of the A and B
was $72,135 to which is
D for an electric clock
ing a total bid OF $73,-
system
1 the $3.50 clock
that were Of
we're priced
ase bids
Coral
Key
PhiliU A. Saunders. Of Marathon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
More Marines

Author of Jungle Seas" a
novel about the Navy In the
South Pacific, Admiral Arthur
A. Ageton, U. S. N. retired. is
now turning his attention to the
Marines. He is preparing a
technical training book for
them.
At the same time he is COL
laborating long-distance with
Admiral w. H. STANDBY, one
of our wartime ambassadors
to Russia on the latter's
memoirs. Admiral Standby,
now 80. is in California writ
ing. and Admiral Ageton is in
his Reno home, rewriting, and
all goes very smoothly.
Admiral Ageton now devotes
full time to a writing career
that began when he was a high
school student in his native
Pullman. Wash, and the
local paper reprinted a short
story of his that had appeared
in the school magazine. Dur
ing long service as a regular
Navy officer, type he wanted
to show at its best in Jungle
Seas" he's written steadily
articles, short stories. juveniles
and an photographed novel
that was never published.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14

Both of these ladies are writ
ing home about trips to Europe
for their own special audiences.
Miss Kimbrough, bubbly and
chatty, addresses herself to the
doting clubwomen who throng
to her lectures. Miss Cassidy
has her faithful following as
drama and music critic of the
Chicago Tribune. The general
reader may feel as though he
is intruding at a private party,
but If he quietly takes a seat
in the back of the room
he can at least soak up enough
to make him wish he. too, could
go to Europe.
Miss Kimbrough toured
through France. italy and
England with three other
grandmothers. and they had a
whale of a time. She tells you
all about it in a facetious,
just-between-us-girls style.
dragging out some anecdotes
beyond their strength. They
had a wonderful itinerary
though, and just reading about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
Bunshee BookIovers

The Banshee Booklovers. a
local group who meet monthly
to talk over Irish writer's, cele-
brated st. Patrick'S Day a lit
tie early this year. They heard
a talk by DR.. and Mrs. Rudd
Fleming, co-authors of The
Gods Of Joyce" on 1.-The
Greatness of James Joyce"
Mrs. Helen Hunt Peck, a
leading light of the Banshees,
says that after four years of
straying all through the pre-
serves of Celtic letters, the
club-members may reform as
a Joyce group. Two j. j. So
cieties are flourishing in New
York at the moment, she re-
ports.
One thing is certain. Con-
centration on Joyce won't pro-
due any such scene as a de-
partment spy once witnessed
during an evening devoted to
the works of Frank O'Connor.
Lady in charge of the program
was reading O'Connor's NOV
ing "The Bridal Night" got so
cnoked up she couldn't go on.
Handed book to spy, who went
to pieces after a paragraph.
Not a dry eye in the house by
the time a third reader had
sobbed through to the end.
Every one agreed it was a
grand evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
Quarterly Review
The United States Quarterly

The United States Quarterly
Book Review. which is pre-
pared at the Library of Con-
gress and printed at the Rut-
gers University Press, quietly
observed its 10th anniversary
last week.
Since its inception the
USQBR has held fast to q
policy of being "a highly Sc
lective bibliography and re-
view of currently published
United States books which are
believed to make a contribu-
d ton to the sum of knowledge
and experience" It's reviewers
are all scholars and experts.
Joseph B. Blickensderfer.
editor from the beginning,
likes to think that the USQBR
will provide a continuing rec
ord Of the most important
books written by Americans.
It reviews about IS novels q
year, as favorably as it re-
views all other books it con-
SiderS. The idea is that the
United States Government
shouldn't point a finger de-
rogatorily. only positively. Mr..
B. reports no trouble find.
ing 1000 good books to re-
view annually. which is good
to hear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14

it will make your mouth water
If your taste runs to Italian
hill towns.
Miss Cassidy's book is a lit
tie confusing since 1t is a col
lection of pieces written over
a period of. several years, and
the way they are put together
she seems to be backtracking
all over Europe. Anyway, her
account is travelogue with crit
icism. Her companion was her
husband, apparently a silent
man but a demon driver. They
happily went to the Salzburg
Musical Festival, to Pablo Cas-
ais epic concert in Prades, to
operas all over Italy, and to
the Edinburgh Festival. Miss
Cassidy loved it all, as well
she might have. She does be-
labor her adjectives a bit, and
sometimes she heaps the
phrases on, layer after layer,
that as often gives the impress
sion Of heaviness as Of rich
ness. She loves Italy most,
but writes best Of Spain and
scotland. M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14

. The Azores or the CanarieS--
tropical flowers, sandy
beaches, and the charm of
Old Spain are combined here
with rents of about $50
month, groceries for a couple
at $40 a week, and servants
SIS month each.
. The lotuS-c0Uered mountain
lakes OF Koshmir, where a
furnished houseboat with four
turbanned servants rents for
$40 a month. Total costs for
a couple run about SITS a
month-in the most beauti-
full spot on earth.
The South Seas? Tahiti has
found out about the Yankee
dollar. But there's brilliant
Sigatoka Beach at Suva or
reefEirt Norfolk or Lord Howe
Island, the Bargain Paradise
of the South Seas today.
So I say again-you can retire
now. while still young enough to
enjoy tiff you know where it
costs less to live the kind Of life
you like.
I'm the nert column, read about
tho books By Norman D. Ford
irhich tell you Just tltts.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
Seven Years in Tibet
BY Heinrich Harrer. fDutton; So
Reviewed by Eorl n. Voss

@Stt 80 va
travel the back roads. And. Of
course, back roads in the Hima-
layas and Tibet aren't roads
at all.
The validity of their claims
that they are the only white
men to have seen certain of the
beauties and horrors of Tibet.
however. may be open to ques-
ton. They admittedly were
black men at the time. dis
guised as ragged Indians to
escape the British.
Homesick for Tibet
Herr Harrer and his friend
managed to stay in the forbid
den city of Lhasa until the
Communist Chinese came.
They lived Tibet's last days of
freedom with the Tibetans.
Harrer spent much time tutor
ing the young Che was then
15) living Buddha in world af-
fairs. The author learned to
love the people Of Tibet and
tried (unobtrusively) to help
them out Of their backward
ways into the light of the mod
ern world. Somehow he avoid
ed evaporation. A measure of
his attachment to the people
and the land is one of his clos
ing remarks: Wherever I live,
I shall feel homesick for Tibet"
OF course, the tragedy of
Mao Tse-tung's sacrilegious in
vasion of Tibet made the au-
thor grieve. That the reader
shares his sadness is a measure
of the power of his book.