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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30
LAD DIES AFTER
STREET SHOOTING

PHILADELPHIA RNA 15-year-
old boy died of gunshot wounds
early today shortly after he was
hit by a bullet fired from a speed
ing automobile as he talked to two
girls on a street corner.
1t was the third attack within "a
hours in what police described as
a new outbreak of juvenile "gang
warfare" in North Philadelphia.
Robert Blocker died at st. Luke's
Hospital as all available policemen
were ordered into the area to pick
up all teen-age boys walking
streets. A total of 40 or more were
taken to a police station for ques-
tioning within three hours of the
shooting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30
BY ALTON L. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Reporter

KANSAS CITY R-The H-bomb
explosive, tritium, is showing that
our bodies are more on the lazy
side than suspected.
The chemicals which make up
living bodies are not being con-
tinuously and rapidly torn down
and renewed, studies with trltlum
indicate. Rather, it seems a ma
jority of the chemical bricks OF LIE
are renewed only slowly.
The tritium work was described
to the American Chemical Society
here by Roy C. Thompson and
John E. Ballow, Pathological SCI
ence department, General Eelec-
trio Co. at Richland, Wash.
TritIum is triple-weight hydro
gen. and is radioactive. 1t IS q
explosive for the H-bomb. But II
has peaceful uses, too. Tritium car
be Incorporated in water or other
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30
Human Body Is Really On Lazy Side

chemicals and traced by the rays
it .emits as it goes through the
body or emerges in jobs in the
body.
Thompson and Ballow fed water
containing tritium to rats, starting
with the mothers before they con-
ceived and continuing until the
baby rats became six months old.
Some tritium from the water be-
tame the hydrogen part of organic
chemicals in the rats bodies. It
appears that some 20 to 40 per
cent of the hydrogen in these body
chemicals derived from the water
drunk.
The rate at which tritium dis.
appears later from these organic
chemicals makes it possible to
estimate how rapidly the chemi-
Gals of life are being renewed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30

question the psychiatrist DR..
Brennaman
TT was later that evening that
L Lewis Haye drew me aside.
Miss Peter" he began, 81 sup
pose you don't believe IN this
idiotic insanity idea of Beau's
anymore than do; and Dede and
Henri must have some doubts
about it, too, or they wouldn't
have gone to see this psychiatriSt,
Brennaman. But do you think that
he'll be able to give them definite
proof that there's nothing to it?
Proof, / mean, that will convince
the others"
There were deep lines of Worry
in his face, and I thought I under
stood the reason for them.
you mean-Pick?" I asked.
He nodded.
s'This afternoon" he said, =
asked her if we couldn't be mar
ried Immediately, SO that I could
take her away from all this. But
she told me that with this shadow
of insanity hanging over the FAM
lily, none of the Dumonts had the
right to marry"
He looked so utterly wretched
that I felt sorry for him.
"Pick will change her mind as
soon as she's had time to think
clearly" I offered by way of con-
ISOLATION.
But he didn't look as though
that had helped much.
Cousin JEFF came into the
room.
"Peter, viii you go up and see
what you can do with Aunt Del
phine?" Cousin jeff asked. "She's
got the idea into her head that
Amedee's been arrested, and she's
demanding to be taken to the
sheriff at once"
"That's all right" I assured
him. 'IM see what 1 can do with
her"
I found Aunt Delphine in her
room, wearing her hat and coat
over her nightgown.
Peter, you'n take me to jeff
Wilkes, won't your" she pleaded,
fastening both hands about my
arm. "Tve got to tell before he does
anything to Dede."
I urged her gently back to her
chair, and removed the hat.
SHERIFF Wilkes isn't going to do
anything to Dede, Aunt Del
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30
coLoRED HOUSING SITUATION
Editor, The Citizen
Housing Situation:

Editor, The Citizen
Housing Situation:
If you recall last August, 1858,
Commissioner DeliO Cobo and | re-
quested the presence of Bill Lam
taft to note the deplorable and I'm
sanitary conditions of various sec
tons of our town, especially among
the Negroes. There are many CO.
lored property owners, who won
homes and land. But many of them
for some reason or other refuse
to fix them up or sell some of their
Land in order that some of our CO.
lored citizens can live under bet
ter living conditions.
What is to become of us since
we are living in these crowded
houses?
The other evening, / was inform
ed that there was to be a meet
ing in the colored section of our
town to find out how many of our
colored citizens would be interest
ed in acquiring or building their
homes on Little Torch Key. Citi-
zens, l am bitterly opposed to a
colored subdivision on Little Torch
Key. My reasons are the follow
ing:
1. Because it is too far out od
the city limits.
2. Transportation would be an In
convenience for those who must by
necessity come into the city re-
gularly.
During the same evening, was
conversing with another gentleman
who informed me that he had a
better solution for colored housing.
He informed ne that he owned a
Lot of land ON Rochand Key, which
is considerably closer to Key West
than Little Torch Key.
Registration of Colored Voters
I am told that there are three
thousand or more Negroes in Mon.
roe County. Citizens, if this is true,
we alone can elect a City or Coun
ty Commissioner, if we all band
together like we should.
Registration is now open at the
County Courthouse. urge each
and every colored citizen in Mon
roe County to take advantage Of
the heritage given by our great
Constitution. Register and vote.
Recreation:
As many of you recall, free NOV
les were being shown at the Ocear
View Park by yours truly to hell
to curb Juvenile delinquency az
much as possible. But, after pro
tests from the management of tht
Lincoln Theatre TO the County Com
missioners I was then asked to dis
continue the showing of movies il
said park. / then went to my gooC
friend, Mr.. Wheeler Gandolfo, pro
prietor of the Blue Heaven Cafe
Thomas and Petronia St., and tolc
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30

March 20, 1894
The Convent of Mary Immacu-
late was planning its Silver Jubi-
lee celebration to be held Easter
Monday.
Great impro ent was
noted in the work of beautifica-
ton of Fl. Taylor. Under the di-
rection of 1t. George A. Ford,
USA, over 800 cocoanut palms
and more that 200 hundred other
trees that are to be found on the
island were planted.
A bundle of "voodoo" articles
was found in the city cemetery,
but The Citizen was of the opinion
that it was placed there as a prac-
teal joke, and denounced the jok-
er as having terribly perverted
sense of humor.''
You could buy ANY kind of
pie" for 20 cents each at a local
bakery. The Easter special was
homemade Sweet potato pie with
rnarshmallow topping.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30
ANGLERS ARE READY

TRENTON, Tex. R-All the vol
unteers who showed up to dig a
foundation for the new Baptist
church here brought empty tin
cans along with them.
1t didn't take the Rev. Fred
Thomas, the pastor, long to figure
it all out. Said the preacher:
IN have plenty Of help this
week, but l may be hard--- :
for volunteers until these fishing
worms are used up"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30
NEW MINERAL FOUND

The United States Geological Survey announced re-
Gently that mineral has been found in northeastern
Arizona. The mineral called Navaotte in hon.
of the Navajo Indians whose reservation the min
eral was first found.
The mineral is brown in color, and fibrous.
described composed of hydrated vanadum oxide
The Geological Survey lists about 1900 species of
minerals known to mankind Thus it claims the dscov
cry of mineral is event of major interest unlike
the discovery of plant animal Species of which
there millions Since there is known for Nava-
jotte, and since there idea of what good for
will take the Surveys word for it that the discovery is
event of major Importance. And there will leave
the matter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30
KEY WEST
Ter, and Twenty
Years Ago

It was announced in The Citizen
that the reconstructed Overseas
Highway would be officially open
ID on May 10, and that Governs"
Spessard Holland and other state
officials would be in Key West for
the big event. Arrangements were
made to have two buses of the
Florida Motor Lines take the Gov
ernor, his staff, members of the
Monroe County Commission, the
City Council and directors of the
Key West Chamber of Commerce
over for a ride over the highway.
The senior class at the Convent
presented a new form" of Pas
sion Play to their fellow students.
Miss Beatrice Moreno, lately re-
turned from the Julliard School
of Music in New Yark was the
featured artist at the Friends of
Music" clubs bimonthly concert at
the Woman's Club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30
Covering The
Florida Kev
BY JACK IA. LEVINE

Cert Casting: Did Bennett
Cerf's "the Cerfboard' column,
in March 21st This Week Maya
zine ring a familiar note? Sure
did. We itemed along the same
line on March 4th. Ours, in lesser
detail was captioned "sign langu-
age". with the restaurateur
who advertised "eat here diet
home" Cert featured another YER
sion, of a snack bar-filling station
combo, with "eat here and get
gas" He did manage to include
the one by the Key West barkeep,
mot responsible for DRINKS left
over 30 days" The subject matter
coincidence has even greater 10.
cal significance. Recently we were
notified of our induction into the
ranks of Cert Board correspon-
dents. That makes us a Certified
pun-gent.
Glib Gibs: How can an ex-
ecutive who's secretarial staff in
cludes one, named Ruth, be de-
scribed as ruthless? Check back
on your rockolyums, Bill, and
you'll find that it's all in pun.
Slogan: With the Heart of the
Florida Keys being tagged as
Tropical America, wouldn't it be
fitting to call it "The South-aMar-
athon Way?"
AeeidenfIy On Porpoise: Isla-
morada's Theater of the Sea al
so comes in for full page photo
spread in the March 21st This
Week Magazine. At the Key West
out-of-town papers stand, readers
had a choice of getting this Sun
day magazine supplement with a
Miami paper, the New York-Her-
aid Tribune and others throughout
the country. The N. Y. Herald
Trib saw fit to give it a double
impact. Also in the travel section
was a story by Carmen McCor-
mick. Yep, that was also about
JEANNE and Buttons, and the The
alter of the Sea. Thus the twin
stories served two purposes about
two porpoises. But, it's a case OF
the stories really being printed
accidentally, on porpoise. Miss
McCormack's story couldn't get
more than a Spectacular seven
teen foot leap" out of Buttons. Yet,
in the same issue, the This Week
writer, reports of Buttons, "Final.
ly he was leaping an incredible
20 feet out of his swimming pool.
Buttons record at this writing: q
feet, inches" ALI of which makes
the headline on the This Week
Mag story all the more provoca.
tive. ."How High Can A Porpoise
Jump" Somebody tell us. huh?
AS for us. we've seen the show
a couple of times. And, we're still
of the feeling that some lepre-
chaun gets Buttons UP there with
"skyhook.
Via Red Gross: At the begin.
ming of this months fund raising
campaign, we tabled the Mara.
thon area of the Overseas High,
way. RED CROSS DRIVE. The
fund drive started out as beautiful
as the scenic splendor of the high
way that goes to sea. But, reports
at this writing reflect current Red
Cross membership in terms Of
some $500. That's 5000 short Oh
the minimum quota. Maud E.
Spence, in her capacity as Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary Unit 154
Community Service Chairman, has
had great success in her lette,
writing campaign to business pros
poets, both local and out-of-town
Pave the Via Red Cross witt
more members.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30
ONE-WAY VISIT

DETROIT R-George Black, 80,
on his way to receiving Hospital
last night to visit a friend, slipped
and fell on the snow, striking his
head On the sidewalk. He was dead
on arrival at the same hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30

In the last 10 years, U. S. farm
production has increased by about
a third because Of improved farm
practices, although the amount of
cropland has remained about the
same.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of the Of its read
but the editor the right delete items which
considered lbeovs The writer's should
fair and confine the letters 200 words and side
Of the only Signature Of the writer
letters and will be published unless requested Otherwise
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30

There Is nothing positive the assertion of the
man who knows little nothing about what he is dis
cussing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-30

The year 1853 was the Year of
the Snake in China.
Evening star., 1954-02-21
Imported to U. 5.

Chief eommodities-lS53.
Evening star., 1954-02-21
Trade Will Be Big Factor at Caracas

In nations in individuals, the most sensitive
in the body is the pocketbook This will
become evident as the Caracas conference unfolds
next month, and bathing realignments take place.
For instance, when communism is up for dis
cussion, Brazil undoubtedly will oppose the Guate-
maan point of view since the nation is strongly
anti Communist and the other is dominated by Reds
But when the issue is coffee, the two countries be
expected to present united front.
Coffee is a major item Of export to the United
States from IL of the 20 Latin American republics
Bananas chief export for six nations cocoa and
related products for ve and manila and sisal bers
for five.
The Latin countries are primarily producers of
raw materials and consumers of finished goods Thus
they complement the United States in trade as ham
compliments eggs at breakfast Chile produces iron
ore and buys iron and steel mill products Bolivia
sells metallic ores to the United States and buys back
machinery that contains these metals
Evening star., 1954-02-21

Haya de la Tore, left-wing Peruvian
leader. Since then the legality of
this asylum has gone to the World
Court and back without q decisive
answer. Meanwhile, Peru has sta
toned guards around the Embassy.
The dispute has become so bitter
that the Inter-American Peace Com
mittee has been trying to get the
two countries to settle their dispute
peacefully. It now has them nego-
tiating bilaterally.
All concerned are anxious to keep
it out of the Caracas Conference
when the diplomatic asylum conven-
ton comes up. This convention gives
the granting state the right to de-
terrnine who is to be granted asylum.
If the Haya de Ia Tore matter is
debated in this connection, Peru may
walk out of the conference.
The proposed convention on ter
ritorial asylum also has current
political implications. For more
than a century. Latin countries
have granted asylum to political
refugees. Some refugees have taken
advantage Of this asylum to foment
revolutions back home. thus caus-
ing the principle of territorial
asylum to conflict with non-inter-
vention. In recent years the Domin-
ican Republic has claimed several
neighboring republics have been
harbOrinR its political refugees so
they may return home as a revolu-
tionary force and overthrow the
government. Many alleged plots
have been attributed to the So
called Caribbean Legion. General
issimo Rafael L. Trujillo. the Do
minican Republics strong man."
charges that remnants of the
legion are now In Costa Rica plot
ting against his government. Qua
temala recently accused the United
States and several Central Ameri-
Evening star., 1954-02-21
America
Worlds Fostest Population Increase Makes
Good Neiehbors' important to U. S.
By Richord Fryklund

million to q million; Colombia, S.5
million to 11.3 million.
Along with this population growth
has gone economic expansion, re-
hected particularly in increased for
eign trade. Eighteen per cent Of the
worlds trade now goes to or from
Latin America, compared with 1873
per cent in 1887. This Is Of partic-
ular Importance to the United States,
as most of this trade 10.1 per cent
of the world totaD is between North
America and Latin America. This
is the busiest trading area outside
Western Europe and the artif1cially
maintained sterling bloc.
Except for Canada. Latin America
is this country's biggest customer
and supplier.
Industrial production in Latin
America is expanding with popula-
ton: Almost doubled In Argentina
since 1897: more than doubled In
Chile; almost doubled in Mexico. AS
another indication Of expansion, the
number of railway passenger miles
Travelled in Argentina and Cuba al
most tripled since 1947, doubled in
Brazil and Mexico, increased by SO
per cent in Chile. Rail freight ton
miles have almost doubled in the
same period in Costa Rica, almost
tripled in Ecuador, increased by SO
per cent in Chile and 80 per cent
in Argentina and Brazil.
Living Stondords Soar
Standards Of living also are on
the rise in the southern nations,
although the increase Is not as
spectacular as that in population.
Per capita incomes still average
below the $500 mark. as compared
with upward of $1,000 In Canada.
Britain and Scandinavia, for in
stance. Since 1887 United States
national income has quadrupled.
Venezuela's has almost quintupled.
Mexico's Is up 600 per cent, Guate-
mala's 500 per cent. Argentina's 800
per cent.
Food production has not expand
to desirable levels. Persons in Ar
gentina and Uruguay take in enough
calories, on the average, but persons
in Mexico. for instance, lag by II
per cent, in Chile by 10 per cent,
in Brazil by almost per cent. Most
countries are better of than in pre-
World War II years. however: Aver
age calories consumed per person in
Brazil Is up 10 per cent, in Vene-
zuela and Cuba up per cent, in
Mexico up IL per cent, in Colombia
up 20 per cent.
Nutrition will improve faster in
Latin America If wasteful agricul-
tural practices are abandoned and
If more arabic land is put into pro-
duction. Good land, however, Is not
plentiful in many countries, and
food shortages threaten to be q
real danger to Latin America If
her population continues to expand
at the present rate:
But school attendance Is growing
rapidly. an indication that Latin
America II out to solve her prob
lens over the long haul.
There can be no doubt that the
expanding countries to the south
will be increasingly important
neighbors to the United States In
the years to come.
Evening star., 1954-02-21
CoIonosm and Communism Will Be Top Issues March Meeting

economies are generally dependent
on one or two basic raw materials.
mostly sold in United States mar.
kets. These countries have often
complained about prices for these
commodities fluctuating between
boom and bust. They say they pre-
fer stabilized prices that will guar.
antee them prices commensurate
with prices they pay for our manu-
factured goods. In short, they want
the purchasing power parity granted
our farmers. Coffee e-producing coun-
tries feel some American politicians
have played for the housewife
vote" here by unjustly blaming them
for high coffee prices.
Another grievance these countries
have on the agenda involves the.
protection of purchasing power Of
monetary reserves against inflation-
ary preSsures." This issue stems
from World War II when they sold
many goods to us but could not in
return buy much manufactured
goods from our war economy. When
our goods did 60 back on the mar
ket after the war, price controls
were dropped and their accumulated
dollar reserves were thus decimated.
Economic Development
These issues Of guaranteed prices
and monetary reserves are related
to another agenda item. The con-
ference will discuss economic devel-
opment of Latin America that could
make it less dependent on producing
one or two raw materials.
Here the United States has one
OF its best tactical opportunities.
Instead Of infuSing economic devel-
opment with handouts, we can insist
this objective can best be reached by
better treatment of United States
private investments.
In connection with economic de-
velopment, the conference will con-
slider a permanent status for the
OAS Technical Cooperation Pro-
gram. development of oil and sea.
food resources in the submerged
continental shelf and uniform GUS
toms and statistical procedures.
These economic issues are per.
haps more critical than the admin
istration realizes. President Juan
Peron of Argentina has thus far
met with only limited success in his
efforts to form an economic bloc
in Latin America against the United
States. States now lined up with
Peron are Paraguay. Chile and
Ecuador. But If his neighbors come
away from Caracas empty handed.
his success may not be so limited
in the future. Already, he Ii
counting Nicaragua economically.
Latin countries that have stoutly
resisted Communist infiltration have
fretted at watching us pour economic
aid into Italy and France, which
have not so stoutly resisted COM
muniSm.
If the administration is very much
concerned about these impending
diplomatic defeats, it is not evident.
Almost on the eve of the conference.
John Moors Cabot, Assistant Secre-
tary Of State for Latin American
Affairs, was switched to an am
bassador's post in Europe. He will
attend the conference as an adviser
to his successor. ..-..,.
Evening star., 1954-02-21

scream "colonialism," II only to boost
their claims against the British.
Argentina also has territorial dis
putes in Antarctica with the United
States. Britain and Chile. Venezue-
Ia is still fretting over territory it
lost to British Guiana In q border
dispute with Britain and subsequent
arbitration award In the 1905.
The debate on colonialism is ex-
pected to involve recent British ac-
tion in disposing of the Communist
led Jagan government In British
Guiana. The Red-tinged Peoples
Progressive Party claims 1t has
solicited and received the support
of several Latin governments against
the British action. The Communist
dominated government of Guate-
mala is expected to carry the PPP
torch at the conference It may be
joined by Argentina and Venezuela,
both of which are officially anti
Communist. Thus will hemisphere
politics make strange bedfellows.
The United States will. of course,
take the position that this whole
subject is out Of order for an inter-
American conference. where Britain
has no representation. We may be
Joined by Chile and several others
in holding 1t is a subject for the
United Nations.
Asylum Issue
The United States will remain
aloof from the issue Of political
asylum-a subject of political phi
losophy as well as political contro-
versy in Latin America. Two con-
ventions will be considered: Terri
torial asylum Gin another country
and diplomatic asylum Gin an em-
basSy). The latter involves q bitter
dispute between Peru and Colombia.
Five years ago Colombia granted
diplomatic asylum to Victor Raul
Evening star., 1954-02-21

The position Of the United States vis-a-vis the
Latin republics has changed in the years since the
last Inter-Amercan conference at Bogota in 1948 At
that time, the United States principally an
exporter; now it is an importer.
In 1948, the United States exported $3 1856 900 900
worth Of goods to Latin America and imported 81 352
OO0000 for favorable" trade balance of $814 900 OOO
Last year. exported something less than our 1948
totals 085, 100000 worth of commodites-but i'm
ported So, 3,40O,0OO0OO or A per cent more than we
imported five years earlier. Our trade balance last
year was unfavorable" to the tune of $315 900 0OO
The table below shows what we sold Latin Amer
lea exports and re-exports) and what we bought
dmports). Chief commodities exported to and i'm
ported from these countries also are shown
The 1858 breakdown for exports does not add up
to the total Of because this total includes
O20O0O00 Of special category" exports on which
detailed information is withheld for security reasons
Country-by country breakdown follows