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The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Glib

Is it permissible for private pro-
perty owners to paint mo Park
ing" signs along the curb on their
sidewalk? That's a question which
arises periodically and invariably
'sThis Rock of Ours" is asked 10
answer it. This week, the matter
popped up again = (see picture on
page s..
Truthfully, ] don't know of any
City ordinance which specifically
forbids quasi-official mo Parking"
signs. Other towns have a regula-
ting ordinance of this kind. In Key
West, it has been the practice to
allow any businessman or proper
|ty owner to erect such signs -
even to the extent of permitting
the signature to be, by order Of
the Police Department" }st ~ z
Insofar as / can determine,
streets are public property. Com
mon decency demands that we res
pect the rights of others by not
blocking their drive-ways hnt ANY
other section of the block belongs
to each and every motorist. The
same thing applies to business
houses except where City Commits
sioners have specifically set up
0I nadinu Zonos -
There is one way ! know whers--
by the practice of painting private
mo Parking" signs could be eli
minated. That would be for police
to issue tickets to the hometown.
er every time he parks his own
automobile in his own o-parking
zone. Isn't there some sort of say
ing about what's good for the
goose is good for the gander'?
Municipal Fishing Pier
Merville Rosam, manager of the
City Electric System, has inform.
ed me that the time clock at the
municipal fishing pier, (Clyde
Mallory Docks), was adjusted so
that lights would be turned on at
dusk. 1t was done Immediately fol
lowing publication of a complaint
concerning the matter in this col
umn.
Says Merville, "Truth is that we
have had so much pressing work
to do that re setting the clock for
winter hours completely slipped
our minds"
His explanation is quite under
standable. Neither Merville nor
any other employee of the City
Electric System should feel badly
about "This Rock" mentioning the
fact that the lights were not being
turned on at a proper hour. The
City Electric System is doing a big
job and providing Key West with
excellent service. It is only proper
that the rest of us should attempt
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
WHY WAS TT DEEPER IN SOME PLACES
DURING SATURDAYS HEAVY RAIN?>

In discussing last Saturdays flood waters. manv
Key Wesers spoke about deeper water here and there
but probably only few of them were aware of the rea
son for the greater depths
Key West topography now is altogether different
from what originally All Key Westers know we
have lagoon that into the island from the north
east and separates the south shore from part of Fager
But Key West had another lagoon that ran zig
tagging from where the former Marine Hospital Stood
in what is part of the Navy Base to point near
where the Florida National Bank now stands
spit of land extended from end to end of Front
street. and was disconnected from the main island by the
lagoon and water that flowed in from what is now Key
West Blight One could catch fish from the norhwestery
side OF Caroline street. from Duval to Margaret street
The spit connected with the main part of the island
with wooden walkways and driveways extending to it
from Caroline street.
Then along came the 1848 hurricane and filled in
with sand and silt the mouth of the lagoon at the Mar
inc Hospital location Owners of land each side of the
lagoon filled in the remainder of it. and acquired title
to the part each had built up.
Where City Hall now stands and the site of The
Citizen at one time good places to fish, L. P. Art
the late publisher of The Citizen unaware his build
ing was on filed-n land had well dug to get flush
ing water 25 years and the water he got muddy
and black He had intended to sink another we'll else
where on his property but abandoned the idea when he
was informed all his land had been filled i'm
How many Key Westers know where the Lily Pond
was? They know that during the flood water was un-
usually deep along Whitehead street in the vicinity of
Amelia street at that point where beautiful pond
lilies grew.
Where was Grassy Pond? That stood for many
years along Whitehead street. between Flager and Won
Phser on the westerly side. the favorte hunting
ground in those days in Key West because birds went
there to drink or to eat grass seeds
Many Key Westers know that Trumbo was filled in
and connected with the island in the days when Fager
was building the extension of the Florida East Coast
Railway to Key West
How much bigger in land area, will Key West be-
come in the future? There is telling though you
fix some particular time Except along the Main Ship
Channel there many places Key Vests land area can
be expanded.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
By Bill Glib

to help out by offering construc-
tive criticism on the little items
which any major organization il
likely to overlook - in this case,
lights at Clyde Mallory at dusk.
Criticism -
You know, "This Rock" is quite
often criticized for its criticism.
Guess | had better register for a
course in English at the Miami
University extension school after
writing that sentence!) Neverthe.
less, there is never anything said
in the column which is meant in
malicious way.
The majority of our public off
cials understand critical comments
and put them to work constructive
ly. This is, especially true of the
County Commissioners who are yet
to reject a sincere request or sug-
gestion made by this column.
For instance, some time ago we
ran complaint regarding mo
Parking signs which were ignored
by everyone around the Courthouse.
1t might have been coincidence, it
might have been as a result of the
column, but right afterwards, these
signs were removed and specific,
reserved spots designated for Coun-
ty employees. The action has eased
the parking situation immensely in
that area.
These are the kind of things I
like ton see. However, if improve
ments take place as the result of
some item mentioned in this col
umn, credit should go to the off
Gals who activated the improve
ment and to the public spirited ci-
tizens who were wise enough TO
see the need for some kind of spe.
cific action.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
DEAD CERTAIN

LOUISVILLE, KY. R-State Con.
servation Officer Malcolm Cooke
produced a dead rabbit in court
to back up his charge that James
Lewis was rushing the season by
a week.
Convinced by the evidence, the
Judge fined Lewis $50 for hunting
without a license and hunting out
of.season game.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
Electricity Will
Ring Big Bells

READING, Pa. R-The bells of
St. Johns Lutheran Church, si-
fenced because their swaying
weight had cracked the church's s
steeple, viii ring again on Advent
Sunday thanks to the magic of
electricity.
The three bells, weighing a total
of 1851 pounds, originally were
hung in the German building at
the St. Louis Exposition of 1904
and there were rung by the late
President Theodore Roosevelt.
Later, they were bought for and
moved to ST. Johns Church here.
Recently, the church tower had be !.
gun to rock whenever the bells
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
Nuclear Fuel
Still Is Costly

BL0OMSBURG Pa. R-An of
ficial of the Atomic Energy Com.
mission says that although the cost
of nuclear fuel is cheaper than
coal. nuclear reactors as a source
for commercial power aren't vet
as economical as more standard
devices.
W. Kenneth Davis, deputy direc-
tor of the Aces reactor develop-
ment program, said also in .
speech Tuesday night even a nu-
clear reactor now being built pri.
vately at Shippingport, Pa, would
not De as economical as present
power producing methods.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
LIFE EXPECTANCY
UP FOR JAPANESE

TOKYO, R-Japanese now have
an average life expectancy of 59.S5
years for men and 62.73 for wom-
en-nearly 10 years better for both
than in 1s4s the Welfare Ministry
has announced.
!. A sharp drop in the death rate,
due principally to use of antibiotics
in treating tuberculosis and pneu-
monia, was named as the main
reason for the improvement.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
80 CUERILLAS KILLED

TUNIS, Tunisia Up - Some 80
Tunisian nationalist guerrillas were
killed Monday and Tuesday in a
clash with French troops about $50
miles south of Tunis. reliable
source said today.
The French losses were reported
as two killed and two wounded.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
TAMPANS TO BE
QUESTIONED ABOUT.
RED OPERATIONS

TAMPA R-When the Congress
sional Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities meets in Miami Nov.
20 it will question several Tampa
residents about communist opera
tions here.
An investigator for the committee
has been here about a week and
has issued subpoenas to a number
of persons.
The identity of the investigator
and the witnesses were kept Sec
ret.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen Of II. read
but e editor the right delete any items which
are considered ibsovs The writer's should Be
fair and eonns The letters 200 words write on one sde
e The eny Signature Of writer must ts
letters and viii Be pvbishsd unless requested otherwise
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18

were rung by the nine bellringers
three to a bell.
Now the clappers will be oper.
ated electrically.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18

Almost any politician will explain to you in detail,
just why he is the the people need.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18

On December 7th. 1941, the U. S.
had 54 destroyers in the Pacific
Fleet. Today there are LIS.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-18
November 10. 1894
Sunday - No Paper)
- a a
November Is, 1874

The Monroe County Health De.
partment announces today that the
Y. S. Public Health Service plans
to study the fluorine content of the
aqueduct water. The health depart
ment says that surveys made some
years ago on tooth decay in chill
dren showed Key West to have the
highest incidence of dental carries
(decayed teeth in the country.
Whether this is due to the previous
general use of rain water, to in
adequate diets or to other I'M
known factors cannot be stated.
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PAUL robson FILES new
APPLICATION FOR PASSPORT

NEW YORK, N. Y, July 12-
ial)-Renewing his efforts to
btain o passport, Paul Robson,
soted singer and actor, informed
he U. s. State Department last
EEK Of his desire to leave the
puntry next September in order to
Jake concert and stage appear.
noes In Great Britain and Israel.
] In q letter accompanying his new
DUPLICATION sent to the Passport
division, which for four years has
AIRED him from foreign travel, Mr..
sobeson presented photostatic
ppies Of several contract offers he
gently received from abroad.
Z Included was q bid for him to
Jay the title role in q new London
reduction Of Othello, and q state
ent by the British Actors Equity
association unanimously approving
3e offer and expressing "satisfac-
On at the prospect of seeing Mr..
obeson play this part in which he
As previously made so striking an
Ppearance."
Another English offer cited was
r q concert tour of the country
Continued on Page Two)
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PREDICT RECORD ATTENDANCE
AT BAPTIST CONVENTION
in yAz00 CITY next Week
Two Candidates Seeking Election
As President OF Convention
DIR. Joseph H. Jackson, President National
Baptist Convention, Is Guest Speaker

Yazoo City, Miss, July IA
(SpeciaD-A record attendance for
the annual session, opening here
next Tuesday, of the General Mis-
sionary Baptist State Convention
of Mississippi, Rev. H. H. Hume,
of Greenville, President. The con-
vention which claims a representa-
ton for more than 100000 Negro
Baptists is the largest of its kind
in the state and in the nation.
The chief project of the conven-
ton in the state is Nstchez COL
lege, located at Natchez, Miss. The
number one item on the convention
agenda is raising the money for
the annual budget for the opera
ton of Natchez College. This year
the budget has been set at $685.
10000.
Predictions of a record attend
ance at the convention this year
are based on the fact that this is
an election year and two widely
known ministers have announced
their candidacy for president Of
the convention. The two announced
candidates for president are Rev.
S. L. Sorrell Of Clarksdale, pastor
Continued on Page Two)
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Funds Allocated
For FILA Loans

Farm families in Mississippi are
making good use Of Farmers Home
Administration credit and services.
The State Director, T. B. Faith.
erree, announced today the alloca.
ton Of additional funds to assist
eligible farmers to operate, buy,
enlarge or improve farms. The
sum Of $l,233,s0s is available for
making loans to eligible applicants
to acquire, enlarge and develop ef-
ficient family type farms. Because
OF the large demand from veterans.
these funds are ear-marked for
veterans only. Mr.. Fatherree an
nounced, however, that the agency
has authority to insure loans made
by private lenders to both veterans
and nOn-veterans.
An ALLEGATION of $4,200,OOO is
available to provide credit needed
Continued on Page Three)
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maIan Gets
Another Setback
In South African
Attempt To
Disfranchise
coIored People
Mixed Breeds Will
Continue To Vote In
Capet0wn Province

CAPETOWN, South Africa, July
IL - Ignoring a last minute plea
from DR.. Daniel F. Malan, the
South African parliament last week
refused to vote for separation of
colored Cape province voters from
whites on the common register.
Malan. prime minister, got 1923
votes. He needed 1873 for a two
thirds minority. The results mark
ed the third setback for the white
supremacy leader.
The rights of some $4,000 Cape
coloreds to be included on the COM
mon electoral roll were made one
of the entrenched clauses in the
South African constitution. It.,
therefore, requires thirds ma
jority of a joint sitting of parlia-
ment to alter their status.
As the issue now stands, the
colored voters (persons of mixed
bloody will continue to vote with
the whites Of Cape Province, at
least until next session of Parlia-
ment, scheduled for January, 1865.
Before the vote was taken, Malan
made last minute appeal for
passage of his proposal. He told
Parliament that this was one Of
the most critical moments in South
/ African history.
| If he got a two-thirds majority
he told the joint session, there
! Continued on Page Eight
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Plan Pilgrimage To Lincoln Monument
To Celebrate Supreme Court Decision

grimage to Lincoln Memorial,
Washington, d. c., September 20,
1854, celebrating the First Eman-
cipation Proclamation and the
progress Of Freedom for the Negro
since 1852 and to give thanks to
God for the unanimous decision
by the Supreme Court. Citations
will be given to the five outstand.
ing attorneys who pleaded the
cases before the Supreme Court.
The plans further call for . Ma
kional Citizens Committee Of one
hundred coming from the several
states and the District Of Columbia
to activate the program.
The plans further call for the
organising Of Citizens Committees
Of one hundred in each Of the
states and the District Of Columbia
to sponsor the program In their
state.
The announcement Is concurred
in by Bishop Edgar A. Love, Pres
ident National Fraternal Council
Of Churches, U. 8. A., Inc, and
several board members including
Rev. George w. Lucas, Executive
Secretary, Bishop 8. l. Green. A.
M. E. Church, Bishop w. J. Wall,
A. M. E. Zion Church; Bishop A.
w. Womack, C. M. E. Church; and
Bishop Lawson, Church Of Jesus
Christ.
Other outstanding national lead
Continued on Page Two)
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Pharmacists
To Meet In
Philadelphia

The Eighth Annual Convention
Of the National Pharmaceutical
Association will be held In Phila-
'delphia, Pa, August 3-4.6, with
headquarters at the Broadwood
Hotel. This meeting will afford an
opportunity for more than 200
delegates from Fl states to hear
addresses and papers by some OF
the leading educators from the
faculties Of the Philadelphia COL
lege Of Pharmacy and Science, and
Temple University. In addition,
there will be q coordinated pro-
gram sponsored by four Of the
leading pharmaceutical manufac-
turers in the Philadelphia area.
The papers will be in four cate
CONTINUED on Page Two)
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Howard University Teacher Selected
For First LederIe Faculty Awards

WASHINGTON, D. CDR. Law
'ence M. Marshall, associate pro-
essor of biochemistry in Howard
|Jniverstiy's College Of Medicine,
pas been selected along with IS
sther medical school teachers
throughout the country to receive
he first Lederle Medical Faculty
Award. The award, which was
made by the Lederle Laboratories
Division Of the American Cynamid
Company, Is a grant Of $4,000. 1t
Pill be used at the rate Of $4,000
year to support teaching and re.
|earch activities In the department
K biochemistry.
Other recipients Of Lederle a.
yards are DR.. John Dempsher,
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Judge Warns
Negroes Must
Have Equality
OF Morals

Miami, Fla, July 10.-Negroes
were warned here last week that
II they would have equal rights
and an end to segregation, they
must also show they are ready to
accept an equality Of MORALS"
The warning came from Criminal
Courts Judge Ben C. Willard, who
said that his "court is going to
deal with the problem Of common
law husbands and wives, whether
Negro or white"
The white jurist said that much
of the trouble coming before his
court involved people who never
have been married, and go around
with guns, shooting each other
when things go wrong between
Continued on Page Six)
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1ooo.AcRE MISSISSIPPI NEGRO farmer
NO LONGER COUNTS ON COTTON Alone

The District sent a Soil Conser-
walton Service technician to his
farm to assist him in studying his
soil problem. A soil capabilities
map was made Of his whole farm,
and for the first time, Mr.. An.
thony knew how best each acre
Of his farm could be used. And
the Agricultural Conservation Pro-
gram Service helped him to buy
soil building crop seed, to build
ponds by sharing In the costs, and
to carry out other practices.
"Now, I'm trying to farm &C.
cording to the recommendations"
SAYS Mr.. Anthony, land my farm
CONTINUED on Page Six)
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University of Pennsylvania; DR..
Don w. Fawcett, Howard Univers.
ity; DR.. E. c. Guessing, Univers-
tity of Vermont; DR.. Eugene D.
Grim, University Of Minnesota;
DR.. Frances o. Kelsey, University
of South Dakota; DR.. Robert G..
Langdon, Johns Hopkins Univers-
ity; DR.. Fred V. Lucas, University
Of Rochester; DR.. Werner K. Mas,
New York University; DR.. Melvin
L. Moss, Columbia University; DR..
George E. Murphy, Cornell Uni
versity; DR.. Sidney Shulman, Uni
versity of Buffalo; DR.. James R.
Teabeaut, II, University of Ten
nessee; and DR.. Verne L. van Bree-
Continued on Page Two)
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State NAAcP Calls Meeting Here

COLUMBUS, Miss, July IL -
Especially DR.. E. J. Stringer,
President. Mississippi Conference
of Branches of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People announced here last
week that the Jackson Branch of
the organization will serve as host
to state leaders representing every
major fraternal, civic, social, labor,
religious, educational, business and
professional organization in the
state which he has invited to a
conference in Jackson Sunday, July
%, at II a. M, for the purpose Of
collectively developing a program
to meet some of the vital and
urgent issues now confronting the
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Terry4-H Club
Project Captains
Organized

The All Club Project Captains
Of the Terry, Hester and Mt. Wade
communities came together on
Saturday, July 8, and organized at
the Terry colored School, Terry,
Miss. The following officers were
elected from representatives pres
ent from these above named COM
munities: Clarence Horton, presi-
dent; Charles Owens, vice presi-
dent; Claude Griffith, secretary;
Pedro Norwood, assistant secre-
tary; G.. S. Smith, treasurer, and
w. C. Florence, reporter. The
leaders named were Mr.. Harold
McClain and Mr.. Charley Horton.
There were II boys, two leaders
and the Assistant County Agent,
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state.
According to DR.. Stringer, the
selection of an agenda, and the
election Of a chairman will be the
first order of business at the meet
ing.
DR.. Stringer listed among the
issues considered as vital and
urgent D The augmentation, in
Mississippi, of the United States
Supreme Court Decision Of May
II, 1854, regarding education in the
Public Schools; (2) The implics-
tons of the proposed Constitutional
Amendment regarding require
ments for registration and voting.
The meeting will be held at the
Elk's Rest, 603 North Parish st.
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private SCHOOL SYSTEM TO BYPASS SUPREME
COURT offered BY EDUCATION ADVISORY COMM

sidered absolutely necessary, in
GLIDING removal of a provision call
ing for separate schools for the
races.
White also was expected to re-
port to the committee on his re-
cent conference with top Negro
leaders. White said after the meet
ing a large percentage Of the
Negro population would cooperate
in finding mutually advantage
eous" solution to the problem.
One of the Negro leaders said
state officials should concentrate
on the new equalization program
and forget about segregation" as
an issue.
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pending on just one crop is taking
a long chance"
In recent years, he has been
turning to livestock, soybeans, and
feed crops. One year, he sold near
ly 1000 bales of Johnson grass
hay; and another, he sold 20 tons
Of lespedeza seed.
Mr.. Anthony began turning to
other crops after his cotton yield
started dropping off, forcing him
and his tenants to work more and
more land in order to exc out a
living. Balanced farming was rec
commended to him by his Soil Con-
servation District to which ne
turned for help.
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Two beIzoni
Negroes Held
On Rape Charge

BELZONI, Miss. Especially -
The wife of prominent Louisiana
doctor was criminally assaulted in
the woods Of Honey Island near
here, Humphreys County Sheriff
Ike Shelton said.
The sheriff said two Negroes are
being held in the county Jail on
charges of rape.
The victim was moved to New
Orleans today after treatment at
the Humphreys County hospital
Sheriff Shelton said the doctor 5
wife, her clothes torn, was found
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A thousand acre colored farmer,
Albert Anthony Of Columbus, Miss,
is no longer counting on cotton as
his only cash crop, but instead is
developing a balanced farming pro-
gram, reports Mrs. jamie V. Hunt,
colored home demonstration agent
of the Mississippi Extension Ser
vice.
For years, Mr.. Anthony, who Is
now 70, planted cotton on most OF
his cleared land, sometimes putting
as much as 500 acres into the fiber
crop, says Mrs. Hunt. But all
that's changed now.
ut wasn't good for my land"
Mr.. Anthony points out, land de-
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SET Trial Date IN STATE
CIVIL RIGHTS CASE JULY Il

BILOXI, July l4-U. s. Court
trial of George County Sheriff
Shelby Lawrence Smith, named in
a civil rights indictment brought in
May, Is set here for Wednesday,
July 81. Judge s. c. Mize will pre-.
side.
Sheriff Smith, Of Lucedale, has
been free under $1,000 bond since
the true bill was brought charg-
ing him with a pistol attack on
Negro David A. Phillips.
The true bill charges Smith de-
prived Phillips Of rights secured to
him by the Constitutions 14th am