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The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22

This Rock" can Straighten out
their thinking a little.
Dissatisfaction
There is hardly a day that goes
by when my work doesn't carry
me back and forth across the is
land, talking with dozens of peo-
pie. The public is bewildered, (to
put it mildly by the legislation
of the City Commissioners.
The folks who are criticizing the
present administration are not its
opponents - they are the men and
women who voted the commission
ers into office. The opposition IS
sitting back, merrily watching the
proceedings and occasionally whis-
perlng: 81 told you SOL"
What can be done about the sit
uation?
1t seems to me that there isn't
much the general public can do
Everything is up to the City Fa-
theirs. Maybe reading this column,
written by person whom they
know is their friend, will needle
them into action.
Here are some suggestions they
might consider:
Keep in closer contact with pub
lie opinion. The election is over.
it's true, but there are always new
ones coming up.
Clarity legislation so that it won't
be mistaken for an 'undercover'
deal.
Develop a program of civic gov
ernment which will last longer
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
THE CITIZENS PEEPS INTO THE PAST
SHOW STRENGTH IN THE PRESENT

Everybody, now and then likes to compare the past
with the present particularly when the difference be-
tween them is striking.
The Citizen gives it's readers peep into conditions
that existed in Key West 10 and 20 in its
column "Key West In Days Gone By" few days ago,
ated in Key West 20 years ago.
Citizen readers who not familiar with those days
in Key West will find hard to believe that this city
deep in the dumps 20 years ago. The FERA took
the operation of the city because it with
out money to pay employees Men, relief, worked for
four or five dollars week. and delighted to have
their jobs because those small sufficient
to get enough food to eat Food cheap then Coffee
for instance available for 25 cents pound.
The Citizen doesn't think the adjective 'astoundng
is too forcefu to characterize the progress Key West
has had since FERA days The progress firm and sound
and solid We had progress what went under the
of progress during the realty boom in Florida But that
socalled progress fmsy compared with what we
have had since the days of the Great Depression.
In realtyboom days. the price of real estate far
higher than what it is today But there is this decided diff
ference between realty costs then and the cost of realty
today In the boom days. quick sales and skyhgh prices
purely speculative. Hometown folks and hundreds
of outsiders who here bought and sold without any
thought of building otherwise improving the properties
The Citizen recalls named Stout, who came
here from the North who bought 81 parcels of land and
like everybody else didn't improve anything he bought
But, he bought, he sold too although he still held
szeabe 'bag" when the crash came. Many Key Wesers
also caught holding the "bag."
But our present progress rests a firm foundation
People buy build now Hundreds and hundreds of build
ngs have been constructed in Key West during the last
ten And the construction is continuing with an
nouncement in The Citizen last week that negotiations
have been completed for the building of an extensive
shopping center.
Nobody knows what the future may bring forth, but
whatever be, Key West will be in position
1t with an abiding confidence in its stability.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
WANTS AN OCEAN BREEZE

Editor, The Citizen:
Please send me some of the news until the dollar bill
is used up.
Not only do I want to learn what is happening on
my beloved southernmost island of paradise but want
weather readings It's been over 100 degrees here
for the past 80 days heavy palpitatng heat
that presses down and to in all sides The
only word for is "cruel" and that kind
word
l have never before longed for anything as have
for the gentle warmth of Key West and those soothing
thin breezes, ocean-kissed and cool.
Anyway, send along news soon.
Sincerely yours,
DOROTHY M. BALLENTINE,
Pulaski, Tennessee.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Admiral Byrd
Wants Go Back
To The Antarctic

Cleveland R-Adm. Richard E.
Byrd. now 65, says that he sis
planning to return to the antarctic
as soon as l can get together an
expedition
He told the Poultry and Egg Ma
tional Board at a breakfast meet
ing that further exploration of the
South Polar regions is important
from both the military and eco
nomic standpoint.
"f the Panama Canal were
knocked out by an A-bomb, we
would have to get our ships from
the Atlantic to the Pacific through
the Strait of Magellan or between
Antarctica and South America via
Drake Passage" he said.
'It would be essential, therefore,
for this nation to have control of
that part of Antarctica that is
nearest to Cape Horn and of the
islands between the cape and An
tarctica."
From the economic standpoint,
the retired U. S. Navy officer said,
''in the foreseeable future we will
be greatly in need of these re-
sources (coal, uranium, oil and
other minerals) that lie untouched
at the bottom of the world"
Byrd, the first American to ex-
plOre the South Pole, first flew
there Nov. %, 1929, and made
other trips there in 1888 and 1947.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
Problem Drivers
To Get The Works

NEW YORK lR - From now on,
the city'S problem drivers are go
ing to get the works" the Scien-
tific way.
Chief Magistrate John NJ. Muir
tagh said yesterday that all per-
SiStent traffic violatorS will be CIV
en- a choice - six sessions of
night driving school and a sem
tence based on their performance
there-Or a heavy sentence on the
spot.
Murtagh said the new school,
scheduled to open Oct. l, will give
the drivers everything" includ-
ing pSychiatric examinations, driv-
ing lessons and safety lectures.
The problem drivers, Murtagh
explained, are 1.-The ores who keep
having accidents. who are chronic
through red lights"
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Gibb

You know, I could sit here and
write for the next five hours about
1ur City and-or County politicians.
can't see where it would do any
good, however. 1t seems to me
hat one of the outstanding charac-
teristics of a quack journalist is
The ability to destroy. I hope Pm
right when l say that this column
has never attacked a controversial
subject without seeking to offer- a
constructive suggestion.
At the present time, our County
politicians are sitting on top of the
world. Our City politicians - well,
if the situation wasn't so pitiful, it
would be humorous.
Have you ever been to football
game when it seemed that every
move made by your favorite team
was only a fresh mistake? When
they fumbled the ball, knocked
their own players down - when
everything seemed to go wrong?
Well, that's about the way things
are going with the City Commits
SionerS!
I'm not criticizing them. Truth
of the matter is that l can't under
stand the situation enough to be
able to criticize. Maybe it's Fate
- just plain, rotten luck that is
causing the trouble. Then again,
maybe the commissioners are just
whistling along in the dark, fail.
ing to realize that the public is
discontented with present eondi-
tions. If this last thing is true,
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22

than from one meeting until the
next.
Put an end to some of the
three-ring circuseS being exhibited
on. meeting nights. Otherwise, just
as sure as the dickens, the actors
guild is going to picket City Hall
with signs: "ThiS place unfair 10
organized entertainers"
AS said in the beginning,
don't want to hurt the City COM
misSiOnerS. l can't desert them be-
cause there is no place to go. I've
tried to contact them for a heart
to heart talk, hoping to learn what
they are attempting to do but they
have remained quite inaccessible.
A fellow can 60 so lar on blind
loyalty but there is such a thing
as stretching it to the breaking
point I'm afraid this is what the
commissioners are doing with all
their friends in Key West.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
BUST MEDICINE
FAILS TO HELP

TAIPEH, Formosa Up a
Chinese doctor who promised two
women he could increase their bust
measurements with secret injec-
tions has been given a choice of
i've months in prison or a fine of
i3S.
The two women charged in a
painan criminal court that the in
,ections did nothing but make
hem Ill.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22

J. Frank Roberts, chairman of
the county commission, has called
a meeting for Monday night to act
formally on the proposal to have
the State Road Department tear
down all bridges in the old Over
seas Highway, except those which
the county wishes to maintain.
U. S. Army Air Cadet Charles
E. Yelvington, attached to Turner
Field, Ga, is here on leave, visit
ing his mother, Mrs. Thelma
Sweeting of 824 Eaton Street.
First arrest in a police campaign
to eliminate indecent exposure"
by women wearing too tight and
too short shorts on the streets of
Key West was made last night.
The arrest was made by Policeman
Bernard Waite.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of the views Of
but the editor the right 10 delete
considered beovs The writer's should
fair and conne the letters TO 200 words on one side
Of the only Signature Of the writer e
letters and will be published unless requested Otherwise
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22

There those who thought it smart to evade mill
tary service in World War II, and there are those who
still think today That is the spirit which will someday
the fall of this country as did the fall of Rome
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22

Students believe that Rome's
gladiators derived from the EtruS-
cans.
The Key West citizen., 1954-07-22

In 1858 the US. auto industry
produced 1928, 900 cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
WornenD ennocru Plan
Hutbox Fund G Campaign
BY Ruth Deem

Women Democrats all over the
country this year are planning
their fall Congressional fund
raising campaigns In high style.
In fact, they're taking their
hatboxes right along with them
In their door-to- door drive to
raise funds to put their fayorite
candidates into ONCE, Mrs. Katie
Louchheim, director Of women,s
activities for the Democratic
National Committee. announced
yesterday.
Mrs. Louchheim said that the
committee hopes its hatbox CAM
paign asking voters to drop q
Dollar In the Hat Help Elect
u Democrat" will help offset the
reported 81 million. already
pledged to the Republican CAM
paign fund.
The nationwide fund appeal
will be d one-day campaign,
slated to take place on Demo
cratic Women's Day. Septem-
Der ~.
Money raised by the drive viii
be divided with half going tf
the Democratic National Com.
mittee to support campaigns al
over the country, and half re.
naming In the States to be used
In this years elections. Mrs
Lpuchheim said.
The worker getting the mos
contributions will get q hat q.
q prize. donated we hope b.
local merchants" she added.
Mrs. L,ouchheim announced
that Democratic women in Ore
gon will conduct their Dollar,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
By Muriel Nissen

DEAR MISS NISsEN; / am
the mother Of I'VE children. and
am expecting another: When !,
learned Of this pregnancy. / re-
membered q letter you had .
while back from q mother who
was getting fed up with people
ribbing her about q large family
(she had i've, tool. I came in
for my share Of comment. but I
never let 1t bother me. / always
have q good answer for the rib
bers. which makes them laugh
and we all have q good time over
it. ! love my large family. hope
to have many more children. and
am convinced there would be less
neurotic people In the world If
there were more large families.
My husbands job keeps us NOV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22

for Democrats Embarrassing
drive on August Is to kickoff
the national campaign.
One other exception to the
September % target date is New
York, which will hold its "hat-
box campaign" on October II
in order to avoid conflict with
the Democratic State conven-
ton scheduled for September a..
Mrs. Louchheim also an
nounced Democratic National
Committee Chairman Stephen
Mitchell's Endorsement Of the
women,s Embarrassing plan. She
quoted him as saying: IF We
all get behind it. Democratic
Wohen's Day can be turned
into one Of the most important
Embarrassing efforts Of the cam
paign."
Mrs. Louchheim said q quota
had not been set for the one
day fund drive because she
thought shat would be fatal."
She added she hoped the Demo-
cratic women would do better
than before" The most they'd
raised In past years, she noted.
was $4,000 in 1915.
The Democratic woman leader
said letters have already been
sent to party leaders in all the
States and that additional in
formation win go out around
August urging local political
organizations to take part in
the drive. She said she had
discussed the drive with both
men and women in II States
and had received an "enthusi-
astic" response everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Report to the Homemoker
Honogenized Milk ConBe
Frozen, Say Specialists
By Violet Faulkner

dairy product because the quail
ity deteriorates.
Peach Pie
New In the Washington mar
ket is q uuick-frQzen peach pie
that comes in q two-portion
size. three IL you're counting
Galleries. Nights when you get
home late from the Office and
there's no time to start q pie
from scratch, these pies can be
popped into the oven to bake
while the rest of the meal is
underway. The formula for this
pie. according to the company.
has been culled from the rich
background Of old Kentucky
recipes. They've used Alberta
freestone peaches in the filling.
between two flaky crusts Of pas
try. The pies are being featured
at attractive prices during their
Introductory offer.
Here and There:
Even If you're not cabbage
fan you'll enjoy the garden fresh
flavor of this combination. Boil
the liquid drained from q can
Of peas down to about half.
Add four cups shredded cabbage
cover. and cook about i've min
utes until tender. Add the peas,
70 cup diced pimiento. and salt
and pepper to taste. Heat
through, and dot with a little
butter or margarine just before
serving Ever try a double
decker hamburger? Here's how:
Put two thin hamburgers to-
gether with filling of grated
cheese and pickle relish. Then
crimp the edges together so the
filling will not leak. Store in
your freezer. To serve. broil and
pop into q toasted bun. It will
draw raves from the Riddles and
grown ups alike When q
recipe calls for a tablespoon OF
unfiavored gelatin, use the whole
envelope. Tablespoon size
varies, but the number of grains
of gelatin in the envelope has
been electronically measured to
gel up to two cups Of liquid !.
Egg whites beat best at room
temperature; heavy cream whips
best when cold. Evaporated
milk can be whipped il first
chilled to an ice crystal stage
S. Cheese waters nippy with
tabasco are excellent with bev-
erages. Make them like re-
frigerator cookies. Cream "
teaspoon tabasco with " cup
butter: blend in "a ounce pack
age sharp processed cheese and
"a cup sifted flour. Form in
roll, wrap in waxed paper. chill
several. hours. Cut in thin
slices, bake on waxed paper in
moderate oven IL to Is minutes
New salad dressing to top
fruits: Fold " cup of drained
crushed pineapple into VI cup
of mayonnaise combined with
u cup of whipped cream and
serve over nodded fruit salads;
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y cup sifted all-purpose hour.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
/ tablespoon sugar.
/ teaspoon salt.
11a cups corn meal.
/ egg. slightly beaten.
~ cup milk.
In . bowl. sift -four, baking
powder. sugar and salt and corn
meal together. Add egg and
milk to dry ingredients; stir
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Delicious Eggs

Fried eggs are tender and de-
ncious if prepared this way. Melt
a couple of tablespoons of butter
or margarine In the skillet you
use for frying four eggs; drop
In the eggs and cook very slowly
until partly set. Add a couple of
tablespoons OF. water, cover the
skillet and cook about 3 min
utes longer. Serve at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Problems Todoy
Mother Likes Large Family

ing around. which adds to the
complications Of our lives. but
also increases the fun.
HELEN 8.
ANSWER: With your good
humor and CHEEKY disposition
you must be a source Of pleasure
for your family and your associ-
ates. Perhaps you are an in
spiration. too. though you may
not be aware Of 1t. Women who
are begged down with the care
Of one Of two youngsters couldn't
get away with much complaining
In your sunny company.
Write Mnriel Nissen for free
leafet DIS, "HotO Honest Are
You?">In all cases, be sure to
inclose a stamped, self-Gd-
dressed envelope and send
request to her, care OF The
Epenin0 Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22

frying only q few at q time.
Brown well on both sides. Drain
on ,incoated paper plate. Serve
hot Makes . dozens. Chopped
onion may be added to batter
| IL desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
What's eookin' Appeors on Page 81

ers. New items we noticed as we
made the rounds Of the markets
were the miniature watermelons
just starting to come in from
North Carolina and cardinal
grapes from California. The!
cardinals. first cousin to the
tokays. are an. earlier maturing
grape and deeper red In color. /
They're selling for . slightly
higher price than the Thompson
seedless and the dark purple
ribiers.
The first shipment Of Bartlett
pears has arrived from California
orchards. II they're not fully
ripened when you buy them.
keep them IN q paper bag for
twoAor three days at a tempera-
tl1re of around 70 to rs degrees.
They will ripen faster this way.
due to the natural gases given
on BY the fruit. We saw some
beautiful manages, large and
fully ripened, but gasped a couple
of times at the price. However.
II that's no obstacle. the quality
is excellent.
BroiIers and Fryers
In the meat department, broil-
ers and flyers represent one of
your best investments. Also
featured will be steaks, roast
beef. all cuts of veal, corned
beef. and bacon. For a menu
that's easy on the cook, the large
variety of cold cuts are worth
considering. To dress up a plat
ter Of the table-ready meats we
suggest this jellied salad. It's
cooling. and it's easy to prepare:
Dissolve one package of lime
favored gelatin in / cup of hot
water, and chill until partially
set. Then stir in " cup of
commercial sour cream and l
cup Of crushed pineapple, un-
drained. Pour into individual
molds and chill until firm. I'm
less we miss our guess. here's
a salad you'll be making over
and over again.
Freezing Milk
A reader called the other day
and wanted to know If 1t was
possible to put milk in the home
freezer. The family was leaving
soon on their vacation and she
thought it would be nice to have
q supply on hand when they re-
turned. She went on to say they
often returned late at night
when stores were closed.
We consulted with dairy spe-
cialists Of the USDA and they
say homogenized milk and cream
freeze very successfully. But
the milk or cream should be
frozen in waxed cartons Of
freezer containers rather than
in glass bottles. Milk, which has
not been homogenized, is unap-
petizing after freezing because
the fat separates from the liq-
uid. However, they don't rec
ommend long storage for any
IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Hush Puppies

until thoroughly blended. Drop
batter by teaspoonfuls into hot
fat 1850 degree +. D or hot fat
in which fish has been fried,
Evening star., 1954-10-29

6.o5 "Injun" ioofers in plant elk Ieothe
antique brown, red or black.
7.95 skinner pumps in charcoal, blocI
red or navy kid. Sizes 4 to 9.
W6L-The Young Shoe Shop, Lower Level,
Chevy Chose ond Alexandra
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Witness Here Names II
As Pennsylvania Reds
BY The Asseeiafed Press

A witness before the Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
yesterday named 70 persons he
said he knew as Communists
while he was an FBI informant
within the party in eastern
Pennsylvania for 10 years.
Ralph K. Heltzinger, a West
Reading (Pa.), bakery driver,
testified he joined the Com
munist Party at the request Of
the FBI on August 18, 1914, and
remained a member until July
Of this year..
He testified he was secretary
treasurer of a Communist unit in
Reading, adding that it had about
so members when he left the
party in July. He said he did
not know its present member
ship.
Introduced in evidence was a
list of u persons he said are or
were members of the Communist
Party TO his knowledge. He pre-
pared the list at the subcorr1mit-
tees request.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Salvation Army Aid
To World Fellowship
Cited by Leader

The worldwide influence OF
the Salvation Army has broken
many barriers and shown how
men and women can aid in
ameliorating international trou-
bled conditions, Gen. Wilfred
Kitching, Of London. interna-
tional leader Of the organization,
said last night.
He spoke at a dinner In his
honor held In the Mayfiower
Hotel by the members Of the
advisory board and the auxiliary
of the District unit of the SAL
vation Army. Mrs.. Kitching,
also considered an international
leader Of the army, and many
distinguished persons were pres
ent.
A key to the city was pre-
sented to Gen. Kitching by
Commissioner Samuel Spencer.
Gen. Kitching is on q 25-day
tour Of Salvation Army installa-
tions in America.
"I believe this spirit Of inter-
nationalism is a miracle that
stands out before the world,
showing how men and women
can forget their national differ
ences and In happy fellowship
live and work with each other"
Gen. Kitching said. IT believe
the Salvation Army can help
forge and cement those rela-
tions. which are 80 indispens-
able"
He pointed out that the Or
ganization stands for sympathy.
succor, strength and selfless ac-
tivity and, in addition, is mo-
tivated by the spirit Of the min
istry.
Accompanying Gen. Kitching
was Col. Costa Blomberg, inter-
national youth secretary Of the
organization, and Commissioner
Donald Mcmillan, American
commander Of the Salvation
Army.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Grandfather Brings In Stork
For Boby' 5 Winning Banter
&C. yon ScheIven.
rs, IS Retired
CSC EmpIoye

A retired Civil Service Com
mission employe looked back on
the antics OF his children and
grandchildren to find the win
ming expression for The Stars
fifth Baby Banter contest.
C. G. Van Schelven. IS. Of
6056 North Twentieth street.
Arlington. Va, submitted the
SIS winner.
"a Stork? Are you kidding?"
Second prize went to Mrs.
Vera M. Summers. 1000 Otis
street NE, for But you look so
different in daylight"
Eddy Chappelear, 1859 Rose
mary Hills drive. Silver Spring,
Md, a student at American Uni
versity, won the third prize with
ST didn't know you had a cover
charge
Mr.. Van Schelven, who reared
three children, won on his sec
ond attempt. He got interested
in the contest with the fourth
picture and submitted captions
for 1t and for the fifth.
II thought he looked unbeliev-
ing" Mr.. Van Schelven said Of
the infant model in Constance
Bannister's photograph.
So he brought In the stork,
In which he doesn't believe. He
never told his own children they
were brought by the stork, he
said. presumably because he felt
they wouldn't believe 1t either.
T0day's Baby Banter picture,
No. IL I'm the series, appears
with o contest entry blank, ON
Page ALT.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
toddler snoWsuits
l6.o5 1O

Light, warm cotton popiins that resist
weather and woter. snugly wool inter-
lined. Quilted ocetote lining. Zip
front jacket, pants, cop. 3 and 4.
Boys and Girls, Apporel Lower Level.
Chevy choss ard Alsxondria
Evening star., 1954-10-29
boys jean sets
regularly IS 3.9s

Sturdy Bounce denim jeans lined with
pIoid cotton fIonnel. Action-eut shirt
to notch lining Of jeans. In navy with
red plaid. Sizes from s to Il.
WGt--Boys' Apparel, Lower Level
Chevy chcss and AIexondris
Evening star., 1954-10-29
4.o5 vinyl doll with rooted hair

l5-inch doll to thrill young hearts Soft
jointed vinyl body with open-ond- -close
eyes. Rooted hair for hoir-dressing fun
Nicely dressed 4