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Page 10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN On Your Next Trip Otoer the Keys . Relax at HARRY'S SAVOY Restaurant and Lounge Tavernier, Florida JVST GOOD FOOD Judge For Yourself J. 0. Me ANDREWS, Proprietor 4 LAKCY WRITES A LETTER... Lakeland, Florida - February, 1953 Dear Frhnds: TT' I Lad concenital heart disease. JfL That means that I was one of those children m * ® vho was born with a bad heart. I couldn't run, play, or even walk rapidly without having to sit down and Ik rest. Then, infection took place inside my heart and I was short of breath, ill, miserable, and very un- f| happy. My greatest wish was to be well again and play like other children. hkHk M Now, thanks to the medicines and the surgery iM performed by the heart doctors, I am as good as any one else. I can run, skate, ride a bike, play ball and C do anything that the rest ot the children can do. kj. , _ lam lucky the doctors helped me but do you know that there are lots of other children and older people too who have some sort of heart trouble that the doctors can't help as yet. It will take lots more study before they can help these people. This takes money and lots of money. Won't you please help to give other boys and girls a chance to get well? Right now. while you are thinking of it send your contribution to the Heart Fund. ’ ZZ" I know you will be glad you did. ■— (signed) NANCY CRUMPTON. -=r" P.S. Make your check payable to the Florida Heart Association. 2531 Central Ave nue. St. Petersburg. Florida or if you wish, merely mail it to "HEART' in care of your local post office. Tuesday, February 24, 1953 ANYTHIN lj CONCERN!-NO AUTOMOKII f S S‘ I Tt-f. TWINS 1199 Duval ft. Laubscher Will Speak At Legion Meet Wednesday Harold Laubscher, Secretary, Key West Chamber of Commerce, will be guest speaker at the regu lar meeting of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion, on Wed nesday evening at the Post Home on Stock Island. The Key West Guard of Honor will conduct an obligation cere mony for a group of new members and also conduct a Memorial Serv ice for Legionnaire Joseph D. Sur gen who recently died. William J. Neale, 10th District Executive Committeeman, Miami, will pay an official visit to the Post during this meeting. The officers and members of Keys Memorial Post 145, Islamor ada, have been invited to attend the meeting also, it was announc ed. Ike Back At Work After Day’s Rest WASHINGTON tfl -President Ei senhower, who spent seven hours at the golf course yesterday, had an appointment schedule of about the same length today. The federal government ob served Washington’s Birthday yes terday. Taking advantage of it, the President got in 18 holes of golf and, the White House said, some quiet relaxation at the Burn ing Tree Clubhouse in nearby Maryland. His schedule today opened with an appointment with Howard Mit chell, conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, and wound up with one with Secretary of De fense Wilson. For lunch, the President invited 11 Republican and 10 Democratic members of the House. Subscribe to The Citizen Dial 2-249 Bridges Calls For Check Of ‘Voice’ Project By JOHN CHADWICK WASHINGTON (f)—Sen. Bridges (R-NH) called today for full inves tigation of a Voice of America request for nearly four million dodars to equip a ship for beaming broadcasts behind the Iron Cur tain. He questioned the technical wis dom of the project and said that as chairman of (he Senate Appro priations Committee he is opposed to granting the money until the Voice can demonstrate that it would work. Bridges suggesed that the Sen ate investigations subcommittee headed by Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) look into the matter in connection with its probe for waste and sub version in Voice operations. McCarthy said this would be done. The subcommittee, meanwhile, called another hearing, closed to the public and to newsmen, in an apparent attempt to determine whether any employes of the Voice have Communist ties. At the same time, reports came from the Capitol and the State Department that Rober L. John son, presiden of Temple Univers ity, had been asked to head the department’s International Infor mation Administration. It directs the Voice of America as well as other overseas informa tion programs. The resignation of Dr. Wilson Compton at adminis trator was announced last week. Secretary of State Dulles con ferred yesterday with Johnson and aides of the secretary said later they understood he had requested Johnson to succeed Compton. Bridges wrote McCarthy to sug gest that a thorough invoice be made of the Voice’s ship radio transmitters before Congress consented to invest further funds in them. Bridges uaid the Voice now has one ship called Vagabond A which has electronics equipment for beaming broadcasts into Iron Cur tain countries and is installing similar equipment on another ahip called Vagabond B. In the budget requests for the -flowmny have. You added fyovr telephone 1 ' J Ml mm/rnTtHTtmtm 5*1,771. Im ■ M Odhm*. Vos poobobtj kiss Wtrkmg storm t smM SOUTHERN mi i TELEPHONE AMD TELEGRAPH COMP AMT Coral Shores Sch. Reveals Activities Of School Year Harry Finch, who was elected president of the ninth and tenth grades at the first of the year, has found it necessary to transfer to another school. A ne# election filled the space with Alice Allen as new president. Jackie Sweeting is vice-president and Sylvia Felton is secretary-treasurer. The class rings have been or dered for the seniors. These are the first clas rings to be bought by eniors of the chool. Also the first annual has just about been completed. Editor-in-chief. Jerry Lowe, thinks that “it should be a very fine annual.” Last week the seniors, after hav ing their pictures taken for the annual, visited several of the Mi ami High Schools. Among the schools visited were Miami Tech, Coral Gables, and Miami Jackson High Schools. Some of the stu dents visited the BTotorama. DARDANELLES’ PACT BREAKING ASKED ANKARA, Turkey ÜB—The Turk ish parliament was urged Sunday to defy the international agreement controlling the Dardanelles so that American warships could enter the Soviet-dominated Black Sea. Deputy Ali Ihsan Sabis, a retired general and World War I hero, de clared that U. S. ships “must be anchored in Black Sea ports” be cause Turkey is wide open to at tacks from the North. He said only Russia and her satellites would disagree and “They are not our friends.” fiscal year starting July 1, ridges said, the State Department is ask ing for $3,714,000 to equip a third ship to be called Vagabond C. Bridges said that Vagabond A is anchored at the island of Rhodes in the Eastern Mediterranean and broadcasts through antennae sup ported in the air bq a helium filled balloon. “It would appear,** be wrote Mc- Carthy, “that we do not actually have mobility in Vagabond A and it seems reasonable therefore that the Voice of America might per fect their original equipment before attempting other experiments.” Fla. Congressmen To Lunch With General Van Fleet WASHINGTON UB Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet, former Unit ed Nations commander in Korea, will be a guest of the Florida con gressional delegation at a lunch eon in the Capitol March 4. Van Fleet lived at Bartow, Fla., home of Sen. Holland (D.-Fla.), from the time the general was one year old until he went to West Point. The general now owns a home at Auburndale, Fla., 12 miles from Bartow. He has an orange grove there. Florida Congress members said Van Fleet had expressed a desire to talk with them, anu they thought it would save time to have a luncheon in his honor. Van Fleet is to testify before two House committees on March 4. Ambassadors To Russia, Mexico Named In Release WASHINGTON i* The White House announced Mon. that Presi dent Eisenhower will nominate Charles Bohlen to be ambassador to Russia and Francis White to be ambassador to Mexico. Both Bohlen and White arc ca reer diplomats. At Mexico City, White will suc ceed William O’Dwyer, former mayor of New York, who resigned as ambassador last December. Bohlen, now State Department counselor, will succeed George F. Kennan as envoy to Moscow. Ken nan recently was labeled person ally unacceptable by the Soviet Union, and has returned to this country. Bohlen is regarded as a top ex pert on Russia. His prospective appointment as ambassador had been disclosed prior to Monday’s formal announcement Marjorie Jackson of Australia w'as the first girl from her coun try ever to win an Olympic run ning title. She won two gold medals at Helsinki while Shirley de la Hunty, also of Australia, won one. Local Securities Distributor Wins Top Sales Award Record 1952 sales in this area of face-amount installment invest ment certificates and mutual fund shares has won top national recognition for William L. Demp sey of Key West, local represen tative for Investors Diversified Services, Inc., of Minneapolis, dis tributors and investment mana gers. . Mr. Dempsey will be given an award by the company for sales and service achievements qualify ing him for membership in the I. D. S. group’s President’s Club, an annual honor roll of top investment representatives. He won Presi dent’s Club membership in com petition with more than 2.200 re presentatives it was announced by Earl E. Crabb, chairman and pre sident of I. D. S. Grady Clark, vice president of I. D. S., said the awards reflected a record year of greatly increased investor activity. Sales of both face-amount installmane in vestment certificates and mutual fund shares distributed by the company increased substantially across the nation, Clark said. FOR SALE CHIAP UNDER $19,909 2 Commercial Bldgs, on Lge. Lot. Concrete Floor Suitable for Any Business or Mfg. —with Living Quarters. Easy Terms. A. R. Wei keff. 321 Simonton St. $975 Buys 1951 Ford Panel Good Condition Or Will Sell Equity For S2OO Cash Call 2-6001 813 Duval Street \n\n NOTAS CUBANAS Por RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO OLVIDO DOLOROSO Poco, muy poco se ha hablado y escrito acerca de la valiosa coope ración de las mujeres cubanas de las emigraciones revolucionarias, en favor de la independencia de Cuba. Ellas fueron fervorosas lu chadoras por el ideal de emanci pación del pueblo cubano. En los t "eres, en les clubes patrióticos, c . os bazares benéficos para re c: x.tar fondos para la alcancía de 1 -evolución. Aún en sus hogares, j er lo a sus hijos menores a sa c hi ís, cosiendo la ropa de los r „Ji.'ionarios y haciendo las es c' ’pe'as con la estrella solitaria, c habrían de prender en sus t breros, los valientes miem- Li >s del Ejército Libertador. Cuando ei triunfo del ideal, esas mujeres, salvo algunas excepcio nes, han sido completamente olvi dadas por los que debieren recono cer en ellas, abnegación, sacrificio y patriotismo a toda prueba. Por eso, son muy pocos los escritores que se han tomado el trabajo de relatar algunas de aquellas labo res meritorias, realizadas por las mujeres de las emigraciones. Como madres, como esposas, co mo hermanas y como prometidas, fueron el mayor estimulo que tu vieron los hombres, para lanzarse a conquistar su libertad, llegando, a convencer con sus ejemplos y sus ternuras, aún a los más remi sos. Recordamos la salida de algunos expedicionarios rumbo a los Ca yos, desde donde habrían de zar par hacia las costas de Cuba las expediciones. No podemos olvidar, aunque eramos muy pequeños, aquellas escenas en que las ma dres, llorando de pupilas hacia dentro, para que el hijo no se sintiera emocionado, eran las pri meras en alentarles, en desearles triunfos y en aconsejarles, que mu rieran frente al enemigo, antes de presentarles a ellos, en busca de perdón. . Todo eso, ha sido completamente olvidado, por los que en la Repú blica encontraron la mesa puesta y el manjar servido, sin averiguar cuántos sacrificios y cuánta abne gación, fué precisa para llegar a esa hermosa realización. En diciembre del año 1878 se fundó en Cayo Hueso el primer club revolucionario integrado por mujeres cubanas emigradas. Fué designada como Presidente la jo ven Rosario Lamadriz, hija de aquel excelso cubano que se llamó José Francisco Lamadriz. Tesore ra: Ernestina Agüero y Secretaria: P. Luisa Figueredo. Entre la re lación de sodas fundadoras de tan valiosa institución, figuraron en tre otras, siguiendo solamente lo que nuestra memoria recuerda, Piedad Figueredo, Clara Camús de Poyo, Celia y América Poyo, Maria Alpizar, Angela García, An gela Rznirez de Azpeitia, Paula Torres, América Navarro, Aure lia y Ana Cordero, Carlota Ba liño; Luisa Coca del Corral y otras más, que dieron a la alcan cía de la Revolución redentora, sus esfuerzos y sus economías, para después de lograda la reali zación del ideal acariciaos, ser completamente olvidadas. Ese Club Hijas de la Libertad fué el más antiguo de los clubes de mujeres, durante nuestras épicas luchas redentoras y en su seno se iniciaron los grandes pro ceres de la Libertad, cuando cru zaban por el Cayo, en su pere grinación en busca de recursos y adeptos para mantener y defen der el ideal de independencia. A través del tiempo y del co rrer de los años, muchos de los descendientes de aquellas cuba nas, no solo ofrendaron sus vidas en la revolución que tuvo su ini cio el 24 de 'febrero de 1895, sino que dieron dias de gloria a la Pa tria cubana, dándose el caso her moso y digno, de que durante los años que ya lleva Cuba de República, na ha habido un solo emigrado revolucionario, acusado de desfalcador, ni siquiera cum pliendo una pequeña condena en los establecimientos penales de la Patria. Esos emigrados, apren dieron a vivir la vida tranquila de los ciudadanos conscientes, res petuosos de las leyes y de haber sido ellos los que gobernaran y dirigieran los destinos de la Pa tria, trás su independencia, esta mos seguros y plenamente con vencidos, de que se hubieran evi tado muchos de los grandes dis parates y de las torpes equivoca ciones, que ha sufrido la Patria, por la inexperiencia de los quela regian, más que por poco amor a ella. Los descendientes de aquellos excelsos varones y de aquellas santas matronas, hemos heredado la obligación imperiosa de imitar les en su noble espíritu de sacri ficio, en su respeto a las leyes y en su patriotismo inquebrantable. Acaso por eso, pocas veces han figurado en los altos cargos de la Patria, los viejos patriarcas de las emigraciones. Acaso porque donde estaba un emigrado revo lucionario cubano, era preciso cumplir la Ley, ser honrado y te ner el anhelo de laborar por el bienestar de la Patria, sin otro estímulo, que la satisfacción del deber cumplido. Cuando se recuerdan los sacrifi cios y las renunciaciones llevadas a cabo por las emigraciones y principalmente, por el núcleo de emigrados que residía en Cayo Hueso, se siente invadida de pro funda tristeza el alma, ante el olvido casi desdeñoso, en que vi ven esos que con su esfuerzo y sus virtudes, tanto contribuyeron a situar a Cuba en el lugar que le correspondía entre las na ciones libres del hemisferio. Algún Üia, esos valores serán reconocidos. Tal vez si sea dema siado tarde, porque van quedando ya muy pocos supervivientes de aquellos dias inolvidables, pero sus hijos y descendientes, quizá serán los que recojan, si nó los beneficios, al ménos, la gratitud de los cubanos.