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IMPROVKMBNTS FOR KBY WIST ADVOCATED
BY TH* CI—ZIN
1. Mon Hotels and Apartments.
2. Beach and Bathing pivflion.
3. Airports—Land and Sea.
4. Consolidation of County and City Governments.
5. Community Auditorium.
FIRST B-52’s IN 1954
Deputy Secretary of Defense Roger M. Kyes dis
closed recently that the first production models of the
B-52 heavy bomber would be delivered to the Air Force
late this year. The Deputy Secretary of Defense made
this statement and others while speaking to the Ad-craft
Club in Detroit.
The most encouraging part of the Defense official's
speech, however, was his remark that the new jet heavy
bomber would be even faster than the medium jet bomber
now in use by the Air Force, the B-47, which is capable
of speeds in excess of 650 miles an hour.
The Boeing B-52 heavy jet bomber is powered by
eight very productive jet engines, each turning out over
10,000 pounds of thrust. It has a wingspan of 185 feet
and weighs 3,000,000 pounds. As far as is known, no oth
er country has such an aircraft so near completion, or
on the production line.
Aside from the gratifying news that progress in
the production of B-52’s is satisfactory, it continues to
amaze us how Americans sell their military secrets to the
enemy. It Is nice for the Russians to know just when the
B-52 will be delivered, and it is nice for them to know
how many B-47's we have—which a recent magazine
article told them.
This strange American custom of bragging—brag
ging on our military developments even before we have
completed them—is in striking contrast to the secrecy
covering all fields of Russian arms developments. A start
ling example of the U. S. policy was pulled off by the
Army some time ago, when anew anti-aircraft weapon
waa successfully built and tested.
Instead of keeping all this secret and quietly setting
up manufacture of the weapon, It waa proudly and loudly
announced to the world that the Army planned to set up
a ring of these defensive weapons around key U. S. cities.
It was nice to let the Reds in on our plans, and the suc
cess of the tests. Yet at that time we had few of the
anti-aircraft weapons.
The news about the new heavy bomber is encourag
ing. And we do not blame Kyes for airing his report any
more than we blame all defense officials and policy
makers in general for the lax U. S. military security
system. The urge, it seems, for headlines and bragging is
just too much for Americans to resist. The Russians
should appreciate that quality id us.
We suspect few people mourned the passing of
the Greenlease killers.
In a true democracy there would be no special
favors for business, men or institutions.
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NOSjRWAITE* AIBGHS, BUT ITS ENCOURAGING
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HBMI IBM
REDS write history
LONDON m— Moscow radio says
i team of 200 Soviet historians is
working on a 10-volume history
of the world.
“99 River St”
Thriller Comes
To San Carlos j
“99 River Street," fast-moving |
suspense thriller of a taxi driver,
an actress and a murder frame,
opens Thursday at the San Carlos
Theatre, with John Payne and
Evelyn Keyes marking anew two
some in Hollywood romantic cast
ings.
For Payne, it’s a departure ini
characterization yet in the swing
of robust, rough and ready man-!
of-action tales for which his name
is identified. He portrays a pugilist
who is beaten on a T. K. 0. knock
out in a heavyweight champion'
bout and barred from further ring
scrimmages. But he never ceases,
being a fighter m Ms heart. And
comes the day when he has to
fight for his life, with fists and
brain and cunning.
Miss Keys plays Payne's part
ner in trapping a murderer alive.
It's a role displaying the actress
at her sartorial and lively best.
"99 River Street," directed by
Phil Karisen, who directed Payne
ii "Kansas City Confidential," was
produced by Edward Small for
United Artists release. Robert
Smith wrote the story, which is
adventure at its most rapid-fire.
Brad Dexter, remembered as
the villain of "The Asphalt Jun
gle," "The Las Vegas Story" and
"Macao,” handles the role of the
evil-doer, aided by Jay Adler and
Jack Lambert. Adler, incidentally,
hails from the famous acting Adler
family and is the brother of the
distinguished Luther and Stella Ad-
Ur of the New York stage and
Hollywood.
Frank Faylen, Peggie Castle and
Efeiy Waller are other principals
in the story which has a modern
New York background.
there are fights a-plenty in "99
River Street,” with the windup in
the eerie darkness of the water
front.
Fla. Republicans
Like Van Fleet
FORT MYERS Re
publican leaders have their minds
made up that Gen. James A. Van
Fleet would be their beet candi
date for governor.
“Re’s tee one we want, end I
think be has a wonderful chance
to win," Mrs. Helen lieb, national
committeewoman, said.
Mrs. lieb and G. Harold Alex
ander, state GOP chairman, bad
just talked with Van Fleet who
was visiting friends here.
None of tee three would com
ment on what Van Fleet bad to
say about it
Mrs. Lieb said the retired Eighth
Army commander made no com
mitment when urged to run but
left the way open to another con
ference later.
“Florida is the greatest state
in the Union and it deserves the
most efficient admaristraioo,”
Van Fleet Mad. *1 intend to do
everything I can to advance the
welfare and progress of tee state
as a private citizen, if not in a
political capacity.”
Van Fleet has called himself a
Southern Democrat who voted for
Eisenhower.
death for spies
AMMAN, Jordan UR—Jordan’s
Justice Ministry has drafted s new
law providing the death penalty
by hanging for pro-Israel spies,
Justice Minister Bahjat Talhouny
announced here. The maximum
penalty has been 15 years im
prisonment.
A MAN IN THE HOUSE
Bq Florence Stuart
AP Wi m
Chapter 9
VfONDAY waa Carla busk*
day. A class at eight-thirty
in the morning, another at tea.
His meeting with the student
counsel at eleven. Three after
noon classes. The term having
begun so recently, there were
still any number of the students,
especially among the freshmen,
who had not made up their minds
about their courses, who wanted
to switch to different subjects.
They kept coming to Carl, what
ever he had a free moment, to
ask his advice.
It was nearly lire that after
noon before Carl had a minute to
himself and he found that he was
tired, deadly tired. He went into
his office, shut the door, and sat
down at his desk. For a moment
he closed his eyes and passed his
hand over the dosed lids. He
took several long, deep breaths
and tried to relax. He was as
tightly wound up as the spring
of a watch. If he could relax
completely for ten minutes or so,
he would feel rested, refreshed.
Having relaxed for a few mo
ments, he felt less tired. I’d bet
ter be getting along home, he
thought. Jane might be expecting
him a little early. He thought: rfi
bet Jane expects me to have for
gotten this is our anniversary.
She had teased him several
times recently about getting ab
sent-minded. And perhaps he
was. Still, he hadn t forgotten
that this was their third weddiag
anniversary.
He opened his top desk drawer,
rummaged under a mass of pa
pers, and found the small white
jeweler’s box which he had put
there It contained a pair of sil
ver earrings.
Carl opened the box, took out
one earring, and laid it in the
palm of ms hand. He looked
at it thoughtfully. Somehow they
hadn’t looked quite like the sort
of thing Jane wore.
New 3D Maps Tell Solons About Weather
' Ww V
It has been * long time al
most a year since "This Rock"
last appeared. The mistake was in
ever stopping jk and now we’re
back to stay.
There are those who cay 1 am
a ‘crusader.* I dielike and deny the
title. The aims of this column are
merely to improve our hometown
by focusing attention on faults
major or minor that can and
need to be corrected. Personalities
are never involved.
Police Dept.
Perhpas some people might be
interested in hearing the writer’s
side of the recent Police Dept, fra
cas. , .
Old readers wdl remember that
for over two years, "This Rock"
attempted to improve load law en
forcement. Well, like a fool who
walks where ‘angels fear to tread,’
I transferred into the police and
tried to continue with the effort.
Boy! Was that a mistake!
It takes a cold-blooded, exper
ienced politician to fight City Hall
on its own grounds. Emotionally I
wasn’t capable of the job. During
the final month’s fight, (Dec.), I
seemed to be facing hundreds of
aroused enemies without a friend
in sight. This situation wasn’t too
bad because it has happened many
times while I’ve been writing for
The Citizen. However, the final
straw came when a so-called "De
cency Committee," all of whom
I considered my allies allowed
itself to stray off on a 'witch hunt'
for petty prostitutes instead of
sticking to an attempt to improve
police conditions. Already sick phy
sically, I took a few drinks and
was catapulted into Monroe Gen
eral Hospital.
(Moral: if you can’t drink, leave
it alone like I’m going to do from
now on!)
Conditions Improved
The investigating committee and
City Manager Vic Lang Ad do
some fine work, however. Fm told
Revolutionary New Screen Is Used At Strand
A revolutionary new Radiant
“Astrotite” extra-wida projection
screen has been installed in tee
Strand Theatre, it was announced
by Ygnacto CarbooeU, Manager.
This remarkable new acreen
gives astounding results on tee
new wide screen pictures, as weH
as on 3-D and standard type films.
AH pictures are shown with notice
able increased brightness. . .with
ail seats in the theatre equally
good. Full color pictures are pro
jected with added beauty and rich
ness, with a brilliant, ture-tiMife
coloring never before seen on any
movie screen.
The new Astrotite screen is sta
ler to the screens being installed
Largely because he couldat
think what else to get, Carl had
decided to buy them.
She had, he remembered, a ait
of seed pearl earrings she some,
times wore in the evemug. They
had been her grandmother s. and
on Jane they were delicate and
lovely. Perhaps it had been a mis
take to buy her that scut of gift
But he had wanted to get her
something personal and his
money simply did not run to
precious stones or really valuable
jewelry.
HE was still storing thought
fully st the earring, whan
the telephone rang, and aa he
finished talking over it someone
tapped lightly at his office doer.
“Come in," Carl said, frowning
slightly. He wished that for the
rest of the day people would let
him alone. He wanted to go home.
The door opened. Carl glanced
up at the girl who came in and
said: “Oh, hello, Helen.-
The girl asked: “Have you t
minute to spare. Professor Whit
tier? There’s something I wanted
to ask you. Of course, if you're
too terribly busy—*
Carl smiled. “Come on to,
Helen. I think I can spare a min
ute or two. What’s on your
mind?*
You hardly would have taken
Helen Talbot for an honor stu
dent, largely because she was so
attractive to look at She waa a
tall dark girl with a full lush
mouth. Her eyes were her most
arresting feature. They were so
dark they seemed black, and so
brilliant they were sometimes de
scribed as fiery. She was not
beautiful but she was “differ
ent”-looking.
She sat down in the chair be
side Carl’s desk. She said softly:
“1 want to thank you again for
the pleasant evening in Washing
ton. Professor.”
Carl smiled. “Don’t mention it
I enjoyed it too. I dislike going
to the theater alone. It waa nice
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Gibb
that morale is up 100 per cent in
the Police Dept, and much of the
undercover corruptness within our
town has been exposed to where it
can be bandied.
In many ways. Chief Kemp was
a fine man. Quite often, he tried
to help me. However, these is no
use denying that the Police Dept
was becoming stagnated in the op
inion of quite a few of its mem
bers. Some of the finest young
men in Key Wert are on the Force
sum! they deserve the right to in
stitute new ideas. "This Rock"
commends former Chief Kemp for
bis 30 years service to the City of
Key Wert and it also feels that
be made a wise move by stepping
aside at the present time.
Day end Night
Probably only the police realize
the difference between day and
night in Key West Between mid
night and dawn, there are charac
ters walking the street who couldn’t
be found for love or money during
the day. These are the guys that
lew enforcement officers learn to
watch.
Lately, however, there has been
a slight change in the picture. Un
desirables from Tampa may be
seen strolling around at any hour
of the day. It is an unhealthy sign
because Tampa controls the crime
syndicates of the South. Key West,
experiencing its wealthiest boom,
is going to have to be on Ms toes
to prevent an invasaoo of these out
side mobsters.
In Closing
Before putting e -30- to this first
column, may I explain to new
readers the meaning of fee title?
"This Rock" means "This Is
land." There is no implication of
having a secret weapon which we
are gang to throw at someone.
Key Wert has often been celled
"The Old Rock" and that is how
the heading originated, "This Rock
of Ours.”
It's good to be back with you
folks. Until tomorrow. , .
to tee amt modem American teen-'
ten, according to Mr. CarbcodL
K is one more step toward to tee
program that is revolutionizing the
motion picture industry.
The new screen at the Strand is
38 x 14 feet wide. This is the lar
gest screen toataied to Key West
Astrotite Screens are made by tee
Radiant Manufacturing Corpora
tion of Chicago, tee worid 1 * lar
gest projection ‘ acreen manufac
turer.
McCarthy to stcak
DALLAS, Tex. (JV-sen. McCar
thy (R-Wis) has accepted an in
vitation to speak here Feb. 11 at
a Lincoln Day banquet
PI
to have yon srrnmpty an ■'
was lucky you came ateng at jltt
the psychological momant, too.
to help me wlirt them earrings.
He touched the small square bon.
“Like many a man. In pretty
dumb as to a woman’s taste to
such things. Loft to myself.* ho
grinned. “1 darssay I would h#vo
selected sn old fashioned snuff
box for my wife, or soaaalhing
equally ridiculous.*
Helen laughed throattly. “You’d
better not tell your wife I helped
you select those linings* too
said. a
“Why not?" w
Helen shrugged. *T donna, flbo
might not likeit Wives are fuany
that way. Or so I’ve hoard.*
Cart laughed oat "You toil
■man you imagine sba’d be
jealous? Jane?* Ho toughed
again. Urn suggestion stnsekbfei
as highly preposterous. Jsu
wasn’t the jealous typo, ink
coed ness
Helen was atm smiling to ton.
"Did you tell Mrs. Whittier what
a nice evening wo had?* tot said.
, Carl looked confused. It hadn't
ho told himself, acemed important
enough to mention. But ha
wuldn’t very well aay that to
Helen. You never know what
cragy ideas these still adolescent
college girls might get into their
heads. Helen might imagine that
he attached some clandestine Sig
nificance to that evening. And
that notion was aa absurd he
wanted to laugh.
He didn't like himeelf any tea
well when he heard himself my
iag the words: “Look, Helen.* He
gave her a wry grin. “I haven't
mentioned to Jane that I ran into
Eu in Washington. No ransoa-it
it slipped my mind—but if you
ppen to see her. maybe it would
be a good idea if yon didn’t aay
anything about it”
Helen looked at him for 1 mo
ment and then she smiled. “Oh.
sure," she said. “I get it Don’t
worry. I won’t apOl the been."
’ By CHARLIS I*. BARRITT
WASHINGTON ill-The govern
ment has installed new 3D maps
to tell a congressman everything
about the weather except how po
litical winds are blowing la his
home town.
! A dedication service was held
yesterday for the elaborate multi
! colored weather maps just off the
floor of the House end Senate.
Rain, snow or shine, two Weath
er Bureau euorts show up tt #
a.m. every day to fill the Igg
glass panels with red, yellow,
white end green symbols which
portray the weather Iran Maxiio
to Canada. - 5‘
It takes them three hours, Mt
when they ere through n congress
man can tell the tempers tore Jn
his home town-plus wind direc
tion, precipitation, atmospheric
pressure and so on.
George Winthrop, head of the
Weather Bureau’s daily map unit,
said it was "pure ‘coincidence’’ to
day’s ceremony coincided with the
worst snow and sleet storm of the
season.
Can n congressman decipher all
those waving lines, arrows tad
other marks?
"You’d be surprised,” Winthrop
said. "Many congressmen are bet
ter meteorologists than the people
who make the maps. They are
keenly interested in the weather
here and back home. They can
malm their own forecasts."
The weather bureau has had all
glass map cases since 1903, but
they included weather stations
which had been closed for II
years.
As for the three-dimensional ef
fect, that was obtained by laying
out three layers of glass, each
with its own symbols. Winthrop
called it "lamination" on n “deli
cately grained glass surface.”
That makes it easier for a con
gressman to distinguish an oc
cluded front from a high pros sura
area.
NEWSMAN CLEARED
VALPARAISO. (Me, (ll—An ap
peals court has declared Alfredo
Silva Carvallo, general manager
of the newspaper La Union, not
guilty of charges of disrespect to
ward President Carlo* Ibanez 44
Campo and other government lead
ers.
Silva Carvallo was arrested lari
August for publishing speeches In
Congress by several opposition con
gressmen.
Slingshot Trouble
BALTIMORE OR— An East BaW
more neighborhood was plagued
recently by an outbreak of braise
Bouse windows, plate glass store
windows and street taupe.
Investigating police apprehend*
three boys carrying slingshots.
Yesterday grocer Stand Veldts,
54, was held in $166 bail on s
charge of telling a slingshot to an
U-yesr-old boy. Voklin pleaded to*
wwt
Jfe rig of Carthage was Rand-
B. C. and eras first destroyed bp
tee Romans to 141 B. C. \n\n NOTAS CUBANAS
Pee RAOUL ALPIZAIt POYO
REPASO HISTORICO
Hay un principio biológico de
superación, que rige en todo ser
viviente y que, actuando en las
especies humanas, llega a producir
notables adelantos en todos tos
órdenes. Suele a veces, extraviarse
un tanto el mencionado principio,
pero lo normal, lo lógico, es que
esté seguido de una superación,
que alcanza en ocasiones,, ¡danos
elevados.
Un pensamiento profundo, era
tenido en HERMES, nos dice "que
ti se piensa bien, ya que el pensa
miento os slompro ontorior o la
acción, no so puado ontoncos obrar
mal". Este aforismo, come todo
lo concebido por el cerebro humano
tiene sus quiebras. En muchas
ocasiones pese a pensarse bien,
si es que algún ser humano está
ya en posesión de lo que es el
Bien y el Mef, no se actúa de
acuerdo con el pensamiento, ya que
múltiples factores, suelen inter
venir en toda acción, aun que esta
haya sido meditada serenamente.
Lo imprevisto, lo desconocida, suele
trastornar planes y destruir ilu
siones, aunque quien tos haya
concebido, fuera guiado por la más
sana, pura y honesta de las
intenciones.
En Cuba, ese principio de supe
ración vá rápido en algunos ordenes
mientras que, en otros, vá lenta
mente, en forma tal, que apenas
si es perceptible para el observador
imparcial.
Por ejemplo: en la oratoria, que
fuera en nenstra querida tierra
patrimonio de n brillante grupo
de elegidos, a raya cabeza marcha
nuestro inmenso MARTI. Después,
podemos, anotar a Giberga, Mon
tero, Figueroa, Cortina, Fernández
de Castro ... Esos principes de la
palabra y de la imágen pulida y
bella, no han logrado ser sustitui
dos por la generación actual, a
pesar de haber entre nuestros
intelectuales, algunos oradores
aventajados. Pero, no llegaron a
la altura en que seguirán situados
en las páginas de nuestra oratoria,
tos que acabamos de mencionar.
En el orden musical, tuvimos
a Espadero, Villate, Cervantes,
Sánchez de Fuentes, Maury,
Tomás, Simons etc etc. Los que
les sucedieron, no sintieron co
mo los mencionados, la noble y
alta inspiración que lleva al penta
grama obras Inmortales. Por el
contrario, muchos de ellos, de
verdadera y exquisita Inspiración,
la dedicaron a cancioncillas,
saturadas de un extraño ritmo,
que dista mucho de ser el ver
náculo de nuestro país, llegando a
concebir disparates de la categoría
de los mal llamados "afro-cuba
nos", que prostituyen en forma
descompuesta y tope, el verdadero
ritmo cadencioso y sentimental de
nuestra música. Solo di Maestro
Roig. Lecuona, Prats y unos
poquísimos más, han 'escrito
páginas de intensa inspiración,
que perdurarán a través del
tiempo, ya que pueden figurar
junto a otras obras de autores
consagrados ya por la critica uni
versal.
En cambio, dentro da la música
popular, de aquella concebida por
personas no identificadas con el
pentagrama, contamos con verda
deros artistas, tales como Sindo
Caray, Rosendo Ruiz, Rico Saquito
y otros, que en bellísimas
como “La Bayamesa” y en alegres
juguetes, como los que concibe
"Séquito", dan una idea de lo que
serian capaces de escribir esos
talentos, al hubiesen tenido opor
tunidades para adquirir conoci
mientos mi armonía, composición
y todo aquello que se necesita para
escribir música
purísimos cánones del verdadero
arte.
Acerca de los poetas, diremos
que tuvimos a Heredia, Luaces,
Plácido, Milanés, José Joaquín
Palma, Julián del Casal, la in
mensa Gertrudis Gómez de
Avellaneda, José Agustín Quintero,
Joan Clemente Zenea, Aurelia
Castillo, Dulce María Bortero . . .
Actualmente, solo dos o tres de
nuestros poetas, tienen derecho a
situarse cerca de aquellos. Al
desaparecer el inolvidable Gustavo
Sañchez Galarraga, se marchó con
él, mucho del estro nacional
En el campo científico, tuvimos
verdaderas glorias en el Medicina
tales como Albarráa, Guiteras)
Finlay, Juan Bruno Zayas, Rai
mundo Menocal, Vicente Benito
Valdés, Enrique Nuñez . . . ,
Ahora, honran nuestra Medicina,
profesionales de la envergadura del
glorioso Dr. Ricardo Nuñez Por
tuondo, José Lastra, Juan B.
Kouri, Iglesias, Rodrigues Díaz y
muchos más, que cada dia ofrecen
notables pruebas de su sabiduría y
habilidad como cirujanos y su
capacidad como acuciosos clínicos.
En cuanto virtuosos del arte ...
Claudio Brindis de Salas, José
White, Díaz Albertíni, Púyala, Ig
nacio Cervantes, Casiniro Zertucha,
Joaquín Molina, Laureano Fuentes
.... Actualmente, podemos sen
tirnos orgullosos del joven violi
nista Reyes, de los notables
planistas José Ecbániz. Ernesto
Lecuona, Zenaida González Man
fugás, Bolet y otros, que han
paseado su arte por tierras de
enorme cultor musical, logrando
grandes éxitos para la patria cu
bana.
También hemos tenido, (rara
avis) políticos de acrisolada hon
radéz, de patriotismo purísimo y
de ejecutoria provechosa para los
intereses de Cuba. Juan José
Maza y Artola, Diego Tamayo,
Eduardo Yero, J. M. García Mon
tes, Cando Luna, Manuel Des
paigne, Jorge Alfredo Belt, Miguel
Coyula . . . Hombres que actuaron
en la vida pública y gobernaron
en distintas ocasiones, llevando
una existencia modestísima, sin
legar a sus descendientes, ni
palacetes, ni "celas de pete", ni
siquiera, en muchos casos, la pro
piedad del hogar en que nacieron.
Esos insignes tarones legaron a
sus hijos y demás descendientes, el
patrimonio decoroso de su inmacu
lada actuación, como un deber y
una imperiosa obligación, de
imitarles y de continuar la obra
hermosa por ellos emprendida, a
su paso por la gobernación de* la
tierra cubana.
En el periodismo . . • .Gastón
Mora, Márquez Sterling, Domingo
Delmonte, Pepe de Armas, E
duardo Dolz, Morales Dial, Coro
nado, Ajala, Juan Gualberto Gó
mez, que ahora son sucedidos por
Bilbao, Pizzi de Porras, Meluzá
Otero, Vasconcelos y otros, algu
nos de ellos, con verdadera prosa
pia intelectual
El principio biológico se ha
de cumplir de todas modos .repe
timos, aunque a ratos sufre in
voluntarios desvíos, producidos por
la época, las circunstancias y el
deseo de medrar en la linea del
menor esfuerzo de algunos osados.
Pero, como cubanos, estamos
orgullosos de nuestros hombres del
pasado y de muchos de los que
actúan en tí presente.