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THE key WEST CITIZEN
The Key West Citizen
Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen building, corner of
Greene and Ann Streets.
Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County
L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ... _ 1921 -1954
NORMAN D. ARTMAN Editor and Publisher
Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter
TRUE PHONES 2-54*1 and 2-5442 ~
Member of The Associated Press— The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news pub
lished here.
Member Associate Dailies of Florida
Subscription (by carrier), 25c per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60
~~ ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION
Hie Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues
and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish
anonymous communications.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED
BY THE CITIZEN
1. More Hotels and Apartments.
2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
S. Airports—Land and Sea. .
4. Consolidation of County and City Gdvernments.
5. Community Auditorium.
you, MR. NON-VOTER, DO YOURSELF
PROUD AND VOTE NEXT TUESDAY
While The Citizen, because of its firm belief that
everybody has the right and privilege to vote as he pleas
es, is not taking sides in the campaign for governor, yet
it feels it is not amiss for it to buttress wholeheartedly Le-
Roy Collins* plea to the voters of Florida to go to the
polls next Tuesday. Collins* appeal was in an Associated
Press dispatch published in The Citizen last Saturday.
A runoff primary is really more important than a
first primary. Where there are three or more men in a first
primary race, your vote may not be decisive, as happened
in the contest for the Democratic gubernatorial nomina
tion. But next Tuesday your vote will be final you will
help to nominate either Collins or Johns.
Key West voters made a good showing .in the first
primary, but even at that, we who voted can’t understand
the attitude of 25 percent of Monroe County’s voters,
who took the trouble to register and then stayed away
from the polls on primary day. Of course, a few of the
25 percent might have been ill and some might have been
out of the county. But the great bulk of the non-voters
didn’t bother to acquire the greatest privilege accorded
them by our democracy.
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Yes, it stumps a man or woman who consistently votes,
to try to determine what goes onlnthe mind of an Ameri
can who does not play the major role in his citizenship.
The Citizen urges you and you atfd'you, who stayed away
from the polls on May 4, to exereflfd your greatest privilege
as an American by expressing your choice for governor'
next Tuesday.
“Save us from our friend?, we can take care of
our enemies.’*
The first part of that old saying made Acting Gov
ernor Johns laugh, and everybody else laugh, at the TV
debate between him and Collins, held in Miami last Thurs
day night.
Johns and everybody else had need to laugh, because
it was the greatest joke that had ever occurred in Florida
politics or the politics in any other state.
Johns’ supporters didn’t know that the first edition
of The Miami Herald goes to press at 7:15 o’clock in the
evening. So what did they do? They put in the Herald a
political advertisement that said Collins had been van
quished by Johns in the TV debate, though the debate
had not yet taken place when the first edition of the
Herald was on the streets.
Collins read the advertisement before the debate
began, and Johns laughed and said, “Don’t blame me for
what my .friends do. I didn’t know any more about the
ad than you did.”
Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
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4. Flower
9. Genus of
the blue
! grass
12. Because
13. Think
14. Flow
15. Also
16. Witty
saying
17. Laymen
19. Begin
21. Takes un
lawfully .
21 Sulks
24. Chief
workman
27. Across
28. First
appearance
29. Leave
80. Cover
81. Trigo
nometrical
ratios
31 Brazilian
coin
33. Article
34. Takes one’s
way
35. Stirs the air
36. Lets down
tension
3*. Without
deliberation
39. Branches of
learning
40. Imprecation
41. Flowering
plant
43. Beard of
grain
44. Shade tree
47. Uneven
48. Famous
50. Capital of
Brazil
51. Automotive
fuel
52. Lock of hair
53. Stitch
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Thursday, May 20, 1954
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
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cal solid
10. Not at home
11. Indefinite
amount
18. Encourage
20. By
21. Garments
22. Grinding
tooth
23. Sheeplike
24. Wards off
25. Representa
tive
26. Loud
28. Takes the
chief meal
31. Navigator’s
instrument
32. Thin slioes
of bacon
34. Caution
35. Obese
37. Goes ashore
38. Members of
a crew
40. Is under
obligation
41. Tooth of a
gear wheel
42. Town in
Ohio
43. Devoured
45. Falsehood
44. Cut down
49. Alternative
DOWN
1. Frequently
2. Old card
game
3. Sagged
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5. On
6. Ignited
7. At home
8. Instrument
for taking
bearings at
sea
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“Invasion U.S.A.”
Is Shock Drama
On At Islander
Tensely depicting the nightmare
of bombs falling on the U. S., Col
umbia Pictures’ electrifying “In
vasion U. S. A.” opens tonight
the Islander Drive-In Theatre. “In
vasion U. S. A.” easily is thje
year’s shock drama. Gerald Mohr,
Peggie Castle and Dan O’Herlihy
are starred in the film, a grim
screen contemplation of what
would happen if the bombs ever
are unleased on the territorial U.
S. Terrifying in its impact, “In
vasion U. S. A.’’ should evoke a
universal agreement that so frigh
tening a state of affairs must never
be permitted to come to pass.
“Invasion U. S. A.”, as its title
would indicate, graphically depicts
an enemy attack and what happens
when the bombs are dropped on
San Francisco, Seattle, New York,
and Boulder Dam. In particular,
the drama concentrates on the fate
of a group of people who are
casually gathered in New York
when word is flashed that Alaska
has been attacked. The imminent
attack on the continental U. S.,
which rapidly comes with devasta
ting effect, sends the group back
to their homes around the county
to fight, to work, to prepare. It is
through their eyes we see Boulder
Dam smashed, Radio City toppled,
paratroops taking over Washing
ton, San Francisco in flames, Seat
tle blasted, airfields A-bombed!
In “Invasion U. S. A.,” Mohr
plays a television reporter who
helps to keep the American peo
ple alert to the progress of the
invasion. Miss Castle, a volunteer
Red Cross worker, and Mohr help
provide the film’s tragic love in
terest. O’Herlihy plays a myster
ious individual who tries td warn
the film’s various principals of
their possible doom in the event of
“Invasion, U. S. A.”
Competitive Exam
Result Announced
Captain Robert S. Simpson, USN,
Commanding Officer of the Naval
Hospital here, has announced the
results of the Service-Wide Com
petitive Examination conducted in
February 1954.
Captain Simpson stated that the
following named staff personnel
passed the examination and if oth
erwise eligible will be advanced in
rating effective 16 May 1954: H. D.
Foster, Hospitalcorpsman, second
class; J. C. Puckett, shipservice
man barber, second class; R. E.
Bishop, hospitalcorpsman, third
class; R. D. Crifobin, hospitalcorps
man, third class; J. H. Hirasa,
hospitalcorpsman, third class; W.
F. Mullins, hospitalcorpsman, third
class; S. E. Permowicz, hospital
corpsman, third class; J. L. By
ars, hospitalcorpsman, third class;
R. H. Johnson, hospitalcorpsman,
third class; M. J. Lennart, hospi
talcorpsman, third class; I. L.
Wolf, hospitalcorpsman, third class
and P. M. Gouveia, hospitalcorps
man, third class.
HUGGINS REPORTS
TO SUR-AS-DEV-DET
Lieutenant Commander Judson
D. Huggins, U. S. Navy, reported
from the U. S. Submarine Base,
Pearl Harbor, T. H. to Command
er Surface Anti-Submarine Deve
lopment Detachment here for duty
on his staff as Assistant Torpedo
Project Officer.
Steel men use a pencil which will
leave a mark on white hot ingots.
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Gibb
Tonight and tomorrow folks.
Fiesta Alegre y Beneficial A big
parade! A wonderful play! A
grand ball! Let’s make this occa
sion a success!
All proceeds from the Fiesta go
to the Monroe County Juvenile
Building Fund. That in itself is suf
ficient reason to cause a great res
ponse on the part of Key Westers.
However, there is also the reason
that by participating wholehearted
ly in the Fiesta, we wiilbe creat
ing better relations wisfe out. gopd
neighbor, Cuba. >,•• y-
For that matter if ish’t even
necessary to think of tonight’s and
tomorrow’s fun being performed in
the line of duty. Just go to town
and have a good time. The spirit of
the Fiesta is sure to snag you whe
ther you want it to or not!
Yearly Celebration
Local merchants cry “poor
mouth” during this slack season of
the year. If this Fiesta can be
made into a successful yearly
event, it will be of immense value
to Key West. Folks of Cuban des
cent will come in from all parts of
Florida especially Tampa and
Miami.
Save Some Money
Celebrate the Fiesta Alegre y
Beneficia but be sure and hold back
a little money for another impor
tant project that is going on just
at present.
How many of you have sons in
the Navy? How many of you have
daughters married to Navy person
nel? How many of you sincerely
want to make sure they are pro
vided for in time of emergencies?
You can do so by contributing
to the “Command Fund Raising
Campaign” currently being con
ducted here in Key West in an ef
fort to raise $21,000.
Your son or daughter may be
stationed a thousand miles away
but regardless of the location, you
can rest assured the civilians of
that town are typical American fa
thers and mothers. In most cases,
these civilians will provide for local
emergencies by contribwtjhg to
the Navy Relief Society. Can we
Key Westers do any less for the
boys and their wives front other
sections of the country who- have
been entrusted to our cso* Turn
about is fair play.
You probably watched the par
ade the other night and agreed fer
vently with its theme: “Power For
Peace.” In the normal course of
events, not many of us can do
Cancer Victiiip
Becomes Citi^pn
PARAMUS, N. J. Uftjfchorwald
W. Petersen, 66, ill with
lung cancer, had his fondest wish
fulfilled Tuesday. \y
He became a citizen of the
United States, lying in his hospital
bed at Bergen Pines. Bergen
County Judge Lawrence A. Cavin
ato came robed to the bedside to
administer the oath. Locking on
were his clerk and Raymond Hof*
feller, director of the Jtefcark im
migration service.
Petersen, from
Denmark, murmured, ‘Thank you,
thank you,”* when he was pro
nounced a citizen, but later added,
“I wish I could get better.”
There may be as many as 659,-
000 ants in a single nest.
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much more than pay taxes to help
bring this theme into actuality. This
“Command Fund Raising Cam
paign” sort of changes the picture
a little bit.
“Power” in the Armed Services
is as much a matter of morale as
it is of equipment. The sailor who,
inadvertently and through no fault
of his own, finds his back pushed
against the wall because of finan
cial difficulties isn’t of much use
to himself or his country. That is
its!soiniceito'coiiie home to si/*]
...air conditkmed.comfort Jj
It'* really fine to eome home to air conditioned comfort after a hard
day at work! _ _ .
It’s fine to relax in the living room—to read, listen to the radio, watch
TV, 0r... to just smile smugly and think how hot it is outside. olr-fondWonor you’ll wood*
; Sleep’s a treat, too, in air conditioned comfort Next morning you re
up and at ’em, full of sip. None of that whipped feeling. —***** .
This year, there’s a wider range of room air conditioners than ever Vih.p.* up to 350 squore feet
before. Designed to fit standard windows, including casements. Easy |,.p.* up to 450 square feet
to install, no plumbing. Cost of operation, amazingly low. 550
Ask your dealer right away about your room air conditioners—to I_l 1, ■ .
cool, dehumidify, and clean the air in your home, all summer long. r *bn sure #0 hav odnqvatn wiring
City Electric System
ELECTRICITY TODAY’S BIGGEST BARGAIN
cnapter 31
r\R STOKES came around the
desk, sat down In the chair
rd been using. He switched the
gun to his • left hand and with
the gloved fingers of his right
began to strike keys, fast and
hard.
He took minutes to do what he
was doing. Once I set myself to
jump, but he pointed the gun at
my belly and I relaxed. And then
the doctor finished, and got up,
shifting the gun back to his
right hand.
"There’s your out,’* he said.
“You can leave town as 1 tell
you to, but this stays with me so
that I’ll know you’ll stay away
from Smith City, the Ealing case,
and me. Come and see what 1
wrote.”
He drew back tornird one side
of the desk and let me approach
the typewriter. He’d written the
no e in capitals:
ONLY I KNOW HOW AND WHY
I MURDERED RICHARD EAL
ING, MRS. PETTIGREW, AL
BENSINGER AND ALCHISEZ.
AND I WON’T TELL. I AM
MAKING THIS CONFESSION
BECAUSE I FEEL FORCED TO.
NOW I AM CHECKING OUT
FOREVER. I WONT FACE AN
OTHER SESSION WITH THE
POLICE. GOODBYE TO ALL.
“Sign it,” he ordered me.
I straightened up and faced
him, almost within grabbing dis
tance, but not quite.
“Nothing doing,” I said. “Do
you call this a confession? It
reads like a suicide note, It would
look grand beside my dead body,
wouldn’t it? Well. I don’t sign,
doctor. You can kill me. but fm
not doing anything that will
clear you of that.”
“Then leave it like that. It’s al
most as good without your sign
ing.” He pointed the pistol, his
hand tense on it. “You’re right,
it does look like a suicide note.
Good—a suicide note, a dead
body. Case closed.”
He stepped an inch toward me
and I backed up. I felt the breeze
from the window just behind me.
where the Navy Relief Society
steps in. Though not a charitable
organization in the normal sense
of the word, the Relief Society pro
vides all the better features of
charity with none of the demoraliz
ing effects.
You who have lived right here in
Key West all your lives have pro
bably faced domestic crises where
you felt you had reached the end
of your rope. How much worse
By MANLY.WELLMAN I
Tf you shoot me,” I talked fast, 1
“you’ll have to leave that gun
beside me. Even if you close my
hand around it, you won t leave
the right kind of prints. It won’t
be as good a job as the one you
did with Ealing. And guns can
be traced through who sold them.
Raniel will trace that one. Right
to you.”
‘Talk yourself out,” said Dr.
Stokes, smiling above those two
sfaring muzzles. “Its the last
thing you’ll ever do.”
“Tliey’ll tie the gun to you.
Shooting me sends you definitely
4o the chair. You’re a fooL doc
tor.”
“No, Yates,” he said. “It's you
that’s being the fool. You aren’t
going to die by a bullet.”
He threw the gun and it
bounced off of my face, filling my
eyes with sparks. I swayed back
ward and he rushed in and
grabbed my shoulders, forcing
them back.
I reeled off balance, the win
dow sill against the backs of my
knees. I fell halfway out, grab
bing the stiff fabric of the shade
that shoved out of the window
with me. I stared up into the eve
ning sky, just beginning to dust
itself over with the first stars.
I felt the whip of the breeze and
heard the motors in the street,
ninety miles below. Then I
pulled, and the shade tore to
pieces, but I was back in.
I threw Dr. Stokes clear of me
and he stooped like lightning. So
did I, my hand out for that
fallen gun, but he had it first.
“What’s going on in here?”
That was J. D. Thatcher. She
walked in from the front office,
her face as white as death under
the most lovely hair-do the an
gels in heaven might envy. Dr.
Stokes, in the act of lifting the
gun toward me, spun around as
if her voice had pulled him like
a string. He called her a name
I won’t set down here and started
to point the gun at her.
But I’d had time to step in. 1
clouted him behind the ear.
TJTS gun went off, but he was
“ on the way down and the
bullet ploughed into the floor.
"What’s going—” J. D. started
to say again.
would it have been if you were in
a strange town, hampered by mili
tary regulations, and with no imme
diate friends to turn to? This is the
situation that many a sailor and
his wife face and it’s a situation
that you can help them solve by
contributing now to the “Command
Fund Raising Campaign.”
Some of you readers have fussed
in times past about “the Navy try
ing to take over the town.” Have
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“Call a doctor.” I told her.
“Quick. Mrs. Pettigrews hurt—”
J. D. gurgled and muttered
and I thought she was going to
be hysterical. But she readied
for the phone. Dr. Stokes got up
to his knees, then tq his feet. 1
jabbed him in the nose to ready
him and his glasses flew off. I
saw his eyes stare and Mink.
Then I shifted and uppercut him.
His whole body followed his head
backward, hard and heavy, and
flopped on the floor. This time he
lay as still ss Mrs. Pettigrew.
J. D. was telephoning. When
she had finished, she looked at
me. “They’re sending an ambu->
lance,” she said. “Isn’t that bet
ter?”
“Much better," I said. Then, as
she turned toward Mrs. Petti*,
grew, “No, don’t touch her. Leave
that for somebody who knows
how to handle a bad concussion
case. Shove the phone over, will
you?”
I called police headquarters.
"Is Lieutenant Raniel in his
office?” I asked. For a wonder,
he was.
“This is Yates," I told him.
“Can you come over to my office?
I’ve got that killer we’ve all been
trying to catch.”
“Oh,” he said. “Whe’s year
new nominee, mastermind?"
“An old nominee,” I rsnUsd.
“Dr. Stokes."
“Now look here, if you think
I’m going through that same
monkey business again—”
“It’s not the same businsas. It’s
the real thing. He’s confessed.
He’s pulled a gun. He’s tried to
kill a witness. He’s resisted ar
mrest."
“It’s another of your pipe
dreams,” Raniel almost wailed.
“I’m sick of the day you bummed
your way into town.”
“Call it whatever you want tq
but get over here. I just got
through slapping Dr. Stokes bow
legged. He wears glasses 1
knocked him loose from them.
It’s a crime to hit anybody that
wears glasses, isn’t it? Come over
on that account, come over on
my account, but come over.
Quick.”
“I’m coming,” be said.
(Ta be eeatfaaed)
you ever stopped to think that
with “the Navy,” there might not
be any. town to take over?! For
twelve months of the year, we need
the Navy and need it badly. Since
it does so much for us, let’s make
sure that we don’t let the Navy
“Command Fund Raising Cam
paign” close before we’ve helped
it reach its goal. Get your dona
tions in now personally or by
mail.