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Thi HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS FAST PASS IN REVIEW BEACHCOMBER Fort Lauderdale BJewb THE GORE PUBLISHING COMPANY JPJKEY Chairman of the W. W. STARR, Vice-Pres. Advertising i 52E' Pr5iant J. MILLASO CAIN, Vice-Pres.

Circulation J. W. GORE. Editor and Publisher FRED PETTUOHN, Executive Editor TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1960 Editorial, Page Eight Classified Department Dial JA 3-5425 AH Other Departments Did JA 2-3711 PLEASE Ey WESLEY STOUT WHERE IS p. HELP EVERVBOPYf us.

plea to R'CH NATIONS 320 SE First Ft. Lauderdale "WALK A BLOCK from the river and you were on the outskirts" is Capt Charley Baeorn's first memory of Ft Lauderdale. That was 1911. A boy of 13, he accompanied his father down the new canal from the lake. The father, William, had set up a fish camp at Bacom's Point named for him in 1906, moving his family from Tampa to Ft.

Myers. At 14, Charley Bacom worked in summer for his father on the lake. At 15, be went to work MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Presf Is entitled exclusively to the use for publication of all the local news printed ip this newspaper as well as all AP naws dispatches. All rights of publication of special dispatcnes also reserved. NEWS Hollywood Bureau, 505 21st Dial Hollywood WA 2-158.

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52 SE Fourth Dial CR -2A74. NEWS-SENTiNEL Palm Beach Bureau 301 Dixie Hwy. TE 3-W33. iuii-unie stoppering a nsnooat By OXIVnXE PXV TIXE A BOY'S best friend is his mother. It would seem that way insofar as one fast-buck boy is concerned.

He used his mother's name from Jacksonville down the east coast and up the west coast Not missing a single hearing aid store. Each place his purchase was never over a $1. He was buying batteries for her hearing aid. As soon as they were handed to him he would start his pitch. As he held a $10 bill in his hand to pay for the batteries, he sort of talked to himself but loud enough for those close to him to hear.

"Mother always likes to pay her own way, maybe I'd better let her. Then to the sales person, it's all right by you I'll let my mother pay." He'd then pull out a check, signed by a 4 woman, for $5. I Every place he visited ac iv Our Opinion YOURS to Ft Myers. Then Lilly moved I his Southern Fisheries Co. from Ft.

Myers to Ft Lauderdale, and the boy hauled boatloads of catfish here. When the catfish trade shifted to Okeechobee City, with the coming of the railroad there, Charley went to work for the South Florida Farms promoters of Moore Haven, commanding the Harry i STOUT d-y 'sr cepted the check, gave him $4 and some silver, and the 1 which carried half the lumber for the new town. In Miami last week he spotted the Seminole Queen, long a Biscavne Bay sightseeing boat, in Merrill-Stevens' drydock. The South Florida Farms Co. had that boat built at Jacksonville in 1916.

Brought down the Intracoasial to Ft Lauderdale and up the canal to the Lake, it was put on the Palm Beach Canal hauling homeseek-ers to Moore Haven. if. haffpnp! Thf fc wa 1 lis Xxs EEVELLE worthless. Either money has lost its value to some folks or else they're getting thoughtless when dealing with strangers. Either way the fast-buck boys are taking advantage of them coming and going.

Or TW TV.m. Ti Ml They Are The Salesmen Of Fear By PAUL HARVEY COMMUNIST METHODS do not confound Chicagoans. We've lived with hoods for years. We have watched gangsters infiltrate respectable organizations, ultimately to control them. We have watched the mob infiltrate police, politics, courts, seeking to control them.

We have never had any illusions about the objectives of these syndicated hoodlums. They aim, by whatever means necessary, to take over control of our city. Khrushchev's "protection racket" is no mystery to us. We have seen it developed by Capone, perfected by Frank Nitti. We are not surprised at the international scope of the So-viet conspiracy because our gangsters operate the same way.

The calls of Chicago hoodlums are under control of a crime czar. He is part V-' objective are acceptable, including threats, coercion, intimidation, bribery, torture and murder. The counterattack against Chicago crime by Eliot Ness and his Untouchables succeeded with one weapon: courage. Ness himself described the gangsters as "salesmen of fear. When nobody will buy it, they're out of business." The magnificent example of the Untouchables and the fearless press that supported them inspired courage on the part of the citizenry.

As people, unafraid, refused to pay for "protection," the syndicate backslid into oblivion. THE SYNDICATE is back "in business." Augmenting its illicit income from vice and narcotics with bona-fide investments in "legitimate" businesses, the gangsters still prosper. It is time now, nationally and internationally, for some vigorous, valorous new leadership which will rally resistance among us alL We will not win the fight. It is important that we understand this. Chicagoans will not, finally and completely, win the war against tyranny.

We can't win either war, but we can lose both! To "preserve, protect and defend" our land "against all enemies, foreign and requires eternal vigilance. With courage and determination and fearless refusal to kneel to these false gods, we will prove our faith in the real One Or surely die. THE CAPTAIN hadn't been in Moore Haven in some years when he came through from Tampa with a tow just after the 1926 hurricane. Blowing for the bridge, he got no response. "Where the heck is the bridgetender?" he yelled to a man on the bank.

"He drowned," said the man. Bacom opened the bridge for himself and headed his tow for the Palm Beach Canal, not knowing that it had been closed to navigation with the opening of the St. Lucie Canal. The captain tugboated for Merrill-Stevens out of Jacksonville for 11 years, switched to Tampa, then to charterboats and yachts out of Miami. He is the only man registered at the Jacksonville custom house with both a master's and chief engineer's ticket; he was both on yachts.

Powel Crossley'i was one of his commands. War IT commandeered all yachts, and Bacom followed them into government service. He tells us that in 1911-12 there was an ice plant at Ft. Thompson and nothing else, supplying the fish boats. He is here visiting an old Daytona friend, Buster Chadwick.

THREE MASKED MEN entered the lobby of the Broward Hotel at 2:30 a.m. Jan. 21, i938. Night clerk Abner Sherlock was on duty. Dr.

Anna Darrow and her husband, Dr. A. living at the hotel, were in the lobby. A bellboy was made to lie face down on the floor, the Darrows ordered to sit quietly and Sherlock to open the safe. He couldn't, he plead-ed; only the manager knew the combination.

L. W. Smalley was manager. Where was he? Asleep in his second floor room. One of the trio marched Sherlock to Smal-ley's door and told him to knock.

Smalley was immediately suspicious; why hadn't he been phoned? Bracing a shoulder and knee against the door, he cracked it. A gun was thrust in and Smalley told to open up or be shot. Then began a long struggle for the door, Smalley trying to pinch the gunman's arm in the door, forcing him to drop the pistol. In the course of the tussle, the man's handkerchief mask fell off, giving Smalley a glimpse of his face. Smalley won the door fight, closed and locked it.

The lock's click may have sounded like a gun's click. Or the gunman may have heard Smalley pick up the phone. In either case, the bandit bolted for the lobby, yelled to his companions "Let's get out of here'," and the three roared southward over the Andrews Ave. bridge. They got away.

We'll bet "Doc Anner" rather enjoyed it all; she loved excitement. 1 i of the nauon-wide syndicate. And the black hand of the Mafia overlords the entire underworld. HARVEY In Chicago, we know there is one way to survive against this conspiracy. Only one way.

THE BLACK HAND, like the Red Hand, enforces discipline in its own ranks and obedience in others with one weapon: fear. The ultimate objective of the conspiracies is "control." Any means necessary to achieve that THERE'S a William Puckner of Guttenberg, New Jersey, who is collecting old Reach and Spalding Official Baseball And he' paying good money for them. As he points out both Reach and Spalding printed these Guides from 1877 until 1941. Once World War II got under way both companies suspended operations, and the only way Mr. Puckner can obtain back issues is to appeal to readers who bave no use for their copies any more.

He writes, in part, "As the Fort Lauderdale territory was always a baseball hot-bed, it is believed some of these books are in the hands of one-time fans who are no longer interested in them. It would be a shame if they are going to waste and are just stowed in hideaways about the house. If any former baseball rooters who can 'go way back' have Guides which they wish to dispose of I will gladly compensate them for all the books and will be most thankful if they will write and let me know of any available copies." Mr. Puckner's address: S3-68th Street, Gut-tenberg, N. J.

ONE of the nicest projects this column has come across is that which is conducted by Ft. L. High School Anchor Club. This group of girls is answering every letter written to Santa Claus in this area. Postmaster Dale Dunifon informs us that letters addressed to Santa are turned over to the girls for an answer.

All answers are written on Santa's personalized stationery and read something like this: Santa's Workshop North Pole Dec 1, I960 Dear Mike I received your jolly letter with glee. I will speak to the Elves about your truck and rag doll. But meanwhile be sure and be a good boy, and I am sure you'll have a merry Christmas! Love Santa Claus HE'S busy as a bee, flitting here and there, trying to make the world premiere of the "Where the Boys Are" at the Gateway Theater, Dec. 21, the highlight of the holiday season. Keith Han-dee, Gateway manager, is making all the arrangements for the many motion picture stars who will be here to add glamor to the premiere.

Many parties are slated to introduce the stars to the hometown folks. The night of the movie should find most of Broward County at the theater to catch a glimpse of their MGM favorites who will be on hand to sell this movie about the college set that makes Fort Lauderdale its Easter vacation headquarters. BIRTH DATES Dec. 7 Jean Busch Dr. Russell B.

Carson Rudolph Friml Eli Wallach George Fredericks Veraa Jean Bragg Isabelle Fleenor Ann Hoekstra Clara Toth. i0 A. The Newi welcomes contributions trorn readers en ail subjects. All tetters must bear the writers' signatures and addresses. However, upon request, names be withheld from publication.

They should not txceed 256 words In the Meres of good fast and protection against libel, Tha Hews reserve; the right to adit at' letters. Lucky For Us Conservatives Still Hold Balance Of Power In Congress gEN. HARRY F. BYRD, the Virginia Democrat who heads up the powerful Senate Finance Committee, put into stinging words last week the feeling shared by many of his southern colleagues ever since it was learned that a group of liberal Democrats in the Senate may attempt to purge conservatives from important committee posts when Congress convenes next month. The purge idea has been espoused by Sen.

Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania and by Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois, a pair of confirmed liberals who apparently feel that last month's election is a mandate for the Democratic Party to take the bull by the horns and shove the Democratic convention platform through Congress regardless of the consequences. Both Sen. Clark and Sen.

Douglas have declared that any party member who doesn't go along with the platform planks shouldn't be permitted to hold chairmanships of major committees which will screen legislation designed to carry out the platform promises. It is no secret that Sen. Byrd has been and will continue to be strongly opposed to many of the planks in the Democratic platform. And, it is no secret either that he is one of the committee chairmen that Sens. Clark and Douglas would like to see ousted from key positions should the liberals gain control of the Senate when it comes back to work next month.

Sen. Byrd, however, is not a man who shies away from a fight, particularly when principles are involved. So, by way of a letter to Sen. Clark, he served notice last week that he will welcome any attempt by the liberals to purge him from his chairmanship, and he promised these gentlemen a bitter fight to keep them from succeeding in their objective. gEN.

BYRD called Sen. Clark's attention to the fact that he has served on the Finance Committee for some 28 years and became chairman some six years ago by reason of seniority. He also pointed out that he has served in the Senate longer than any other Virginian in history and that his responsibility in the Senate is primarily to the people of Virginia rather than to any outside interests such as the national Democratic convention or any of his liberal Democratic colleagues. Sen. Byrd declared that the party he belongs to was founded by Thomas Jefferson on the principles of a system of representative government, sound and frugal, with authority divided between federal and state governments to prevent coercive, if not despotic, centralization of power.

The people of Virginia, he told Sen. Clark, adhere to these fundamental principles and yield to none in their dedication. Sen. Byrd then went on to state how some of the Democratic platform planks would conflict with the principles of Jeffersonian democracy that both he and his constituents have always fought to uphold. He said he is bitterly opposed to political manipulation of the Federal Reserve System in order to influence interest rates, or for any other purpose.

He said he is opposed to repeal of state right-to-work laws; to forced integration in every school district by 1S63; to establishment of a Fair Employment Practices Commission which would give bureaucrats in Washington power over who is to be employed or who can be dismissed in private business, and to platform recommendations for compulsory medical service and hospitalization under the Social Security system. JL these things are in the Democratic platform. Sen. Byrd stated, as well as a host of other proposals all designed to further increase the cost of government at the direct expense of the taxpayers. He said he had tried to estimate the overall extra costs of the platform recommendations but had found this an impossible task.

The only thing certain, he said, was that all these extra costs would be added to the public debt or financed by increased taxation with the result our already weakened dollar and our poor fiscal situation would be further hurt. Under the circumstances, Sen. Byrd declared, he did not propose to be coerced into giving his approval to programs and legislation purely on the basis of partisan politics. He said he would act on these matters on the basis of his own judgment and conviction after a full study of all the facts available, and he strongly intimated that if Sens. Clark and Douglas wanted to purge him for this they could go ahead and try.

There are many in the Senate, and elsewhere, who completely concur with Sen. Byrd's feelings in this respect. The Congress of the United States is not supposed to be a rubber-stamp body subject to the control and the influence of any one man, one political party or one group. If the Democratic liberals had their way they would convert the Congress into just such a body and we would face a repetition of the first 100 days of the initial Franklin D. Roosevelt administration.

Fortunately, however, we don't think the Democratic liberals have the power to control Congress nor to purge anyone who doesn't do their bidding. Thanks to men like Sen. Byrd, the conservatives still hold the balance of power in Congress, and if a test of strength is forced by the pushing of a purge movement such as advocated by Sens. Clark and Douglas, the outcome might well be a mighty unpleasant surprise to those who think last month's election was any vote of confidence in the Democratic convention platform. as the hole which states that a treaty is higher than our Constitution in legality.

The title Democrat or Republican does not separate liberals and conservatives. They are mixed together like a box full of pieces to two jigsaw puzzles. The pieces of the puzzles must be separated NOW. Our country needs two teams to regain the spirit of true competition one team to make sure that the other plays the game according to the Constitutional rules of "Government of the people, by the people, for the people. N.

A. MANILI Against Iditor, Tha News: Collier Manor Home Owners Association Inc. wish to go on record as against increase in garbage collection rates, as proposed by Associated Independents, Inc. If the company cannot show a profit at present rate, this association urges that the franchise be revoked and the county return to competitive bid operation for garbage collection. 'MAUDE A.

GLYNN President ANN D. CARTER Secretary Vitally Concerned Editor, Tha News: The following letter was sent to the. County Commission. It will not be possible for me to be present to present my views at your next Tuesday afternoon meeting. Therefore, I am writing this letter.

It seems to me it was some six to eight months ago that Associated Independents took over or purchased this franchise from Affiliated Services, Lie. These dates may not be accurate but, no doubt, you have this information at your disposal. I do not. According to the newspapers, they are now loudly complaining that they cannot make ends meet They offer figures stating that each customer costs them $2.31 per month but they only collect $1.56. My comments are: 1.

Should the residents of the unincorporated areas of Broward County be penalized because of the failure of these persons to determine that they were buying a concern which was losing money? 2. Would it be unthinkable to allow this concern to discontinue doing business after proper notice, say 90 days? Certainly the County Commission must be protected in some form against the abrupt discontinuance of service. The 90 days mentioned would allow true independent operators to be ready to do business when Associated Independents stopped service. It is quite true that the present service, as far as garbage pickups are concerned is satisfactory, but it is no better and perhaps slightly worse than the service we had before the franchise was granted. At that time rates were governed by competition.

i ,1. It has been intimated in Ji newspaper What Happened? Editor, Tha News: Wonder what happened to the young fellow, John Jack, who a few weeks ago was so desperately concerned about the "prestige" of our country? We get the news every day investigators are uncovering more and more fraud and bribery in the already fixed election. Why do the officials in Elinois, Texas and other places object to an investigation if there is nothing to hide? What could be worse in the eyes of other nations than such an unfair and dishonest scandal? They can't find a rug big enough to sweep all this mess under. F. T.

A. What's Your Number? Editor, Tha News: Merchants, what are your street or avenue numbers? While driving one cannot always catch the street signs. This is the cause of more traffic jams than anything else. I was a resident of New York; now I'm a Floridian. A large number "over every store front or building is a must in New.

York. The number would be cheap advertising for any merchant. If one saw a good looking store or restaurant one would be conscious of the number and perhaps return to it if in need of the object or service. We would be helping to take the load off gas station attendants. Let's help traffic move faster.

BERTHA WORKER What Is Best? Editor, Tha News: Abraham Lincoln said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." THAT is America-today. The states are not divided for war, but the people are divided and confused. It's true we are all Americans and we want what is best for America. The question is, can we have what is best for America with only one team running the show? What fun would there be to watch the Yankees play the Yanks, or the Democrats play the Democrats or the liberals against the liberals? There would be no real spirit of competition against one's own party, and with no opposition America would soon be a monarchy or under a dictatorial leader such as Castro. We have two parties, but they are not the Democrats and the Republicans they are the literals and the conservatives.

I am a Democrat but I am not a liberal, I am a conservative. I believe in freedom for America first. I believe in upholding OUR Constitution first I would like to see our freedom returned to the American people, and see our aggressive judicial and legislative branches of our government return to the function of making laws to protect our freedom, rather than laws to usurp power and chip away at our freedom bit by bit. I would rather see them find ways to plug the holes in our Constitution than to ways to enlarge them, such that some of the operating loss was a result of customers who refused to pay their bills. Everyone with whom I deal, as far as I know, has the right to discontinue service to me should I refuse to pay them for the service.

They also, I believe, have the right to sue me in Small Claims Court, which process I understand is relatively inexpensive. Does not Associated hav these same rights? Please be assured that the voters in my neighborhood are vitally concerned with this matter and are watching yoiu actions. B. W. FINK For Safety Editor, The News: This letter is to plead for the safety, tha very lives, of thousands of Ft.

Lauderdale residents and visitors living east, west and adjacent to U. S. Highway No. 1, north of the Gateway intersection and up to 38th NE (at least). The 45 mile speed limit (more often exceeded than not) is, at least, 15 miles an hour faster than should be permitted in this densely populated section.

The lack of traffic lights residents and visitors take their lives in their hands every time they must cross or enter U. S. No. 1. Visitors to our homes remark about the void of consideration in this matter.

Of course a pull-off highway provision was immediately made for the shoppers at the Jefferson Store but no thought has been given to residents, including hundreds of school children who can't help but wonder what the authorities in this matter are doing to utterly forget their stressing requirements! Wilton Manors, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and Pompano care more for the safety of their residents and visitors. For shame! Please give us traffic lights or a reduction and enforcement of lowered speed limits in this section. E. S. CLIFFORD EDITOR'S NOTE: Speed limits and traffic signal lights on U.

S. Route One, as well as other state and federal roads, are controlled by the State Road Department, according to Francis E. May, city traffic engineer. The section of the highway referred to above in Ft Lauderdale is not comparable to Lauderdaie-by-the-Sea or Pompano Beach, since Ft. Lauderdale's is a divided four-lane highway, while the others are not, May points out He adds that accident reports in the area referred to generally do not indicate a need for a change in speed limits, but that the intersection at NE 19th St is being surveyed to determine if a signal is desirable at the cussing.

3 ivunures i A Dav a By James Keller IN 1301, at the age of 42, Theodore Roosevelt became the youngest President of the United States. During his first few months in office, he devoted so much time to studying geometry that a friend asked why he did so. Roosevelt explained: "My study of these problems and propositions of geometry will further train and exercise my powers of thinking and reasoning that I must employ in dealing with the momentous problems of this nation." In meeting the responsibilities of your home, community, country and world, develop the ability to think and to reason logically. Your intellect is a precious gift entrusted to you by God. Few people appreciate what great capacities of mind, heart and soul they possess.

How to discover and put to good use your inner power? That's for you to find out. You may not relish studying geometry, but you certainly can nurture the ability to think straight and thus better live up to your own personal responsibilities. "You shall know the truth, and the truth shaH make you free." (John Thanks, loving Creator, for the gift of and will. Help me to 'use them constructively..