The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 23, 1945, Page 2

| + RU ERIE ec a NE ma : ' PAGE TWO | She Key Best Citizen | a , Business rim aa ~_—.* From ci ildin Corner Greene an Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and es eos COM untered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated is exclusively entitled to ase_for republication of all news dispatches credited w it or not otherwise credited in this paper and Miso the local news published here, & ON RA’ x eee Snoroommmmmeaad? #7} —— ee Months ~...._...-—.. 75 secon snanennpnce enn yooriennonnestasacieireee 1,00 | Sp eee "36 ae ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. . *NOTICH ** AM reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, poems, ete, will be Serget rate of 10 cents a line, otices tertainment by churches from @ revenue is to.be derived are 5 cents @ line. ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites dis- cession of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communications. EDITOR IA for IS COAL SHORTAGE MILITARY NECESSITY? ™ Secretary of.the Interior Ickes has Seppealed to the Army to release 30,000 “miners to increase our output of coal, and “thus provide for at least the minimum needs re at home. He estimates that there ‘are 180,000 miners in the armed forces and says: _“T want the American people to know that this decision involves the risk that we _ may have to suffer a shortage of coal in this country next winter, which will be more acute than heretofore predicted, and substantially greater than that which we erienced last winter. We may have ¢fo curtail industrial supplies to the point which will mean a partial or complete shut- “down for domestic consumption. Shipments to Europe should prevent disorders which woul deost American lives, and they should enable the European countries to resume the production of fuel, textiles and other materials which we would otherwise have @te'supply to Burope froemeur own depleted »-stecks. “I know of only one sure way to avoid, at the same time, disaster in Europe and further distress at home. This is to in- crease production, and to increase produc- tion We must have coal miners. Ther? is only one source of additional miners, and that is the Army”. It will be hard for the American peo- ple to understand any arbitrary refusal to release the necessary coal miners from the Army now that the war is over. The wel- fare of our soldiers and their families de- pends upon an abundant supply of coal. IF DREAMS MIGHT COME TRUE China may become a_ big industrial s=power in'a few years in spite of the fact : that it has been sound asleep for cen- turies. : Tax reduction and tax relief are be- ing talked about, but the indications are that this is rather “cheap talk”. The United States will keep many of its Pacific and Atlantic bases. It will take two or three million people to maintain peace. That number of soldiers, sailors, aviators and civilians would mount up to nearly one-half the normal unemployment in the United States, reckoned by the days before 1932. Science and_ scientific discoveries, new inventions and modern progress will need two or three million workers on top of what we called “normal employment” in the good old days. The United States Government has more influence and power in the world than any other nation. It won the World Wars with its unlimited supplies of Amer- iean war machinery, backed by the best soldiers in the world, and financed by more money than King Solomon knew ex- isted in this world. These have been very difficult years. But the world will probably be a better place for the rising generation to inhabit. If you get too exuberant about victory iust think back to the days when we were + apprehensive lest the Japs seize Alaska = and bomb the United States. a TORR PEPEPCETC OSES PESOEELOM IPE SE RORE REESE E REESE EE TOT SEED | DISRUPTING HURRICANES © ‘Twenty years or so ago, the Late Sena- tor Fletcher, after explaining that he spoke solely in the realm of possibility, advanced the theory that the shooting of cannon into the vortex of a hurricane may, with the resultant explosion of the shell, disrupt the vortex, which would mean that the cyclonic winds would cease. As most of us are aware, the strength of a hurricane lies in the vortex, a-calm around hich winds of terrifie force tevolve. Without a vortex, there can riot be cyclonic movement, and without that movement there can not be & hufricane, or cyclone, as it is properly called. i We doubt that, if Senator Fletcher’s theory would have been put to a test, it would have proved successful, unless num- erous shells were used in the experiment. Probably, a better way, as has been sug- gested, would be to explode an atomic bomb in a vortex in an attempt to disrupt it. What the result of the explosion of an atomic bomb in the center of a hurricane would be nobody knows. A man who is familiar with hurricanes told The Citizen that the explosion possibly would increase 4, the force of the winds, though, he added, nobody would know the outcome until the experiment is made. We know that a hurricane “feeds” on heat, and the greater the heat the heavier the winds. We know too that the atomic bomb when exploded releases heat that can. be felt for several miles, and who can tell.that that heat may whip up the cyclonic faovement to a degree that has not been experienced even in the most violent hur- rieanes. One sure way of breaking up a hurri- cane would be to release tremendous vol- umes of cold air in its center. Many a hur- ricane, headed toward Key West, has been pocketed in a wall of high pressure that re- sulted from cold weather. Last October's hurricane, at first, was headed directly toward Key West, but a norther that swept down over the Florida Keys and then continued over the sea till it reached the hurricane, held it up for two days. During that period, the hurri- cane drifted toward the west, trying to find an opening in the wall of high pressure, which ceased when the wind coming down the keys veered to the northeast or northeast by east. By that time, however, the center of the hurricane had drifted to a point 40 miles west of Key West, and when the storm resumed its northward movement, it remained true to its course and the center passed this city 40 miles to the west. Those two days of cool weather is what stopped the eenter from passing over Key West. This world of ours started with Adam and Eve and grew to its present size. If in the future atomic bombs destroy every living thing, another man and woman will arise, most probably, aid increase and multiply as before. It may have been so ordained as Nature’s way. “HOSPITAL” SHIP WAS LOADED The Japanese hospital ship, recently brought into a Pacific port after having been seized for carrying contraband mu- nitions of war, was 4 dirty, ill-kept -vessel, with only’ thee dottomsasid*surgiawbetab|e for more than 1500 patients. Most of the patients had malaria or beri-beri but an Améfican medical officer estimated that three-fourths “could be re- turned to combat after brief, fresh-air treatment”. The ship earried no battle wounded and examination revealed only a few men suffering from non-incapacitating ulcers. The ship had been observed operat- ing in the Indies Area. Overhauled by two destroyers, the vessel stopped upon a flag singal and was boarded by four American officers, accompanied by three interpreters. All were unarmed and, be- cause of uncertainty as to what the Japs might do, had written final letters to their families, to be mailed in case the Japan- ese killed them. After about an hour’s inspection, ‘a box was opened and found to contain g88- mm. shells. It had the Red Cross painted on the outside. This was all the evidenee needed and immediately a signal was flashed to the destroyers, which sent armed members of a prize crew aboard to seize the vessel. Contraband was uncovered nearly everywhere and while the search was not completed when the ship docked, it was carrying rifles, machine-guns, grenades, mortar parts and artillery ammunition. At least one box of grenades bore German labels. Bs bs & 3 assistant, the ri meee and an| them’ get a Neeoag le to be held the ing weel : ERSigs | BEeeSee te £ a i it was partly an insid was the only possible wa: one on the outside resolves to take the job and get) in that expensive shipment any- know this down to the root of the trouble. was coming in. Miss Young hot- np cies York—why it’s a Be hist alo peta. deeply inter- foots it t » in. the meantime, has oe Christopher started to say|Th Brenda, determined to get a divorce yom her husband, Tom, a chronic heart case who refuses to work and who has tied in with some shady char- acters, running a numbers game. somet! . Then stoned sudden. ly; pe his mind. He walk di the office with Bill anks for coming into She confronts him with a number at areas he of unpaid hi hold bills and one -ager turned to- purchased for Francine Norman,}, «Ptj be glad to, for a diamond wristwatch he has} keep me’ posted: iates.” Tom) The "be fat face suddenly one. of _his a threatens that he will blacken her| clouded with a look of concern, name and prevent her employ-|«Rotten shame, old Dan ment by any store she tries to get] nimself. He probably sli into @ job in, if she goes through with| this thing before he realized what her plans for a divorce. he was up against. Then the Poot Back at the store, Christopher | devil couldn’t see it through. Fifty has oplled in Bill Hanson, the} years is a long time to work for floor manager in furs, and learns| one company. He must have felt like a dog—turning on the store— thi ne “Looks bad.” Christopher's voice was non-committal. “I'll be down on your floor this after- noop, but in the meantime. Bill, don't discuss this with anyone him that s Young, the ir Buyer, was responsible for having the fur ran dary shifted from the fourteenth floor to the fifth, and that Dan had been the one instructed to make the shift. Hanson tells Christopher that the PEOPLE'S FORUM SSE ‘The Citizen weleqmes expres- sions of the views of its sary ers. but the editor reserves the Fight to delete any items which sidered libelo unwar- i i fainted. ‘The writers’ should be |te production of those airborne fair ana contime she letters te voleanoes known as_ atomic 300 words, and write on one side':hombs is one of the strangest the paper 1». Sigpat 1 Ragpir bry writer oa pa wre S| manhunts “in history. e writers must accompany ¢ — Coa holy 0+ Bam + i aaa It was the search for nearly a quarter of a million persons to requested otherwise. work in remote areas on a pro- [te so secret that thousands of ree, THE MANHUNT By( JACK STINNETT AP Features Writer WASHINGTON, D. C.—Behind ABOUT CITY’S SANITARY ; pitied them finished their tasks without Editor, The Citizen: ‘ever’ kmowing what they were The article by B. E. F. on the!doing. 21st, concerning the rundown] In a couple of years two cities condition of the City Health De+!of approximately 50,000 workers partment, has only scratched thé/each sprang up where only a surface. jdesert whistle stop and a small In that article, Mr. Gibson in-|tW® of 4,000 souls bloomed be- formed B. E. F. that he had no!anothier 50,000 workers, many true, then Mr. Gibson is in error,) Both were component parts of as a Mr. Delgado is the assistant! what was secretly named and inspector. In any event, he is'now well known as “the Man- paid $1,452 a year by the city to/hattan project.” Both produced perform that service, jessenjtial parts of the atomic -Let’s break down the complete} bomb. department into dollars and cents, | GG te then the taxpayers can see what} One is near Clinton, Tenn., a they are getting for their money. stone’s throw from famous Nor- To begin with, Dr. Harry Galey|ris dam on the Clinch river. is the chief health officer. Hej There, since the summer of 1943, receives $1,650 4 year for the job, the payrolls have listed 171,000 hut cannot tarry out the, duties,|workers. THere ig“Some duplica- feet leh Be is not capable, be- jtidn in, this figure: since none . Cause: he “is. atf excellent doctor, /the dozen’ eluploytiig’ contact : but his practice is so great, he;made any effort to check off has no time for it. those who had worked previous- Next we have Mr. Gibson draw- |ly for others. ing $1,650 a year as inspector, and! Peak employment at Clinton Mr: Delgado drawing $1,452 as;|was around 55,000. The workers assistant inspector. Last, but notilive in Oak Ridge a brand new least, we have that sturdy scav-/city of 75,000 persons—fifth larg- enger vessel, “Greyhound”, that/est in the state. has not made a trip since the hur-| The other mushroom city pop- ricane of October, 1944, which de-|ped up near the little town of stroyed the city dock. Yet the|Hanford, Wash., on the sand- captain and engineer have ain been blown sagebrush flats above the receiving monthly chec! right/Columbia river, with the Saddle along. The captain receives $960 Mountains and the Yakima Ridge a year and the engineer gets $660 dumped their bedrolls or parked a_year. Maintenance of the/on its horizons. “Greyhound” has cost the city) Here, 81,000 workers have $1,146, and has not made a trip|their trailers and gone to work ; Since last October. jsomewhere in the 25-square- This department gives the tax-|mile plant of the Hanford En- payers a total expense of $7,518 gineering Co. (really our old a year. Is is worth it? {Delaware neighborhood, the Du- This proves that the heads of Ponts) or for the Olympic Com- our city government have been|issary Co., which feeds and asleep at the switch. Iam almost |furnianes the crews. 1 sure if a city body had approach-| The manhunt that produced ed Mrs. Curry of Wm. Curry) Clinton was relatively simple, Sons, she would have rented thejfor it was in a surplus labor city a portion of her waterfront;But its needs occasionally . be- the scavenger boat. I have al- | off in full cry. The manhunt that ways found Mrs. Curry to be un-|produced Hanford was a labor derstanding, fair, and generous, of hounds at both these hunts and I know she is civic-minded|of Hercules. enough to help her city. | 259) 28 But the general idea, or ons! The agency which was master dumping”, and the citizens were | power Commission. In two years given the privilege of having an) —— epidemic. | Nowadays, when someone Pl marks, “We don’t need a city | manager”, I stop and look at them| Key West, Fia., closely. I watch their eyes to! Aug. 23, 1945. sion, then I just wonder. w.c.3 — + seat killed} tection 1a! Sb be bedded bo bd de bobbin bbb bond b btn brdindn badd dndndndn dn dnt te) 0444444444.4444444484444444444444444444 property to be used in loading came acute and sent the manhunt’ way thinking, was, “No dock, no, was Paul V. McNutt’s War Man- | ¥ see if they have a Wild expres-} couldn’t kick a wox that far with a rope around his neck,” Chris- topher muttered to himself, as he slowly wound the tape measure back on the little met will tell the real n at erate will prove it.” Slipping the tape measure into his pocket, he walked earl throug the fur section to the of- fice of the new assistant buyer. . Te be continued AND THE ATOM WMC turned up 33,000 candi- dates for jobs. at Clinton, of 187,700 for Hanfor 58,000 were hired, WMC did all thi knowing just ing men for. All they knew ‘was. that/Presi- dent Roosevelt, imagination tired with bilities; in somethng that }. might: bé: th weapon’ of t ae ten a letter to Maj. Gen. R. Groves, over-all direction of {the project. That letter was Gen. |Groves’ carte blanche to raid the | nation's tight labor market if Inecessary. Whenever WMC's it it wi \fore. Each of these cities saw Spirits lagged in that apparently thankless task, the General wav- assistant. If this statement be with their families, come and go. ©4 the Roosevelt letter. The hunt | , Was on again. } whom 13,000 were hired, and; af th M M Railway Car men of America. County Commissioners, at @ meeting last night, granted re- jductions in assessments on 13 pieces of real estate in Monroe »| county, Troop 5, Boy Scouts of America and the Key West Junior Patrol will entertain more than 100 Scouts from Tampa and St. Pet- ersburg when they arrive here tomorrow on their way to Ha- vana. J. Thomas Heflin, former sena- tor from Alabama, will speak to- night in the auditorium of ‘the Key West High School. He will talk about the opportunity -now offered in the United States for citizens: to own their own homes. Captain Eugene Demeritt; of the Monroe county ferry system, who went to Jacksonville, where the ferry Florida’ Keys ‘is ‘being repaired, '' réturned yesterday after inspection of the work on e ferry. Mrs. O. B. Roberts and. two children, who had been visiting irs. Roberts’ parents, Mr. and rs. William Spencer, returned yesterday to their home in Miami. Pete Nebo returned yesterday darling, you should not rub your " Mother (at dinner): nose with your spoon. Peggy: “Oh,, mother, ought 1 to have used+a fork?” 3 7 only railroad that offers cross- both coasts of Florida state service. ——————— from Havana, where he had been visiting relatives. Today ‘The ae says-in.an editorial paragraph: “When the. meek inherit the earth- the government will: take it for inheritanee taxes.” CHECKED IN 7 DAYS 666 Fens Your Grocer SELLS That GOOD STAR * BRAND AMERICAN and CUBAN ‘Try A Pound Todeyt MALARIAL | SYMPTOMS Take only as directed We were sitting around the embers of Ed Crumpit’s bar- becue last Saturday night, fin- ishing our beer and hot dogs, while Ed strummed the guitar ... picking out old, friendly songs. Soon everyone was singing. The harmony wasn't too good +. but the spirit was—a spirit of friendship and good humor. And it made me think how music—music of the people— overcomes barriers of prejudice and intolerance. A Yankee folk- song or an English carol or a \ ; Dining car service was inaug- | urated on Seaboard Railway ,trains in the year 1903. | 1 {IN THE CIRCUrT COURT OF THE BLEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCU! OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND FOR MONROE COUNTY. 1 au p33? Pay et. Blaintige, bal VORCE jefendant. ORDER OF PUBLICATION TO: Eunice Taylor Gilreath Marshes Siding, Kentucky You are hereby requirec to ap- pear to the Bill of Complaint for di- vorce in the above styled cause on lor before the 10th day of Septemb: tions therein will be taken as co fessed. This Order is to be published oni a week for four consecutive w: per published in Key West, Flori Done and Ordered this 8th day of} August, A. D. j 945. (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Clerk Circuit Court, Monroe County, Florida. By (sd) Florence BE. Sa’ | (Sd) ALLAN B. CLEARB, JR, Solicitor for Plaintiff. 9-1 30, \ LEGALS \ 1r) D Case | > TAYLOR GILREATH | i De d in the Key West Citizen, a newspa-| 1 ‘ | Dep’ jerk. | | 1945. iN } AY oR CHANCERY | MARK H, T DIVORCE | NOTICE TO LL BURT 1 Boulevard your ap {Court of Monroe County, Florida, in i Chancery, at the County Court House in K against you by Mark H. otherwise, the allegations bill will be taken as conf. is order is to be pi West Citizen in Key We: ; Monroe County, Florida, once a wee }tor four (4) consecutive weeks. THIS, the Ist day of August, A.} D. 1945. (Circuit Court Seal) Ross C Sawyer Clerk of said Circuit Court. 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