The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 10, 1946, Page 2

*AGE TWO de % ARTMAN, , hangs Gitiven Building 4 zen Corner Greene and Ann Streeta Ouly Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Se otered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter ——— MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS J Saarented Press is exclusively entitled to #e for repul tion of all news dispatches credited = % or not otherwise credits in thie paper and Gee the local news published Bere. ADVERTISING RATES Made knowa on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions , obituary notices, poems, ete, will be or at the Fate of 10 cents @ line, = for entertainment by churebes from ch & revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen an open forum and seyeea dis- quesion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous eumunications. €DITORIAL. yaar SSOCIATIO pes a LN | MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST | ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. ————__ —— “SHORAN TO REMAP THE EARTH - fepr First used in the war in Italy, where it enabled accurate bombing through heavily overcast skies, a percision radar will be soon employed to map the earth completely. The system to be used is called “shoran” which relies upon short waves from airplanes in the sub-stratosphere to loeate any spot on earth “within a few feet of perfect accuracy.” Experts say that it will measure a line more than three hundred miles long “within ten feet of aceuracy.” Moreover, distances greater than five hundred miles can be measured without any of the “surveying party setting foot on the land or even seeing it.” We are not quite sure that we un- derstand the method of operation but as we get it, portable relay transmitter-re- ceixer units will be placed at 500-mile in- tervals over the territory to be charted. Then a shoran-equipped plane rises to about 40,000 feet and fires its electronic waves at previously-placed depots, which, in turn. fire back a burst of radio energy to the plane. The interval. between the signals. measured in fractions of one- millionth of a second, are converted into nriles and feet. Leaving for the moment the technical side of the operation, we call attention to the vast areas of the world, such as the Amaon Valley, China, Siberia, Africa and the nceans, which have not yet been ac- eurately surveyed. The system, it is ex- plained, wi!l pin-point the huge unmapped areas and bring to aerial and sea naviga- tion an aceuracy hitherte unavailable. DISCONCERTING COINCIDENCE It is extremely difficult to secure the truth about matters which transpire in other lands and well nigh impossible, in regard to so-called “independent méve- ments.” : This observation is occasioned by the tatement of a chief of one of the largest Kurdish tribes, quoted in an Associated Press dispatch, that the head of the Kur- dish Republic is surrounded by Russian agents who direct his every move. The complaining leader says that major tribes have withdrawn support of the movement for “independence”, assert- ing that while independent Kurdistan is desired “we do not want to shed blood only to change masters.” There has been considerable sus- picion expressed in connection with the Kurdish revolt despite its high sounding principles. In view of the stained relations between Russia and Iran the cynics see a diseoncerting coincidence in the uprising and Russian demands upon the govern- ment at Teheran. ——_—_____. Non-essentials take up'too much time in life, but why be different from those about you? —— Matrimony is a science and must be understood to work out satisfactory to the contracting parties. The big question as between employ- er and employee is how to place the busi- ness or industry on a basis of goodwill and justice. EFFICIENCY, = aed Six months:is not sufficient time for a decisive trial of a new form of govern- ment, particularly when it had been oper- ated under another form for more than a century, yet City Manager King, in re- counting at the Rotary luncheon Thurs- day, what had been done in Key West during the six months since the commis- sion-manager form of government became effective, demonstrated its superiority over the councilmanic form, with its pernicious buck-pasing. ‘ Let us recall merely a small matter to show the difference in operation: be- tween the two forms of government. For several years Ann street, directly in front of the doorways from which fire engines came out when alarms were sounded, was filled with ruts and depressions. Scores of times The Citizen called on the city council to repair that part of Ann street. And what was tke result? A dozen times the ruts and depressions were filled with marl, which was washed out with every succeed- ing rain. 4 $ The reason for those makeshift re- pairs and for many other conditions that should not have existed in our city, was because in City Hal you could not put your finger on any one man who was to blame for their continuance. Complain to this official, and he referred you to another official, and so. on until you found your- self in a vicious circle. | i : Many a time, during the 30 years The Citizen advocated the commission-mana- ger form of government in Key West, it pointed out that, were the city operated in that manner, there would not be any more buck-passing. Complain to the city manager, and he would not tell you to see some other official, because it was his duty to act, and he knew he was held ac- countable. So it was in that simple matter of Ann street: when it was repaired under City Manager King’s direction, the surface was asphalted. It was a well-done job, and the street is still in good condition. When Manager King took over, the seavenger department was collecting $10,- 000 less than it spent. Now the deficit is only $2,000, and The Citizen predicts it won't be long before the department will be paying for its own operation. The showing in the collection of occu- pational taxes is still better. Under the councilmanic form, from seven hundred to one thousand business men either were slow in obtaing licenses or did not bother to get them. At one time City Clerk Roy Hamlin prepared a list of more than seven hundred who were not paying occupational licenses, and his work went for naught, be- cause the efforts to collect them died a- borning. But everybody is paying now, King informed the Rotarians. He has been in office only four months and has not had sufficient time to gather up the hundred and one loose threads he found when he entered office. Give him a year, and The Citizen believes that at the end of that time efficiency will be the dominating factor in our city government. If deflation sets in some of the bright business boys, who m2de money in the past few years, will have a chance to dem- onstrate real genius. BEGGER BOY.BECOMES RAJAH! Everybody in the United States is familiar with the slow-moving battles in the courts, but from India eomes news of a celebrated twenty-five year old contest involving the ruler of Bhopal, an Indian State, and an estate yielding an annual income of around $400,000. An appeal to the highest tribunal of the British Empire is being prosecuted by the wife of the Rajah of Bhopal, seeking to reverse a judgment of the Calcutta High Court in 1941, which, after years of litigation, identified a claimant as the Rajah and the rightful owner of the prop- erty. The claimant told a story that was accepted by the Court, denying the wid- ow’s assertion that her husband died and his body was cremated in public. The man claimed that a rainstorm revived him as he lay on the funeral pyre and that, as mourners scurried for shelter, he wand- ered away, suffering from Joss of memory. Twelve years later, he recovered his memory in Calcutta, after being cared for by beggars, and brought the suit fo regain his title and estate. The legal fight is a quarter of a cen- tury old, which is unusual, even for battles involving fortunes, but the story told by the man, which has been accepted by a high court, is one which would have hard- ly been considered possible if it had been ithe basis of book of fiction. Chapter 12 Wn Cedric the Saxon saw his son drop down senseless from his wound in the lists at Ashby, his first impulse was to order him into the custody and care of his own attendants, but the words choked in his throat. He ordered, however, Oswald to keep.an eye upon him, and set out for home. The travellers had reached the verge of the wooded country, and were about to plunge into its re- cesses, held dangerous at that time, but notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, Cedric and Athelstane accounted themselves Secure, as they had in attendance: ten ser- vants. As the travellers journeyed on their way, they were alarmed by repeated cries for- assistance; and when they rode up to the place fom whence they came, they were surprised to find a horse-litter placed upon the ground, besi which sat a young woman, richly dressed in the Jewish fashion, while an old man whose yellow cap proclaimed him to belong to the same nation, walked up and down with gestures expressive of the deepest despair. 'o the enquiries of Athelstane and Cedric, Isaac of York (for it was our old friend) was at length able to explain, that he had hired a body-guard of six men at Ashby, together with mules for carrying the litter of a sick friend. This party having received information froma wood-cutter that there was a strong band of outlaws lying in wait in the woods before them, had not only taken flight, but had ear- ried /off with them the horses which bore the litter. Rebecca, rising, and throwing back her veil, implored in the great name of the God whom they both worshipped, that they have com- passion upon them, and suffer them to go forward under their safeguard. “It is not for myself that I pray this favour,” said Re- becca; “nor is it even for that poor old man. But it is in the name of one dear to many, and dear even to you, that I beseech you to let this sick person be transported | | |for INFORMATION and ORDERS with care and tenderness under your protection.” Fe “The man is old and feeble,” said Your Horoscope | You should be able in execu-| ANNOUNCED oF Subject to Ohi Where to Listen— Mutuai Broadcasting System (*Designates Network Program) Friday, May 10th 6 P. M. to Midnight News 1600 Club Weather Report 1600 Club | Fulton Lewis, Jr.* i Sammy Kaye Orch. | Henry J. 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Available At A Reasonable. Price Everything Delivered PHONE 748W BS im tet dee ie emer dies SSasggsas Shi — Coecescccccccccvesooccsooosee STM a Rowena to her friend sick and in peril of his life—| Jews though they be, we cannot as' Christians leave them in this ex~- tremity. Let them. unload two. of the. sumpter-mules, and put the baggage behind two of the serfs.” Cedric readily assented to what she proposed, ‘and the change: of baggage was hastily achieved; for the single word “outlaws” ren- dered every one sufficiently alert, and the approach of twilight made the sound yet more impressive. Amid the bustle, Gurth, who had been discovered at the. tourney acting as Ivanhoe's squire and made prisoner, was taken from horseback, in the course of which removal he prevailed upon the Jester to slack the cord with which his arms were bound. Gurth found no difficulty in free- ing his arms altogether from bondage, tad then, gliding into the thicket, he made his eseape from ide | the party. Mote patn upon which the party travelled was now so narrow, as not to admit, with any sort of convenience, above two riders abreast. Cedric and Athelstane, |who were atithe head of their retinue, saw. the risk of being at- tacked at this pass; but neither of them having had much prac-. tice in war, no better mode of preventing the danger occurred to them than that they should hasten through the defile as fast as possible, Advancing, therefore, without much order, they’ were assailed in front, flank, and rear | at once, with an impetuosity to which, in their confused and ill- prepared condition, it was impos- sible to offer effectual resistance. Both the Saxon chiefs were made prisoners at the same mo- ment. Of all the train none escaped ex- cept Wamba, who showed upon the occasion much more courage than. those who pretended to greater sense. Finding himself overpow- ered, the Jester threw himself from his horse, plunged into the thicket, and, favoured by the gen- eral confusion, escaped from the scene of action. Yet the valiant Jester, as soon as he found himself ‘safe, hesitated more than once whether he should not turn back and share the cap- fivity of a master to whom he was aes "the | ti maiden young and beautiful, their | sincerely attached. Suddenly, a voice very near him called out in a low and cautious \ tone, “Wamba!” “Gurth!” answered Wamba, with the same caution, and. the swine- tidy immediately stood before ‘im. “What is the matter?” said he mani ane pers — cries, ard that clashing of swords?” “Only a trick of the times,” said ‘Wamba; “they are all prisoners.” | Gurth’s countenance kindled— “Wamba,” he said, “thou hast. a weapon, and thy heart was ever stronger than thy brain—we are | only two—but a sudden attack from men of resolution will do much—follow me!” As the Jester was about to obey, a third person suddenly made his appearance, and commanded them both to halt. From his dress and arms, Wamba would have conjee- tured him to be one of those out- laws who had just. assailed his | master; but, besides that he wore no mask, é. “What is the meaning of all this,” said he, “or who is it that rifle, and ransom, and make prisoners, in these forests?” : “You may look at their cassocks close by,” said Wamba, “and see whether they. be thy children’s coats or no—for. they are as like thine own as one green pea-cod is to another.” “T will learn that presently,” an- swered. ‘ksley. (for so he was known), “and Icharge ye, on peril | of your lives, not to stir from the place where ye stand, until I have returned.” The yeoman returned in the course of a few minutes. “Friend Gurth,” he said, “I have mingled among yon men, and have léarnt to whom they belong, and whither they are bound. For three men to attempt them at this mo- ment were little else than mad- ness: for they are good men of war. But I trust soon to gather such a force as may act in defiance of all their precautions; you are both, as I think, faithful servants, of Cedric the Saxon, the friend of shall not want English hands to help him in this extremity. Come then with me, until I gather more aid.” ~~ (To be continued) i : i tion with powers of resource; ; endowed with a receptive and} dissective mind, you should make | a mark in the world. There is an} upon others. There is also an indication of considérable means, without much desire to add to them. indication of indolence or an in- clination to depend too much: Subscribe to The Citizen. dence to vote for me. I supported me so unselfii MANY THANKS Profound thanks to those who had the confi- am especially indebted and deeply grateful to those who worked for and ishly and untiringly. I ask in all humbleness and humility those the rights of Englishmen. 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