The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 14, 1947, Page 2

/0) Pha r tions : aanee z Bio be ue agtit ge gore wh ison Je an. open forum, and invites dis- aban but ite wit wet peOna anoRy) onymous ommunications, io ADVOCATED BY THE ‘CITIZEN’ More Hotels and Apartments. * Beach and Bathing. Pavilion. , Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium, MONOGRAPH The City Commission. Gentlemen: ‘Repairing of the streets of Key West is a crying need. All available funds should be allocated for this, pur- pose. Thousands of tourists, who will come here in their cars the coming winter will have unpleasant things to say about the deplorable condition of our streets: i : THE ORACLE. WAGES AND: RETAILING ‘a é 5 fea of. Marketing. ‘olumbia Univer- ao ~ ‘Chara ae Limited Price Vuriety Stores Association, recently pre-" serfted’ an exhaustive statement on, retail’ prices’ to a Congressional Joint.Commit- tee, In one section he touched on’the in- fluence bf the rising costs of wages. and salaries in the retail field. Since 1939, avexage’ hourly Wage rates have’ more thafdoubled. In the variety stores, which aré*fairly typical of retail business in getefal, wages amount to more than. half of the total’ cost of operation. Every wage indrease of 10 per cent increases the total expense rate by more than 5 per cent. As Dr...Nystrom. says, “There is no way in which the trade as a whole can meet such inc@ases except by increases in the gross ins that/make up a part of the prices that the consiming public must pay.” ‘That is how wage rates. affect retail-. ing. Their influence on the cost of manu: facturing. should also be thoroughly: real- izet by this time. The old theory that we coutd have ever-increasing wages gna statle-prices has been exploded. Every ma- jor'wWage increase, of necessity, has’ sent prices. another notch higher. Worst of all, the productivity of labor —in both manufacturing and retailing— has been generally lower than before the war; despite the record wages and the de- mand for still more increases. That_is where labor defeats’ itself. When work- ers fail to put out a good day’s work, prices go higher than would otherwise be, the ¢ase—and the dollar buys less and less. We, must have: maximum production pex..man, in every line of industry and trate, if we ate to maintain high wages ! and;-at the same’ time, keep prices from getting out of hand.’ There’ is more’ to\ education than the acquisition of. facts and figures. What.has become of Russian bravery? They seem tobe afraid to let a few U. S. Senators into’ Moscow, o) SS Seven hundred and thirty-four of the country’s.cities'and counties are now un- der the coungeil-manager type of govern. ment, ’ , | rangements that are being mad Dr. Paul H. Nystrom, who is both Pro- |. é wa by the Key West Woman’s Club and the Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce. Each. of those organizations will . have well- known entertainers come to Key West. dhly, Key Westers will’ enjoy ‘ormances, which will be given e tourist season is underway in ‘tional pleasure for our visitors. “ But the Key West Chamber of Com- merée also will provide pleasing diver- sions for tourists, as it did for those who were here last season, Probably the great- er number of. tourists the coming season will be more interested in the. type. of pleasure the Chamber will give, because, at home, they are in a position to attend theatrical performances. : Most tourists try to see all the attrac- tions in the cities they visit, both during the winter and summer seasons, Key West and the neighboring keys provide at- tractions that are unusual to visitors, many of whom like to fish or to go pic- nicking in. out-of-the-way places. That fact was demonstrated during the last season, as the outings, under the direction of the Chamber of Commerce, grew in popularity the lorger they’ were continued. 4 But the Jaycees’. and Woman’s Club’s programs will add much to the pleasure of visitors, as well as Key Westers. The Citizen trusts that both organizations. will meet .with success in selling sufficient numbers of tickets to assure the full pay- ment of expenses that will be entailed. in bringing the performers to Key West. “Poems Out of a Hat” is the titie of a néw book. Business seldom expands by magic; it usually grows because somebody with brains is thinking and working. . SAME PROBLEM HERE Advertising is-. misunderstood to a considerable extent by many merchants. Some. of them take it for granted that the people in their trading area know that they are in business, what’ they sell and’ will give them such business as they have. These business men are aware of the fact that large ‘department stores in metropolitan areas occupy buildings that are sometimes outgtanding and the object of*amazement to their customers. Certain- ly, everyone in the trading territory knows that the department store exists and be- cause they sell practically everything, what they have for sale. Nevertheless, it is not. uncommon to see: a large department store using from three to four pages of advertising in a single issue of the-large newspapers at a tremendous cost. However, measured. in results, the cost dwindles and, in the end, the wise manager of these stores knows that “advertising pays.” ‘ The Citizen has not, of course, the cir- culation of the large dailies of the nation, nor’ have the merchants here the large stocks of the ‘large metropolitan depart- ment stores. However, the essence, the ad- vertising problem in Key West, is the same for local merchants and*they must use judicious advertising expenditures in the best way possible, seeking not only to acquaint the public with, their firm and its business but to stimulate seasonable sales and introduce new goods. It is amazing how many _ excuses a stingy man can find for not making a do- nation to a worthy cause. SEVERED LIMBS REJOIN BODY A completely severed arm or leg can be rejoined successfully to the human body, in the opinion of Dr. L. M. Cross- man, surgeon, of New York, who says that such experiments have proved suc- cesgful with human fingers and with whole limbs of dogs. : The surgeon reported cases in which surgeons had “amputated the legs of dogs, placed the legs in an ice-box for twenty- four rours and then were able to success- fully replace the limbs and have them heal to recover the full use of the part.” This interesting report was contained in a paper read before the U. S. Chapter of the International College of Surgeons. Whether it represents a hope of modern medicine, or a procedure that will grad- ually become widespread, remains to be seen. Key’ West, Each’ affair will provide! addi- |; similar—are suspicious of the others and hesitant to combine with any for fear of betrayal of their own principles. In general, the people of: Italy in all walks of life-and of alt po- litical. faiths except Cammunism, Gasperi’s: government. is a group of sincere men, genuinely inter- ested in the rehabilition and) de- velopment of Italy and the. wel- fare of ‘her pepole. But it is a weak government—so weak that in spite of federal controls and rationing the black market flour- ishes as openly—and_ without ap- parent governmegt interference as any legal business enterprise in America. Cigarettes — U. S. Navy sea stores and Army P. X., as well as packages bearfng the U. S. gov- ernment revenue stamps— are sold epenly on little table stands on the sidewalks everywhere in Italy, at approximately 75c per pack. Theoretically the govern- ment controls the manufacture and distribution of tobacco and impgses a revenue tax. Under the open black market, however, the government is reputed to be los. ing 700,000,000 lire per day in po- tential revenue from cigarettes. This is only one example. ‘There are, theoretically, food meat, flour, etc. But the rations are so small that the average Italian buys on the black market, at highly inflated prices. This* is true also of cloth used for making children’s and adults’ clothing— and most of that is home made, because ready made clothing far too expensive. . " The visiting American is constantly and openly ap- proached on the streets with of- fers to buy dollars, always “ concede that Premier Alcide dei controls which ration bread; suit—costs him 1,000 lire while is 2 YS tood or. clothing. lives average food luxuriously because his dollars about 1500 calori are worth anywhere from 500 to are essential to 700 lire—purchased again on an; open black market. An American pecay J no hope of re- lief—except that which comes from friends and relatives in Am- erica, through such agencies as C. A. BR. E., the American Loyola organizations. | Ns) as There ‘are thousands of beg- gars, of all deseriptions,.In Rome one night I saw a grizzled man with almost sightless eyes, his clothes tattered and patched and patched again, carrying. the: still form of a child in his arms thru the streets, begging for money. On the sidewalk near my hotel her face apparently blown off, the nose area red, infected and badly bandaged, her hands out- stetched for, money. These are only a few of the thousands of people, now professional beggars, pickpockets and thieves who have to resort to this kind of practice to live. The reason for it is obvious when one realizes that the aver- age Italian laborer receives as wages only 45,000 lire per month, plus one meal a day assured by # ‘lie Monroe ‘Theatre. Society, and other U.. S. relief in Naples lay, a woman, part of warded the prize of a bridge lamp at this morning's session of tre party’ given by the Electric Company in Monroe, _ count delinquent taxes on the F Colonial were paid this morning. Collec- {tor Ladd said they amounted to $5,008.50. For the first time since La Casa Marina was built, liquor will be sold there the coming tourist season. Application for a liquor license by the hotel's lownerk was approved last. night ‘by the county commission. Sam Goldsmith, local weather man, lectured last night .on “Tropical Hurricanes” at the meeting. of the Fellowship Club of the First Methodist Church. { The monument at Matecumbe, in memory of World War I vet- erans who lost their lives in the Labor Day hurricane of two {years ago, will be dedicated on Sunday, November 14. Mayor Harry C. Galey will head the delegation of Key Westers who will attend the ceremony. A Halloween festival. will be held tomorrow afternoon in Bayview Park by the Parent- Teacher Association of the Jun- ior-Senior High School. Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “Nobody reads editorials, some say. But just bawl somebddy his employer. A suit of clothes costs him 6,152 lire, a pair of shoes, 4,500 lire. A furnished room rents at 1,500 lire per month. One meter of woolen cloth—to be used for a coat or a out in one, and see what hap-. pens.” Read the Classified Ads in The Citizen. ‘try in which so many people seem cotton is priced at 250. He pays.to be ineterested more in their 750 lire for one liter of olive oil ;own profits than in the future His living costs, all told, are so}Welfare of the nation—there are high that the 50 lire (less than ;80me amazing examples of per- Wc in American money) which :89M@! sacrifice. Among these is a hool teacher, injured in she spends per day for bus or au- |frmer school » to transportation is so large an a bombing raid, who now conducts in Rome, The housing situation—serious ise of normal population in: creases—has been aggravated by the war, which reduced a large ‘at number of housing units to com- a good price.” The legal rate of plete ruin, Bomber out families exchange, for commercial pur- Poses is 225 lire to the dollar, with a somewhat higher legal rate for tourists. The black mar- ket .rates are published daily in the newspapers. Thoughtful and wel-informed Italians say that the government cannot “crack down” on black market operations in food be. cause the present system of na- tional food distribution, develop- ed with the fall of Fascism, the German occupation; the (Allied occupation and the post-war, pe- ried, is the black market. If this system folded up, it might mean starvation. i There is also the question ot! cost—to a government which, al- ready overstaffed. with person- nel, cannot afford uniformed po- lice and inspectors to check black market operations. At the same time, a weak at- tempt is made to control food prices at the source. The control- led price for wheat at the farm is 4500 lire per uintal (200 Ibs.), But the cost of production is nearer 8000 lire per quintal—and the farmer can sell all he can hide from the government in- spectors, at 30,000 lire per quin- tal on the black market. And France, Switzerland and Yugosla- ing wheat for secret export. Thus government crep predictions, however accuratély made, usual- ly are high. ie farmer always has a “poor crop”. In comparison with the cost of living—which means using the black market—wages are extre- mely low. Italy has been for years a three-class country, with a wealthy upper class, a reason- ably: well-to-do middle class, and. a poor lower class. Now the up- per class—represented by the in- dustrialists (some of whom keep two sets of books, one for them- selves, another for. the govern- ment—some, indeed, who contri- bute privately to the’ Cémmunist party in the hope that if Conmmu- nism eventually takes over Itaiy, their own place will be secure, and the black marketegrs—is which sought refuge in natural “caves near the Roman Forum are still living there as squatters for lack of other accommodation— some have even developed vege- table and flower gardens. In a pre-war resettlement project de- veloped by Mussolini, I visited one typical working class family —nine in all, living in two rooms plus a small kitchen. One of these rooms was an addition to the house, constructed by the ten. ants themselves. No running wa- ter, no heat, no floors — a ocm- munity lavatory. and. laundry for all occupants of the project. The penury of the working classes provides good soil for Communism — “anything would be better than this.” Business is hampered by gov- ernment restrictions, particularly ‘in the export-import trade, for via are in the black market, buy- - which federal licenses are re- uired. In addition, businessmen developing dollar credit in the United States, by means of ex- ports, are reuired to earmark 50 percent of this for expendi- ture in Italy. The credit must be used within “sixty days. Unless the businessman is a large opera- tor, handling various kinds of merchandise, he cannot use this credit. He can, however, sell it to the government or the other private firms—usually at a loss. The result is that the small busi- nessman is being forced out of the export-import market be- cause he cannot afford a 50 per- cent risk. The paradox in the whole Itali- an situation is the amazing total of reconstruction which has been completed. One sees it everywhere -—and while the scare of’ war, bombed out buildings, shell holes, concrete building fronts chiped by | gunfire, are still to be seen all over Italy, repairs and reeonstruc- tion are under way throughout the | country. So much so that an Am- erican GI with whom I visited Anzio was unable to find his way around in this former: battlefield, , Which after four months’ living on the sceen, he thought he knew well, At the same time—in this coun- consumption. is{where she cares for some thirty pee ee day—2300 tittle girls ,aged 1 to 5, all war ealth. orphans. In this “Piccola Casa di San An- tonio,” as it is called, the children ; are well cared for—after being ac- cepted in a near-starved condition, seriously affected by rickets, mal- nutrition and poor care. The aver- age four-year-old child is under- size and underweight—more like a two or three-year-old ,in ap-- pearance. Some assistance to Miss Cecilia Medici, the founder, is provided | in} through public contributions Italy; other aid comes from vari- ous American relief agencies. But she is constantly in need of funds. Disqualified for the teach- ing profession by reason of her injury, she contributes her own services — as she did the origin- ! uns to start the orphanage— ‘ause of her abiding love for children. What Wendell Willkie called the “reservoir .of good will” for America is running over at the brim in Italy—in deep .apprecia- tion for our part in a war of which most Italians did not ap- prove, for our gifts of food and clothing, and for the efforts of rehabilitation of Italy—with no expectation of. “something in re- turn.” They like the “openness” of the Americans, the kindness and generosity of American GI’s for small Italian children. They ad- mire our productive capacity to {| | most of the coal burning locomo- | tives now in use on Italian rail- | roads were made in and transpor- ted from the United States. In comparision, they dislike the British whom they regard as | | iget something for themselves in everything they do for other peo- {ple. They dislike the French for ‘their attempt to “parade as con- querors” when Italy fell— “while everyone knew the French them- iSelves threw down their arms ‘and fled before the Germans.” One young middle class Itali- an who works in an_ airlines of- jbeach one Sunday afternoon at ‘Fregenze, near Rome. We talked |i , jabout Fascism and Mussolini and the present Republic. Finally, he said: “You see: I was born under our govrenment to help in the ‘ “makg anything”—recalling that fi jsnobbish, treacherous and out to i jfice in Rome discu’sed politics | |, with me for hours at the ocean |; was | ‘or, My Story Drama—al 10:25—Betty Crocker Tal cn 10:30—Say {t Llores : i: BE woe pealtast in. Hol 11:30—Ben Alexander Show—mbs 19:45-—Serials. (until _2:30)—cba Afternoon Tae mith Speake mae. seo Ter B A concerts 1:00--Coneert Aislt-Hour—nb@ | 2:00 Faun for a Days to to alter government so no again. 1921—The Ku Klux Klin tes- tifies before Congressional ;Committee, with so much re sultant publicity us to flourish as never before. 30—| Groom--abe. aT Rhus Block Recordi—mbe 1923—First cornenarcia radio a Nothii SiO Dies Be" Seated-sabe |network, the work, 6 |tablished between New York City and Providence, R. I. 1924—German loan of $110 million subscribed to in United States within a few minutes, 1926—Five million Poles, in . |100 volumes, give testimonial of their admiration and thanks to the American people. : . 1983—Germany quits the League of Nations. 1942—Aircraft carrier Hornet substitutes for Henderson Field in the Solomons, the airport be- jing in bad shape. ; 1944—The Allies report lib- eration of Athens, Greece. . 1945—Army’s Stars and Stripes printed for last time, in London, :90—The House Party-cbs $180 aul Whiteman Hecords—abe 4:00—Hint Hunt Quiz—cbs 30—Winner Take All—cbs 4:45—Kidaies Show 1% hrs. (west repeats 1 hr. later)—abe Kiddies Time 1% hrs. (west repeats 1 hr. later)—mbs 6:00—School of the Air—cbs 5:30—Treasury Bandstand—cbs 8:45—Lum and Abner—cbs-east jard sul wl q Som } stations chan; Seren relay ee Toca eenadui ; not be included. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 Evening Trui ends 1946—President man 00—Ni = Nb anipetcy pant arc, all controls on meat. Network Silent Hour—abe-east Kiddies Hour (repeat)—abe-west Network Silent (1 hr.)—mbs-east Kiddies Hour (repeat)—mbs-west 6:18—Sports: Concert Time--nbe Frontiers of Science, Talk—cbs 6:30—Red Barber Sports—cbs-east Lum & Abner (repeat)—cbs-west 6:45—Newscast By Three—nbo Lowell Thomas (repeat 11)—cbs 7:00—Radio Supper, Club—nbe-basic Mystery of the Week—cbs News and Commentary—abe Fulton Lewis, Jr.—mbs ; 7:18—News and Comment—nbe. Jack Smith and Song—cbs Daily Commentary—abe ‘The Evening Concert—mbs 7:30—The House Party—nbe Bob Crosby's Club—cbs The Green Hornet—abe Arthur Hale Comment—mbs-basic 7:48—Kaltenborn Comment—nbe Ed Murrow News—cbs Sports Comment—mbs 8:00—Milton Berle Variety—nbe Big Town Newspaper. Play—cbs To Be Announced—abe Mysterious Traveler—mbs s—Weekly News Review—abe 30—Date with Judy, Drama—nbe Mr. and Mrs, North—cbs —<$—$$—$—$— BUT SHE WAS AT HOME Vistor: Is Miss Smaltz at home? Maid: Well, er, you see, she’s in negligee now. Visitor: Did she leave an ad- dress? I must get a line to her. Both Hawaiians and New Zeal- and Maoris trace their ancestry to Tahitians. CARD OF THANKS We extend our heartfelt thanks for kindness shown our household during the recent illness and fol- lowing the death of our beloved one, Mrs. Josefa Leon, and the many tributes of love and esteem for her as expressed in beautiful flowers sent to our home. “ America’s Town Meeting—abe Detective Drama Time—mbs octi4-1t THE FAMILY. | 8:65 Five, Minutes News—cbs ly Rose Comment—mbs 9:00—Amos and Andy—nbe CARDS OF THANKS We the People, Guests—cbs We wish to express our deep Gabriel Heatter Comment—mbs is—Real Life Drama—mbs 9:30—Fibber and Molly—nbe Studio One, Drama—cbs Boston Symphony Hr.—abe Alfred E. Smith Dinner—mbs 10:00—Bob Hope Comedy—nbe American Forum, Debate—mbs gratitude to the many friends and neighbors who aided and com- forted us with their sympathy | and many acts of kindness on oc- casion of the death of our be- Thompson. We 10:15—Scout About Town—mbs loved orte; Poul “Taen hi 10:30—Red Skelton Comedy—nbe sincerely thank all those who To Be Announced—cbs Labor U.S.A, Talks—abe California’s Melodies—mbs 10:45—Voice of Busines: evidenced their affection and es- teem by sending the many beau- tiful floral tokens and use of cars. ° octl4-1t THE FAMILY. News, Dance Band 2 hrs,—mbs ————. 12:00—Dancing Continued—abe-west OUGHT TO BE | Toni: Do you believe in long | engagements? Jags: Yes, I think young cou- | ples ought to be happy as long as possible. _@¢ Politieal Announcements | FOR ELECTION OF CITY COMMISSIONERS OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA, NOVEMBER 4. 1947 NN SEENON SS For City Commissioner LOUIS CARBONELL ALBERT B. COOPER LOUIS M. J. EISNER WILLIAM Billy FREEMAN EARL HIGGS HUNTER G. HARDEN (Sonny) ALBERT G. ROBERTS NEIL SAUNDERS BRUCE SAYLES CHARLES S. TAYLOR Another Lady Is Free of Stomach Gas and Headache One said recently that used to be like a At least six capitals have been established at Delhi, India, in the past 3,000 years. SN that ngage jetitious in- the udio: fi intend to name with the uit Court of Mohroe sep 20; oct 7 NIPIC ate a meal it seemed to turn | Tight into gas. She was always bloated, had awful stomach gas -| pains, daily headaches and con- S\ stant irregular bowel action. Now, however, this lady says she is FREE of STOMACH GAS and says the change is due to taking INNER-AID. Her meals agree with her. No gas or bloat after eating. Headaches and constipa- pation are gone. “Oh! what re- lief!” states this lady. “Why don't other gas and constipation suf- ferers get INNER-AID?” INNER-AID contains 12 Greet Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear gas from stomach, act on slug- gish liver.and kidneys. Miserable people soon feel different all Court of Monroe Coun Dated September BERNICE Mc RALPH it. You are an American. Please tell me, what is. democracy?” over. So don’t go on suff Get INNER-AID. Sold b: VIRGINIA L MOCK, Sole Owners. sep 23-30; Oct 7-14, 1947. drug stores.