The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1947, Page 7

£ ' NEW ARMS, | because they see no good reason, the rest. But he is shrewd and | to rebuild only to have their city, a man of tremendous energy and | destroyed again in another few; determination. He and his col- 3 § ; i * building is complete. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 194; AVERAGE AGES THROUGH THE AGES | length of life was. 65.8 years, the study shows, and the average span has “undoubtedly increased more In- | in the past century than in all prior centuries to- | AP Newsfeatures : YORK.—In rugged Prehistoric days, man’s average life span was a meagre 18 years. fant and childhood mortality were terrific high, pulling the average expectancy down.’ 'Dis- covery of numerous damaged skulls indicates violent death from clubs and battle-axes was ly common in times not noted for In the Roman age 2,000 years ago, expectancy wasn’t much sratéclaccentus on the low side of 30, and about 150 years, ge life span was ‘around 35 years, says the Statistical Bulleti: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, ago the a: In the United States in 1945, ally | gether since the that fair- social graces, Most of saving lives ou. FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES SS NS SSoMeSERETTen WY NEW HOP (Continued From Page Six) | taking form. And everywhere you notice restoration work in progress on buildings which can be repaired. The job is stupend- ous, and the progress is remark- able considering the damage and' the available tools, although nearly every Pole “gripes” that it all goes too slowly. The trams and most of the bus, auto and horse-drawn transpor- tation are old, battered and very slow. There are a few new busses. These have been import- ed from France, in exchange for Polish coal. The street cars run at a pace | not much faster than a man can walk, and when you get into an elevator you wonder whether it will reach the next floor. Lack of power plus shortages’ people who could, when I needed of spare parts and the tools to, make satisfactory new parts are, here to there or wanted an ans-| the pdicipal reasons. Two large swer to a question. More than publishing houses offer an ex- ample of the task involved. In both plants the buildings and the machinery had been bombed, dy- namited and burned, the debris and fire falling into the machin- éry and setting it afire. The; buildings have been rebuilt, and} the machines restored—all of them delicate mecha Ss re- Quiring careful machining and | @lose tolerances on nearly every part—by the long, slow process of demounting every piece, clean- ing it, squaring it and making brand new parts wherever need- éd. Many of these machines were of German make—and ‘no parts are available from Germany. w can be obtained from the States. But Warsaw printers— all are now either cooperatives @r nationalized —industr’ iblish seven newspap last a dozen magazin ‘ Politically, Poland is being re- built on the Russian,’ formula. ‘ are guards with tommy- bir patrolling in front of every ilding of any size. There are innumerable police and military Uniforms. When you ask a Pole What all this military display is for, his first’ reply is that “it Wasn't always this way.” He may later tell you that “possibly it’s @ constant display of force _to make the people realize that it’s useless to hope for anything else.” All are extremely guarded in their remarks, though I think it safe to say that a large number of people in Warsaw are opposed to the present Communist re gime, because of the nationaliza- tion policy an bdecause of the re- strictions on personal liberty. I think many of them distrust and dislike the present government, and a great many are entirely without hope. But even more of them are disposed to 80 along with the government, because it is getting things done. Yet there is reluctance among private citizens to rebuild with their own resources, even with government approval and the} Promise that any new apartment Property built by private means Will be tax free for 10 years. They fear expropriation once the | ih — and Having come throug! ne somehow survived—the most t ible part of the war—many Pole sare fearful of another. They are sure, many of them, that there will eventually be war between the United States and Russia. Those who so_ believe hope that it comes soon, either because they dislike the presen Uf 33.5 —Y 4, NS regime and want to return to! more democratic government, or’ years. In any event, if war should come, they are sure that Poland will be again—as so many times in. the past—a major battle- field between the two great pow-' ers. There is a deep friendship for: America, I found it everywhere I went. Like the concierge in the; hotel who loaned me ,at his own , | Suggestion, 5,000 zlotys with no, support in their desire to be- .10.U. of any kind, on the after- lieve that democratic noon I arrived from Stockholm with no Polish money—and the banks closed. When I paid him back next day, he thanked me as‘ if I had made him a present of the money. . ” People who could’ speak . no} English or French—and there are! many for the principal: language , is German—went out of their} way to direct me or take me to information on how to get from once I found my way around the city by showing a piece of} crumpled paper with an address} written in Polish by a stranger} willing to help. | The political sagacity of the party leaders should not be un-} der-estimated, for they are able; ! determined men. As one ex-| ample, General Grosz handled aj press conference with American, ' Swiss, English and Swedish cor- respondents as ably as any man I have ever interviewed—and with an apparent humor and de- sire to be cooperative. One of the spark plugs of the; present government, he is a Com-! munist in an American business suit, with a very disarming man- ner. Short, stocky, dark, brown- eyed and a little bald, he speaks fluent English, answered ques-! tions with apparent frankness and when he found himself faced with a question to which he was} unable to reply, he made obvious | notes in a small book and promis- ed to supply the answers at the next conference. ,.When..Ameri- can newspapermen joshed him about ‘his government’s dislike; for capitalistic’ nations, and the millennia, people have lived much longer than the averages given. The average span of adults was longer, after they had sur- vived childhood. NS 722 | BORRESEN BACK dawn of civilization.” the increase has been due to of babies and children. For 4, the “Our studies indicate,” the bulletin said, “that mo. ou ae Wathin, the. course the next decade or two, it Hp i Or a 7 x Snead Af ene the average length of life for the population of the United States to; the average | at least 70 years.” “ fj ) i PAP Newsteatures NY NN S \ 5a \\ Ea SX N N fact that he might be holding of- fice illegally, he chuckled with leagues will not be easily stopped. I think we should remember that, fo rthese men know where they are going and are determined to get there. What Poland needs most from America—and every ounce of help we give her is not only vitally needed by a nearly des. perate people, but it is their only govern- ment can succeed—is food and clothing in greater and greater quantities. In addition, if there could be, somewhere in America, some individual or agency who ¢ould provide the funds, to send artificial limbs: and .doeters and equipment to fit them properly, thousands of people—like the chap on the tram and the little girl on the street corner—would have new hope. No one else could provide these things but America. FROM CANADA Al Borresen, proprietor of Al’s Music Co., has returned by air from Vancouver, B. C., Can- ada, where he flew to attend the funeral of his uncle and former guardian, John A. Borresen, who was a pioneer in British Colum- bia. Annual rainfall at New Or- leans averages 56 inches a year: Puretest PLENAMINS : ‘Two tiny copsules contela ALL VITAMINS known to be essential tobuman ff) autsition, plus liver and iron. 72 $2.59 a Desett rower ET GARDNER'S PHARMACY 1114 Division St., Cor. 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