The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 23, 1947, Page 7

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, z ——_ the strea accompanied Miller and Petrick | : 9 \ Was Easter” (Continued From Page Six) | the constant comparison — be- tween the occupation methods used by the Russians, and the Americans, British and French. “When your pzople go,” one man told me, grimly, “I and my fam- ily go, tg0, I don’t know where, but we go.” 1 As a consequence rumor runs wild in the city, it receives con- siderable impetus from the al- most constant international po- litical intrigue which goes on in| this great center where East and| West meet. Situated as a kind of! international island in the Rus-! sian zone of occupation, the city receives visitors from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, as well as from the occupying powers. And the principal topic of conversation in the cafes is politics. Politics are important also from the standpoint of food and clothing — for under present post-war controls, the govern- ment seeks to enforce a ration program and price restriction, all so drastic that a voluminous black market has come into be- ing. “The black market,” one Austrian remarks, “offers the only means of obtaining enough food and clothing—otherwise. we should nearly starve.” As it is, almos available in reasonable quantities are fresh vegetables, principally i because nearly everyone who} Calls for bids for a plane to fly |; on6s jeading dentists, born in has the space maintains a yege-, one hour, 40 miles per hour end Eh adelphia. table garden. But a simple sta- ple like potatoes is often very scarce. Meat is a once a month occasion, while sugar and butter are carefully conserved. All this in spite of the fact that ration coupons are bought and sold on the black market. Clothing is all but impossible to obtain, and the shops are ¢ most entirely bare of hats, dres es and men’s suits. Only the souvenir shops, with attractive merchandise for the traveler, are well stocked. Yet even here the American dollar are supreme in black market operations. (A sin- gle cigarette is worth one or more schillings—the official rate for} which is 10 ‘schillings to the dol- lar. The black market rate is ap- proximately 100 to the dollar). The average Viennese’ is thin} —you rarely see a fat person, and “unless he is_ well-to-do! enough to visit a theatre or a night club occasionally, you 1 ly see him smile. He is worried about fod for his family, the high cost of living (a common labor! earns about 500 schillings per month, and 21% pounds of butter —if-he can get it ‘osts 100 shillings), whether the govern- ment will authorize additional price increases and whether there will be enough coal this winter. In addition, he is worried about the Russians and the interna- tional situation. His newspapers do not help him very much. Most of them each of the occupation power The Viennese is not quite su which is propaganda or which is truth. ee One day I took to lunch a young Austrian woh had helped me a great deal in getting about the city. Under army regula- tions, at the officers mess 10 whieh American civilians are agcredited, an American is per- mitted only twice a month to! bring in one guest. | Our lunch this day at the Hotel Bristol, skillfully prepared and handsomely served by Vien- hese waiters in full dress ature, was, by American standards, quite simple; soup, pot roast, po- fatoes ,a little salad, rolls, butter, cake and coffee. (None of this comes from the Austrian economy —it is all imported by the from. the states, or raised in army gardens in Austria.) My guest ate slowly, relishing every mor- sel. “You know,” he said, almost apologetically, “the last time I had 4 meal like this was last SWIMMER RESCUI JOHN MILLER, 28, swine ashore through ice » This picture was made by army | 1947 tothe famous scenic spot. ‘Escape And Dies NEW YORK.—When he forgot the key to his apartment, Thomas Sheridan, 56, gained _ad- mittance by climbing down the fire escape from the roof. The other day, his body was found lying in the building's rear yard, and a broken key was found in the lock of the door leading in- to his apartment. Police believe he had slipped and fallen from the fire escapt during the night in attempting his usual emerg- ency entrange. TODAY IN HISTORY (Know America) ; 1777 — Gen. Washington, en- camped at Valley Forge for win- ter, finds 3,000 of his army of some 11,000 unfit for duty “ow- ing to their being barefooted and otherwise naked.” ’ 1783 — Gen. Washington re- signs command of the Army of the Revolution—many had fear-! ed. he would declare himself king j or dictator. 1814 — Cleveland, Ohio, incor- porated a village; had 34 houses and @laces of business, including a brick store. | 1817—All internal revenue ) taxes repealed by Congress and country knew of ‘no intérnal i the only food! eyenue taxes till time of the} 1823—Thomas W. Evans, thel { Civil War. | 1907—U. S. Army Signal Corps to carry a passenger. 1913—The Federal Reserve Act | enacted. 1939—Myron C. Taylor ap- }pointed President’s personal rep- resentative to the Vatica: 1941—Japs land on W. ! land. 1942—American forces arrive at Dakar, French West Africa. 1944—Germans continue north- ern drive as Americans slow down one of the two big German \drives into Belgium. 1945 — ‘Four new American | Cardinals named by Pope. "usual |strikes a victim between the | ages of five and ten. » Is- | Rheumatic It is estimated that only about one-sixth of U. S. farm lands jare fertilized each year. | Easter. And the last time before that was Christmas.” | Considering the gaiety, luxury, -!musie and good food for which world famous, ‘Vienna once w: this statement is Seredible as the fact that in this the meal cost me only 75 cents a plate. A JANE and SHINE ! 1502 BERTHA STREET | Holiday Specials—FREE! are political, some published by! Spray Job with every Grease and Oil Change job. We will also »| check your battery, fan belt, rad- | jator, tires, transmission and rear H end. We have the latest equipment for checking carburetors, batter- ies, spark plugs, ignition, com- pression and timing in your car {DELAY, PHONE 1178 mewn! | i or When OPEN—It’s When CLOSED—It’s i | t i BOY FROM ICE-CLOGGED WATER d slogged water of Slippery Rock Creek at McCon- nells Mills. Pa. towing to safety 17-year-old Andy Petrick who slipped from a rock and fell into an amateur photographer. 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